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May 9, 2012
Broward YMCA Students to School Board: We Want Healthy Food
Students at the Lauderdale YMCA, located inside Lauderhill Middle School, met today to present a healthy eating plan to members of the Broward Country School Board.The students are part of Live Well Lauderhill, a community project that raises awareness about healthy eating. The students met wi ... More >>
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May 5, 2012
Where to Get a Veggie Burger in South Florida During National Hamburger Month
As Clean Plate Charlie pointed out earlier this week, May is National Hamburger Month. You can read our list of ways to celebrate the occasion here. But if you're not a meat eater, there's no reason to be left completely out of the fun. After the jump, we've got a list of eleven places to get a vegg ... More >>
Blogs
April 30, 2012
The Biggest Lie Ever Told About Vegetarians
Vegetarians in all forms -- ovo-lacto, vegan, etc. -- are subject to an impressive array of misconceptions and lies about the meatless lifestyle. Sometimes, the evidence of misunderstanding is overt, like the person we encounter at a cocktail party whose eyes bug when they spot a plate free of slide ... More >>
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March 19, 2012
Where Bill Clinton Should Eat This Week
When Bill Clinton arrives to talk at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, we're more than looking forward to hearing him speak. We're wondering where he'll stop to eat.What's he doing here? The former President brings his "Embracing Our Common Humanity" tour to our neighborhood where he'll ... More >>
Blogs
February 27, 2012
South Florida's Best Vegetarian-Friendly Restaurants
South Florida isn't exactly awash in vegetarian-friendly choices, but it's not a total wash out, either. From Palm Beach to Broward, there are a smattering of restaurants that either focus entirely on meatfree dining, or at the very least, acknowledge that veggies aren't really interested in eati ... More >>
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February 16, 2012
Ditching Vegetarianism? Five Meaty Ways to Sell Out
When I think back on my golden years in college, I remember all of the good times that I had with strangers friends. Days spent camping out for seats at basketball games, grossly misusing credit cards, and repeatedly surviving untreated alcohol poisoning are all fond memories. I was cool back the ... More >>
Blogs
January 31, 2012
Energy Kitchen in Fort Lauderdale Opens Friday
Attention, health fiends and Meatless Mondayites: Energy Kitchen, a health-conscious concept in which no menu item is more than 500 calories, opens Friday. Does under 500 calories mean healthy? Peruse a McDonald's menu and a slew of items fits that bill: a hamburger (250), cheeseburger (300), dou ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
School Lunch Changes Mean Fewer Animal Crackers and No Canned Fruits
No more animal crackers for iron at your kid's cafeteria. In the first overhaul of school food in 15 years, all schools must be in compliance with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's school food rules by July 1. Florida schools have prepped for the changes by switching control of the school lunc ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Binge Drinking in Florida? Feds Say Not Here
The Onion has penned many parodies of this state, including Florida Legalizes Taking Guns to Work; Florida State University to Phase Out Academic Operations by 2010; and 'Ravaged' Named Florida's Official State Adjective. Though it reads like it, this stat is no parody. According to the Centers f ... More >>
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October 29, 2011
Ellen DeGeneres And Portia de Rossi To Open Vegan Restaurant
ABCEllen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi plan to open a vegan restaurant in CaliforniaEllen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi have plans to open a vegan restaurant on Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley, reports The Hollywood Reporter.Other investors include rocker Chrissy Hynde and entre ... More >>
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October 4, 2011
Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde Closes Her Ohio Restaurant, Citing Bad Economy
Chrissie Hynde closed her vegan restaurant on Sunday, citing a bad economy. The Akron, Ohio, restaurant was open four years and was voted one of the top five vegan restaurants in America by Business Week.The Vegiterranean served vegan dishes with an Italian-Mediterranean flair. On the resta ... More >>
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September 19, 2011
Fat, Sodium, Calories: Ten Dense Dishes
weheartit.comDoes your food want you to die?You see them on TV, you drive past them on the way home - chain restaurants that offer food, fun and convenience. We know its difficult to ignore their siren songs of cheap food and menus that weight more than a toddler. In order to make your food ... More >>
Blogs
September 6, 2011
Epic Meal Time: The Epic Chicken Burger Combo (Video)
Epic Meal TimeWith 81,310 calories, this is one death-defying dinner.Harley Morenstein and his epic buds are back for a little post-holiday snack, Epic Meal Time-style.In this new...uhhhh....recipe for death and destruction, Harley and the guys round up some of fast food's best chicken burgers. A ... More >>
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August 7, 2011
Q &A with Raw Foods Chef Christopher Slawson of Christopher's Kitchen
