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Wilton Manors Wine and Food Festival: Eat-Sip-Love in the Gayborhood

It seems like new wine and food festivals are popping up every weekend. And we're certainly not complaining. Who doesn't like the opportunity to sample different plates from multiple restaurants all in one location? There's that and the copious amounts of booze.Broward County is about to see its new ... More >>

El Gringo Returns: CBS4's Brian Andrews Has Been on Quite the Colombian Adventure

Newscaster Brian Andrews, Bogota's El Gringo, Nearly Kidnapped In Colombia

On a recent overcast day in downtown Fort Lauderdale, a cluster of reporters watched a tanned blond man sashay into the federal courthouse dressed like the Joker: orange pants, purple socks, red pocket square, and a Technicolored iPhone in his hand. Murmurs immediately. "Who's that?" one reporter ... More >>

Five South Florida Food-Related Events This Weekend: Brazilian Independence Day and More

If Flavor Palm Beach isn't dominating your dining calendar this weekend -- read more about the month-long restaurant promotion here -- that means you've got a little bit of room to explore the other food-related happenings this weekend in Broward and Palm Beach counties. After the jump find five thi ... More >>

Doing Sensuality Right

Foreign Buyers Totally Into South Florida Real Estate

Popular real-estate website Trulia.com has been tracking you, international real estate buyers. And now it's telling everybody.While a study released earlier this week found that searches for U.S. homes from other countries has dropped 10 percent on the website since 2011, there was other informatio ... More >>

Need More BBQ Ideas? Vanesa Fedak of Bravo! Gourmet Sandwich Talks Peruvian-Style Parrilladas

Over the past few years, Peru has definitely become the hot gourmet travel destination. Serious foodies from across the world have been looking to Peru for inspiration. With that in mind, we decided to chat with Vanesa Fedak of Bravo! Gourmet Sandwich to get her take on a Peruvian-style Father's Day ... More >>

PM Buenos Aires Fish & Steak House: Grilled Steaks at High Prices in a Gorgeous, Bicultural Setting

"Death and the Maiden" at Mosaic Theater: Mysteries Shroud This Prescient Study of Torture, Tyranny, and Democracy

Roger Scotton Stole Five Years of Shipping Services by Pretending to Be Walmart, Prosecutors Say

​A 41-year-old Boca Raton man was indicted on federal mail-fraud charges Friday after authorities say he got free shipping for his internet businesses by setting up accounts with UPS, DHL, and FedEx and saying he was a representative of businesses such as Target, Walmart, and Apple, according to p ... More >>

Texas de Brazil Opens in Fort Lauderdale

Photo: Manuel Miranda​ Good news carnivores! Fort Lauderdale's newest steakhouse, Texas de Brazil, opened this week!  Located directly across from the Galleria Mall, the new Brazilian steakhouse is easy to miss from the road even if you are looking for it! A word of advice- once you hit Galle ... More >>

Flavor of Peru in Fort Lauderdale: You Must Try the Ceviche at This Authentic Peruvian Restaurant

Latin Talk-Show Host Jaime Bayly, Loathed and Loved, Is Dying

Valentine's Day Delights @ Texas de Brazil

Milky Way Martini​It is that time of the year again when happy couples find an excuse to tell each other how much they care while the rest of us pretend that Valentine's Day is a conspiracy for the greeting card companies to make a killing. The good thing is that Texas de Brazil is offering somet ... More >>

Learn to Make a Caipirinha, Other Brazilian Cocktails

​You never could pronounce it, and you sure as hell didn't know how to make it -- but those days are over. Finally, learn to make a caipirinha -- and a bunch of other sexy Brazilian cocktails -- 

I'm Eating What?! Guilty Candy Grab Bag

Photo by Riki AltmanThese "treats" should be locked up and put away. Forever.​Have you seen these felons? Be on the lookout -- they're impostors. They look like tasty, unique snacks, but really they're just boring, flavorless sugar bombs.We found them at an Argentine market and were filled with ho ... More >>

