Known for its sweet and spicy pungent taste, garlic is used as a flavorful ingredient in cuisines around the world. It also benefits the body in numerous ways, helping with high blood pressure and high cholesterol and serving as an immune system boost, an antioxidant, acne prevention, and vampire repellent…
Holidays tend to be hectic. Valentine’s Day is no different. Between getting a reservation, finding a parking space, dealing with hundreds of people, and the highly probable restaurant wait, showing that special someone you care can end up being a stressful endeavor. Why not just stay home this V-Day? For…
Weekdays are the worst, unless you live in South Florida where we refuse to let a moment go by without cramming it full of entertainment. Whether you’re looking to relax and recover from the weekend, or would prefer to fill your weekday evening with distracting doings, there’s something for you…
With the end of football season and the passing of Super Bowl, South Floridians needed some sort of friendly competition to occupy time this past weekend. No, it wasn’t baseball, or basketball, or even the Olympics — we’ve all watched some version of those a million times over — it…
This past Saturday, ten contestants from all across the country, including places like Boston, Cleveland, San Francisco and San Diego, converged on Miami Beach’s Shore Club for the first annual National Duvel League Finals, the brewery’s country-wide beer pouring competition. It was an evening of competitive fun and an attempt…
LauderAle is on the cusp of opening, and when it does, it will be Fort Lauderdale’s first microbrewery. The venture is headed by friends Kyle Jones and Joe Farrell, who are both from Fort Lauderdale and have only recently caught the craft-beer bug. See Also: Broward’s Homebrew Craft Beer Scene:…
Yes, it seems like the holidays just passed, but now it’s time to gear up for the next big consumerist holiday. Valentine’s Day will be here in the coming days, and you better get ready to woo somebody. Whether your looking to show your longterm partner how much you care…
Besides a few drunk people behaving rowdy, Las Olas Boulevard is basically a safe place to be on on a Friday night, which is why the news of an armed robbery at American Social is so shocking. Early this morning (Friday, February 7 at around 1 a.m.), three armed suspects…
Monsanto gets a bad rap, y’all. Sure they’re genetically-altering food and people are in a huff about it. But let’s play Devil’s advocate here, shall we? Maybe genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and genetically engineered (GE) foods aren’t so bad? Maybe the whole debate was started by other corporations like Whole…
BurgerFi, the fast-casual restaurant that serves all-natural Angus beef burgers, hot dogs, fries, and cold craft beer has our hearts and stomachs. After all, any burger joint that shares their “secret menu” freely and has an average dinner check of about $12 (that includes a burger, fries, and drink) is…
If you eat meat, chances are you love a good burger. Whether it’s wood-fired, charcoal grilled, or seared in its own fat on a flattop, nothing beats the taste of ground up meat between two buns and the sensation of grease dripping down your chin. Although we’re good to go…
Every Friday, we take a look at a beer brewed in the Sunshine State, giving analysis to the burgeoning craft beer movement of Florida. This week we’re taking a look at a surprising hybrid beer created by brewers Bill Taylor and Dustin Jeffers of Saltwater Brewery in Delray Beach, called…
Drinking a beer made with a man’s beard is as close to the human anatomy you probably feel comfortable putting in your mouth, but then again someone out there also made a beer with ingredients from a woman’s snatch. These odd brewing practices have one thing in common: yeast, the…
Ever feel like you spend so much money on Dunkin’ Donuts coffee that you really do run on Dunkin’? Well, now you can put your coffee guzzling skills work for you thanks to a newly-launched rewards program that gets frequent customers a chance to earn free coffee. Like fellow coffee…
No matter how you look at it, Valentine’s Day is the worst day of the year. If you’re in a relationship, you’re obligated to spend tons of money to prove to the person you’re with that you love them. Let’s be honest: you shouldn’t need a holiday. And for those…
The 2014 Winter Olympics are about to begin in the ‘resort’ town of Sochi on the Black Sea in Russia. As you may know, scandal after scandal has hit the administration of president Vladimir Putin, including the Olympic site not being finished and the numerous human rights issues aimed at…
Psst, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. For the procrastinators, CVS and Target quickly run out of sought after velvet heart boxes of treats, leaving nothing but bags of candy that scream I-love-you-but-I-just-don’t-prepare. Butter up your sweetie pie with some homemade goodies from Pinterest, It will look like you…
There’s something about a hunk of ground meat in between two buns that just comforts the soul. Whether it’s fond childhood memories, the soft pillowy bun, the fatty burger, the cheese, or the combination of delicious ingredients in perfect handheld format — that’s right, we frown upon eating burgers with…
If you’re planning a trip to visit the famous mouse’s futuristic world known as EPCOT, skip breakfast at the hotel, because you’ve got a date with fried pastry. (Just don’t call it a Cronut®, OK? The Cronut® is a specific pastry created and sold in the Dominique Ansel Bakery in…
Once upon a time, restaurants and bars tended to open along heavily trafficked streets and highly visible strip malls. Sure, they’ve been easy enough to find, but that kind of takes away from the excitement of discovering a new spot. Over the past few years, many of the popular bars…
Love: It’s in the air right now — or at least it’s supposed to be. Stores have decked their halls with red and pink, and heart-shaped everything is everywhere to celebrate the international holiday of adoration. Whether you’re ready for it or not, Valentine’s Day is next Friday, February 14…
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department has just released video of an armed robbery that occurred at the McDonald’s located at 1600 South State Road 7 in Fort Lauderdale. According to police, on Sunday, February 2 at approximately 10:30 p.m., two armed and disguised suspects entered the restaurant, ordering customers to…