Photo provided by Christopher's Kitchen Chef Christopher Slawson Raw food has been dubbed as a revolution, a movement, a diet, a trend. But Chef Christopher Slawson is so dedicated to eating raw foods -- or as he calls them, "living foods" -- that he has opened a raw foods eatery, Christophe ... More >>
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July 12, 2011
Vegan Athlete/Vega Creator Brendan Brazier Coming to Whole Foods
If you still have the image of Rocky Balboa guzzling down six raw eggs for breakfast before heading to a boxing session at the meat-packing plant as your guide to optimal muscle mass, it might be time to get acquainted with Brendan Brazier. As a vegan professional Ironman triathlete, best-selling ... More >>
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June 2, 2011
Michelle Obama and USDA Say Food Pyramid Out, My Plate In
flckr/ Rapid City Public LibraryThis food pyramid is old news. America, it's time for a new food lesson... Remember that food pyramid you learned about in grade school and kept seeing around the place? Well, it's outta here. The United States Department of Agriculture has launched a new visual i ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
PETA Names Sublime's Apple Crumb Pie The Best Vegan Pie in America
PETA Sublime's apple pie - delicious and cruelty free.People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals just named Sublime's Apple Crumb Pie ala Mode the best vegan pie in America. The pie, made with an oatmeal streusel, Granny Smith apples and currants, is totally vegan, as is the ice "cream" ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
"New Times" Cupcake Battle: Q&A With Yvette Sanchez of Skinny Chic Desserts
flickr.com: lamantinThe New Times Cupcake Battle at the 2011 Las Olas Wine & Food Festival begins at 7:30 tonight! Clean Plate Charlie interviewed owners of the participating bakeries and Skinny Chic Desserts completes our Q&A countdown.We emailed Yvette Sanchez, owner of Skinny Chic ... More >>
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March 2, 2011
Yummy in My Tummy: Is Organic Baby Food Worth It?
Michael StanleyHappy customers spread the word about organic baby food. Enter the Yummy in My Tummy storefront in Sunrise and you're sure to find more than just baby food. You may, like I did, find babies rolling on beach balls. It's baby yoga time! What exactly is going on here?
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February 22, 2011
Chef to Chef: Q&A With Raoul Valle, Owner of Green Wave Cafe
Photo provided by Green Wave Cafe Over the past few years, there has been a heightened focus on food and where it comes from. Books like Fast Food Nation and Kitchen Confidential have been huge popular hits. If you're having nightmares about where your food comes from and how it's been proce ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
Raw food expo coming to Broward County Convention Center
If the statement of 'you are what you eat' holds true, then right now I am a warm and gelatinous pile of vegan biscuits and gravy with a handful of Sour Patch Kids clinging to the curvier bits of my exterior. But if I had the discipline, I'd much rather resemble the long and slender stalk of ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2011
Confessions of a Marlins Cheerleader
Denis BancroftJen the MermaidSure, some of us have been hitting the gym, but unfortunately it takes more than an express session on the treadmill to terminate that spare tire. Baseball season is imminent (Marlins spring training begins February 27 in Jupiter) and I recently had the pleasure of in ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
Oprah Winfrey: Vegan Ally
Alan Light / flickrOprah is a friend to veggies everywhere.Whether it was going to court to face the beef industry in the late '90s, dedicating episodes of her talk show to behind-the-scenes looks at factory farms, or taking viewers on a grocery-store run for dairy-free junk food with Alicia S ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2010
Six Hangover Cures (Courtesy of Your Local Bartenders)
Photo by Samantha Levine"Woohoo!" With so many South Florida drinking establishments serving till the wee hours, it's easy to wrap up a seemingly good night, only to wake up with a nasty banging headache that feels like tiny angry elves are hammering away at your temples rudely reminding yo ... More >>
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December 27, 2010
Q & A with John Lenhard, Chef at Sublime in Fort Lauderdale
Photo by Michele SandbergWhen one of my chefs tells me about a place I just "have to try", I go running. I couldn't wait to speak with John Lenhard, Culinary Team Leader at Sublime in Fort Lauderdale, because my fascination with the vegan lifestyle. I am awed by the ski ... More >>
Blogs
December 15, 2010
Vegan Potluck Party and Storytelling at Sweat Records Saturday
Whether it involves sifting out the gravelish bits of ham hock from "meatless" baked beans or finger flicking the bacon bits from the community salad, holiday potluck parties can be disappointing and dodgy territory for vegans. This is why, if there's ever a time when vegans can ge ... More >>
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December 14, 2010
Q & A with Davionne Dobson of Remnant Affairs Catering: Vegan Catering in Fort Lauderdale and South Florida
flickr: NorwichNutsVegan food can be rich and delicious A personal chef is like a life coach for your belly. If it seems like an out-of-reach luxury item, let us introduce you to Davionne Dobson, proprietor of Remnant Affairs Catering. Meals made by the local vegan chef and caterer are a gift of ... More >>
Blogs
December 2, 2010
DNA Energy Drink Seeking Spokesmodel
