Man, Fire, Food 8x13 - Surf and Turf in the Sunshine State

Roger Mooking is fanning the flames of a fiery surf-and-turfextravaganza in the Sunshine State. He starts at Mrs. PetersSmokehouse, a smoked fish institution that has been thrivingin Jensen Beach, Fla., since 1958. Roger and owner TommyLopresto fire up a giant 100-year-old oven to smoke hundreds ofpounds of fish, some of which will be used in a specialseafood chowder. In Loxahatchee, Florida, Roger meetshusband-and-wife operators of Swank Specialty Produce, Darrinand Jodi Swank. The Swanks grow vegetables, greens, fruitsand flowers and raise livestock, too. Several times a year,they host events at their farm and invite chefs and localrestaurateurs to cook in their wood-fired outdoor kitchen.Roger works with local chef Dak Kerprich of Jewell Bistro toslow-roast three dozen chickens on two massive asado crosses.They also fire up a grill to cook flatbread and char a colorfulblend of sweet peppers.