Diet and Nutrition

25. Keith Kalmanowicz of Earth N' Us Farm

New Times' Best of Miami 2013 issue arrives June 13. To celebrate, Short Order is serving up the top 30 tastemakers in the 305. These people have helped shape the Miami food scene into what it is today. We began with number 30 and will lead up to the county's number one. A Q&A session is included in ... More >>

Authentically EATalian Restaurants Weekend Features Twelve Popular Local Eateries

Authentically EATalian Restaurants Weekend takes place this weekend -- Friday, April 26, through Sunday, April 28 -- and features 12 popular Miami restaurants. The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce wants to introduce Americans to the true Mediterranean diet, considered by experts to be one of the m ... More >>

Homemade Hummus & Collard Wraps: Cheaper, Tastier, and Healthier (Recipe)

After getting bored with my usual overly salty store-bought tub o' hummus, which is one of the only varieties around that's made without added oils (read this scholarly rant by Dr. Joel Fuhrman to see why I shun all extracted oils --- including olive and coconut --- whenever possible), I recently be ... More >>

Mountain Dew Breakfast Beverage: How Bad is It?

Soft drink powerhouse PepsiCo has announced the launch of a new breakfast beverage by Mountain Dew.Kickstart is being touted as an "entirely new beverage," which is sort of not true. The beverage, which blends juice and the favorite soda of hyped-up children and frat boys everywhere, actually starte ... More >>

Miami Vegan Ultra Athlete to Munch Hummus, Sweet Potatoes During 62-Mile Race in Asia

Chad Weller, a Miami-based ultra athlete and running coach, has kept to a vegan diet for 18 of his 35 years on earth. He's been an endurance runner for 15 of those, and has competed in more than one hundred races to date, 10 of which were 100-milers. He's got 20 races and two more 100-mile competiti ... More >>

Bunnie Cakes to Open Vegan Bakery in Wynwood

Mariana Cortez, owner and founder of Bunnie Cakes, began selling vegan baked goods from her home in 2009. Since then, she has expanded to a production facility on NE 59th Street. It's there that she offers treats by special orders to clients. She also sells wholesale to many of Miami's restaurants a ... More >>

Ginnybakes, Miami-Based Organic Treat Sensation, Rolls Out Scrumptious Vegan Cookies and Bars

If you're a celiac, a vegan, a vegetarian, a nutritarian, lactose intolerant, oat intolerant, or if you do your damnedest to keep kosher, you may have had more than one opportunity to moan about how there's nothing delicious for you to eat in this world. For me, a plant-based vegan, the feeling has ... More >>

Miami Chefs Help Jump-Start Public School Breakfasts

Students all over the state are celebrating Florida School Breakfast Week, in which kids are encouraged to start their day with healthy chow.According to the Food Research and Action Center in Washington, D.C., children who eat a complete breakfast make fewer mistakes and work faster in math and num ... More >>

McDonald's To List Calorie Count In Restaurants (Here Are The Worst Offenders)

McDonald's president Jan Fields has announced that starting next week, the mega-restaurant chain that features clowns and Happy Meals will list calorie information on restaurant and drive-thru menus nationwide. This is a step in the right direction for all fast food chains in providing real informat ... More >>

Pop Goes the Basil

How to Kick Your Sugar Addiction

Elizabeth Garner (name has been changed) is a complete hottie, even by South Beach's ridiculously tough standards. Her butt sits high and tight, her arms are defined, her tummy's toned and her thighs are lean and muscular. She wouldn't mind me saying that she has a great rack, too. Peering through s ... More >>

Vegans Can Carbo-Load, Too, at LA's Real Food Daily

In my normal, South Beach-dwelling, plant-eating life, carbs play an important but purposely limited role. In my experience, the best way to get fat on a vegan diet is to increase the ratio of grains to vegetables in your diet dramatically. I try to stick to one to one and a half cups of strictly wh ... More >>

Subway to Launch Vegan Sandwich Line

Subway is rolling out three new vegan sandwich options, in response to increased demand for meals on the go sans animal products. The Malibu Greek, Sweet Riblet, and Italian Black Bean subs are slated to roll out in select Subway locations in Maryland, Washington D.C., and Virginia. Compassion Over ... More >>

Six Superfoods Aid Sex Drive, Depression, Cancer, Herpes and More

"Superfood."The term has become as ubiquitous as it is vague. Products from chocolate bars to convenience drinks claim to contain them, but what are they and what separates them from regular foods? Can they make you fly or see through walls? Can they make you faster or smarter or live forever? And i ... More >>

Carrot Express: Wholesome Food (And a Car Wash?)

