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U.S. Department of Agriculture

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Food Stamps Traded for Drugs and Cash, Welcome Crackdown Coming

    Florida is notorious for Medicare fraud, and we also have more than our fair share of food stamp fraud. At least Miami residents can console themselves with the fact that our food stamp defrauders are not as shameless as those in other states.EBT cards, modern-day food stamps, are being traded for c ... More >>

  • 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 27, 2012

    Sustain, Gotham Steak, City Hall and More: Misleading Salmon Descriptions

    via Flickr CCSustain Restaurant Bar has developed a brand synonymous with greener eating. Deconstructed branches line its walls and lamps in natural shapes light up its vast open space, all contributing to a signature earthy feel. The menu lists ingredients with sources and location, and the resta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Pink Slime and Now Mad Cow? Skip the Beef, Opt for a Homemade Veggie Burger Instead

    Emily CodikVeggie Burger from Green Gables CaféOn Tuesday, the USDA confirmed the detection of Mad Cow disease in a California dairy cow. Even though the agency also announced that American beef and milk continue to be safe for consumption, reports have already surfaced of countries like Indonesia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    64. Gabby's D'Lorean Burger and Tots at The Filling Station and Garage Bar

    It's that time of year when we count down to New Times' Best of Miami 2012 issue in June. Until then, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com.64. Gabby's D'Lorean Burger and Tots at The Filli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Strawberries Pesticide-Laden, Pineapples Better: An App to Find the Best

    ​It can be difficult to justify spending the extra cash for organic food, but with the help of the Environmental Working Group's 2011 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce, you can eat healthfully without having to dump your entire wallet on certified organic produce. Consumers of produce can r ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 15, 2011

    CG Burgers versus DGB: Damn Good Burger

    ​It can be difficult to justify spending the extra cash for organic food, but with the help of the Environmental Working Group's 2011 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce, you can eat healthfully without having to dump your entire wallet on certified organic produce. Consumers of produce can r ... 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

    August 2, 2011

    Burger Beast Wednesdays at Tobacco Road; Food Trucks Tonight

    Tobacco Road Burger Beast is holding court at Tobacco Road on Wednesdays.​Burger Beast is out and about again. One of Miami's first food truck devotees, the Beast is still heavily involved in the scene (we told you about his food truck tracker app in the works), but now he's moving inside - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    15 Food Statistics That Should Make You Cry

    2 million: Dogs and cats abused and killed by the international fur industry each year -- including by the Burlington Coat Factory, which used to sell "Mongolian Dog Fur" that was made from domesticated dogs. Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).24: Number of cats it takes to make a fur coat i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Bin Laden Still Sucks: Five Patriotic Foods to Honor Our Armed Forces

    Patriotic cupcakes​Late last evening, President Barack Obama announced that elite U.S. troops had killed Osama bin Laden. After almost ten years of searching for the man behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks on our country, Navy SEALs killed bin Laden in a brave operation that took years to deve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Red, the Steakhouse: Surf vs. Turf

    John Zur Halibut.​On a recent Saturday night, we visited South Beach's Red, the Steakhouse and were delighted that Chef Peter Vauthy would amicably send some plates our way to taste. The entrees consisted of the du jour item, halibut, and the 8-oz. filet mignon. The SurfAs our knowledgeable ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Shake Shack Beef Supplier Creekstone Farms Recalls Ground Beef, Miami Not Affected

    Shake Shack in Miami Beach is fine to eat.​Creekstone Farms Premium Beef recalled 14,158 pounds of beef, due to possible E.coli contamination, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service.The recalled meat was shipped to processing plants in 10 states, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Taco Bell Hit With Lawsuit: Can Its Beef Be Legally Called Beef?

    Where's The Beef?​The Sun Sentinel reported yesterday that a California woman, Amanda Obney, has brought a false-advertising lawsuit against Taco Bell for calling its products "seasoned ground beef or seasoned beef" -- when, the suit declares, "in fact a substantial amount of the filling contains ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Ms. Cheezious Food Truck Rolls Out For Art Basel

    Courtesy of Ms. Cheezious​The Ms. Cheezious grilled cheese truck debuts this week, flanked with a pinup girl logo. The menu showcases the classic comfort food, without veering into overwrought combinations. They'll offer a crab salad and cheddar melt, bacon and blue cheese on sourdough, an apple a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Target Aims For The Food Market

    This is Target, not Publix.​Target is in the process of completing its redesign of six stores in the Miami area. The new, wider-aisle layouts for each venue feature a 40% increase in food offerings. Groceries now available include fresh produce (seasonal fruit, baby carrots, and bagged lettuce to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    McDonald's-In-The-Morgue Ad Coming To Miami

    As our sister Houston Press blog reports, The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is running a television ad that comes right out and says it: McDonald's food is so unhealthy it can kill you. The ad opens with an obese man on a gurney in the morgue, a half-eaten burger in his dead hand. As ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    Rick Scott Hates the Stimulus, But Company He Invested in Got $60m in Stim Funds

    Billionaire GOP Governor candidate Rick Scott says he has conservative values, but the kind of companies he invests in don't seem to. One company Scott invested in was shown to help send money from illegal immigrants back to Mexico even though he backs Arizona's immigration laws. Another h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Phony Nutritionists Make Their Push

