There’s nothing like a quality theatrical performance to make one forget about one’s troubles, right? Not true for Richard Hannay, the lead character in The 39 Steps, a production based on the 1935 film of the same name directed by Alfred Hitchcock. While enjoying a night out at the theater,…
Jamie Pruitt has come a long way from cracking crabs legs in Maryland, though we’re pretty sure he still gives the occasional crustacean a whack as chef at Wild Olives by Todd English in Boca. He has been in Florida for nearly a decade now, working at Gigi’s, Prezzo, City…
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…
Maybe you only know of Rocco DiSpirito because you’ve seen him battling Jeffrey Chodorow on the NBC reality show The Restaurant, spinning around the floor on Dancing With the Stars, helping hefties on Biggest Loser, or taking toques to the table on Top Chef, but before he emerged into our…
It really sucks to have to scrimp and save. Let’s face it — the economy has made all of us cut back on our regular indulgences, and at least what I’m finding is that even when we don’t aim to get less, we do anyhow. The same dishes I’m used…
Maybe I was delirious the day I picked up that gold bag of product without a name that only pronounced its contents “Not Spicy Sweet.” (Ironically, just above that was a “Spicy Snacks” label. What up, folks?) The ingredients: anchovies, sugar, palm oil, salt and MSG, so I couldn’t imagine…
Chef Jason Smith’s culinary career literally sprouted right out of the ground. Raised on an organic farm just outside Indianapolis, Smith learned the value of cooking with fresh, farm-raised ingredients, as his mom grew and sold edible flowers. He then attended Johnson & Wales in Miami and landed a primo…
Five bands will provide the sounds during Bands Rock Entertainment Presents: South Florida Citizens Unite for Haiti, starting at 11 a.m. But you need to provide the cash for a raffle ticket or two and the suggested $6 per person donation to benefit Food for the Poor. Also bring along…
If you think pivots, jammers, and blockers are either nicknames for street drugs or items found only at the Hustler store, you should come to Seminole Casino Coconut Creek (5550 NW 40th St., Coconut Creek) for tonight’s roller derby bout. (And get out of the house more.) The proverbial fur…
A comedy a cappella two-fer? You got it. Ron Feingold will not only deliver a stand-up routine, but will then proceed to entertain his audience by becoming a one-man band—lead vocals, vocal percussion, and even back-up singing. Watch out, Black Eyed Peas. Myke Herlihy, an Orlando-based comedian, musician, and singleton,…
Yeah, downtown Fort Lauderdale has a cast of interesting characters (have you met Flasher Homeless Guy?), but you can catch some real local talent tonight when local performing arts organization Conundrum Stages presents The Speakout: An Evening of Poetry and Song. Rhymers and songbirds, including Kenyatta “Xodus” Browne, Anastasia Clark,…
OK, OK. In the interest of fairness and equality in light of last week’s column about where to meet men, I guess I also have to disclose where hot girls in their mid-20s-plus go when scoping for gents. There are two places that are perfect — YOLO in Fort Lauderdale…
Most of the time, I love this gig. But damn — not so much today. I just bit into a “coconut crisp ball” made in Malaysia, and I’m still cringing. It’s not that the little thing tasted badly. Actually, it didn’t have much taste at all. But it’s this film…
These past few days have probably been tough for Ron Duprat, executive chef at Hollywood Beach Marriott’s Latitudes Beach Cafe, former Top Chef contestant, and Black Culinarian Alliance chairperson, now that his homeland is a mess of rubble. But images from his childhood still give him comfort and serve as…
Back when I was on the prowl, and even now that I’m fully entrenched in coupledom, I often get asked where the boys are. Meaning, where should a great gal go to find some available, fresh male meat? The truth is, I got fixed up a lot and I even…
Some people see a bag of pink chips with Japanese characters and illustrations reminiscent of either Red Fraggle or someone’s head being molested by a crab and pretend like it doesn’t even exist. Me, I grab the pouch and count the minutes until I can tear it open, eager to…
Why contemplate the unanswerable questions in your life when you can hand over this duty to poker-faced comedian Steven Wright? Wright, known for his smart ponderances, stream-of-consciousness mutterings, and matter-of-fact observations, can give you gems like: “You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?” If that’s not enough, his…
When Darryl Moiles, now executive chef at Four Seasons Palm Beach, was just a high school kid, he and his brother took over a racquetball club’s steak house in Oxford, Massachusetts. Eventually he made his way to study at Johnson & Wales, then off to Four Seasons Boston for a…
During an hour-long phone conversation recently with my parents, I spent most of the time bitching about all the domestic-diva things I’ve been doing now that my boyfriend and I are getting more “comfortable.” They were getting the feeling that perhaps I was doing that usual female routine of changing…
Some people may be addicted to drugs, some to gambling, but I’m pretty sure there’s no 12-step program to rid me of my addiction to dried sweet plums from Chinese markets. My introduction to these tasty tidbits occurred years ago, innocently enough, when I interviewed the Hong Kong Market store manager…
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and if you weren’t at the house, you were probably at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek’s Sweet Dreams event schmoozing with Art Ginsburg. Wait–you don’t know who that is? Yeah, we bet you do. He started out as a butcher then a caterer with a flair…
Yeah, at first we thought the name of this comedy troupe sounded more like a religious sect too, but then Wikipedia informed us that Jove is another name for Jupiter, the city from which the Jove Comedy Experience hails. Composed of four actors and comedians, the group prepares prewritten sketches,…
