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Food and Drug Administration

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Dirty Dozen and Clean 15: Best and Worst Foods for Your Wallet and Table

    Until I found out about the Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 lists, shopping for produce seemed like a game of Let's Make a Deal. I loaded my cart with a mixture of organic and conventional produce, trying to stick to a reasonable food budget, but with no system or info to help me choose which organic foods ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Taco Bell Salmonella Alert

    According to the Chinese zodiac, 2012 is the Year of the Dragon, but it should be renamed the "Year of the Salmon--ella outbreak and consequent civil suits."Too long?Two lawsuits due to salmonella poisoning have been filed against Taco Bell this year. The second lawsuit, also filed by Marler Clark, ... More >>

  • Film

    March 29, 2012

    Addiction Incorporated at O Cinema March 31 and April 1

    According to the Chinese zodiac, 2012 is the Year of the Dragon, but it should be renamed the "Year of the Salmon--ella outbreak and consequent civil suits."Too long?Two lawsuits due to salmonella poisoning have been filed against Taco Bell this year. The second lawsuit, also filed by Marler Clark, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Starbucks Puts Dead Beetles in Frappuccinos

    ​Which would you rather drink: chemical coloring, beet juice, or dead bugs?Apparently, Starbucks thought you'd pick that last option.In an effort to remove artificial ingredients from its menu, Starbucks recently replaced the food dye in its Strawberry Frappuccinos with a "natural" substitute: bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Government Backs Off the Food Industry

    ​Anti-obesity lobbyists and children activists have been trying for years to get food companies to stop marketing high sugar, high sodium, and overall unhealthy foods to children.Food companies, such as McDonald's, General Mills, and others, create advertising campaigns that include cartoon charac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Cool Off With Lemon Man; Weekend Truck Roundup Listings

    Lemon Man Let the Lemon Man cool you off with his famous frozen lemonade.​If you're from the Northeast, you're probably familiar with Del's Frozen Lemonade. Del's began serving frozen lemonade in Rhode Island in 1948, but the recipe dates back to 1840 in Naples, Italy. Del's Frozen Lemonade ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    More Primal Blueprint Lunacy: Weight Loss

    Richard XiquesModern caveman Richard Xiques​The philosophy of the Primal Blueprint, currently one of the most popular semi-low-carb diets --- er, sorry, lifestyles --- around, makes more intuitive sense than did The Atkins Diet's unabashed bacon-slinging.The premise? Man's biological evolution has ... More >>

  • News

    April 28, 2011

    Letters from the issue of April 28, 2011

    Richard XiquesModern caveman Richard Xiques​The philosophy of the Primal Blueprint, currently one of the most popular semi-low-carb diets --- er, sorry, lifestyles --- around, makes more intuitive sense than did The Atkins Diet's unabashed bacon-slinging.The premise? Man's biological evolution has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Nanotechnology: "The Next Big Controversy in Food"

    Michael Passoff, activist and one of 2009's "100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics."​What is nanotechnology? Michael Passoff, a senior strategist with shareholder activist group As You Sow, recently wrote an article about nanotechnology and its use in food manufacturing. "Nanotech is alre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2011

    David Rukin: Bee Pollen Can Make You Bill Gates or LeBron James

    BuzznBee.comFlorida beekeeper David Rukin​The use of bee pollen as a nutritional supplement is far from new. The ancient Greeks and Egyptians were popping the tiny, mustard-colored granules well before pop culture breathed health food stores and smoothie shops to life. But what is it about bee pol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Chris Kilham, GNC Chocolate: Snake Oil or Miracle Supplement?

    via CocoaWell​This Sunday in Miami, "Medicine Hunter" Chris Kilham kicks off his 10-day, nine-city tour of GNC markets to discuss the benefits of cocoa and to foster a broader understanding of the "exceptional super fruit." Says Kilham, "This is the best way to set the groundwork for broad educati ... More >>

  • Film

    March 17, 2011

    Limitless: Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro in a one-note fairy tale of avarice

    via CocoaWell​This Sunday in Miami, "Medicine Hunter" Chris Kilham kicks off his 10-day, nine-city tour of GNC markets to discuss the benefits of cocoa and to foster a broader understanding of the "exceptional super fruit." Says Kilham, "This is the best way to set the groundwork for broad educati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    Soy vs. Almond: Battle of the Alterna-Milks on South Beach

    Camille Lamb South Beach resident Nico Totaro flaunts his choice.The milk aisle these days is a lot more complicated than it was ten years ago. There was a time when 1 percent seemed exotic. Nowadays, they're squeezing milk out of rice, almonds, soy beans, and coconuts in plain, vanilla, choc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Frank Jeannetti Dishes About Just How Organic Essensia Is

    Jeannetti gets up close and personal with his food.​Yesterday, we chatted with the guy we affectionately referred to as Chef Green Jeans, Essensia's Frank Jeannetti. Click here to read the first part of this interview.You claim your restaurant is organic but, really, with the incredibly high cost ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Four Loko Will Live On Without Caffeine

    via SeiBei​Following reports that the FDA will effectively ban the sale of alcoholic drinks with caffeine the makers of Four Loko have announced that they are removing all caffeine, taurine, and guarana from their drinks. So people across the country will still be able to buy 23.5 ounces of highly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    Four(01K) Loko: A New Times Guide to Gaming the Recession

