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South Florida Food and Drink Events: DaDa Bazaar, Cheesy Openings, and More

Despite its rocky start, this weekend should have been a big one for you. Between The Fort Lauderdale Busloop, Kentucky Derby, and Cinco De Mayo, you should be right about ready for a nap--or a detox. Well, like it or not, the workweek is back. Even so, the fun does not have to stop. And we have y ... More >>

Five South Florida Food & Drink Events This Weekend: Food Trucks, Chefs' Dinner, and Passover Prep

Good news, thin-blooded South Floridians. Last weekend's "frigid" (read: glorious) cooler temps will start melting away in the next few days, and the forecast for the weekend is looking pretty damned fine. Get out of the house, sans parka this time, and check out what's shaking in the Broward and Pa ... More >>

Gary Laufenberg, Cooper City Mayoral Candidate, Drops Out of Race

Looks like Cooper City mayoral candidate Gary Ross can start planning that victory party early. His opponent, Gary Laufenberg, tearfully announced he is dropping out of the race. The reason: Laufenberg is basically taking the bullet for campaign aide and family friend, Ryan Shrouder, after he was c ... More >>

Cafe Boulud's Jim Leiken: A Q&A About Pig's Bladder and "Imaginary Daniel Boulud"

Like many a northerner, Jim Leiken packed up his life in New York to head south to warmer pastures. Alright, the weather wasn't the only determining factor-- this New Yorker was offered the executive chef position at Cafe Boulud at the Brazilian Court, Palm Beach. With just over a year into his new ... More >>

Q&A With Hell's Kitchen Winner (and Cooper City High Alum) Paul Niedermann

Cooper City High School has a reputation for many things: high academic standards, football, hooking scandals, the kids responsible for the murder in the book Bully, and, now, celebrity chef Paul Niedermann. Since winning season nine of Hell's Kitchen, Niedermann, a Cooper City High alum, has t ... More >>

BSO Deputies Beat Up Partiers for Throwing an Orange, Lawsuit Claims

Pro tip: if you're hosting a party, avoid chucking oranges at the neighbors after they complain about how much noise you're making. You might end up with BSO deputies screaming and throwing you into the ficus hedge.That's what Eric Spalding of Cooper City says happened, in a lawsuit filed in federal ... More >>

Cooking on a Yacht: An Insider's Guide

On April 16, chef Sara Ventiera heads out for a three-week trip to the Bahamas, manning the kitchen on a 91-foot yacht. She will file regular updates from the waters about what it's like to work on a yacht, from pre-trip provisioning, to sea plane produce delivery.It has happened to every South Flor ... More >>

Imprisoned Rapist Applied to Fort Lauderdale Police, BSO Before Crimes

Michael Ragusa grew up in Fort Lauderdale. When it came time for job hunting, he applied to the Broward Sheriff's Office and the police departments in Fort Lauderdale and Cooper City, among others. They all rejected him.But Miami hired him as a police officer -- even though his application included ... More >>

South Florida Muslims Meet With BSO Officials, Urge Collaboration

​The men file in slowly to the meeting room at the Broward Sheriff's Office headquarters in Fort Lauderdale. "As-Salaam-Alaikum," they greet one another, shaking hands, smiling warmly at a Sunrise police officer they recognize from prayer services.About 25 men are here, some wearing skull caps, ... More >>

LaSpada's Hoagies Unseated in Zagat's Top Food Rankings

​The end of the year means lists of all sorts, including Zagat's, the dinosaur of reader generated rankings.  Nice weather and a range of affordable dining options encourage South Floridians to eat out 3.4 times a week says the dinosaur, compared to Boston, where residents eat out 2.5 times a ... More >>

Cooking Channel Star Gives Away Free Ice Cream at Yellow Green Market

Cooking ChannelRoger Mooking is giving out free ice cream to celebrate Cooking Channel's first birthday.​It's hard to believe the Cooking Channel is turning one!  Roger Mooking, star of Everyday Exotic, is celebrating by giving away free ice cream with the Cooking Channel's Frozen Treat Truck ... More >>

Drink & Food Events This Weekend in Broward/Palm Beach Counties

The Fall (as in season) of food trucks.​This weekend belongs to food trucks and the South Florida denizens who love their mobile food wares. The schedule over the next few days is dominated by food truck rallies, derbies and festivals, with a transportation network for party goers in Southern Palm ... More >>

Doggie Bag: This Week in Charlie

Make this butternut squash pizza at home using a cheap and easy pizza stone.​Kubo Asiatic Cuisine debuts in Palm Beach.The Beaujolais Nouvea Wine Festival takes place tonight at Gulstream Park.Want to celebrate Turkey Day without the work? Try these restaurants hosting special meals. [Broward/Dade ... More >>

South Florida Gadflies Learning to Swarm

Riviera Beach's most persistent activist, Fane Lozman, has joined with newspaper publisher John Beatty in filing for a recall effort against the city's five council members. The recall is a typical tool for gadflies, but what makes this one ominous is that it's attracted participation from gadflies ... More >>

Mike Good Already Dealing With Controversy a Day After Filing Candidacy in Cooper City

FlickrNoon was the filing deadline, and Good missed it by a hair.​It seems former Hallandale Beach City Manager Mike Good can't even file for office without triggering at least a mini-scandal. A city activist claims that Good missed Wednesday's noon deadline by a few minutes but that the Cooper Ci ... More >>

Weed Seekers Need Online Update -- Stat!

