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Miami Rum Renaissance Festival: Ten Rums You Probably Haven't Tried Yet

This year's Miami Rum Renaissance Festival was bigger than ever. In its new home at the Miami Airport Convention Center at the Doubletree by Hilton, there was ample room for rum exhibitors, seminars, and even on outdoor cigar lounge where attendees could enjoy a spirited smoke. Tasting our way thr ... More >>

Miami Rum Renaissance Festival: Ten New Rums You Haven't Tried Yet

View photos from Miami Rum Renaissance Festival 2012 at Deauville Beach Resort here.The Miami Rum Renaissance Festival at the Deauville Resort concluded last evening with a 6:45 p.m. "last call", prompting event goers to rush to their favorite rum booth for one last mojito or shot of the elixir favo ... More >>

Miami Rum Renaissance Returns For Fourth Annual Edition

​For Robert, Robert Jr. and Robin Burr, rum isn't just a type of liquor, it's a way of life."[Rum] is an incredible spirit," said the elder Robert, the family's patriarch and founder of Miami's Rum Renaissance, which takes place April 16-22. "And now it's experiencing a renaissance of appreciation ... More >>

Top 5 Really Strange Foods of South America and the Caribbean

via Liz and Dave on TravelpodGuess what.​People to the south of Miami think America's chemical-laden, hormone-injected, infinite shelf-lifed, processed, packaged, industrially produced, lab-tested, factory-farmed food is crazy.But they eat jungle creatures. Now that's weird. Here are our top 5 rea ... More >>

Le Grande Dame

Hear the wise words of Maryse Condé

Kite-Crazed Dudes

This wet, hot extreme sport combines the thrill of flying with the threat of grievous bodily harm

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Michael Capponi

Joël Virgel

Amour Amer (Electric Monkey)

Konpa Direk

D-Zine makes a play for compas supremacy

Compas Hears a New Beat

Haiti's Strings forges its own style

Major Dischord

When the Caribbean band Kassav failed to appear at a July 25 concert, the cops stepped in. Then the riot started.

Everything Is Relative

Dade and its municipalities have more sister cities than you can shake a nightstick at

Kings & Queens of Marlin Gardens

Africa Fete gets on the global good foot

Manno Charlemagne