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Billy Boloby Versus Crohn's: A Musician's Struggle With Chronic Illness

British Newspaper The Telegraph Mocks American Food; We Fight Back

The British newspaper The Telegraph has a slideshow up today mocking the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona, California. The slideshow is titled "Only In America".As you can probably guess, it features image after image of deep-fried American specialties such as deep fried Oreos, deep-fried Snickers, ... More >>

Orange Julius: It Lives! (Dairy Queen is Reviving the Brand) and Three Other Drinks That Should Have Survived the '80s

It's not really a smoothie, and it's definitely not a milkshake, but the Orange Julius -- that frothy, creamy, citrusy goodness -- is still something more than just juice.Most of us became familiar with Orange Julius in the late '80s, when Dairy Queen bought the rights to the original 1920s beverage ... More >>

Boca's Craft Beer Crawl Made a Bit Fruity at the Funky Buddha

"You are not going to start calling me names if I order the Raspberry Berliner?" my friend asked, in a rather deadpan manner. We were evaluating the options written on the chalkboard behind the bar in the Boca Raton craft beer haven Funky Buddha. I could not judge him considering that I was serious ... More >>

Mug-Shot Friday: Fireworks, Kool-Aid, and a Seduction

​Welcome to this week's post of the Broward-Palm Beach edition of Mug-Shot Friday, a longstanding franchise focusing on the week's most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida's tat heads, tough guys, and femmes fatale. Check out Miami New Times' Riptide blog for the Miami-Dade edition.

Mardi Gras at Home: Beads, King Cake, Muffulettas, and Hurricanes

Robert Fresh MarketKing Cake is a Mardi Gras tradition.​Happy Fat Tuesday!  This is the day when good Christians stuff themselves with booze, food, and show their boobs in exchange for beads in a last-ditch effort to get in as much partying as they can before Lent.  Thankfully, like Chri ... More >>

A1A Marathon and Half Marathon: Taste Testing The Swag Bag

​The A1A Marathon and Half Marathon is this Sunday, February 19.  A marathon is much more than an endurance run. There's an entire weekend of activity surrounding the race, including the pre-race carbo-load pasta dinner, the post-race brunch with beer (must replenish carbs), race strategies ( ... More >>

South Florida Fair, Winter Series of Beer, and Other Food Events in South Florida this Week

kthypryn via Flickr Creative CommonsThis is your South Florida Fair food, on drugs. ​Options this week for food centered fun in South Florida range from the highbrow (swanky fundraising tastings) to the not-so-highbrow (deep-fried butter and the Tilt-a-Whirl) and choices in between.Assuming you've ... More >>

Big Macs Are Pricey, Beers Are For Breakfast, and Everything's Better Fried

​Here's a serving of food-related links from the weekend papers. "It's 5:00 somewhere" is taken to the extreme in this Wall Street Journal article on breakfast brews. Among my favorites is the Mikkeller "Geek Breakfast" made with fancy French roasted coffee and stout. Calling Old Fort Lauderdale ... More >>

Fried Kool-Aid Balls: Coming to a Fair Near You?

ktreb at Flickr.comFried Kool-Aid balls​Move over, Mr. Kool-Aid mascot. There's a new Kool-Aid man around. His name is Charlie Boghosian, creator of the recently famous fried Kool-Aid balls that debuted at the San Diego County Fair this past weekend.But how, exactly, do you fry a liquid?  ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh Starts Selling Tea Out of Boca Raton Because "The Liberals Are Coming"

​If you haven't already been drinking Rush Limbaugh's Kool-Aid, now's your chance.Limbaugh, the conservative talk-show host and Palm Beach resident, has started his own line of bottled iced tea called Two if by Tea.Branded by Boca Raton-based Karhl Holdings LLC, a 12-pack of Rush's sauce -- includ ... More >>

