Paula Deen might have thought she would be able to enjoy a nice, relaxing week on the Deen Friends and Family cruise she’s currently on. But you can’t really get away from cameras — even at sea — as evidenced by the video we found on Huffington Post Food of…
There are about a gazillion different Shit (Fill in the Blanks) Girls Say videos. I love ’em all, especially Shit Miami Girls Say.Anything that pokes harmless fun at our neighbors south of the border (and by border, we mean the Miami-Dade/Broward county line), because it really applies to all of…
Ice cream giant Häagen-Dazs is announcing four new worldly flavors to its roster. The collection, called Global Creations, features ice creams made with globally sourced ingredients like coconut, vanilla bean, espresso, and imported cookies. Pints of the new flavors are being rolled out slowly, by region. So far, they’re available…
Somewhere in the history of politics, a candidate stopped for a bite to eat and was spotted by his adoring public… That was probably the watershed moment that began the tradition of restaurant stops. After all, nothing says “I’m one of the people” like a politician with ketchup on his…
We’re filing this post under High Suckage Factor. According to the Palm Beach Post, an ordinance was passed yesterday that would make it more difficult to buy alcohol in downtown West Palm Beach.Ordinance No. 4394-11, which was passed on January 23, restricts “the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption…
Champion eater Takero Kobayashi set a Guinness World Record on the Wendy Williams Show by successfully eating 14 Hostess Twinkies in one minute.Kobayashi downed the endangered treats while a studio audience and a Guinness official watched. In fact, the official had the… ummm… interesting task of checking Kobayashi’s mouth after…
Get ready for another season of Bizarre Foods, as host Andrew Zimmern eats his way through the entire wildlife encyclopedia. This year, Zimmern’s staying in the United States, giving us at home the opportunity to try strange foods in our own backyard.This morning, Zimmern visited the Today Show to share…
Every day, you dream of shopping for fresh-caught fish, tomatoes picked off the vine, and farm-fresh eggs… then you wake up and head over to a giant, big-box store to throw a package of frozen fish sticks into the cart.Fortunately, retail giants are hearing (and heeding) the siren call of…
It’s that magical time of year when little girls in green take to the strip malls of America and sell boxes of cookies to the masses in the hopes of raising enough money to go to the Girl Scout Jamboree… or something.If we weren’t so nice, we could insert the…
The California Milk Processor Board, the people responsible for giving us those ad campaigns in which sexy, hot celebrities like Angelina Jolie, Taylor Swift, and Kermit the Frog (do frogs drink milk?) pose with milk mustaches, has done it again.This time, it’s going after milk alternatives made from soy, almonds,…
The biggest pain for gluten- and lactose-intolerant people is trying to find quick food. Imagine the scenario — you’re on your way home from work. Exhausted from a long day, you’re looking for something to just heat up. You head over to the frozen food section and figure the only…
Is your pie to die for? Do people quake for your cakes? If your treats are better than our rhyming abilities, enter them in the Great American Bake Off this Saturday, January 21, at the Boynton Beach Civic Center.The bake-off is part of Boynton Beach’s second-annual Craft and Treasure Sale,…
Holy Mackerel! Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza is hosting a craft beer tasting featuring brews from Holy Mackerel brewery on Wednesday, February 1, at 7 p.m. at Anthony’s Coral Springs location…
The 30th-annual Greek Festival at St. Mark Greek Orthodox Church in Boca Raton starts Thursday, January 19, bringing the flavors and music of the islands to South Florida for four days…
It’s never too early to plan for big events — weddings, birthdays, Christmas, Beerfest. We’re suggesting you place a big red circle around March 31, because that’s the day Beerfest 2012 takes over Huizenga Plaza in Fort Lauderdale…
As you may know, Stephen Colbert has put Jon Stewart in charge of his Super PAC during Colbert’s current run for president of… something or other. Stewart, obviously taking the responsibility to heart, started his Daily Show monologue wearing a lovely crown from the Elizabeth Taylor estate (bought with Colbert…
February 4 is Dia Nacional Del Pisco Sour in Peru. We’re not sure if banks and schools are closed, but we imagine a country where work stops for the day to celebrate a cocktail, and we are happy.We see this as a great opportunity to improve foreign relations with our…
Stop the presses! The queen of butter has announced on the Today Show that she has type 2 diabetes.In an exclusive interview with Al Roker, Deen confided that she knew about the diagnosis for three years but decided to keep the news “close to my chest.” Rumors have been swirling…
If you’ve always wanted to know more about wine and are looking for something to do this evening, look no more. The Best Cellar in Wilton Manors is hosting an educational winetasting tonight, January 14, from 8 to 10 p.m. For $15 (about the price of a movie and a…
People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals is now in the coffee trade, selling organic coffee from Central America that’s pesticide and beast of burden free. The animal rights organization has even set up its own website for the politically-correct java. PetaCoffee.com sells three different kinds of coffee, Flying Free…
Over the weekend, after making 8 p.m. dinner reservations at a restaurant, we found ourselves being ignored for an hour, having a waiter disappear for another half hour, and having our wine list taken away before we ordered wine. Not only that, but an order correction went uncorrected for another…
The South Florida Fair opens tomorrow, bringing with it two weeks of non-stop blue-ribboned animals, carnies hawking games of chance, and neon-colored rides.Yada…yada…who are we kidding? Do we really wait the entire year to watch a cow give birth (yes, there was a bovine birthing room last year)? Or do…