I was stoked when my editor threw this little gem of an assignment into my lap: Boca Raton-based DNA Energy Drink is searching for Miss DNA 2011, which means that I get to thumb through multiple indexes of relatively attractive women as part of my research process. At least that's the story I'm ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2010
The Five Healthiest Fast Food Options
Wikipedia CommonsPlease, just don't eat this.Face it, you can't always eat healthy.Now don't argue. There are times when you can't hit up the specialty market to make the gourmet salad. Next option? McDonald's!Yes, we know that's not the best idea. But there are things you can eat to make sure ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2010
The Five Most Horribly Fattening Items From Tex-Mex Chains
Photo by Flickr user serlingrodHidden in President Obama's health-care initiative is a regulation that requires chain restaurants to begin posting nutritional information on the food. This may seem like trouble for burger joints, but it might be Tex-Mex burrito purveyors that face the most troubl ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2010
Fast-Casual Tex-Mex Tijuana Flats Rolls Out New Menu
Courtesy of Tijuana Flats Burrito lovers rejoice! With their biggest menu roll out in their 15 year existence, fast-casual Tex-Mex restaurant Tijuana Flats welcomes half a dozen new menu options to the South Florida Mexican food-loving masses starting today. All six new items were featured items ... More >>
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January 1, 2010
Top iPhone Apps for Losing Weight After the Holidays
Happy New Year everyone! Now that the imbibing is done, the holidays are past, and we're looking at the next decade, you might be looking at what you did to over-indulge this holiday season. Let the New Year's resolutions and weight loss promises begin!To help you with your plans to lose the holi ... More >>
Blogs
October 9, 2009
NOS Energy Drink: Like an Orange Creamsicle Rollercoaster
After nearly two solid decades of heavy caffeine consumption, I count myself nearly immune to the wonder drug. With a thousand different kinds of energy drinks on the market, I've decided to find out which ones work, and which should just be mixed with vodka and evacuated a few hours later. This ... More >>
Blogs
October 2, 2009
Rockstar Zero Carb Energy Drink: Surprisingly Drinkable
After nearly two solid decades of heavy caffeine consumption, I count myself nearly immune to the wonder drug. While my morning coffee/Diet Mountain Dew regimen gets me back to normal, sometimes that's simply not enough. So I've decided to start trying out the bevy of energy drinks on the market to ... More >>
Blogs
September 29, 2008
Baskin-Robbins' Death Shake: Drink Up!
After nearly two solid decades of heavy caffeine consumption, I count myself nearly immune to the wonder drug. While my morning coffee/Diet Mountain Dew regimen gets me back to normal, sometimes that's simply not enough. So I've decided to start trying out the bevy of energy drinks on the market to ... More >>
Blogs
December 24, 2007
Two Americas, Continued
After nearly two solid decades of heavy caffeine consumption, I count myself nearly immune to the wonder drug. While my morning coffee/Diet Mountain Dew regimen gets me back to normal, sometimes that's simply not enough. So I've decided to start trying out the bevy of energy drinks on the market to ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2007
Ask the Food Critic: How do Locals Get a Hold of Local Fruit?
After nearly two solid decades of heavy caffeine consumption, I count myself nearly immune to the wonder drug. While my morning coffee/Diet Mountain Dew regimen gets me back to normal, sometimes that's simply not enough. So I've decided to start trying out the bevy of energy drinks on the market to ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2007
Is "Healthy" Food Healthier than "Fast"? Not Always
After nearly two solid decades of heavy caffeine consumption, I count myself nearly immune to the wonder drug. While my morning coffee/Diet Mountain Dew regimen gets me back to normal, sometimes that's simply not enough. So I've decided to start trying out the bevy of energy drinks on the market to ... More >>
Calendar
January 12, 2006
Arts and Eats
After nearly two solid decades of heavy caffeine consumption, I count myself nearly immune to the wonder drug. While my morning coffee/Diet Mountain Dew regimen gets me back to normal, sometimes that's simply not enough. So I've decided to start trying out the bevy of energy drinks on the market to ... More >>
Restaurants
May 12, 2005
Best Vegetarian Restaurant
Low Fat No Fat Café
Film
May 27, 2004
McRibbing
A man eats fast food for a month -- guess what happens
Dining
May 13, 2004
Gold in Boca
A man eats fast food for a month -- guess what happens
Goods and Services
May 16, 2002
Best Health-Food Store
Nutrition Depot Discount Vitamin Centers
Goods and Services
May 17, 2001
Best Health Food Store
Whole Foods Market
Dining
August 10, 2000
Foodstuff
Esposito's Pizza Restaurant
Dining
August 12, 1999
Foodstuff
Power Smoothie
News
July 29, 1999
The Doctor Will Sell You Now
Supplied by Rexall Showcase of Boca Raton, doctors and other distributors are pitching alternative forms of medicine that may not work in ways that may not be legal
Foodstuffs
March 11, 1999
Best Burrito
East Coast Burrito Factory
Calendar
February 4, 1999
You Are What You Read
East Coast Burrito Factory
News
July 23, 1998
Weird Science
The Life Extension Foundation claims it'll add years to your life with pills and cancer profiles. As long as you have the money.
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