Manufacturing Sector

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Tweeting Toasters? The Next Step In Kitchen Tech for 2012

​There's no question that if left unattended, our kitchen appliances can develop minds of their own, but tweeting toasters? What the hell? This is a prediction from a report released last month by Massachusetts-based marketing research firm International Data Corporation. IDC predicts that 2012 wi ... More >>

If Walls Could Sweat

​There's no question that if left unattended, our kitchen appliances can develop minds of their own, but tweeting toasters? What the hell? This is a prediction from a report released last month by Massachusetts-based marketing research firm International Data Corporation. IDC predicts that 2012 wi ... More >>

Alaska Coffee Roasting Co. Migrates to North Miami

​Courtesy of Alaska Coffee Roasting Co.Michael Gesser​Fairbanks, Alaska. Miami, Florida. These two extremes now have something in common: "A coffee shop that walks the walk instead of talking the talk," comments owner Michael Gesser of Alaska Coffee Roasting Co. (13130 Biscayne Blvd., North Miam ... More >>

Give us Moore

​Courtesy of Alaska Coffee Roasting Co.Michael Gesser​Fairbanks, Alaska. Miami, Florida. These two extremes now have something in common: "A coffee shop that walks the walk instead of talking the talk," comments owner Michael Gesser of Alaska Coffee Roasting Co. (13130 Biscayne Blvd., North Miam ... More >>

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 >>

One Million Moms Don't Like Schweddy Balls, But I Do

​One Million Moms has an issue with Schweddy Balls.Moms, an online branch of  right-wing, conservative, pro-life American Family Association, based in Tupelo, Mississippi, has taken umbrage with Ben & Jerry's Schweddy Balls Ice Cream. On their website they claim: "Ben & Jerry's ann ... More >>

Philip Morris Sues Miami Stores for Selling Counterfeit Cigarettes

​You can get a counterfeit version of almost anything in Miami. Apparently even cigarettes. Tobacco giant Philip Morris has filed suit against 17 Miami-area retailers for stocking fake cigarettes. We all know that the stuff in the name-brand smokes will kill you. We can't imagine what kind of stuf ... More >>

Miami Importer of Chinese Drywall Hit With $55 Million Ruling

​Banner Supply Company was ordered Tuesday to pay hundreds of Florida homeowners $55 million dollars for selling them Chinese drywall that emitted sulfurous gases, according to Reuters. The gas smells horrible and is believed to have damaged wiring and appliances and caused illnesses in the homes ... More >>

Ben & Jerry's Truck Hits Miami Streets Today: Tweet for Free Ice Cream

Ben & Jerry's The Ben & Jerry's Scoop Truck is in Miami for a six-week tour.​Ben & Jerry's, the Vermont-based ice-cream company that features flavors named for hippies, rock stars, and talk-show hosts, is bringing its ice-cream truck to Miami for a six-week tour. Beginning today ... More >>

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 >>

Fertilizer Company Pays $10K for Cake Baked by Agriculture Commissioner's 9-Year-Old Daughter

​Something doesn't smell right about the actions of The Mosaic Co., a leading Florida fertilizer company. OK, nothing ever smells good about the fertilizer business, but in this sense we mean it smells politically funny. The company ended up shelling out $10,000 at a fair auction for a cake baked ... More >>

Pizza, Bagel Joints Feud Over Holy H2O

Lee KleinOriginaly Brooklyn Water Bagel Company coming to Miami Beach​Water is at the center of a legal food fight between a Delray bagel shop and a Lake Worth pizzeria. But it's not South Florida water that heating up. It's the New York tap H2O that does miracles for pizza and bagel dough. Or so ... More >>

For the Floor

Lee KleinOriginaly Brooklyn Water Bagel Company coming to Miami Beach​Water is at the center of a legal food fight between a Delray bagel shop and a Lake Worth pizzeria. But it's not South Florida water that heating up. It's the New York tap H2O that does miracles for pizza and bagel dough. Or so ... More >>

Free Big Boi Concert on South Beach This Wednesday at SoBe Live

​If you have ever, ever professed to love hip-hop, here are two things you need to do/plan to do, immediately, if you haven't completed at least step one:1) Get Big Boi's new solo album, Sir Luscious Left Foot ... the Son Of Chico Dusty. If you haven't listened yet, well, what the hell have y ... More >>

Michael's Genuine Food Cart's Menu For Saturday

Michael's Genuine food cart is hitting the Design District again this weekend. This month the menu has a decidedly Asian flair to it. James Beard Award winner and Michael's Genuine proprietor Michael Schwartz will be serving banh mi with house-cured pork, pickled vegetables, torn herbs and sambal ai ... More >>