"Eat hummus and get gas" might be an appropriate marketing slogan for Carrot Express, a health food counter located in the Texaco station at Alton Road and 18th Street in South Beach. Or maybe not. Some might misinterpret this as a reference to the gastro-intestinal effects of garbanzo beans, as opp ... More >>

Bombshell 70-Year-Old Raw Vegan Annette Larkins Leads Us to Fountain of Youth

​The outside of Annette Larkins' pastel-pink Kendall home looks like it belongs to a grown-up Barbie doll.In a way, that's not far from the truth. Larkins' curvaceous chest-to-waist-to-hip ratio must be close to that of America's favorite figurine. One big difference, though, is that there's no pl ... More >>

Michael Schwartz's Farm to Table: Lack of Vegan Food Crushes Dreams

​The phrase "farm to table" to me implies lush green produce being wrenched from the ground, maybe run under a garden hose, and then plopped onto your waiting plate.Apparently, I need to consult my rural dictionary, because what happened to the locally sourced and fresh fruits and veggies between ... More >>

Arsenic in Brown Rice Syrup Panic: Media Scare Americans Off Organic Food, Back to High Fructose Corn Syrup

​I'm effin' pissed. Discovery News published an article yesterday titled "Organic Foods Can Be Loaded with Arsenic." Lots of similar headlines soon popped up all over the Web.For the casual reader, this header could be translated as, "healthy foods poison you." I know the first things I think ... More >>

Om Nom Nom Cookies Bring Vegan Deliciousness from Miami to Miami

​Delicious vegan cookies, you say Impossible! Well, was impossible. Now that Miami has Om Nom Nom cookies, no one will be able to question the ability of a vegan treat to shine. First spotted by Short Order at Panther Coffee, these desserts may be lacking animal products, but they lose nothin ... More >>

Don't Let the Holidays Kill You: Eat Slow, Control Your Portions, Live Another Year

​The chain of holidays at the end of the year is good of an excuse as any to party up and overindulge, which also means you can plan to bring on the weight gain!Not so fast. Between the cookies, candy canes, pastries, egg nog and Yorkshire pudding, there's no question that holiday foods aren't the ... More >>

Tim Crandall, Sous Chef at Red the Steakhouse, Dishes on His Vegan Past

Tim Crandall, sous chef at RedHis passion for a woman brought him to veganism. After five years, his passion for culinary art brought him back to beef.Okay, so maybe that's packaged a little too neatly. Timothe Crandall, the relatively new sous chef at Red the Steakhouse, never enjoyed eating meat a ... More >>

Beehive Natural Foods: An Affordable Vegan Fantasy

Camille LambCarlos, owner of Beehive Natural Foods' juice and health food bar​Finding the juice and vegan food bar at the back of Beehive Natural Foods is like discovering Narnia in your closet. You push through tight spaces and cluttered shelves to enter a world of adventures you never expected - ... More >>

Veggie Delight

Burger King's Free Ice Cream: Contributing to Child Obesity?

Burger KingBurger King is giving away free ice cream. Bad for kids?​Miami-based Fast food giant Burger King has announced a free ice cream giveaway in celebration of their foray into a full line of frozen treats, just in time for after-school snacking.From now until October 9, customers who order ... More >>

Get Laid Faster Than Booze With These Four Weird Drinks

​If Bacardi 151 is the most outrageous thing you've ever drunk, you have a lot to learn about drinking.Alcohol is so passe. Take these new age libations to a vegan potluck, and we guarantee you'll get laid just as easily as you would if Captain Morgan were facilitating.Bonus: you'll remember the w ... More >>

Apple Fries and Milk: Are Parents Buying Into the New Burger King Kids Meal?

