Email Author Gail Shepherd

Awards

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 5, 2007

  "Dancing the Lobster Quadrille"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 19, 2007

  "The Undersea World of Toby Joseph"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 26, 2007

  "Split Decision?"

• 2007 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published October 26, 2006

  "Eat My Meat"

• 2007 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published February 16, 2006

  "Dead Fish Don't Swim"

• 2007 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published February 9, 2006

  "Triple Indemnity"

• 2006 - Association of Food Journalists Awards

  Restaurant Criticism

• 2006 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published October 13, 2005

  "Come Sail Away"

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2009 Stories by Gail Shepherd

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  COVER STORY

  Harvey Oyer, the Lawyer Who Inked Deals That Put a Politician in Prison, Still Walks Free

  published December 3, 2009

  On September 9, 2007, a line of 40 people snaked single file through the highlands of Papua, New Guinea. Native Kaiberem villagers, perched on... More >>

• A New Times Staffer Takes a Safari Into Scam Baiting on 419Eater.com

  published November 5, 2009

  I was in the Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport, getting ready to board a flight to Lome, Togo, when my heart stopped... More >>

• West Palm Beach Mayor Lois Frankel Took on Community Activists, and Dreams for Northwood Village Died

  published October 15, 2009

  One morning in 2002, Carl Flick got up early for a walking tour with architect George Perez. Flick wanted to show Perez every historic building... More >>

• A Deputy Left Eric Brody Brain-Damaged, and His Family Still Hasn't Received a Penny

  published August 13, 2009

  Even after the accident had torn their lives apart, Chuck and Sharon Brody still saw themselves as an average couple, nice people living what... More >>

• Our Critic Takes Her Father-un-Law to Dine With Moneybags at Chops Lobster Bar in Boca Raton

  published July 30, 2009

  Editor's note: As our new restaurant critic, John Linn, gets ready to take over next week, we offer this leftover from April... More >>

• Canyon Southwest Café Is Worth Its Wait in Gold Dust

  published July 23, 2009

  Editor's note: We've got a new restaurant critic here at New Times. John Linn has been something of a... More >>

• The White Apron

  published July 16, 2009

  Twenty-year-old White Apron Catering has accumulated a pretty impressive list of clients: Chanel, Cartier, the Harvard Alumnae Club, Hermes, J.P.... More >>

• Wild Ginger Asian Bistro

  published July 9, 2009

  It's getting so the best gauge of a new restaurant's success is how many years the proprietors have already been in the business. The team that... More >>

• Al-Salam Brings Mideast to Plantation

  published June 25, 2009

  Obama is speaking in Cairo, even quoting verses from the Qur'an, glad-handing Arab leaders, and no doubt settling down for intimate talks with... More >>

• Joy Noodles & Rice

  published June 25, 2009

  The well-heeled boomers who live in the swank Mizner mansions behind the new Joy Noodles & Rice are already steering their Benzes and Beemers into... More >>

• City Fish Market Rides the Fresh Fish Wave in Boca

  published June 18, 2009

  Fish has become the food issue of the decade, as contentious and controversial as farm-raised chicken or foie gras was in the '90s. The... More >>

• Latin Conga!

  published June 18, 2009

  El Autentico Sabor de la Comida Dominicana," reads the menu at this Pompano Beach hole-in-the-wall. And it's authentic Dominican Republic fare,... More >>

• We visit Ambrosia, Mai-Kai, and Istanbul to Serve up Three Reviews

  published June 11, 2009

  Ambrosia Some folks have been crowing about Ambrosia's pizza... More >>

• Shining Starr

  published June 4, 2009

  Here's what I get for being a snarky little bitch. I get to eat my words, one at a time, sandwiched between rounds of buttery brioche and a... More >>

• Le Petit Pain

  published June 4, 2009

  Pissed off at Publix? Think you just can't choke down one more slice of gummy, supermarket-nuked bread? Le Petit Pain in Lantana, run by Gaelle... More >>

• Suite Hereafter

  published May 28, 2009

  Few things satisfy my soul like a crispy, deep-fried Florida rock shrimp. The Florida rock shrimp story is one of those happy dramas... More >>

• Side Dish

  published May 28, 2009

  Two pretty, perky girls as cute as '50s pinups, Michelle Parparian and Amanda Watkins, have transformed a 1920s Florida cottage into a... More >>

• Hoppin' Glad

  published May 21, 2009

  I've been a wine drinker since grade school. I grew up with glasses of chilled Gallo Hearty Burgundy straight out of the fridge (we were each... More >>

• Let the Games Begin

  published May 14, 2009

  I've been hearing anecdotally for years that sushi chefs reserve their best fish for favored customers. That's why whenever I go for sushi, I... More >>

• Hong Kong City BBQ

  published May 14, 2009

  Reopened under the aegis of a new family and staff last year after the previous owner, Ray Ng, was shot and killed during a robbery, this... More >>

• Easy Does It

  published May 7, 2009

  There are restaurants that define a place, that fix themselves in our hearts over time, and in Fort Lauderdale, Casa d'Angelo is one of them.... More >>

• Maison Carlos

  published May 7, 2009

  We once loved chic Maison Carlos for its nostalgic take on Italian and French "Continental" cuisine. The menu felt like a '60s throwback plunked... More >>

• New York Prime in Boca Raton Apparently Bucks the Downward Steak-House Trend

  published April 30, 2009

  As our steak houses go, so goes the economy. That's the conventional wisdom anyway, a tale of woe passed from More >>

• Morton's the Steakhouse

  published April 30, 2009

  The upside of recession: Steak houses around the country are rolling out special deals to lure new customers and reward the old. The "Power... More >>

• Reoriented

  published April 23, 2009

  When the Four Rivers restaurant closed late last year, we fusion freaks found ourselves locked out of the space owners Paula Palakawong and... More >>