Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke takes Miami Gardens leaders to task for horribly failing black residents. When Miami Gardens incorporated in 2003, it…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke opines on the Israeli prime minister selling out for politics. By going through with his speech to the…
This spring, words like “sumac,” “za’atar,” and “tahini” will become increasingly common in local food circles. The first two refer to spices, while tahini is a sesame-seed paste most notable for its integral role in making hummus. All three are ubiquitous in “Middleterranean” cuisine, which just so happens to be…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke talks about the hottest show on television. The success of the TV show Empire, which chronicles the life…
Faded pictures of Cuban sandwiches with pressed ham and pork ooze a taxicab-yellow mustard flash on signs that line the bustling avenues of Little Havana. Follow them and soon you’re parked, waiting for one at a ventanilla where an espresso machine hisses in the background…
Celebrity chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten understands that when guests check into a beachside hotel, their instinct is to head toward the ocean. Therefore, when he was tasked with opening a spacious restaurant on the west side of the Edition Miami Beach, JG knew it had to be truly “creative.” So with…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke goes to bat for Jackie Robinson West. Little League International officials are wrong to strip Chicago’s Jackie Robinson…
Before it was a month old, Matador Room was named one of the best places to dine among celebrities in the United States by CNN.com. But star diners such as Linda Evangelista and David Schwimmer are just one of many reasons the restaurant has been generating so much buzz. It…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke addresses a plan to redevelop the heart of Liberty City. Before becoming a politician, Carlos Gimenez was Miami’s…
Food isn’t all that makes a French brasserie. Sure, there’s tangy cheese and the rich, peppery aroma of steak frites. But just as important is the frazzled waitress with a pack of cigarettes peeking from her purse. And then there are the throngs of caf�goers, who crowd the sidewalk to…
We here at New Times always figured it was just a matter of time before local band-gone-big Jacuzzi Boys’ lead singer and guitarist Gabriel Alcala’s artistic endeavors would be seen on a late-night talk show. But we just figured it would be as lead singer of the Jacuzzi Boys, not…
Last week, Disney announced that a new princess would soon be coming to television: Elena of Avalor. She will be Disney’s first Latina princess. The news, of course, spread like wildfire and many news outlets were celebrating Disney’s move toward cultural diversity. Hell, even Saturday Night Live included the story…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke gives his take on the latest feud to grip hip-hop. When a band breaks up, it’s something like…
The chapulines are boiled, sun-dried, and roasted in garlic and chilies before they’re vacuum-packed and sent north from Oaxaca. Then these grasshopper slivers are tossed in a pan with citrusy Sichuan peppercorns and topped with cilantro and lime. Broken into pieces and served with peanuts and almonds, the bug bits…
“Oooh Kill Em! Who’s excited for the new TerRio game!?” That’s the tease for Run TerRio Run, a still-in-development iPhone and Android app starring Lil TerRio, the chubby 7-year-old kid who became internet famous after his “Oooh Kill Em” dance got millions of online views. The founder, Rehan Hussain, of…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke breaks down the latest setback for the Hurricanes football program. National Signing Day, February 4, is around the…
The taco-making begins with a whir and a screech. Late one weekday morning, Steve Santana, the bespectacled chef of Miami Beach’s Taquiza, uses a power tool to deepen the narrow channels in two thick rock discs, which wear down every week while crushing corn into masa, the dough that becomes…
We often take for granted simple foods, like a traditional Margherita pizza or a warm grilled-cheese sandwich. That is, until we taste a bad version; then we gain a new-found appreciation for them. It’s also then that we begin to realize that our beloved Margherita pizza and grilled-cheese sandwich aren’t…
If you and a spouse/mate/lover/friend head out for dinner, sometimes it ain’t easy. As the plates keep landing on your table for two, dinner becomes a game of Jenga. The half-eaten bowl of Brussels sprouts balances at the table’s edge. A slight reach for a morsel of meat risks sending…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke defends a female Australian rapper who’s making hits. Rap artists like Q-Tip and Azealia Banks waste time hating…
Inside Seagrape’s dimly lit dining room at the Thompson Miami Beach, a meticulously plated starter dish is revealed courtesy of our waiter’s iPhone flashlight. Veiled in foam are locally grown squash blossoms infused with mousse derived from Florida shrimp. Underneath is a sauce prepared from the shellfish’s heads plus plenty…
Fidel Castro is dead. I’ve lived the majority of my life under the watch of the admittedly impulsive eye of the exile community. I’ve celebrated Fidel’s death in the streets of both Hialeah and la saguesera at least three times in the past 15 years, but this time the news…
