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What Makes For The Perfect Bar? An Excuse To Drink Helps.

Flickr​There were a legions of lousy bars in my hometown in DC in contrast to the library of great ones in South Florida. "The Perfect Bar" in this month's Garden and Gun notes that the South nurtures them because it encourages so many excuses to drink:The South has produced such excellent establi ... More >>

Orange Juice and Taxes Cause State Citrus Department Director to Resign

Blame this guy.​The Ledger is reporting that Ken Keck, the Florida Department of Citrus executive director, will resign next week.That's consistent with the citrus commission's August 3 agenda, which states the third item is to consider "terms of resignation of acting executive director," and the ... More >>

Truck Farm: Join the Fleet

Think you can't grow your own produce if you're not living out on a farm? Well, maybe you should consider getting a truck. No joke! Truck Farm is a mobile farm where you plant into the bed of a truck. That means you are growing your own produce even if you have limited space and live in the city. Im ... More >>

Mango Farm Tour at Erickson Farms Sunday -- a Family Day Out

​The 99-year-old Erickson Farms in Canal Point opens its gates to the public on Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., for its annual Farm Tour. The free tour features rides among the mango groves -- 40 acres of them -- and around the other tropical trees growing on the other 20 acres.Kim Erickson, one of the ... More >>

Florida Tomato Shortage Impacting Restaurants Nationwide

​Walking into a Deerfield Beach Tex-Mex restaurant last week, I noticed a handwritten sign on the door. It read, "Due to tomato shortage, customers are limited to one bowl of salsa per table."Tex-Mex without salsa? That's like pizza without cheese. Or sauce.After one of the coldest winters in the ... More >>

The World According to Harry

g.shepherdHarry's Banana Farm, 10.17.09​Harry's Banana Farm in Lake Worth has long been famous for its stuffed alligator, its paperback "lending library," its Penthouse designation as one of the ten sleaziest bars in America, and for the philosophical musings posted on its outdoor sign. But this w ... More >>

Florida Citrus Growers Switch to Organic

g.shepherdHarry's Banana Farm, 10.17.09​Harry's Banana Farm in Lake Worth has long been famous for its stuffed alligator, its paperback "lending library," its Penthouse designation as one of the ten sleaziest bars in America, and for the philosophical musings posted on its outdoor sign. But this w ... More >>

The Rainbow Must Go On

g.shepherdHarry's Banana Farm, 10.17.09​Harry's Banana Farm in Lake Worth has long been famous for its stuffed alligator, its paperback "lending library," its Penthouse designation as one of the ten sleaziest bars in America, and for the philosophical musings posted on its outdoor sign. But this w ... More >>

Radio Free Haiti

Jonathan Demme's documentary brings a joyful revolutionary to the screen

Battle of the Bugs

The blood runs pink as biowarfare is waged against insect pests

Letters for November 21, 2002

A left-wing zealot

Best Fresh-Squeezed Orange Juice

Alex's Flamingo Groves

Best Farmer's Market

Delray Green Market in the Park

Best Sun-Sentinel Writer

David Fleshler

Taco Heaven

At Avila's, the tortilla is more than half full

Foodstuff

Florida Grape Growers Association

Good Grind

The authors of The Birth of Coffee appear in West Palm Beach

Citrus Tree Removers Leave Sour Taste

Letters for July 20, 2000

Canker Sore

State workers are cutting down homeowners' citrus trees to save Florida's fruit industry. It's a South Florida chain saw massacre.

Best Fresh Produce

West McNab U-Pick

Foodstuff

West McNab U-Pick