Edible South Florida

As Local As It Gets

• Photo by Alfredo Añez

  Winning student entry (Photo: Thi Squire)

• Photo by Alfredo Añez

  Pantry items available to all contestants

• Photo by Alfredo Añez

  Farmer Margie explains ingredients in the mystery box

• Photo by Alfredo Añez

  Venoy Rogers III

• Photo by Alfredo Añez

  Johnson Teh

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  Loren Pulitzer of Simply Sharon's

• Photo by Alfredo Añez

  Carolina Molea of The Whisk Bakery and Cafe

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  Pulitzer, Molea and Stribling

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  The box is opened

• Najac, Hoh and Marewski sampling Venoy's dish

• Chef Johnson's taro greens with avocado and beans with greens, drizzled with sweet miso sauce

• Chef Loren's dressed greens with avocado and starfruit, atop a yuca-coconut mash

• Chef Carolina's creamy rice pudding served with spicy starfruit

• Najac, Stribling, Hoh, Molea, Rogers, Pulitzer, Teh, Marewski and Pikarsky. Not pictured: author Ellen Kanner, part of the cook-off organizing team

• Squire explains the local ingredients

• Black-eyed peas and rice topped with egg

• Eggs with sun-dried tomatoes and okra