When the Boyds opened their quaint, French-inspired eatery Mustard Seed Bistro, they underestimated the potential of Lara’s baking because it was her husband, Tim, who was at the culinary helm whipping up bison tenderloins or tomato risottos with mushrooms. But within the first year, Lara began to experiment with recipes…
Pumpkin spice fever is like syphilis. It’s contracted easily, spreads quickly, and symptoms include a zombie-like stampede for the antidote: anything containing the rotund orange fruit (yes, pumpkin is a fruit) and that blend of cinnamon-y spices. See also: Pumpkin Spice, The Movie? “White People Are Going to Love It”…
Towering above patrons and staff with a benevolent smile, Jimmy Holland is not easy to miss. Decked out in his personalized white coat and black backward cap, the sous chef is seen in the open kitchen prep stations, tasting sauces and concocting new recipes. Although he’s friendly with customers and…
Gluten and desserts have always seemed to go hand in hand, leaving the gluten-intolerant and those battling Celiac disease with little to combat sugar cravings. Twenty-four year old Szandra Szeghalmi has found a gluten-free loophole: rice pudding and cakes. Using her Hungarian grandmother’s recipes, Szeghalmi brings Hallandale Beach a shop,…
From your island vacation to your belief in the tooth fairy, they say all good things must come to an end. And Friday night marks the end of the all-female music exhibition that has been going on for the past two years. For the Acou-chix finale, Conundrum Stages — the…
South Florida is known for a lot of things, but its population of Wisconsinites is not one of them; New Yorkers, definitely. Still, you’d never guess it based on the turnout at Slackers Bar on Sunday for the Packers game against the Redskins. A sea of forest-green Rodgers jerseys, this…
Unexplained incidents are known to happen on the full moon. Dogs are more likely to attack, people find it harder to fall asleep, and Eat the Tea will celebrate its one-year anniversary this Thursday. The colorful tea shop also opened on the full moon last September, and owner Maureen Ruggeri…
Despite their vast foreign policy differences, a Meatless Monday campaign seems to be the only issue Iran and Israel can agree on. That’s right, the Middle Eastern country known for kababs and veal is hoping to cut meat out of people’s diets one Monday at a time. And Israel, with…
European settlers did not discover the invigorating powers of Yerba Mate until the 17th century. But for almost two centuries before, the indigenous tribes of South America had been harvesting the Ilex paraguarensis tree and steeping its leaves for the sense of community it promoted. Last year this mystical drink…
Heinz Field is almost 1,200 miles away from South Florida. That’s like 16 hours by car. But even if you manage to hitchhike your way past the Appalachian Mountains and West Virginia’s backwoods, chances are you probably won’t be able to land a ticket. But no need to fret! Geographically…
With the advent of Netflix and Hulu, movie date nights have become obsolete. No longer can hormonal teens sit in a dark theater and anxiously await the right moment to instigate a romantic handhold. Well, after a five-month hiatus, Cinema Paradiso returns with the quintessential 1980s blood-and-guts double feature sure…
At 8 a.m. on a Tuesday, the waitresses at the never-closing, 24-hour Peter Pan Diner are clad in all black and quickly weave between booths and patrons, balancing trays of stacked pancakes, sunny-side-up eggs, and steaming cups of coffee. With maroon spikes peeking around her face, 61-year-old Debi Benninger effortlessly…
Recently, a man at a Starbucks in San Antonio, Texas, went to the bathroom and found himself face-to-face with a Texas rat snake slithering on the toilet seat. The man was unharmed, and the fanged reptile retreated to the dark abyss of the sewer system. But just last month, in…
After using blackface in theater to proliferate racist stereotypes in the early 20th Century, Americans eventually wised up. Eight thousand miles away in the South Pacific, Thailand didn’t seem to get that memo. Dunkin’ Donuts there released an ad to promote its chocolate donut using blackface. Human Rights Watch groups…
When we think of dining out, we picture servers and bartenders, maybe a smiling hostess. If someone were to ask us about the people responsible for creating our meal, we’d probably think of a chef. But in every restaurant, big or small, there is a bustling and hard working back…
Running prevents disease, promotes weight loss, and reduces stress. In addition to all those benefits, running at the Firefighters 5K on Sunday will also stroke your inner humanitarian as you raise money for the firefighter fund and muscular dystrophy. With the waves crashing on one side, and the quaint shops…
It’s dizzying to follow a checkered soccer ball darting from one end of the field to the other for 90 minutes. But tensions run high on Saturday as the Fort Lauderdale Strikers take on the San Antonio Scorpions for the second time this season. Already beating the Scorpions 2-1 in…
The wafts of patchouli incense and bluesy acoustic guitar beats emerge from Underground Coffeehaus. Over the years, the joint has attracted Fort Lauderdale’s tattooed and skinny-jean crowd with coffee concoctions topped with whip cream and sprinkles, and over 40 flavors of tatter tots. Putting a pale cyan streak of hair…
Dive Bar owners Gary Marcotte and Cody Cole have racked up almost $2,500 in parking fines at the meters outside their business in the last year and a half (and that’s not including the staff). At $32 a ticket, it hasn’t been easy. They blame vindictive parking enforcement officials. The…
Kevin Federline’s 15 minutes of fame hit the fan in 2008 when Britney Spears ditched him, provoked an ugly custody battle, and then shaved her head and fell off the deep end. The years since then have been especially rough for K-Fed as a tumor-like bulge of lard began growing…
I recently ran with the Fort Lauderdale’s hash for the first time. Though I had only heard whispers about the group’s weekly shenanigans, no one running that evening (myself included) expected it to end in handcuffs and tears near the Fort Lauderdale airport — though there were provocative TSA costumes…
With unclogged toilets and an ornate backlit bar display, the Dive Bar doesn’t live up to its name. The kitschy fishing décor, bargain well drinks, and first-name rapport — on the other hand — very much do. Boasting local live music performances four days a week, the joint has seen…
