Some folks call it paradise, others just call it heaven. This guide gives the complete scoop on the treasures of the Keys--from stingrays to spoonbills, Key limes to margaritas, mangrove islets to coral reefs. Share the wealth like a local in this area rich in history, water sports, arts, nature, and cuisine.

Insiders' Guide to the Florida Keys and Key West (INSIDERS' GUIDE TO THE FLORIDA KEYS & KEY WEST)

Travel

SHEARER, VICTORIA

United States

Insiders Guides

The Florida Keys has an equally robust culinary heritage and a fascinating, unusual history. Blessed with a rich tropical pantry and a colorful past, the treasures of the Florida Keys rate second to none. Bountiful harvests from the sea--grouper, snapper, dolphin fish, lobster, stone crabs, shrimp--rank as the freshest in the nation, sometimes only minutes from line to linen. And the sunny climate, whose average year-round temperature is 75 degrees, guarantees a year-round growing season. Though the Keys coral bedrock has proved itself an inhospitable host to commercial growers, tropical fruits--key limes, mangoes, avocadoes, bananas, papayas, and citrus--flourish in backyard gardens from Key Largo to Key West. Commercial growers moved up to Homestead, at the gateway to the Keys, where the marsh lands of the drained Everglades provided idyllic conditions. The truck farms of Homestead provide produce for America''s table. With restaurants as diverse and creative as a miniature Manhattan, Key West leads the restaurant scene in the Keys. But for the length and breadth of the Keys, talented chefs reflect the enduring ethnic traditions of generations past as well as the cutting-edge composition and presentation you would expect to find in major cosmopolitan cities worldwide. Within these pages, expert author Victoria Shearer combines terrific recipes with evocative stories and nostalgic period photographs to convey the Keys'' unusual and fascinating local lore alongside recipes showcasing its robust culinary heritage.

The Florida Keys Cookbook: Recipes and Foodways of Paradise

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Regional & International

Globe Pequot Pr

Salvage of a sunken slave ship, devastating hurricanes and the odd doings of locals such as Jimmy Buffett and Hemingway's cats.

It Happened in the Florida Keys (It Happened In Series)

History

Americas

TwoDot

This in-depth and informative guide is the definitive resource on what to see and do in the Florida Keys. From Key Largo to Key West, we bring you inside information on where to find the best fishing, diving, and snorkeling; the most fantastic dining; and the most outrageous nightlife in this island paradise.

Insiders' Guide to the Florida Keys And Key West

Toppino, Nancy

The Florida Keys Cookbook is a fascinating combination of food history, local lore, and over 175 mouth-watering recipes showcasing the Florida Keys' bounty from Keys restaurant chefs and home cooks. Archival photographs and informative sidebars round out the newly designed full color second edition of this beautiful and treasured book that is a celebration of the paradise that is the Florida Keys.

Florida Keys Cookbook: Recipes & Foodways Of Paradise

Globe Pequot Press

Surrounded by water, the Florida Keys yields a bounty that easily could qualify as the eighth wonder of the world. The Keys can confidently boast that nowhere else in the continental US will you find fresher, more innovatively prepared fish and seafood. Special natural resources, from stone crabs and yellowtail snapper to cracked conch and key limes, are served any way you like and the relaxed atmosphere of the restaurants is reflected in the cuisine. Be it a roadside cafe or a resort dining room, the cuisine is all “Keys casual.” With 80 recipes for the home cook from Florida's most celebrated eateries and showcasing over 200 full-color photos featuring mouth-watering dishes, famous chefs, and lots of local flavor, Florida Keys &amp; Key West Chef's Table is the ultimate gift and keepsake cookbook for both tourists and residents of the Keys.

Florida Keys & Key West Chef's Table: Extraordinary Recipes from the Conch Republic

Cooking Education & Reference

LYONS PRESS+

From the wreck of the USS Alligator to the mystery of the marooned dolphins, It Happened in the Florida Keys looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of this island chain.\nDiscover why the Key Largo dive community decided to have the largest ship in the world ever to be intentionally sunk deposited six miles offshore the Florida Keys. Read about the incredible discovery of a sunken seventeenth-century Spanish galleon’s treasure worth an estimated $450 million. Learn how some poultry running wild wreaked havoc on the city of Key West, and sparked the emotionally charged “chicken wars”. Relive three fascinating summers when Keys residents rubbed elbows with Hollywood stars as their favorite haunts were transformed into fictional sets for a popular television series.\nFrom the Back Cover\nReading line: Extraordinary events and notable characters from the Florida Keys’ past\nFrom the wreck of the USS Alligator to the mystery of the marooned dolphins, It Happened in the Florida Keys looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of this island chain.\nDiscover why the Key Largo dive community decided to have the largest ship in the world ever to be intentionally sunk deposited six miles offshore the Florida Keys. Read about the incredible discovery of a sunken seventeenth-century Spanish galleon’s treasure worth an estimated $450 million. Learn how some poultry running wild wreaked havoc on the city of Key West, and sparked the emotionally charged “chicken wars”. Relive three fascinating summers when Keys residents rubbed elbows with Hollywood stars as their favorite haunts were transformed into fictional sets for a popular television series.\nVictoria Shearer is a freelance writer who has combined her passion for food and travel, producing feature articles for newspapers and magazines across the United States. She is the author of the Insiders’ Guide to the Florida Keys and Key West and The Florida Keys Cookbook, and lives in Wake Forest, North Carolina.

Globe Pequot

Surrounded by water, the Florida Keys yields a bounty that easily could qualify as the eighth wonder of the world. The Keys can confidently boast that nowhere else in the continental US will you find fresher, more innovatively prepared fish and seafood. Special natural resources, from stone crabs and yellowtail snapper to cracked conch and key limes, are served any way you like and the relaxed atmosphere of the restaurants is reflected in the cuisine. Be it a roadside cafe or a resort dining room, the cuisine is all “Keys casual.” 
With recipes for the home cook from Florida's most celebrated eateries and showcasing over 200 full-color photos featuring mouth-watering dishes, famous chefs, and lots of local flavor, Florida Keys & Key West Chef's Table is the ultimate gift and keepsake cookbook for both tourists and residents of the Keys.

Way Up North Wisconsin Cookbook: Recipes and Foodways from God's Country

Florida Keys & Key West

UNKNO

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Insiders' Guide to the Florida Keys and Key West (INSIDERS' GUIDE TO THE FLORIDA KEYS & KEY WEST)

The Florida Keys Cookbook: Recipes and Foodways of Paradise

It Happened in the Florida Keys (It Happened In Series)

Insiders' Guide to the Florida Keys And Key West

Florida Keys Cookbook: Recipes & Foodways Of Paradise

Florida Keys & Key West Chef's Table: Extraordinary Recipes from the Conch Republic

It Happened in the Florida Keys (It Happened In Series)

Florida Keys & Key West Chef's Table: Extraordinary Recipes from the Conch Republic

Way Up North Wisconsin Cookbook: Recipes and Foodways from God's Country

Florida Keys & Key West