It's always a good feeling as a publication when artists that you've been covering on the ground for years finally gain the national exposure that you know they deserve. Such was the feeling yesterday as I read through a great story on Miami's growing indie music scene by written by former Herald reporter, Evelyn McDonnell.The lede to the story, and the main photograph as well were about our favorite local female troubadour, Rachel Goodrich, who we've covered aplenty in this rag before. She's t
You might have noticed the recent absence of our Broward-Palm Beach food writers. Or not. Point is, the staff of our sister paper has spun off into a captivating food blog of their own called Clean Cup Chuckie -- or something clever like that. Check it out for the latest in gastronomic happenings and such from up yonder. As for Short Order: A sharper focus on Miami-Dade, with new features including recipes, rants, hilarious columns such as this one, and the divine Ms. Lauren Reskin's
In the kitchen, my role has always tended to be chef rather than baker. The whole "measuring ingredients" thing was always way less my forte than licking the spoon to see which spices the dish needs more of. That said, when I heard Fort Lauderdale vegan mecca Sublime was having a "Vegan Baking 101" class, I signed right up, hoping to get inspired to start actually making the amazing vegan dessert recipes I keep coming across.Sublime's head pastry chef, David Kalas, led about 30 (mostly female) f
My first brush with vegetarianism was fish-related. I was 6 or 7 on Florida's west coast, tagging along with my father on an orchestra gig. Being raised by a musician dad, I'd been to the opera, salsa gigs and renaissance fairs but never on a fishing trip. We took a walk by the pier and my eyes caught sight of a fresh catch flopping on the deck. Before I could think twice the amateur angler took a sharp knife to the fish's abdomen and spilled it's dark guts on the sun-bleached timbers. It would
