Nancy Barber, a native Floridian and lifelong foodie, began her writing career at theWest Orange Timesin the center of the state. Currently she is a lecturer at Stetson University. nbsp; Jane Bolding’syouth in Arkansas was marked by great home-cooking. She then spiced up her culinary education with a decade of eating and working in the restaurant industry in Manhattan. Since the early 1990s she has lived and eaten in Florida.