Florida Keys Food
The Florida Keys are known for crystal-clear water, swaying palms, warm sunshine, and some of the freshest fish and seafood you will ever taste.
Local fishermen bring in mahi mahi, snapper, grouper, tuna, spiny lobster, and Key West pink shrimp, often just hours before they reach the table.
The people are as warm as the weather and always ready to share a fishing story, a favorite restaurant, or a simple way to cook the day’s catch.
I’ve cooked in the Keys for years, and I drive down U.S. 1 all the time. So I know which dishes really come from Key West and which ones just borrowed the name.
These recipes are the real deal. They are fried, grilled, blackened, and brightened with plenty of citrus. This is the kind of food you eat at a picnic table with sand under your feet, rewritten so you can make it at home with seafood from your local market.
Yes, Key lime pie is included, but there is much more to Key West food than pie.
