Edible South Florida

Pop Culture: 
Meet the Incredible Kettle Corn Family

• Tino Fernandez (left) with Jesse, Danny and Tiane (Family picture).

• Photo by Alfredo Añez

  Leilani Fernandez sells bags at the Pinecrest Gardens Farmers Market.

• Leilani offering samples at Pinecrest Gardens Farmers Market

• Brunet stirs the kettle corn without stopping.

• It only takes seconds before the kettle corn is fully popped.

• Brunel dumps the popped corn into a bin before it is cooled.

• Karls Paul-Noel and Marie Segui of Cutler Bay have been visiting every Sunday for years. “They’re super-friendly, and it’s a healthy snack,” Paul-Noel says. His secret? He buys spicy buffalo and sneaks it into the movie theater.