Five Reasons to Check Out Riverside Market

Photo: Misha GrosvenorMicrobrews abound at Riverside Market​ Riverside Market is quite possibly one of Fort Lauderdale's best-kept secrets. Located just across the swing bridge that connects the Sailboat Bend and Riverside neighborhoods, it's an easy place to miss unless you're in the know or ... More >>

Mac Miller at America's Backyard 5/14

FAT Village Struggles to Create an Arts District in Culture-Starved Broward

The Improvisational Journey of Bob Weir's Furthur

Betty's Soul Food: A Fort Lauderdale Institution

Professional Eaters Descend Upon South Florida for the Great Pickle Battle

Interpol's South Florida Gig Stirs Up Terrors From Drummer's Past

Steve Martorano's Italian Kitchen at the Seminole Hard Rock: Believe the Hype

You’re a Special Snowflake

Blues, Brews, and BBQ Wrapped Up

​The third annual Blues, Brews, and BBQ rocked the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek this Saturday, dropping over 100 beers, plenty of great tunes, and lots and lots of smoked pig on the sizable crowd. With live music sets from Bonerama and the Radiators, the sectioned off tent outside of the casino w ... More >>

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Cheap Wine That Doesn't Suck

​If there's anything suckier than cheap sparkling wine it probably ought to be illegal.  You've probably had your share, whether the ubiquitous black bottle or the fruit-infused swill that makes Kool-Aid taste like Chateau d'Yquem or any of the legion of insipid imitators lurking on supermark ... More >>

Grace instant Cornmeal Porridge: Like Grits, Only More Confusing

​When I think of porridge, only a few things come to mind: Goldilocks, bears, poverty, and prison. Goldilocks and the Bears probably don't need much of an explanation, as I'm sure many of our first times even hearing the word was in the children's story. Poverty... well for some reason I've always ... More >>

Cheap Wine That Doesn't Suck: Merlot Even Miles Would Drink

​"I am not drinking any fucking Merlot!"  That was Miles Raymond in Sideways, the movie that did for Merlot what Plan 9 From Outer Space did for science fiction cinema.  If you've tasted much domestic and Australian Merlot over the past few years, you can sympathize with Miles. Most of i ... More >>

There Goes the Hood

A legendary underground filmmaker from Sistrunk surfaces to make a movie about Florida homeboys

Mas Tequila

Drink up; it's more of the same at Rocco's Tacos

Duck, Duck, Shoot

Petite and badass, she keeps hunters in her sights

Santa's Brittle Helper

Vince Vaughn tries to attract a different set of underage babies with Fred Claus

Sun-Sentinel Holds Slogan Contest

Sun-Sentinel's "Transformative Change"

The Wright Moves

A straight-from-high-school phenom stays intimate with the Heat bench

Settling The Matter

Cape of Good Hope

When Snorting Ants Ain't Crazy

Don't take Grandma to the International Extreme Music Festival

The Kids Are Alright

It's hard to say who throws bigger tantrums, kid actors or rock stars.

Tailpipe

Clam Up

Richie Revolution

Can a celebrity dance club make it in a stronghold of rock?

The Old Man and the Fish

Did Marlins skipper Jack McKeon ever tell you about the time... ?

Cooking Up Laughs

... and shoving them down your trap, Dane-tily

Army of Old

A former Kiss Army soldier recalls his torturous tour of duty

Best Martini

Dakotah 624

Don King Presents

A battle of Kerry vs. Kerry

Pee, Sweat, and Maggots

Head for the Hog

A ride on a motorcycle, a proposition, and too much brewski

Letters for December 13, 2001

A miracle in physiology

Blood Brothers

Albert and Allen Hughes deliver a sensuous but grisly message From Hell

Gender Bent

Michelle Rodriguez puts the grrr into Karyn Kusama's Girlfight

I Want a New Drug

Users call it G, Scoop, Goop, EZLay, Georgia Home Boy, or just plain old GHB. What's it like? Euphoric… and potentially deadly.

Best Margarita

Baja Café