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Twinkie Resurrection: Snacks Should Return in July

When Hostess Brands declared bankruptcy and shut down all operations in November 2012, a collective tear was shed by the millions of children and adults who loved the company's snack cakes. Almost immediately, there was a run on Twinkies, HoHo's, and Cupcakes as people hoarded the treats to save an ... More >>

Valentine's Day 2013: Where to Celebrate in Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach

Mythical Meat Gift Guide: Unicorns, Zombies, Pig Wings, and More

There's always one person on your list -- a boss, a parent, a friend -- who is just impossible to shop for. Maybe they already have everything in the world, maybe they're just picky. Read Also: Gift Guide For Foodies: 10 Unique Stocking Stuffers Under $20You could get them a fruit basket o ... More >>

Sexy Halloween Costumes That Say "Eat Me"

Halloween is the one day a year you can really let your inner alter ego freak flag fly. Regardless of the rest of the year, it's the one night when boys can be girls, angels can be devils, and humans can be...food. Sexy food. Hot, spicy, and mouthwatering.Yes, we've all seen slutty Big Bird, but we' ... More >>

Political Pumpkins for a Scary Presidential Campaign (Photos)

Now we know why the presidential elections fall around Halloween -- they can get scary. Look, it doesn't matter which candidate you're planning to vote for (or if you're still undecided) -- we think some of these political ads and last night's debate are...well...just a teeny bit frightening. W ... More >>

Ruth Bourdain Writes a Book

It seems like everyone and their mother has a book deal. Don't believe us?  Well, let's see...nearly every Real Housewife has one (even the ones who can't seem to be able to read on the show), Mr. Winkle the dog is a constant best seller, and now Ruth Bourdain has a book deal. And we didn't eve ... More >>

Obama, Mickey Mouse, and Jesus: Wake Up to Five Awesome Toasters

Clean Plate Charlie is a closet Gleek. That's right... we've just lost any street cred by admitting we watch Glee. Look, if we didn't watch it, we would have missed the totally awesome episode in which Finn sees the son of God in his sandwich. That's right, folks! He saw Grilled Cheesus!We knew some ... More >>

Seven Sins, Village Voice Media True-Crime Anthology, Hits the E-Shelves

An early-morning message from Village Voice Media:Every week, writers for New Times Broward-Palm Beach and our parent company, Village Voice Media, produce elegant magazine-style feature writing -- a gritty portion of which comes in the form of true-crime stories.Now VVM has collected some of its be ... More >>

Casey Anthony's Lawyer Writing Tell-All Book; You Can Pre-Order It

Texas-based BenBella Books announced yesterday that Jose Baez, the South Florida attorney who successfully defended Casey Anthony on murder charges, will be releasing a book in July that "exposes shocking, never-before-revealed, exclusive information from the trial of the century."Although the annou ... More >>

Anonymous E-book Offers "A Look at Corruption Inside the Broward Sheriff's Office"

​It's $9.99 on Amazon; you can get it on your Kindle in seconds. What better way to read a self-published book about alleged corruption in the Broward Sheriff's Office, including manipulation by everybody's favorite Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein?A new anonymous e-book being hawked on the web retai ... More >>

Vintage Cookbooks, Magic Thermometers, and Other Gifts for Foodies

This vintage number looks Picasso inspired. ​The holidays are here. It's time to impress your friends with your thoughtful taste in gifts. To show your foodie friends how much you "get them," here are some of my favorite food finds in the world of cooking, grilling, and being a culinary nerd.

Emeril Lagasse Sizzling Skillets: A Cookbook For Busy People

William Morrow/Harper CollinsEmeril's Sizzling Skillets - one pot recipes for busy or lazy people.​Emeril Lagasse and his signature "Bam!" was the likely catalyst that sparked the celebrity chef revolution.Lagasse changed the television cooking show from the video instructional manuals of Julia Ch ... More >>

Mario Batali, David Chang, and The Recipe Project's 'Brains and Eggs' Song

I'm currently in mad love with The Recipe Project, the Brooklyn band One Ring Zero's collection of famous chef's recipes set to tunes. The book project started like this:Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp, co-founders of the band One Ring Zero, decided to turn Chris Cosentino's recipe for Brains and Egg ... More >>

Humiliate Your Dog For Halloween: Ten Terrible Food Costumes For Fido

Costumesfordogs.com​Your dog gives you unconditional love every day of his life. Seriously! Has a human ever greeted you with such fierce devotion?  Sure, he peed on the carpet and he licks his butt, but if you want to punish your dog, take away his favorite chew toy. But in the name of all t ... More >>

The Ten Dumbest Halloween Food Costumes Ever

Endlesssimmer.com​Halloween is around the corner and every year you run into the same problem - do you wear the sexy or funny costume?  Our answer is, as always - it depends on whether or not you want to get laid...ever.Here are a collection of Halloween costumes that are truly terrifying..an ... More >>

