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John Cena, Lance Armstrong, Michael Vick, Tiger Woods: Stars Replace Mascots on Cereal Boxes

Is caveman Fred Flintstone following T-Rex and Twinkies into extinction? If you took a trip to your local supermarket cereal aisle, you might get that idea because instead of the usual beefy neanderthal on boxes of Post Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles, you might just see WWE star John Cena. As part of a pr ... More >>

The Ten Most Annoying Food Trends of 2012: From Pork Belly to Lobster Mac and Cheese

As writers of all things food and drink, we take particular notice to the trends that rise and fall throughout the years. 2012 included its fair share of relatively new trends that make us wince, and it had even more stuff that has been building over the past few years. With that in mind, here is S ... More >>

Labor Day 2012: Ten Best EDM Parties From Miami to South Beach

See also "Labor Day 2012: Nine Best Rap Parties, From Timbaland to Trick Daddy and Strippers." It's Labor Day weekend, y'all. You could spend your free time maxin' and relaxin' by the pool. Or you could spend it getting white-boy wasted, fist-pumping your way into blackout oblivion. We think tha ... More >>

Five Damn Good Reasons to Vote Down Miami's Pit Bull Ban Today

Also read "Pit Bull Ban Spurs Dog Fight"Even if dozens of party primaries don't get your blood pressure up, there's one compelling ballot item that should drive you to the polls today: For the first time since 1989, Miamians have a chance to strike down one of the nation's dumbest laws. Dade's pit b ... More >>

California's Got The Right Idea: Help Ban Foie Gras In Florida (Video)

As Short Order reported recently, California's ban on foie gras finally went into effect earlier this month.Unfortunately, due to the lax wording of the ban, restaurants have found it possible to circumvent the law and serve the item to customers. The California law specifies that restaurants cannot ... More >>

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 >>

Waka Flocka Flame's Spring Break Kickoff at SoBe Live March 8

Pit Bull Ban Lives On in Miami-Dade As Repeal Falls One Vote Short in Tallahassee

​A full month before the season kicks off, Mark Buehrle is close to taking his first loss in Miami. The new Marlins ace is celebrity spokesman number one for pit bulls and the activists trying to overturn Miami-Dade's two-decade ban on the dog breed. Along with his wife, he's vocally pushed for la ... More >>

Three Fun Facts About Waka Flocka Flame Before His Spring Break Kickoff at SoBe Live

​Since bursting onto the scene with "O Let's Do It," the Billboard Hot 100's 62nd best song on April 3, 2010, Waka Flocka Flame has been going "hard in da muhfuckin'" record industry. At 25 years old, the Atlanta rapper has established himself as one of the hardest working artists in hip-hop. To ... More >>

Miami's Best Macaroni and Cheese Dishes: Truffles, Lobster, Even Broccoli

​Macaroni and cheese. What began as an inexpensive school cafeteria lunch for most of us has turned into an adult's obsession: the search for the ultimate dish of firm noodles engulfed in creamy béchamel sauce and topped with a layer of golden-brown cheese.Though the classic mac 'n' cheese consis ... More >>

Reader mail: "Animals are not garbage"

Foodstock: One Night of Peas and Music (Photos)

All photos by Laine DossMac n' Food Truck serves vegan treats at Foodstock.​Short Order's Foodstock: One Night of Peas and Music must have been blessed by the gods, because the weather was perfect for dining under the stars.Thousands of people flocked to Foodstock at the Wynwood Arts District to l ... More >>

Former Vegan Chef at Red the Steakhouse Does Tofu Three Ways

​There's a perception that the vegan diet, which excludes all animal products, is incompatible with fine dining. In this new series, the Beet Reporter aims to see whether Miami's tastiest restaurants are prepared to feed vegans with something more than boring garden salads.I doubt many vegans have ... More >>

Pig 05049 Follows Piggly-Wiggly Right Into Your Shopping Cart

​Generally speaking, being vegetarian is a choice. I am all for those who forgo meat for health reasons or just for the sake of feeling healthier and leaner. But keep me away from fashion-conscious tree huggers who look at us carnivores with disdain, while stomping around in leather shoes and chom ... More >>

Easy Vegan Barbecue: A Labor (Day) of Love

Camille LambThis Labor Day, leave the killin', keep the grillin'.​Labor Day, the holiday with the name that never fails to confuse scads of recent immigrants, is upon us yet again. So kick off your shoes, enjoy not working, and celebrate.If you're a human, that is. For cows, chickens and pigs ever ... More >>

