Chef Michael Bennett’s line up of books

A Letter from the FoodBratz Kitchen

Dear Fellow Food Lovers,

There’s something magical happening in South Florida’s culinary landscape, and it’s been unfolding for over fifteen years under the skilled hands of Chef Michael Bennett.

Since 2009, Chef Bennett has been quietly revolutionizing how we think about Florida cuisine—not just as a place where culinary traditions collide, but as a destination where they dance together. Through ten cookbooks and countless recipes, he’s given us a language for what many of us have tasted but couldn’t quite name: Floribbean, Caribb-ican, Medi-bbean. These aren’t just clever portmanteaus—they’re love letters to a region where the Mediterranean meets the Caribbean, where tropical abundance meets thoughtful technique, where health-conscious cooking never sacrifices flavor.

What strikes me most about Chef Bennett’s work isn’t just the impressive catalog of cookbooks—from In the Land of Misfits, Pirates and Cooks to Interview with a Mango to the deeply personal Health Choices—but the evolution of a philosophy. He’s shown us that Florida cuisine is more than stone crab and Key lime pie. It’s about honoring the ingredients that thrive in our cloudless skies and warm waters, treating them with the respect they deserve, and making them accessible to everyone, including those navigating dietary restrictions.

Now, with The Floridian Table, Chef Bennett continues expanding his Florida Cuisine Collection, and I couldn’t be more excited to explore what he’s bringing to our tables this time.

Here at FoodBratz, we celebrate the innovators, the tradition-breakers, and the chefs who make us see our own backyards differently. Chef Michael Bennett is all three.

So pull up a chair. The Floridian table is set, and trust me—you’re going to want to taste everything.

With anticipation and appetite,
FoodBratz

http://www.foodbratz.com – Where culinary curiosity meets South Florida flavor

Efforts to reform bureaucracy often focus on increasing transparency, public participation, and checks on bureaucratic power to restore democratic accountability.

Press Release May 28, 2025

Michael Bennett’s latest book will discuss the political reasoning behind America’s Malaise.

Disillusioned Malaise

is An Analysis of Discord..

This Book’s Viewpoint:
“Disillusionment arises when life experiences profoundly undermine pragmatic assumptions or deeply held beliefs. Under such conditions, individuals often feel lost, confused, and disconnected from their social environment.”

This book presents Mr. Bennett’s interpretation of socio-political developments from the 1960s to the present.

This work will explore topics ranging from the nation’s founding, through the Civil Rights Movement, to Generation X and beyond.

Malaise Nation: A Bold Exploration of America’s Political Discontent

Short Description
Disillusioned Malaise, – will set and detail an outline-like forum for the next forthcoming volumes that will follow.

These 300 plus pages layout an outline of political/social events and that Mr. Bennett has seen and shaped his life. Always looking for the truth that is hiding just below the din Mr. Bennett expresses his feelings as grim memories of disappointment in his government.

Not looking for a perfect ending to this grand experiment that has been the United States, he is looking to define what might and could be.

TPI is fast growing publishing company looking for new authors with different view points.

Buy this book right here:

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Chef Michael Bennett’s books

2010 – Underneath a Cloudless Sky
2011 – Culture of Cuisine, revised 2025
2012—Ghostwriterfor the latest Paleo cookbook from Germany.
2012 – Ghostwritten and published a book on casseroles for an Australian author.
2013 – All-Natural Cooking for the Senses, 100 recipes that will change your life – Vol. # 1 (e-book)
2013 – All-Natural Cooking for the Senses, 100 recipes that will change your life – Vol. # 2 (e-book)
2014 – All-Natural SURF Cuisine
2014 – a Gluten-Free FLAVOR QUEST
2016 – “Interview with a Mango”—a cookbook that was written to reflect healthy Mediterranean cookery techniques spiked with exotic Caribbean foods. Recipes used for the opening of a joint venture restaurant in Sao Paulo, Brazil
2021- “Health Choices,” a cancer-free recipe cookbook. It became the top seller in the first month of release.
2025—Disillusioned Malaise, Michael’s first critique on Government and Politics