    ​USDA Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Deputy Under Secretary Janey Thornton came to Kissimmee last week to highlight the Obama Administration's priorities for improving school meals and the health of children across the nation. Thornton claimed the Administration was committed to "rapid pas ... More >>

  • News

    April 15, 2010

    The Humane Society Began Its Battle with Farmers Right Here in Florida

    ​USDA Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Deputy Under Secretary Janey Thornton came to Kissimmee last week to highlight the Obama Administration's priorities for improving school meals and the health of children across the nation. Thornton claimed the Administration was committed to "rapid pas ... More >>

  • News

    March 4, 2010

    If you thought Cuba's National Mule Census is dumb, think again

    ​USDA Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Deputy Under Secretary Janey Thornton came to Kissimmee last week to highlight the Obama Administration's priorities for improving school meals and the health of children across the nation. Thornton claimed the Administration was committed to "rapid pas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Homestead's Farm Share In Pictures

    Jacob KatelFarm Share clients​Farm Share is a non-profit organization that provides food directly to 6,500 families a month. They also work with 250 agencies to distribute fresh produce, donated goods, and USDA commodities to people all over Florida. Mayor Carlos Alvarez's budget proposal for 2009 ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 6, 2009

    Red Serves Steaks in SoBe

    They're savory but standard.

  • Dining

    June 4, 2009

    BLT Steak Bewitches

    SoBe's Betsy Hotel houses a winner.

  • Dining

    May 28, 2009

    Burger Battle '09

    Where can the best burger for the buck be bought?

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    By the Way, Now Might Be a Good Time to Crack Down on the Pork Pirates

    Depending on who you ask, swine flu is either the 12 Monkeys virus come to scour the earth of humanity, or it's an overhyped limited-scope bug that the media has recklessly sensationalized. Though we're inclined to believe it's the latter- - those media sure are scumbags -- we still don't think peop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    BLT Heaven to Betsy

    After a series of fits and starts that have characterized Miami restaurant openings for as long as there have been Miami restaurants, Chef Laurent Tourondel will finally debut his BLT Steak at the Betsy Hotel next Wednesday, March 25th. The original BLT premiered in Manhattan in 2004, its casual tak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Yes, Those Are Slaves On The Steps of The Florida Capitol Today

    If you happen to wander by the Capitol on your daily stroll around Tallahassee today, yes, that is in fact a truck full of farm workers being beaten into unpaid slave labor right on the steps of the Florida Legislature.New Times photoHaitian farm workers in HomesteadA few months after the latest sla ... More >>

  • News

    July 24, 2008

    Orange Crush

    A Chinese pathogen has the citrus industry talking apocalypse.

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2008

    Short Order - Meat Me In Miami

    A Chinese pathogen has the citrus industry talking apocalypse.

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2008

    Meat Me In Miami

    A Chinese pathogen has the citrus industry talking apocalypse.

  • Dining

    July 13, 2006

    Foie Wars

    Force-feeding amounts to either animal farming or grotesque torture, but do our chefs give a duck?

  • Dining

    May 19, 2005

    Rodriguez Steaks His Turf

    Force-feeding amounts to either animal farming or grotesque torture, but do our chefs give a duck?

  • News

    September 9, 2004

    Orca Frustration

    "As soon as I crossed the Mason-Dixon Line, I knew it was different here"

  • Dining

    March 25, 2004

    Steak House Chic

    Come here to see, be seen, and eat heartily

  • Calendar

    August 22, 2002

    Dolled-Up Paper

    "Pa-per-view" is actually free and waiting for your eyes only at the ArtCenter

  • Dining

    June 13, 2002

    Going, Going, Gone

    China Grill dismantles its empire

  • Dining

    March 8, 2001

    Too Close for Comfort?

    Cattle-ist for reform

  • Restaurants

    May 11, 2000

    Best Steak House

    Morton's of Chicago

  • Restaurants

    May 13, 1999

    Best Restaurant For A Power Lunch

    Morton's of Chicago

  • Dining

    March 4, 1999

    Bun Baby Bun

    Morton's of Chicago

  • News

    August 6, 1998

    News of the Weird

    Morton's of Chicago

  • Calendar

    April 9, 1998

    Night & Day

    April 9-15, 1998

  • Calendar

    March 26, 1998

    Night & Day

    March 26-April 1, 1998

  • News

    December 18, 1997

    Sweeps Unchained

    Rad Berky got armed and dangerous. Carmel Cafiero got Joe Gersten. Ike Seamans got a heart attack. And we watched it all.

  • News

    April 24, 1997

    Flipper's Revenge

    They're cute. They're cuddly. They're smart. And as the fiasco at Sugarloaf Key shows, they make humans do crazy things.

  • News

    July 18, 1996

    And You Thought Hot Flashes Were Bad

    A nationwide estrogen study has animal-welfare activists pissed off about the collection of horse urine

  • News

    June 26, 1996

    Home Truths

    After decades of living month to month in trailer parks, some South Dade migrant workers have found a permanent address

  • News

    March 14, 1996

    One Hot Idea

    Bob Sherman blazes down the info highway in an endless search for towering infernos

  • News

    October 5, 1995

    Lather Not

    At the urging of dolphin activist Russ Rector, Paul Mitchell Systems tells Miami Seaquarium, "You're all wet!"

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