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Lake Worth Legislator Pushing Medical Marijuana Bill

Florida has some of the nation's toughest anti-marijuana laws. For instance, anyone caught growing at least 25 plants in their home can be charged with a second-degree felony and face a maximum sentence of 15 years. Even the feds aren't that draconian. They at least give you 99 plants before...
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Best Chefs in America: A Peer Review For Chefs Names Miami’s Finest Toques

There's nothing new about peer reviews. Many professions, most notably attorneys, scientists and physicians, frequently evaluate their peers in an effort to maintain a standard level of competence and acknowledge outstanding members of their field. With the publication of Best Chefs America, add chefs to the list of professions with...
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Dr. J: Diet Based On DNA

Diets are always trendy, especially in the beginning of the year and in Miami, where it's always sunny. The problem with doctors, diets, and workout regimens is that they are just that -- a trend, and are therefore constantly changing and evolving according to the latest information and breakthroughs in...
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Rap’s Top Ten Struggle Songs

Hip-hop is the music of the people, and the sound of grumbling bellies sets the beat. In the game of life, it's eat or be eaten, and only the hungriest survive to tell their story. Songs about struggle are a cornerstone of the genre. Brooding tales of desperation often become...
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MeCam: Miami Entrepreneur Creates a Camera You Can Wear

Put away your smart phone. Put away your camera. It's time to actually experience the moment. Thanks to Miami native Drew Martin, you can now wear a MeCam, instead. The 20-something grew up in Miami and left for college. After seven years away, the prodigal native returned with an idea...
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In Honor of Hugo: Make Homemade Arepas, Venezuelan-Style

Venezuelan restaurants across Miami announced specials such as discounted arepas and one-buck Miller Lites following the news of President Hugo Chávez's death yesterday afternoon.The end of the socialist leader's tendentious rule meant Venezuelans took to Doral with flags and Polar beer until late in the evening. This means it's the...
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Bomba Estereo on World Music and TransAtlantic Fest: “We Used to Look North; Now the Anglo World Is Looking at Us”

Traditions are kept alive by constant change. The roots music of the 21st Century is being created as much with electric guitars, sequencers, and laptops as with drums and flutes. That's one of the ideas behind the Rhythm Foundation's Heineken TransAtlantic Festival, whose 2013 headliners include Argentine-Uruguayan electro-tango group Bajofondo...
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Miami’s Top Ten Fritas Cubanas

An original frita cubana couples Cuban bread with a spiced beef patty, seasoned with cumin, paprika, and pepper. Some add chorizo to the mix. Others cap meat with an American-style hamburger bun. Despite minor variations, one thing remains consistent: Papas fritas, deep-fried and grease-slicked julienned potatoes, crown beef like a...
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The Six Bad Bitches You Meet at Ultra Music Festival

Damn, Ultra Music Festival is a mad house. Everywhere you look, it's neon titties, the bottom half of an ass, or some kind of sexy rabbit hoppin' around with a lollipop in her cheek. Last year, we introduced "The Seven Ravers You Meet at Ultra Music Festival." But this time,...
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Biodynamic Cacao: New Trend in Chocolate?

To understand biodynamic agriculture, consider egg labeling. "Free-range" stamps previously suggested eggs laid by chickens raised on pastures. Then, it turned out, they were laid by chickens with access to the outdoors. Whether they spent time outside was (and still is) arguable.  As demand for sustainable eggs increased, farmers evolved the lexicon...