Chima Brazilian Steakhouse in Fort Lauderdale

Photo © carlaarena/Flickr​Of all Brazil's contributions to world culture--Carnival, bikini waxing, those swimsuits--I think my favorite is delivered on a sword. Brazilian barbecue, known as churrasco, is a uniquely South American kind of grilling, and thanks to Broward's huge Brazilian popul ... More >>

Joyeria de Walmart No Cumple con las Promesas Verdes

Walmart's "Love, Earth" Jewelry Line Doesn't Live Up to Green Promises

Recipes for Holiday Drinks at Texas de Brazil

​If you are in the mood for the flavor of Brazil to go along with your holiday festivities, then Texas De Brazil is the place for you. This Brazilian Steakhouse is now offering holiday martinis with great names such as Misseltoe Delight, Christmas Dream, and Candy Cane Martini to go along with its ... More >>

"Only When I Dance" Documents Struggling Would-Be Brazilian Stars

This Ain’t Your Daddy’s MMA

Next Week: Greater Everglades Community Food Summit

​Helping the environment can be as simple as shopping from local farmers. Just think of all the gasoline, packaging, time, and energy we waste by importing oranges from Brazil or avocados from California, when those foods grow right here close to home. To advance the idea of a locally-based and su ... More >>

Cheap Wine That Doesn't Suck: Santa Julia 2009 Torrontes

​Here's a tip: The next big white wine thing will be. . . Torrontes.  Oh, probably not.  But it should be, because the Torrontes grape makes a quite lovely, easy to drink, affordable wine that's particularly suited to the South Florida climate and palate. Think a less complex but still e ... More >>

Cheap Wine That Doesn't Suck: Copa Del Rey 2008 Chardonnay

​Everybody's looking for a good deal on wine nowadays, and anybody who's been paying attention to the wine market knows that some of the best deals around are coming from Latin America. Or to put it more succinctly, Chile and Argentina.  The quality of their grapes, skill of their winemakers ... More >>

A Lot Like a Rolling Stone

I'm Eating What?! Jamaican Country Style Corned Beef in a Can From Brazil

Riki Altman​Let's start this one off with the label's conundrum. First we've got corned beef "with juices" from a brand called Jamaican Country Style. Do Jamaican country folk eat this stuff? Anyone? Bueller? And it's labeled "Product of Brazil." Hmmm. Do Jamaican country folk living in Brazil eat ... More >>

The Meat of the Matter at Texas de Brazil in Hallandale Beach

Photo by Flickr user mainochurrascaria​Now that Mr. Persnickety and I are nearing the sixth month of our courtship, I've started to become obsessively concerned that he try new foods nearly every time we go out to eat, and I have become more vocal in my insistence that he join me on my quest to un ... More >>

Dance Party, But Thankfully Not U.S.A.

Don’t Sweat the Thunder

Walk the Skank

She Came From the Jungle

This Ain’t Gilliam’s Brazil

Local Yokels Armed With Brushes

Reading Miranda

Livin' la Lima Loca

Bye-bye, sushi; hello, ceviche at Las Totoritas

Power Lunch

Meat Stroke

At Gol!, the temperature's risin'

Satanic Silver

Don't Cry for Me

Moos, Views

Meat the Best

You won't want to miss this carne-ivorous joint

Best Group Art Exhibition

"Reality and Figuration: The Contemporary Latin American Presence"

Emperors of Ice Cream

South Florida offers a veritable world tour of frozen goodness

Best Restaurant Row

Gateway Plaza

The Magic Touch

Inca Grill offers enchanting Peruvian cuisine

Blame It on Pizza

These pies from Brazil will drive you nuts

Battle of the Buffets

When faced with the quality of Kyojin Buffet, the Mongolian Grille goes up in smoke

Winds of Change