OMG! Cookbook Helps the Truly Helpless

Amazon.comCan't even cook an egg? This book may be for you.​This past week, Food Network's Worst Cooks in America was searching for truly horrible cooks at a Miami open casting call. While there, Clean Plate Charlie encountered people who set fire to their houses, made their dogs sick and glued fo ... More >>

On Feeling Bad for Jacqueline Howett

​I'm a little late chiming in on this, but man, I kind of feel bad for Jacqueline Howett.If you don't know Jacqueline Howett yet: Hi! Welcome to the internet age! Howett is a British-born author and poetess who publishes her own books for the same reason I eat my own cooking: No less blinkered sou ... More >>

Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos Slammed for Using Taxpayer Money to Write Useless Book

​It was fodder for Florida columnists all week. By Saturday, the hypocrisy and intellectual ineptitude of Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos was on national display via the New York Times' op-ed page. Last week, the AP reported that Haridopolos, a so-called fiscally conservative Republican, ... More >>

Interview with Chef and Top Chef Cheftestant Fabio Viviani - Part II

NBC Universal Fabio Viviani Dishes For Us​We're continuing our interview with Top Chef contestant and chef, Fabio Viviani. Part one of the interview can be seen here.

Palm Beach Former Teacher Pens Children's Book about Finding Life's Purpose

via amazon.com​This is the tale of Benny, a fluffy little dog who has a lot to overcome. "He barked and he barked and he barked too much!" to the chagrin of his owner, Mrs. Crow. He was proud to protect his home, but as a small wide-eyed Pomeranian, he had to accept that he would never be a big br ... More >>

Bimini Boatyard Chef Dishes Up a Pair of Cookbooks

If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach counties, here's a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe. Put the eclectic flavors of South Florida -- the "New American Riviera" -- on your own kitchen table with pair of new coo ... More >>

ACORN Update: Faux Hooker is FIU Student with "Bulldog Attitude"

The turd doesn't fall far from the dog​Stories in the New York Post and today's Palm Beach Post confirm that the tan, leggy hooker in the ACORN Hoax videos is in fact an FIU student. Hannah Giles, one of two college kids who traveled around the country on a $1300 budget shooting videos of ACORN wo ... More >>

The South Florida Book That Will Test Courage at the Barnes & Noble Counter

Flickr: uk_stenson1​Much to the chagrin of local authors, we do not do book reviews here at New Times, but on this blog, we do like to give some free pub to those who pick the most provocative subjects and titles.So this one goes out to you, Art Greenwald, the local author of Anal Probe: A Penetra ... More >>

Be Your Own Taqueria

Photo by Bill CitaraAll hail the humble taco, a perfect marriage of starch, protein, fruit, vegetable, and appetite, a triumph of down-home Mexican gastronomy, a thing of rare culinary beauty.  Of course, that's a taco made with fresh, quality ingredients by someone who knows and loves authenti ... More >>

The New Yorker's Malcolm Gladwell on "Free" Media

flickr.com Malcolm Gladwell at a lecture in Chicago. If you have a major problem with free media, please send cash or check before reading the rest of this post. In the beginning of Malcolm Gladwell's piece in the current New Yorker, he sounds as if he might be mocking Jim Moroney, p ... More >>

Dude Ditches Boca Conference and Gets a Book Deal Out of It

Sorry, folks in the South Florida convention-recruitment and -staging biz. Didn't mean to let the secret out that people who come for these conferences don't actually go to these conferences. For most, it's little more than a chance to get shitfaced in a new state, on the company dime.And then you'v ... More >>

Capitol Crime

Charlie Pickett Gets His Due

About 20-some-odd years after the fact, Dania Beach alt.country.punk.roots pioneer, Charlie Pickett, is finally getting some of the props in mainstream media that he deserves. South Florida natives and music nerds that are in the know have been clocking this guy's career since the late 1970s when he ... More >>

An Interview With Ted Allen

C. StilesNectar Lounge at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek was host to the Christmas-ey dessert party, Sweet Dreams, this weekend. The event featured a huge spread of sugary cakes, candies, flash-frozen ice cream, and dessert sushi, which you can check out by viewing our slide show. But it also fea ... More >>

Classic South Florida Album Commanding Big Bucks

Oi, Oi, We’re the Brews!

Move Over, Miley

Capitol Crime

Jacki-O: Rapper, Label Head, and now... Author?

Is This the Las Puertas Concert?

Mexican music lovers aren't biased

CD Review: Ministry - 'The Last Sucker'

By the Book

All your questions answered

Florida Pulp Hits Store

Promote Thyself

A Broward Whodunit

It's never too late to dish on the locals.

Judy, Judy, Judy

It's about time, Ms. Regan, that you did something about your misleading book, Miami Psychic.

Brian Posehn

Live In: Nerd Rage (Relapse)

Reinhard's Bad Hair Day

This Shit Won't Stop

Florida Pulp Gets Slimed!

Yvonne Carey Speaks

HarperCollins To Investigate New 'Miami Psychic' Book

Best Record/CD Store

Uncle Sam's Music

Skrrreeek!!!

Dream Weaver

Sandman author Neil Gaiman finds magic in the damnedest place