Food News Roundup: Cookie Diet, Fisher Island, Dollar Beers, Umami, Poker, and Baconnaise

The Cookie Diet, and the Miami bakery where it's from, make eating Cookie Diet cookies mainstream. [HealthJackal]Now Hiring seasonal workers at Fisher Island Beach Club private island. [CBS4]2 for 1 drinks, dollar beers, appetizers, and food at The Cove in Doral for live comedy Wednesdays. [MMDnewswire]"Umami tastes aren't found as...

By Jacob Katel

October 20, 2009

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The Cookie Diet, and the Miami bakery where it's from, make eating Cookie Diet cookies mainstream. [HealthJackal]
Now Hiring seasonal workers at Fisher Island Beach Club private island. [CBS4]
2 for 1 drinks, dollar beers, appetizers, and food at The Cove in Doral for live comedy Wednesdays. [MMDnewswire]
"Umami tastes aren't found as separate tastes," said University of Miami research scientist Nirupa Chaudhari, a specialist in the biophysics of taste. [TheHerald.AU]
Miami rapper Pitbull tells CNN "the food is what makes you." [CNN]
The inventors of Baconnaise, and Bacon Salt linked up over drinks in Miami. [ParkRapidsEnterprise]
Tableside food and beverage service ate Calder poker room, opening Friday. [SunSentinel]
Randy Nelson, a recently hired temp priest at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Miami, said "It's really not all that different from a fast food gig." [TheOnion]
South Beach Wine & Food Festival tickets go on sale October 26th. [SOA]
Bruce Bagley, chairman of the University of Miami Graduate School of International Studies, speaks to CNN about genetically modified corn in Mexico. [CNN]

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