Cayman Islands

3030 Ocean in Fort Lauderdale: Beautiful Food, Mindful Sourcing, Dated Dining Room

Michael's Genuinely Killer Cookbook (from chef Michael Schwartz)

​Michael Schwartz's genuine food has made him one of South Florida's most acclaimed chefs.   At a time when foams and gels and airs and kitchens outfitted with the kind of equipment better suited to a science lab than a place to cook have been lavished with more hype than the Super Bowl, ... More >>

Interview with Chef, Restaurateur and Author Michael Schwartz, Part II

​We continue our interview with chef, restaurateur and author of the cookbook Michael's Genuine Food, scheduled to be released February 15th. Read Part I of our interview here. Clean Plate Charlie: You opened up a Michael's in Grand Cayman - how is that going? Michael Schwartz:  W ... More >>

Michael Dippolito Refuses to Reveal Finances, Pleads the Fifth

Michael Dippolito won't open his wallet.​Michael Dippolito, the Boynton Beach man who gained national fame when his wife was accused of plotting to have him killed, wants to keep his finances secret, for fear he may be charged with a crime.Dippolito, a felon, has spent more than a year battling a ... More >>

Six Ways to Cook Iguana

​Now that the temperature has finally taken a dip, watch for dead iguanas falling out of trees!  (See photo, taken in Oakland Park last January.) South Florida's plague of big green lawn lizards was culled somewhat last winter by a cold snap that killed legions of the critters. The canal bank ... More >>

I'm Eating What?! Sponge Coral (Not Really)

Riki Altman​Sometimes we're not the brightest stars in the sky. This fact became most painfully obvious when we returned from a recent press trip to Grand Cayman (we were dispatched to check out the second Michael's Genuine location, which, we're happy to report, was just as amazing as the origina ... More >>

The Verbal Nosh With Chef Dean Max, 3030 Ocean

​We chatted with Chef Dean Max, a man noted for his seafood dishes but also for his push to use fresh, local products whenever possible, unusual in a hotel restaurant setting. Max, originally a farm boy, runs five restaurants: 3030 Ocean in Fort Lauderdale's Harbor Beach Marr ... More >>

Dalia Dippolito May Have Tried to Kill Him, But Michael Dippolito Is No Saint

​We chatted with Chef Dean Max, a man noted for his seafood dishes but also for his push to use fresh, local products whenever possible, unusual in a hotel restaurant setting. Max, originally a farm boy, runs five restaurants: 3030 Ocean in Fort Lauderdale's Harbor Beach Marr ... More >>

Morning Juice: Cones to Combat School Board Lobbyists; Recidivism for Cat Lady of Lake Worth

​A glance at what's in the news this Wednesday.A source told the Herald that Rothstein cheated his friend Ed Morse by faking a victorious lawsuit, then inventing a pretext through which Morse had to wire twice the amount of the judgment in order to get the funds out of a bank account in the Cayman ... More >>

Scott Rothstein's Grift Straight Out of 419 Playbook

Rothstein executed a classic 419 scam​An article in today's Miami Herald about the method Scott Rothstein used to bilk his pal Ed Morse out of millions sounds like it came straight out of some Nigerian scammer's playbook. 419 fraud, also known as "advance fee" fraud, requires that victims wire mon ... More >>

That's Foul

Hoops hero Rumeal Robinson blew a fortune on strippers, got indicted, and left his mom homeless.

This Pint-Sized Preacher May Be a Prophet, But Who's Profiting?

Hoops hero Rumeal Robinson blew a fortune on strippers, got indicted, and left his mom homeless.

Finding Gary, Part 2

A rogue FBI agent, tons of smuggled drugs, a wife in search of her husband's corpse

A Worldly Pitch

A $60 million park may bring Broward into the bigs of the world's second most popular sport

Reggae-fyin'

Video producers spend big bucks to promote the Jamaican beat

Keeping Up with the Flaglers

How y'gonna land that 500-pound marlin? Just reach out the back of Excellence's fishing cockpit.

Diver Down

Pipin Ferreras and his wife, Audrey, challenged the deadly sea. They lost.

A Most-Wanted Attorney

The government wants his money. The judiciary wants him disbarred. So what's F. Lee Bailey's next move? Sue the bastards!

Reliable Connection

Tafari Music provides the reggae hookup

Bum Voyage

Six passengers were kicked off a cruise ship in a foreign land. Their crime? Tobacco possession.

Best Bar For Gawking At Old Money

The Leopard Lounge

Presto Chimi-Chango

The Leopard Lounge

Night & Day

February 19-25, 1998