Wikimedia CommonsWe can tell this guy grew up on BK kids meals.​As part of the National Restaurant Association's Kids Livewell Initiative, 19 chains across the United States have ensured that your bratty kid will never again whine incessantly for another kids meal.These fast food places -- among t ... More >>

Mediterranean Drinking Game

Forks Over Knives: A Case Against Animal Food Products

Dr. Pam Popper in Forks Over Knives.​Forks Over Knives is a new food documentary that makes you take a long, hard look at what you eat. It follows filmmaker Lee Fulkerson, an average middle-aged man with high cholesterol and high blood pressure, who decides to treat his conditions with a "whole fo ... More >>

Subway Cuts Even More Sodium Out of Its Sandwiches -- Big Whoop

via FlickrDon't eat Subway -- eat fresh!​As a connoisseur of truly fresh subs -- I love a Philly cheesesteak loaded with onions, mushrooms, and green peppers on a whole-wheat hoagie with lettuce, tomatoes, and hot peppers -- when I hear the words eat fresh in a Subway commercial or read them on an ... More >>

New Study Shows Maple Syrup High In Antioxidants

Dr. Navindra Seeram​At a recent annual meeting of the American Chemical Society, scientists announced findings that suggested maple syrup contains as many as 54 antioxidants. Lead researcher Dr. Navindra Seeram, from the University of Rhode Island, has been studying the relationship between plants ... More >>

Ciao Bella's New Novelties Debut in Time for Summer

via Ciao Bella​Ciao Bella, "America's Gelato," recently introduced Belgian chocolate s'mores and blueberry passion sorbet bars. The novelties retail for $4.99 to $5.99 a box.The Belgian chocolate s'mores have a staple graham cracker outside, which, as one might imagine with a frozen product, ... More >>

Homestead Farmers Market: A Real Farm-to-Table Experience

​A lot of farmers' markets display beautiful fruits and vegetables, but look closely and you might see boxes marked "grown in Colombia" or anywhere else that's not local. If you want to shop for produce that was still in the ground or on the vine as of this morning, the Homestead Farmers Marke ... More >>

Movie Theaters Lie: Large Popcorn Equals Three Big Macs

via Flickr CA_JimNot so cute and innocent once you know him inside and out. ​I long ago stopped eating the offerings at movie theater concession stands. So long ago that I can't remember when I started loading up at Walgreen's and sneaking in healthier, fresher, and better-priced snacks. The reaso ... More >>

Miami is One of America's Soberest Cities

​Miami has an image of hedonism, but the city rarely makes any list concerning alcohol. In fact, The Daily Beast now tells us we're one of America's soberest cities. Sure, we're only 23, but how did we even end up on the list in the first place?

Waffles and Records: a Talk with Lolo

It's about the food, not the plates!​While everyone's sucking down greasy maple syrup covered bacon at Sunday brunch a group of people more conscious of the fact that meat is murder gather at Sweat Records for the Waffle Party. This isn't just your run of the mill waffle party (if there is such a ... More >>

Revealed: USDA Plot To Kill Americans With Cheese!

"Domino's Pizza was hurting early last year. Domestic sales had fallen, and a survey of big pizza chain customers left the company tied for the worst tasting pies. Then help arrived from an organization called Dairy Management. It teamed up with Domino's to develop a new line of pizzas with 40 perce ... More >>

Top 5 Vegan Restaurants in South Florida

Riki Altman​Vegan restaurants in Miami are rare. For the most part, they cater to a granola-munching, Birkenstock-wearing demographic, but neglect the rest of us who just like to eat. Maybe veganism would be more widely accepted if it struck a balance between looking appetizing and providin ... More >>

Grateful Bread and Moises Bakery: One serves hearty fare, the other tasty empanadas

Bill McCullom Bravely Keeps Us Safe From Misleading Enviga Claims

via Coca-ColaState Attorney Generals love to get together and kick some class action ass over sort of inane things. It is the service they have been called too. Yesterday, it was announced that Florida and 25 other states have come to a settlement with Coke, Nestle and Beverage Partnership Worldwi ... More >>

Ooh, Baby, We Like It Raw

Find your new diet at Whole Foods.

On Bike Efficiency -- And Pricks

Two Americas, Continued

Two Americas, Continued

Ask the Food Critic: How do Locals Get a Hold of Local Fruit?

Ask the Food Critic: How do Locals Get a Hold of Local Fruit?

The Fat of the Lens

From man-breasts and money comes a local documentary film star

Bask in the Glow of Excellence

Getting What You Pay For

Low-calorie, low-price, low-taste food at Bites on Wheels

Granny Feel Okay

For local health-food-joints, Granny's fares darn well

D-Liteful

Another fresh and fine café to add to the growing mix of good lunchtime choices