Pretty much every word Sean Rowe ever spoke was poetry. Even after he was hit by a train and survived. I don’t say that as praise. I’m not fawning. He just had a way about him.He arrived in Miami in 1989 to work at the Miami Herald, where I was…
She would have ended up at Sang’s Chinese for dim sum. And, man, that would have been the right choice. This quiet but most genuine of local Chinese joints offers the typical breakfast/lunch 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day in North Miami Beach. Bone up on your Mandarin before you go,…
I was wrong. Seven years ago, at the Iraq War’s start, I wrote a column expressing skepticism about the Bush administration’s claim that Adnan Shukrijumah of Miramar was a top terrorist. Earlier today, reports leaked from the FBI that Shukrijumah has become Osama Bin Laden’s top man on global terrorism. Shukrijumah…
The last year or so has been tough for our city’s paper of record, where I used to work. Reporters at the Miami Herald have gotten the shaft, and editors have been forced to do double duty. But hey, guys, please cover the City of Miami. It is the wheel around…
The band played Latin tunes, the auctions — both silent and loud — earned thousands for Feeding South Florida — and the food — oh the food. The Taste of the Nation Miami on Thursday night at Fairmont Turnberry Isle drew thousands of hungry well dressed patrons to a festive…
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BK flame-grilled chicken on whole-grain ciabatta bun
No news in this post. No quotes. But man, this is the best dessert you will ever eat if you are a chocoholic. It includes chocolate mousse, brownie, and cheesecake. The thing set me back $48, which is rather steep. Service stunk, but eventually servers wrote a name on it…
Miami family crosses country on Fortune 500’s dime
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 Schaufelberger: “By adding…
The Jamaican drug lord whose gang once terrorized Miami is in custody, The Guardian is reporting. Christopher “Dudus” Coke was a Robin Hood in Jamaica. At least 73 people on the island have died in battles with police, who were trying to bring him in. The United States has called…
Here’s Manny Ruiz’s family vacation by the numbers: 40 states, 34 days, 10,000 miles, 3 kids. And the best part: More than $15,000 in corporate freebies to pay for most of the damn thing. My favorite among these contributions: The McDonald’s Corp. will provide as much food as Manny and…
Stephen Jaffe, a publicist hired by author Gerald Posner, responded to El Jefe’s recent comment about lawyer and author Mark Lane. The comment, which was reported across the country, referred to Lane as an “83-year-old Jonestown survivor.” Obviously, he is much more than that., We stand corrected. Mark Lane’s request…
Yesterday I described what might have been the largest cheese bust in history. Eighty-five tons of the stuff, most of it contaminated with staph, was sold to at least 30 people. Today I learned some of the cheese made it out of Miami to Texas, California, and New York. The…
Two Hondurans were busted Monday for illegally selling diseased cheese to more than 30 people in Miami.The pair — Francisca Josefina Lopez, 40, and Jorge Alexis Ochoa Lopez, 34 — was nailed for importing $322,000 of the stuff from Nicaragua and then illegally reselling it. Most was contaminated with staph, according…
I planned to respond negatively here to Lee Klein’s defense yesterday of Nespresso, the new Lincoln Road joint that doesnt allow take-out coffee. But after running head-on into the Starbucks bureaucracy and hyprocrisy, I am taking a new tack: Starbucks should burn in hell. The company serves paper cups and…
There may be no food as perfect as the Cuban sandwich. The fresh bread, ham and cheese, and pickle are sublime when made at a restaurant or by your abuela. It is often misinderstood — as in this entry from Wikipedia, which confuses it with a Media Noche.And there may…
