Steve Jobs & Food

Steve Jobs is not normally associated with food. You don’t know where he goes to dinner, his favorite coffee shop, or find him on top chefs’ lists. Surprisingly, aside from dramatically changing the entertainment and media industry, he’s had the greatest effect on the food industry.

Mickey D’s McFlurry vs BK’s Soft Serve Ice Cream

You’ve probably seen Burger King’s latest commercial featuring their newest dessert options including one that looks a lot like McDonald’s McFlurry. The commercial, of course, is fairytale in nature featuring a Willy Wonka portrayal of the soft serve and its accompaniments of flowing chocolate, rich brownies and sunny peaches. Enticing? It got us to interested in comparing it to the iconic McFlurry.

X Factor: Ten Most Annoying Moments from Last Night’s Episode

It was a huge challenge to narrow down the hundreds of annoying things about last night’s X Factor to a nice, tight ten. But we did it! The auditions continued in Chicago and Seattle. We sat through two hours of clips of people with a small amount of talent competing…

What Miami Needs: Great Bread

Giant rounds of Jewish-style onion-rye bread float through my dreams, float through clear blue sky, float in slow motion as though taking part in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Behind the rye are enormous loaves of pumpernickel bread, hearty grain breads encrusted with oats and seeds, bright yellow challah breads,…

Gastric Bypass Hypnosis Surgery Halfway Point

As I mentioned before, I was going to try Rena Greenberg’s Gastric Bypass Hypnosis Surgery program, a non-invasive tool to help me lose weight.The program consists of several CDs, one of which is the actual “surgery.” Greenberg’s voice guides you through the experience of having gastric bypass surgery so that…

Top Five Food Festival Etiquette Faux Pas

It seems premature to say that the South Beach Wine & Food Festival is already a subject of talk about town, but they recently released the 2012 line-up, and we already spoke to Lee Schrager to get the inside scoop. Plus, Wine Enthusiast’s Toast of the Town is this Friday…

The Science Behind the Fishy Smell in Smelly Fish

You want to eat fresh fish. You want it glazed, or baked in parchment with fresh dill and lemon. You want the skin crisp from the broiler and the meat moist and juicy. Instead, you’re looking down at a plate of stinky fish in all of its odoriferous glory. How…

Misspelled Miami Restaurant Signs

One of the coolest things about living in Miami is the vast array of different cultures. With a generous blend of southern American, northern American, native American, Caribbean, European, Asian, and Latin influences, our city could never be accused of being “cookie-cutter.” Which is why it’s very possible to drive down…

Cast Your Vote: Is Foie Gras Animal Abuse?

California lawmakers have announced they plan to enforce a 2004 law that bans the production and sale of foie gras. Animal rights activists petitioned for the duck relief, citing it as “an inhumane practice that should be relegated to the history books.”Now, you might or might not know that force-feeding duckies…

The Duodenal Switch Twice as Dangerous as the Gastric Bypass?

As some of you know, I’ve been looking into different weight loss techniques as of late. I’m currently on the Gastric Bypass Hypnosis Surgery program by Rena Greenberg, which I’ll be posting a halfway point update on next week.As some of you may also know – I believe in natural…

September 11 Rewind: How Food Got Us Through

As I walked into Dunkin’ Donuts yesterday to grab a coffee in Miami, I noticed pumpkin doughnuts for sale. Suddenly a little frisson ran down my spine. I was transported back to a sunny morning almost a decade ago in New York. Around 9 a.m. on that fateful September 11,…

Madonna Confirms New, Overhyped Album on Swedish Television

Our list of celebrity MILFs over 50 is short. In fact, it only consist of one incredibly sexy, adorably gap-toothed pentagenarian. And like a virgin touched for the very first time, we’d probably last less than 30 seconds with her. Ironically, that’s also how long we can stomach her music…

Five Band Name Trends That Totally Suck

We’d say kids these don’t know how to name their bands properly, but kids (and, really, we mean grown men, sometimes zillionaires) have been coming up with crappy band names for quite some time now. And it’s only going to get worse. All you need is login info to be…