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Revenge Is a B

Who knew Oprah could serve as a symbol of revenge? For the past 25 years, the talk-show host seems to have dedicated herself to inspiring others to improve. She has used her platform to bring viewers whatever she believes can increase their quality of life, from books and book clubs...
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Top iPhone Apps for Losing Weight After the Holidays

Happy New Year everyone! Now that the imbibing is done, the holidays are past, and we're looking at the next decade, you might be looking at what you did to over-indulge this holiday season. Let the New Year's resolutions and weight loss promises begin!To help you with your plans to...
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Vice Guide: Local Rules to Blackjack

Everything that makes South Florida the vice capital of the country -- the drugs, the sex, the gambling -- is amplified during the week of the Super Bowl. But nothing ruins the perfect party week like someone dying or going to jail. So this week, we'll be presenting The Juice...
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Concert Review: Propaganda’s Benefit For Haiti, January 18

Photo by Ian WitlenSurfer BloodClick here to view photo from this show.Surfer Blood, Invisible Music (John Ralston), Sweet Bronco, Kill Now?! Propaganda, Lake WorthMonday, January 18, 2010 Better Than: Pat Robertson  The Review:Beauty often emerges from tragedy, and last night's Benefit for Haiti show at Propaganda was like a little flower growing...
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A Lesson from the Chef, Courtesy of an Onion

Patty Canedo is a pastry chef at a famed, private country club on Palm Beach and writes weekly about her kitchen exploits.The time clock beeps, taking my finger prints and snapping me out of a daze. "9:55 a.m." I quicken my pace up the stairs. I walk past the empty...
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Stuck For Valentine’s Day? Try Meat Cupcakes

"What about Meat Cupcakes?""The what now?  Are you making reference to that insipid Michael Jackson song from the Grammys?""No, no - I just had a vision of meat cupcakes and thought you'd like to make them for your column."I'd been wondering about what I should do for this week's Meatist...
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Christmas Is Over. Kind of.

By Christmas evening, you’re looking for an unChristmassy event because you’ve done it all and can’t do anymore. Actually, let’s take the time and eye roll as we go through the list: holiday shopping and decorating, the work holiday party, watching Elf on the tube (three times), dressing up as...
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Watching Bafana Bafana in a South African Bar in South Florida

Yesterday, June 16, was Youth Day in South Africa, the national holiday commemorating the Soweto Riots--when the world discovered the brutality of apartheid. Yesterday was also the South African national soccer team's second game in this year's World Cup, against Uruguay. The Kalahari Bar, in Fort Lauderdale, claims on its...
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Concert Review: Jackson Browne at the Fillmore Miami Beach, November 21

via livenation.com​Jackson BrowneThe Fillmore Miami BeachSaturday, November 21, 2009The Review:Like much of his audience these days, Jackson Browne seems to have embraced age and maturity only reluctantly. That's the inevitable result, perhaps, of growing up in the untamed times that were the '60s and '70s. That's evident, of course, in...
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The Cutlet of Your Dreams is at the International House of Schnitzel

A chicken cutlet, pounded to a perfect quarter-inch thickness, coated in breadcrumbs, and baked until a luscious, crisp coating forms on the surface will set you back just $5.95. That same breaded slice of love topped with two over-easy eggs, crisp at the edges, a few salty anchovy filets, and...
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ILLEGAL From Terry Greene Sterling

Editor's Note: As a staff writer for Phoenix New Times, award-winning journalist Terry Greene Sterling reported for years on the political brawls and human tragedies that have made Arizona the epicenter for the national immigration debate. Sterling is now a contributor for The Daily Beast, and Writer-in-Residence at the Walter...
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Top Beers of the Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival

The Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival went down this weekend, and again it turned out to be one heck of a beer event, drawing more than 3,000 fans of craft beer to Roger Dean Stadium near Abacoa Town Center. The four-and-a-half-hour event featured more than 50 beer booths, and each of...
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Sette Bello in Fort Lauderdale Has Service Nailed

I've been asking myself what makes good service. It's not just because I've received so little of it — though a distinct lack of anything will make you question what's so great about it in the first place. There are the nuts and bolts, of course — proper wine presentation,...
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Our Top Picks for This Year’s 17th-Annual Marley Fest

It was 1976, and Jamaican reggae star Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley had just bought his mother, Cedella Booker, a modest home in the then-sleepy, rural South Dade suburb of Pinecrest. He was a star in his home country but hadn't yet hit international megastardom. But that changed, rapidly, later that...
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Lola’s Offers Cooking Classes

Cook your way around the country without ever leaving Hollywood at the "regional American cooking series" at Michael Wagner's witty contemporary American Lola's on Harrison.The third in the six-part series features the cuisines of the Gulf Coast--Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi (Florida will get its own session later)--and takes place at...
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Cooking With Dried Chiles, Part 1

A couple weeks ago, I asked readers if they had any suggestions on what to do with some dried, Mexican chiles I had purchased at a local grocery store. I bought a bag of cascabel chiles and a bag of ancho chiles, and was looking to make something fun with...