A Winter Wimbledon

Michael's Genuine food cart is hitting the Design District again this weekend. This month the menu has a decidedly Asian flair to it. James Beard Award winner and Michael's Genuine proprietor Michael Schwartz will be serving banh mi with house-cured pork, pickled vegetables, torn herbs and sambal ai ... More >>

Behind The Scenes With Ingrid Hoffman for Got Milk Photoshoot

Watch the above video and you'll notice that Miami based international culinary personality Ingrid Hoffman has something more than milk stuck to her lips. According to a spokesperson for the Got Milk campaign "the milk mustache is a combination of lowfat milk and other lowfat dairy products."Pres ... More >>

Gay Ice Cream

Fudge covered pretzels, huh?​Beginning this week, gay and lesbian couples can marry in the state of Vermont -- and in recognition and support, Ben & Jerry's has renamed their "Chubby Hubby" flavor "Hubby Hubby".The company states:"Ben & Jerry's has a long history of commitment to social ju ... More >>

Psystar's Suit Against Apple Thrown Out

Psystar's "Attack of the Clones" seems to have hit a major roadblock. The Miami-based computer makers caused a stir when they started selling their own desktops packaged with Apple's OSX operating system. Apple only allows the system to be installed on its on hardware, and quickly filed suit. Psys ... More >>

Cheap Eats - Heidy's Cafe and Laundromat

Psystar's "Attack of the Clones" seems to have hit a major roadblock. The Miami-based computer makers caused a stir when they started selling their own desktops packaged with Apple's OSX operating system. Apple only allows the system to be installed on its on hardware, and quickly filed suit. Psys ... More >>

Soups, Soaps, and Industrial Lubricants

Psystar's "Attack of the Clones" seems to have hit a major roadblock. The Miami-based computer makers caused a stir when they started selling their own desktops packaged with Apple's OSX operating system. Apple only allows the system to be installed on its on hardware, and quickly filed suit. Psys ... More >>

Sugar Deal Is Not So Sweet

Charlie Crist gets a bogus hero medal for bailing out Big Sugar.

The Seven Words You Can Never Say In a Florida Food Blog

Charlie Crist gets a bogus hero medal for bailing out Big Sugar.

StreetWorks - Commercial Graffiti

Charlie Crist gets a bogus hero medal for bailing out Big Sugar.

Herald Shills For The Dairy Industry

Charlie Crist gets a bogus hero medal for bailing out Big Sugar.

Red Carpet Rollups

The search for America’s next top cigar roller heats up.

South Miami Election Followup: "Most Signs" Doesn't Guarantee Win

The search for America’s next top cigar roller heats up.

ADM: Supermaggot To The World

The search for America’s next top cigar roller heats up.

ADM: Supermaggot To The World

The search for America’s next top cigar roller heats up.

Hecho en Miami

They look, smell and smoke like Cubans. So why not sell 'em that way?

Get Buzzed for Less

They look, smell and smoke like Cubans. So why not sell 'em that way?

Next Big Things

The five biggest attention-getters at E3

On A Roll

The five biggest attention-getters at E3

Hotel Party

Manufacturers and DJs mix, mingle, and make sense of music technology

Doug E. Fresh, Biz Markie, Slick Rick

Manufacturers and DJs mix, mingle, and make sense of music technology

Revenge of the Misfit Toys

A year ago, three South Florida friends began sewing plush dolls for fun; now they're at the vanguard of a toy revolution

BEST BIKE SHOP

Cycle World

Best Chocolate

Le Chocolatier

Best Lawyers

Stanley and Susan Rosenblatt

Best Record Label To Leave Town In The Past Twelve Months

Chocolate Industries

Palm Reach

MIAPUG!

Riptide

Someone's out to get counterfeit Cubans

Best Internet Café

Kafka's Kafe and Newsstand

Best Art-Supply Store

The Palette

We're Number Gun

Miami's own Taurus International Firearms is taking aim at the competition

Get Your Foreign Butts Out of Our Convenience Stores!

Want to make Big Tobacco really mad? Just try importing export-only cigarettes

Holy Smoke

Deep in the heart of Little Havana, El Credito's expatriate artisans quietly go about the business of hand-rolling the creme de la creme of Cuban cigars

Boy Toy

Updated for the Nineties, Barbie's boyfriend Ken has style, attitude -- and a cock ring!

Play With 'Em Again, Sam

Updated for the Nineties, Barbie's boyfriend Ken has style, attitude -- and a cock ring!