Evelyn McDonnell, tattooed feminist, author of Mamarama: A Memoir of Sex, Kids, & Rock ‘n’ Roll, and former Herald pop culture critic speaks Sunday at 12 p.m. at the Miami Book Fair. New Times: What do you think about today’s music? Coming from the 60s and 70s, where good music…
“Rarely has one man been blessed with such an auspicious destiny. Few have been endowed with so many gifts, opportunity and the good will of so many. That he squandered it so makes Cuba’s tragedy all the more wrenching.” That man, of course, is Miami’s nemesis: Fidel Castro. The woman…
Govind Armstrong has never been a prissy, stick-to-the-rules kind of chef. Even his culinary background is unconventional – instead of culinary school, he gathered his knowledge working with Wolfgang Puck at Spago at age 13, then working amidst a crowd of young, innovative chefs in acclaimed restaurants in California and…
Molly O’Neill will appear at the Miami Book Fair tomorrow, November 10, at 1:30 p.m. Her book, American Food Writing: An Anthology with Classic Recipes, cooks up a look at America’s history via over 100 concise and distinctive stories concerning food. O’Neill, the New York Times food columnist for a…
Dressed in black from head to toe, author Walter Mosley stood out easily against the rich tones of the Mandarin Oriental’s lobby and its equally overhued patrons. As he walked toward me, ebony fedora tipped to one side, visions of his most well-known character, Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, came to mind…
Remember when your sister iced your birthday cake with Ajax? It’s payback time. From a journalist’s memoir about her junkie brother to a memoir written in tandem by sisters, one of whom was sexually assaulted, to a novel narrated by an office worker whose murdered sister was “diabolically beautiful” but…
