You may think you know a lot about beer, but are you ready to take your knowledge to the next level? As in, getting a getting a graduate degree in brews? After two semesters of beer academy, Riverside Market is taking learning to new heights with their beer grad school…
Broward County get ready, because the shopping phenomenon known as Trader Joe’s is coming to you in 2014. See also: Trader Joe’s Opens in Miami: Here’s What to Expect…
Veterans Day is this Monday, November 11 and many restaurants are thanking the people who protect our country with free meals and great deals. All of the deals require valid I.D. and most offers are open to both retired military, veterans, and active members of the U.S. military. Some are…
Yesterday, Washington State voters struck down initiative 522 that would have mandated adding warning labels to genetically modified foods. While there might be a few people who think GMO’s are bad and consumers have a right to know exactly what’s inside the foods they eat — Stephen Colbert is not…
Now that Halloween is behind us, it’s time for our thoughts to turn to turkeys, hot apple pie, and drinking for a cause at the second-annual Gobble Wobble Pub Crawl. The crawl starts this Saturday, November 9 at 4 p.m. and visits six different Fort Lauderdale bars, with each location…
Sure, there are all these “craft” coffee and tea houses coming on to the scene. But, let’s face it. When we’re in need of a caffeine of sugar rush, we all head to Starbucks for a five-dollar latte and a slice of lemon cake. And, as sure as that barista…
There’s nothing new about celebrity chefs endorsing products, and some of them make a great deal of sense. Take, for example, Martha Stewart’s range of cookware items. After all, who wouldn’t want to cook like the domestic diva herself, and if purchasing a set of Martha’s steak knives or a…
It was bound to happen, wasn’t it? Guy Fieri was caught fighting with his hairdresser, Ariel Ramirez, in San Francisco. We’re not sure what happened, but looking at Fieri, we’re guessing someone finally gave the Food Network host a mirror. According to TMZ, the two men had just landed at…
If you think going to the stadium is all about beer and hot dogs, guess again. As sports fans have gotten more sophisticated and ticket prices have risen, so has cuisine at sports arenas. That means you’re as likely to see someone enjoying sushi or a single malt Scotch as…
Whoever said Margaritas aren’t spooky enough for Halloween, obviously never had too many of them while sitting under a scorching sun. Seriously, while a traditional Margarita might not be identified with our favorite ghostly holiday, consider Cantina Laredo’s Ghost Flower Margarita…
Halloween awkwardly falls on a school night this year, which means rushing home from work, dressing your little ghouls and gobblins, and rushing them around quickly — then hoping they’ll come off their sugar high in time for bed. If that sounds exhausting to you, why not take the kids…
Halloween is right around the corner and, of course, you bought a pumpkin. Congratulations. But what, exactly do you do with it? Well, you could carve it, you could paint it, or you could turn it into something useful, like a Bong ‘O Lantern…
Ben & Jerry’s has just announced its newest flavor to much fanfare — and with a waterskiing squirrel. Scotchy Scotch Scotch is the Vermont-based ice cream company’s new flavor. An homage to Anchorman’s Ron Burgundy, this is a creamy blend of butterscotch ice cream with ribbons of butterscotch swirl (alas,…
OMG — when we received an email directly from Team Coco, we had no idea what was in store. Turns out, Conan O’Brien turned Triumph the Insult Comic Dog loose in Colorado for the Great American Beer Festival, where the politically incorrect dog finds out firsthand “what it’s like to…
Love her or hate her… Flo, Progressive’s retro, red-mouthed, insurance-loving, customer-service rep is one of the most easily identified nonreptilian spokespeople on television these days. So it’s only natural that people would want to dress like her on Halloween — right? Unfortunately, there are actually costumes all over Etsy that…
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA for short, has been accused of going overboard and using heavy-handed publicity stunts for getting its message across. That may be true, but the organization, led by founder Ingrid Newkirk, does the one thing it sets out to do — it…
When you rummage through your kid’s Halloween candy stash this year, take a moment to reflect on the life of one man before biting the head off your colorful squishy bear. Hans Riegel, the marketing genius behind Haribo, the German manufacturer of the adorable edible animals, died last Tuesday, October…
Thousands of people, some wearing viking helmets and lederhosen, descended on Coconut Grove’s Peacock Park for the third-annual Grovetoberfest. This celebration of beer featured more than 200 different beers — all available to sample at no extra charge. Brews ranged from limited-edition and seasonal offerings from large commercial breweries to…
Here’s some Trader Joe’s-related good news and bad news for your Friday. The good news: Southeast Florida finally has a Trader Joe’s. The store officially opened at 8 a.m. today, October 18, with a ceremonial lei cutting. The bad news: This particular Trader Joe’s is in Pinecrest, a tony suburb,…
Remember the short-lived Kris Jenner Show? Whatever your personal review, one good thing came about as a result of the Kardashian matriarch’s stint as a talk show host — a bromance between Mario Lopez and Steve Martorano. Lopez and Martorano hit it off during filming, with Lopez paying a visit…
Two of Broward’s finest home brewers made the trek to Coconut Grove’s LoKal for the restaurant’s second annual home brewers bash…
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has been behind some strange campaigns. It’s asked for grouper to be renamed “sea puppies,” and it’s claimed that Carlos Danger Weiners (sic) cause erectile dysfunction. But this time, PETA has taken a stand that Clean Plate Charlie thinks makes perfect sense…