​Wanted -- a few potheads who can get some research done and can form a few articulate sentences about their experiences. Webehigh.com, an international website that directs would-be stoners to the nearest dealer, whether that be in Bangladesh, Lithuania, or Papua New Guinea, is ser ... More >>

Durian: A Fruit So Stinky It's Illegal

​Over on our sister blog, the Juice, Jeff Stratton recounts how Ahmad Lai Bujang, a 61-year-old Malaysian parliament member, "was taken to a hospital after he complained of breathlessness and dizziness from gorging himself on durian, a spiky green fruit resembling jackfruit (or a green hedgehog ... More >>

Sean Healy to Serve Ponzi Sentence in Texas, Despite Judge's Recommendation

Sean and Shalese Healy lived it up until Sean's investors, then the SEC, sued.​The Sean Healy ponzi scheme crossed so many state lines that postal inspectors had to get involved in the prosecution. He started out in New York, lived and spent in Weston, and funneled money from Pennsylvania. But Hea ... More >>

Lauderdale High School Baseball Stars Taking Different Paths to Big Leagues

Flickr: jajohnson19Eric Hosmer​Eric Hosmer and Deven Marrero starred at first base and shortstop, respectively, for a 2008 American Heritage School team that won a state and national title. They were separated by a year, but both players were heavily recruited by the nation's elite baseball progra ... More >>

Weezer Leads SunFest's New Music Night Lineup

[Updated] Davie Councilwoman Susan Starkey Accused of Ethnic Bias Against Jews

davie-fl.govStarkey​A Davie street sign commemorating a donation by a Muslim group has triggered controversy for Susan Starkey, a longtime member of the Davie Town Council who allegedly hurled an accusation at Jews while arguing that the sign should stay.The Council on American-Islamic Relations i ... More >>

Order Up: Mustard Seed Bistro

John LinnOne of Mustard Seed's signature dishes is the roasted duck with cherry gastrique.​ On deck this week: our review of Mustard Seed Bistro, a quaint French-inspired eatery in Cooper City. It's the product of Tim and Lara Boyd, a pair of restaurateurs now in their second location since sellin ... More >>

Cooper City Woman Convicted in Sex Abuse of Illinois Relative

Mateo​Ana Mateo, a 29-year-old woman from Cooper City charged with sex abuse based on a Facebook dialogue she had with a 15-year-old relative in Illinois in 2007, has been convicted by a Will County, Illinois, jury. The Facebook posts were discovered by the boy's mother in June 2008. The victim to ... More >>

Tennis Albo: Boy From Plantation Wins Nationals

Photo: BillClarkTennis.comJake Albo​American tennis fans sick of getting whipped in international tournaments may depend on South Florida -- and Broward County in particular -- for a new generation of stars. This weekend in San Antonio, Jake Albo from Plantation entered that derby by beating Calif ... More >>

Woolf in Sheep's Clothing: Lifeguard From Miramar Snagged in Internet Sex Sting

Photo courtesy BSOMichael WoolfSounds like the Broward Sheriff's Office has been tracking Michael Woolf, 35, for several months. And that it suspects he's been tracking underaged girls all the while, not just online but from his perch atop the lifeguard tower. Here's the BSO release: A South Florida ... More >>

The Trail From a $6 Million French Art Heist Ends in Suburban South Florida

Hurry to Get in on Tobacco Suit, Flight Attendant Aprons Ruin Beer Surprise, James Taylor to Dress Up

A civil suit that goes to trial in Fort Lauderdale today is expected to be the first of a wave of lawsuits against Big Tobacco in Florida courts. The widow of Stuart Hess, a locksmith from Cooper City, sued Phillip Morris after his death in 1997, claiming the cigarettes he bought were defec ... More >>

High-Class Heists

Hang on tightly to those Picassos at Basel. Art crime is on the rise.

Jeanette Smith’s body was dumped in Florida’s Everglades and turned up details about the Mob

Letters for March 13-19, 2008

This One's For The Kuech

Did They At Least Pay The Tip?

Beatcomber

Stepping Up the Game

Capsule reviews of current area stage shows.

Life in Hell

Daddy's Little Girl

After 50 years, what does Anne Frank mean?

Letters for January 12-18, 2006

Got House?

Your Own Piece of Sunshine

Letters for April 14-20, 2005

Letters for March 25, 2004

Justice of the Church:

Battle of the Bugs

The blood runs pink as biowarfare is waged against insect pests

Swim Stuff

Area high school students get wet

Who Ya Gonna Call?

Anybody but Wayne Huizenga's Maroone, says one unhappy buyer

Letters for September 25, 2003

Recess Redux

Letters for April 24, 2003

A defrocked buddy

Undercurrents

A nightclub in the fast lane, a newspaper in the slow one, and a Brazilian with his thumb out

Serviceable Salvadoran

La Molienda offers tasty Salvadoran fare-if you steer clear of seafood

Gold and Gadgetry

"1st Annual Anniversary Birthday Bash Art Exhibit"

Stepping Up to the Plate

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