Are you a Heat fan? Sure, that questions sounds easy, but since many south Floridians come from the northeast, there could, potentially, be just as many Boston Celtics fans out there. Look around you and put your conspiracy theory goggles on. Didn’t the guy in accounting run the Boston Marathon…
Starting tomorrow Tortuga Music Festival will be taking over Fort Lauderdale. Artists ranging from Grace Potter, Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite, and G. Love and Special Sauce to Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Avett Brothers, and Kenny Chesney will be playing right smack dab on the beach. Aside from the obvious music aspect,…
Free sammy and soup shot.Forget Christmas — today is National Grilled Cheese Day.Whether you like it with brie and apple or you’re a traditionalist and your sammy of choice has to be American on white bread (with a cup of tomato soup), the simple act of toasting bread and cheese…
On your way to work this month skip the long drive through lines and greasy hash browns at those other places and head over to Subway. Your wallet (and waistline) will thank you. Subway is offering a much healthier deal this month – but there’s one catch…..
Just when you thought it was safe to eat ice cream..We recently came upon a list of “eight ingredients you never want to see on your nutritional label” on menshealth.com. As we perused the usual suspects — sodium nitrates, food dyes, partially hydrogenated oil — we came across an additive…
Since the Alice Waters and Chez Panisse came into the scene in Berkeley in the 1960’s, there has been a huge movement to localize our food systems. Obviously, some areas caught on a bit quicker than others. Some areas do make it easier. Iowa, for example, is pretty much one…
What if just about everything you thought you knew about taking vitamins, minerals and supplements turned out to be bogus? What if it was all a scam? According to nutrition expert Dr. Brian Clement, director of West Palm Beach’s Hippocrates Health Institute, there can be dangers to supplementing your diet…
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. The famed Mayo Clinic says that eating breakfast could promote weight loss by jump-starting an adult’s metabolism.Eating breakfast is even more important for children. The Mayo Clinic says that children who eat breakfast are more likely to concentrate better, have better…
Farm-to-Table has become a major buzzword over the past few years. And we’re certainly not complaining about the trend. Aside from the benefits to the local economy, individual health, and environmental impact, local and organic foods taste better. Isn’t that what dining out is supposed to be about? Vincent Foti,…
U.S. Highway 27 marks the border between the Everglades and suburbia. The contrast is stark: On one side of the highway, a paved, subdivided, and strip-malled South Florida stretches all the way to the ocean; on the other, mangroves and squat emerald saw-grass marshes go as far as the eye…
The federal government’s budget cuts are being felt everywhere these days — including in the White House kitchen.In an interview with reporters, the White House’s assistant chef and senior policy adviser for the healthy food initiative, Sam Kass, announced that he was being furloughed, according to the Associated Press. Kass…
A lot of people have an intense fear of bees. Whether you were stung as a child or just traumatized from young Macaulay Culkin’s death in My Girl, the buzzing little insect has picked up a bad rep. And yet, the prolific pollinators are integral to our food supply. Without…
Farmer Jay is a public relations dream for the local locavore movement — a smart, personable farmer who’s passionate about sharing tips on healthy eating.You would think that between running Farmer Jay Organics and writing for New Times, the man would just want to curl up with a good book…
There’s a huge Jamaican and West Indian population in the western part of Broward County. While immigration to South Florida is perpetual, it seemed as though the seeds of this community began arriving in the late 1970s. As we wandered around Sunrise and Weston, eating everything from slow-cooked oxtail to…
It’s less than a month away. On April 19, the Las Olas Wine and Food Festival will be taking over Fort Lauderdale’s most prestigious boulevard.The four-block festival will be bringing in wine, cocktails, and food galore. And just so you know, the festival has added a bunch of new restaurants…
Ah, happy hour. That wonderful time of day when one can drink copious amounts of alcohol for just a fraction of the usual bill. How could one be unhappy with that sort of deal? To make happy hour even happier, Delray Beach’s 75 Main has made some changes to its…
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At 87 years of age, the former Prime Minister of Britain Margaret Thatcher passed away from a stroke today. Known as the “Iron Lady,” Thatcher is best-known for her staunch conservative ways — the female British counterpart to Reagan.Whether you agree with her political stance or not, being the first…
Oh, SunFest, how we adore thee. The last big festival of the season, SunFest brings art, music, and three floating bar(ge)s to West Palm Beach for one extended weekend as a last fling before summer makes it just too unbearable to have outdoor fun!This year, music headliners will include Train,…
Anyone and everyone who is even slightly into food, politics, or government conspiracy theories has at least heard something about Monsanto. Whether it’s the company’s development of Agent Orange or farmer lawsuits, the consensus is that the company is pretty evil. Well, to separate fact from fiction, Food & Water…
Every year, when April Fool’s Day rolls around, Clean Plate Charlie is faced with the same dilemma: Do we write a prank blog post? The answer, of course, is yes.The best April Fool’s posts are the ones that could possibly be true as you read. Then, a few nuggets of…
The general consensus on doughnuts is to stay away. Seriously, how many fat cop and doughnut jokes go hand in hand? While your doctor and dietician might warn to to keep your hands off those perfectly sweet and fluffy Krispy Kremes, right now you have the perfect excuse to eat…