    Can You Say, "Retirement Fund"?​These days, Miami is a steaming pile of ultra-high unemployment, corruption, and bullsh*t promises to "change the system" or "get rid of politics as usual."Yet, amid this chaotic crap heap there are opportunities for turning a serious profit. But you've got to act q ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    Fratelli La Bufala Celebrates Five Years on South Beach

    Courtesy of Fratelli La Bufala​The dream of three brothers from Italy has turned into an international brand serving Italian food, namely pizzas, that only use fresh and natural ingredients, including cheeses, imported from the motherland. Because of FDA restrictions, the buffalo meat used cannot ... More >>

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Letters from the issue of October 7, 2010

    Courtesy of Fratelli La Bufala​The dream of three brothers from Italy has turned into an international brand serving Italian food, namely pizzas, that only use fresh and natural ingredients, including cheeses, imported from the motherland. Because of FDA restrictions, the buffalo meat used cannot ... More >>

  • News

    October 7, 2010

    Medical marijuana: Taking a legal toke

    How to get pot from the feds and smoke under the DEA's nose.

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    Miami Chefs Return from NoLa Ready to Support

    Photo by Pete Souza/White House​Five months after the Deepwater Horizon spilled more than 5 million barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, New Orleans economy is still hurting. Three locals toques, Michelle Bernstein, Michael Schwartz, and Peter Vauthy, recently visited re-opened waters, spent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Top 10 Miami Food Crime Headlines of the Decade

    image via aftouch-cuisine.comIf food is crime, then we're all guilty.​Miami has carried the illustrious distinction of a town wide open for stealing, killing and dope dealing ever since the first pirates first sailed through, stopped for a beer, and never left.Those who stayed saw that there's mon ... More >>

  • News

    September 10, 2009

    Personal Lubrication Education

    KY and beyond.

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    How Sweet It Isn't: The Splenda Controversy

    Sugar Queens keepin' it realIf you're one of the ten bazilion Americans currently spending your free time glued to this season of The Biggest Loser (I confess! I'm right there with you!) and planning to diet your way through 2009 along with Tara and Filipe (my personal faves), chances are ... More >>

  • News

    March 13, 2008

    Field of Schemes

    The steroid scandal keeps injecting Palm Beach County.

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2008

    Weekly News Wrap - Cancer Patients and Good Samaritans Get Screwed

    The steroid scandal keeps injecting Palm Beach County.

  • News

    July 12, 2007

    Dr. G Spot

    By 7:00 she was begging her boyfriend for sex

  • News

    July 5, 2007

    Media Day of the Dead

    “We deal with people on the worst days of their lives”

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2007

    Something Smells Fishy -- And Like Rectal Leakage, Too

    “We deal with people on the worst days of their lives”

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2007

    Something Smells Fishy -- And Like Rectal Leakage, Too

    “We deal with people on the worst days of their lives”

  • Dining

    December 21, 2006

    Portentous Pork

    New Year’s hams can be as varied as your wallet is deep

  • News

    October 26, 2006

    Sticky Lingers

    "The streets look horrible. Everybody I talk to is like, ‘You’re right, man; gum is disgusting."

  • News

    December 15, 2005

    Senseless Apprentice

    If you can’t be trusted to go out, stay in and watch Spanish television shows

  • News

    July 14, 2005

    Pugs in Public

    If you can’t be trusted to go out, stay in and watch Spanish television shows

  • Dining

    May 1, 2003

    Champagne of Lounges

    Caviar an champagne the way they're meant to be

  • News

    August 22, 2002

    Deca-D

    Even if this anabolic steroid is only a support drug in the war on HIV, why take it off the market?

  • Dining

    March 1, 2001

    It's a Mad Mad Mad Cow World

    Scary brain food

  • News

    June 22, 2000

    Don't Look for the Union Label

    For two years Goya Foods has waged a war to prevent its workers from unionizing. Now things are starting to get really ugly.

  • News

    April 1, 1999

    News of the Weird

    For two years Goya Foods has waged a war to prevent its workers from unionizing. Now things are starting to get really ugly.

  • Film

    August 20, 1998

    Bloodsucker

    For two years Goya Foods has waged a war to prevent its workers from unionizing. Now things are starting to get really ugly.

  • News

    May 7, 1998

    News of the Weird

    For two years Goya Foods has waged a war to prevent its workers from unionizing. Now things are starting to get really ugly.

  • News

    April 30, 1998

    Fall from Grace

    Health Crisis Network's stunning financial meltdown has spurred an outpouring of concern and a raft of rumors

  • News

    September 18, 1997

    Letters

    Health Crisis Network's stunning financial meltdown has spurred an outpouring of concern and a raft of rumors

  • News

    September 26, 1996

    Getting Wasted at 35,000 Feet

    Airlines that service Miami International Airport throw away up to 600 uneaten meals every day

  • News

    November 23, 1995

    Letters for the Issue of November 23, 1995

    Airlines that service Miami International Airport throw away up to 600 uneaten meals every day

  • News

    November 9, 1995

    Cat Scratch Fever

    A TV show about a curative plant sends Miami's Spanish-speaking community into a buying tizzy

  • News

    March 16, 1995

    When Bad Breath Happens to Good People

    Is something rotten in the state of your mouth? Kill halitosis with costly new technologies!

  • News

    May 4, 1994

    Wrong and Wrong in the Morning

    ZETA 4's famed mouthoffs fall for a world-class con man

  • News

    April 1, 1992

    Basil Wainwright

    ZETA 4's famed mouthoffs fall for a world-class con man

  • News

    March 4, 1992

    Inside Feature

    ZETA 4's famed mouthoffs fall for a world-class con man

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