Hayden Panettiere at Off the Hookah in Fort Lauderdale

Celebrity sightings in Miami Beach clubs are kind of just par for the course. You know, Kim Kardashian at the Delano? No biggie. Fortunately or not, that’s not often the case in Lauderdale. Aside from the occasional Dennis Rodman run-in, it’s rare to rub elbows with celebrities in Broward clubs.Last…

Easter Bunny on a Plate: Cafe Boulud’s Dijon-Style Rabbit

Easter weekend is about to begin. With it comes a celebration of all things Easter Bunny: Easter Bunny cards, Easter Bunny cakes, Easter Bunny chocolates, Easter Bunny decorations. It doesn’t freaking end.This Easter, rather than stuffing your face full of fake, preservative filled rabbit, why not try the real thing?…

Publix Issues Recall for Deli Tri Fruit and Grain Salad

If you’ve ever had food poisoning, you’ll know, it feels like death. And no, we’re not talking about that time you told you boss you had food poisoning when you were really covering up a bad hangover. Nice try.Some forms of food-borne pathogens are much worse than others: Salmonella, E…

Slow Foods Week Starts Saturday: Event Schedule

The Slow Food movement has been gathering steam for quite some time now. With 80,000 members divided into 140 local chapters in 50 countries, it’s kind of a big deal.Starting Saturday, Slow Foods Glades to Coast is sponsoring a week of events for Eat Slow – Eat Local. Check out…

Still Life in Color

The state of Florida conjures many images: pristine beaches, bright-blue skies, beautiful sunsets, wasted spring breakers, shirtless rednecks at the Daytona 500. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so you can only imagine the illustrations that would depict the antics of Florida and its many visitors. Well,…

Out of the Closet and into the Theater

Certain combinations are just meant to be: Simon and Garfunkel, peanut butter and jelly, gays and theater. Uh, hello, have you seen Rent? As the final performance of the Pride Series, the Broward Center for the Performing Arts is featuring Bare, a rock musical based on five Catholic high school…

Truck Stop

It’s not a secret: Food trucks are one of the greatest trends to hit the South Florida dining scene. Who doesn’t like delicious food on the cheap? Even better: multiple tasty inexpensive options in one-stop shopping. Well, here’s your chance to get in on some food-truck roundup action: The Miami…

Obama Signs Monsanto Protection Act

Unless you’ve been locked up in a bomb shelter, hiding out for the past few years, it’s fairly apparent: our government has turned into a shit show. Rather than do things, like, govern our elected Representatives have been too busy bickering over one thing after another.Well, there is some good…

Big Surprise: New Study Says Energy Drinks May Be Bad for Your Heart

We all know someone who drinks so many energy drinks that you’d imagine the noxious stuff has supplanted their actual blood. Hopefully, it’s not you. Maybe it is.Well, according to research presented at the American Heart Association last week, energy drinks may have negative effects on the heart. We know:…

Bash Wine Cafe & Catering Has Moved: Grand Opening Friday

For West Broward craft beer and wine lovers, Bash Wine Cafe & Catering has been the longtime go-to for good beer, nice wine, and delicious home-cooked food. That hasn’t changed. The spot recently moved to a new location, slightly changed its name — it’s now Bash American Bistro – -and is…

Plan Burrito: The New Spot on Fort Lauderdale Beach

Plan B’s generally are not a good thing. Whether it’s your backup plan for some kind of failure or the results of last night’s sordid love affair, it’s not exactly a connotation for the apex of life experiences. Well, rather fittingly, Fort Lauderdale Beach now has a Plan B — it’s…

Monsanto Protection Act Makes Its Way Through Senate

It’s no secret: The Senate Budget Resolution has been a shit show for the better part of a year now. It’s been pushed back over and over again with the Nation’s fiscal security on the edge of a cliff. On Wednesday, the Senate finally got it together and passed an agreement…

Specialty Cocktails: David Walker of Malcolm’s Aum-Phoy

There’s no way around it: interesting, innovative food must be complemented by interesting, innovative cocktails. Yeah, you like your classic dirty martini and shrimp cocktail. But where’s the fun in that? Malcolm’s in Palm Beach could alleviate even the most seasoned foodie’s culinary boredom by reinterpreting classics with new and exciting…

Las Olas Farmer’s Market is Moving: Grand Opening This Sunday

Anyone who is anybody knows: the happening section of Las Olas moved its way west. The newer, cooler restaurants now sit closer to the downtown office district. YOLO paved the way and other trendy concepts have followed suit: Grille 401, the Royal Pig, Mancini Modern Italian.Now the Las Olas Farmer’s Market…

Mike Halker of Due South on the 64 Oz. Growler Bill

Over the past few years it has become blatantly apparent, corporations rule the regulatory process. Whether it’s BP getting a slap on the wrist knocking off Flipper’s brothers and sisters, Monsanto suing farmers, or Wal-Mart shutting down family-owned business, we get the drift. The laws tends to favor Goliath at…

DJ Scotty Boy on WMC: “Miami Is More Geared for DJs”

In the EDM world, it used to take years to make a name for yourself. With the genre’s rising popularity, it’s recently gotten a hell of a lot easier to get recognized as a celebrity — whether you actually deserve the credibility or not. DJ Scotty Boy has put in the…