“Scientists in Florida say overeaters are addicted to junk food in the same way drug addicts are addicted to cocaine and heroin.” [AllHeadlineNews]”Project Downtown, an organization that started about two years ago in Miami and now has branches other U.S. cities,” continues feeding the homeless. [VOAnews]Burger King stock goes up,…

Another day, another dollar, another night at the casino risking it all, another tomorrow being broke and eating ramen noodles and sardines, another reason to work harder, especially at making up these intros, which are sometimes just entertaining lies. Or are they? Here are some recent posts from other Miami…

Miami food-truck scene hits the national press. [AP]Study finds that people choose less healthy food for others and probably lie to computers about their own choices. [UPI] Benihana names new executive chef as part of chain wide renewal program. [Chainleader]Fair food! County Fair opens Thursday. [CBS4]TV show Burn Notice spotted…

Sure, Florida unemployment is at an all time high, but don’t give up all hope, there are jobs in Miami’s food service industry.The only other thing we’re really qualified to do in life besides what you’re reading now is wash dishes, which is more lucrative, but less fun, so nothing…

It’s been too long since we’ve highlighted recent posts from other local food blogs, eons in web time, so here’s a roundup from just some of Short Order’s many contemporaries.New farmers market in the heart of Overtown at the Roots in The City Garden starts this week. [MiamiDish]Great photos at…

So you’re in Miami for the WMC and you’ve already had a lot to eat….blue pills, red pills, water, smoke, weed, coke, beer, liquor, but now you’re really hungry.Here’s our top ten guide to late night/early morning eats on South Beach and in the City of Miami.Stay alive, don’t eat…

People to the south of Miami think America’s chemical-laden, hormone-injected, infinite shelf-lifed, processed, packaged, industrially produced, lab-tested, factory-farmed food is crazy.But they eat jungle creatures. Now that’s weird. Here are our top 5 really strange (totally natural and organic) foods of South America and the Caribbean…

NACE, the National Association of Catering Executives, wants to give you their $10,000 Vince DeFinis Scholarship. You must be a full-time undergraduate student in an “accredited hospitality, culinary or related program,” maintain a 3.0 GPA, and have completed 60 credits. Qualified entrants will be judged on the basis of an…

There’s a new food blog in town and they want to give you a Miami culinary tour. [OnlinePR]Miami-based Benihana may get bought out. [Riptide]MGFD’s pastry chef Hedy Goldsmith joins “World’s Largest Girlfriends Getaway” at Loews Miami Beach Hotel. [PRweb]Miami Lakes convenience store robbed for $50,000 in cash, cigarettes, and property…