Coca-Cola

Kashi Ashram: Claims of Rape, Child Abuse, and Kidnapping

SweetTooth Soiree: A Bad Sugar High at Gulfstream

It was a surprise to see Susan Arboleda of SusyPops' cake pops selling her wares at Gulfstream Park's SweetTooth Soiree Friday night. People paid anywhere from $40 and $80 and were promised all the sugary treats they could handle. However, we couldn't blame her. The amateur confectioner who aspires ... More >>

Bash Wine Cafe & Catering Has Moved: Grand Opening Friday

For West Broward craft beer and wine lovers, Bash Wine Cafe & Catering has been the long time 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 curr ... More >>

d.b.a./café in Fort Lauderdale: Where Fancy Food Is Accessible and Wine Drinking Is Fun

Albie and Chris Manzo of Real Housewives of New Jersey to Plug Blk Water at Whole Foods

Albie and Chris Manzo, the sons of Real Housewives of New Jersey matriarch Caroline Manzo have grown up -- sorta. The boys (can you call 20-something year old men boys?) have turned their strange idea into a fast-selling product. The idea? Get people to buy bottled water. Wait? What's so strange ab ... More >>

Pinche Taqueria in Wilton Manors Can't Be Beat for Drinks and People-Watching

Pinche Taqueria Works Out Fitting into Wilton Manors

There are nearly a dozen taco options on Pinche Taqueria's concise Mexican-American menu. Despite our expectations for more true-to-form Mexican fare, stemming from Pinche's New York locations and their strict adherence to those traditions, Stephanie Lee, owner of the Wilton Manors outpost, told us ... More >>

Madonna at the American Airlines Arena November 19 and 20

An ABZ Production: In South Street and Cooper Avenue, SoFla's hottest restaurateur embarks on his most ambitious ventures

Walmart Choice Steak Challenge Pits Two Local Chefs In a Fiery Battle

Two local South Florida chefs are competing in a fiery battle to see who has the best grill skills in the Walmart Choice competition. The grill-off, sponsored by Kingsford charcoal and Coca-Cola, will have the executive chef and sous chef of Miami's Red Fish Grill battle it out in a head-to-head com ... More >>

Victoria Jackson Went From "SNL" to the Rabid Right

Top Ten National Food Stories of 2011

​It's the round-up time of the year. To kick off the a.m., we've culled the national stories on Clean Plate Charlie that got the most clicks for 2011. Read on for everything from the riveting to the ridiculous!

Go for the Gold

Coca-Cola Drops White Polar Bear Cans Because We're Too Stupid

​When Coca-Cola decided to team with the World Wildlife Fund to raise money for endangered polar bears, who would have thought there would be backlash?

Allen West's PAC Contributions Include Some Old Favorites: Bank of America and Halliburton

​Rep. Allen West's campaign submitted its quarterly report to the Federal Election Commission at the end of the week, and he scored a few grand from the political action committees of a few companies that think it's a good idea to keep West in office, including Bailout Bank of America and Hall ... More >>

Manuel Valle Executed After Stay Denied by United States Supreme Court

Florida Department of CorrectionsManuel Valle​South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle was executed by lethal injection inside the Florida State Prison at 7:14 p.m. today.Valle came within minutes of dying earlier in the day, before the U.S. Supreme Court halted the lethal injection for several h ... More >>

The Yankee Chicks

Table to Farm: DIG in Delray Beach Serving Sustainable, Organic Foods

Gyorgy PappTuna "Filey Mignon" from DIGWhen it comes to clean eating, forget farm to table. How about table to farm?DIG in Delray Beach isn't just "doing it green," like its name symbolizes. With a truly forward-thinking concept, owners Chef Joey Giannuzzi and Robert Greenfield are do ... More >>

Coke Freestyle at Miami Subs: 100 Flavor Combos in One Machine

Coke Freestyle machines now in south Florida ​Coke Freestyle, the mythical machine that allows you to choose from over 100 different water and soda flavors, has arrived at select Broward Miami Subs locations. The machine is basically an extremely high tech version of a soda machine. An LCD ... More >>

Questions About a Father’s Disappearance Led to Answers That Were Far Too Close to Home

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution: An End to Chocolate Milk?

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution will be back on the air this Friday. The first episode of the series brought us pink slime and a busload of sugar. We thought we would check out what's been happening with Oliver since - both on his show and in the news.

Reason Number 102 for Why Women Prefer Cucumbers to Men

Photo Courtesy of Jeff Kaplan​Click here for the first 101 cheesy, sexual innuendo jokes.Schoolyard humor aside, a micro-bottler from Pompano Beach wants you to enjoy his Mr. Q. Cumber -- a 90-calorie soda, flavored with cucumber extract. Owner of Global Beverage Enterprises, Jeff Kaplan, asks: Wh ... More >>

Daft Punk Partners With Coca-Cola

Bonsaichop via Wikimedia CommonsHarder, Better, Faster, Stronger Coca-Cola​In this week's head scratching celebrity/corporate moment of "synergy" Rolling Stone (via Hype Beast) is reporting that French duo Daft Punk is hooking up with Coca-Cola to launch a special edition release of Daft Punk-insp ... More >>

Did NPR Uncover the Secret Coke Formula? [The Secret Recipe]

Coca-Cola: all your recipes belong to us!​One of American culture's biggest mysteries is the Coca-Cola formula. Well it might not be a mystery any more.According to Yahoo, NPR's "This American Life" recently found a 1979 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution which contained an article about ... More >>

New Year's Eve at Lola's on Harrison

Ann Coulter Watch: "Like a Condom, The First Amendment Can't Always Protect You."

​This week, our favorite local virgin published her most vapid screed yet at Human Events, her "editorial home." Wondering why our nation's top "legal eagles" have yet to make a compelling case for the criminal prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, she draws on her lawyerly training to ... More >>

Kick the Bottle

As the containers and costs mount, in South Florida and beyond, plastic is played out

Cookie Monsters

It's the old diet doc versus the marketing gun in the great war of the tasty appetite suppressors