"When Tony Gets Hungry, Things Die." Anthony Bourdain's Ten Best Quotes

Will Bourdain feature Club Deuce on his new show?​Anthony Bourdain is debuting his second Travel Channel show this fall. Titled 24-Hour Layover, it will focus on what happens between trips to Greenland and Vietnam and Cuba.In other words, what does Tony do closer to home? The show will b ... More >>

Candy We Don't Want to Find Easter Morning

All photos by Laine Doss Run, bunny, run!​We're not sure exactly when Easter became the day to chomp the heads off innocent chocolate creatures of the forest, but that's what this holiday has evolved into. A recent trip to a megastore's candy aisle yielded a host of cringe-inducing products ... More >>

New Career Options For Carlos Alvarez and Natacha Seijas

​Today is it for Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez and County Commissioner Natacha Seijas, who are on the verge of becoming the first county elected officials to get recalled since the '70s. An official poll and our informal poll show the two politicians are going down for the count, victims of citi ... More >>

Ride That Bull

Oh My Tosh

Blast From the Past: Subliminal Criminal - S/T

Scanner's on the fritz, enjoy Ed's all-knowing visageSubliminal Criminal S/T (Space Cadette Records) If we lived in different times, Ed Matus would be the type of gent who holds doors open for ladies, organizes fox hunts, gardens organically and holds the secrets of the glue that has for some bizar ... More >>

BK Flame Grilled Chicken on Whole Grain Ciabatta

You got that headline right. Burger King, the Miami-based fast food giant, announced yesterday that is now serving what sounds like gourmet dish for $4. The thing has only 470 calories and in the corporate speak of BK senior vice president, global product marketing and innovation, John Schaufelberge ... More >>

Four questions with Afrobeta's Cuci Amador

Tim Tebow Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad Stirs Up Controversy

Predictably, Tim Tebow's Super Bowl ad for the politically divisive, anti-gay, and pro-choice group Focus on the Family is causing controversy.Focus has released few details about the ad, but it will likely feature UF's Heisman winner and his mother, Pam Tebow. Pam notably carried Tim to term despit ... More >>

Tim Tebow Starring in Super Bowl Ad for Anti-Gay, Radical Christian Right Group

​Tim Tebow may never have another chance to be associated with a Super Bowl, but why is he recording an ad  for Focus on the Family? Yes, the James Dobson founded group announced today that they will air a 30 second commercial during the big game that will start former University of Florida q ... More >>

Riptide's Ten Most Popular Posts of 2009

Riptide put up somewhere in the neighborhood of 3,000 posts this year, so before we get started on writing 3,000 more it's time to sit back and look at some our successes: Our top ten posts by pageviews.Yeah, it's a collection of slightly seedy stuff, with abortion doughnuts, rape tunnels, and XXXra ... More >>

How Much Is That Funny in the Window?

Ten New Video Games for Foodies

We all know someone who likes to play with his or her food, so why not give that epicurean enthusiast in your life a little fun this holiday season? Lots of new games are either already out on shelves or will be released in time for the holidays, so drop that turkey and get to the stores! Or just st ... More >>

The Week That Was: Alberto Cutié Married the Cat Killer

via FFFFOUNRiptide had an insane week, and in case you missed anything, here are all the highlights. Perhaps you can use them to make small talk with your dad on Father's day.  18 year-old Tyler Weinman was arrested and charged with being the notorious cat killer. He may have ... More >>

Dog Fight

Pit bull ban, what pit bull ban?

Mickey Rourke's Chihuahua Passes On

PetaRourke in a Peta PSA with Loki's dog pal JawsAcademy Award nominee Mickey Rourke's constant companion, a plump little chihuahua named Loki, passed on just a day before the award ballots were due. Rourke gave a memorable heart felt thank you to his dogs during his Golden Globe acceptance speech, ... More >>

The Party Crasher - Pamela Does Pangaea

Morrissey at Mizner Park Ampitheatre

Buzz Kill

Whacking all feral hives will keep ’em out, or at least delay their takeover

Letters from the Issue of July 20, 2006

The birds' livers can enlarge up to ten times their normal size"

Victorious Victuals

The Bitch

Seven-Year Kitsch

Go north

London Galling

Cookbooking with Gas

BEST ARGENTINE RESTAURANT

Graziano's Parrilla Argentina

Letters from the Issue of February 6, 2003

The nation's animal lovers bite back

Spleen Cuisine

Get Back, JoJo

Will JoJo the bear leave his home in Davie for some Oregon grass?

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Torching The Twang

k.d. lang was almost buried on the lone prairie. Now she's caught fire with a hot new album.

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