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Best Fats for Baking Pies: Butter, Shortening & Coconut Oil Battle It Out

After inquiring about trans fats at supermarket and restaurant bakeries and receiving unsatisfactory response, I devised a blind fat taste test. I baked identical pies, with the same filling (fresh strawberries), but with different fats.I tested the following 100 percent artificial trans fat-free fats: cultured unsalted butter, palm oil shortening,...
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Four Pets More Dangerous Than Pit Bulls

Miami's ban on pit bulls heads to the ballot in August, letting South Florida animal lovers decide whether they're willing to allow the dogs back into the 305. The breed has been characterized by some as dangerous and violent, in part due to a 1989 case in which a dog...
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Florida Poll Shows Romney Nabbing 47 Percent to Obama’s 45 Percent

Is Mitt Romney surging ahead of Barack Obama in Florida? Has the Sunshine State officially joined Mitt Nation? Did Obama really get zero bump by slow-jamming the news with Jimmy Fallon?Uh, no. It's only April, so we probably shouldn't pay attention to any presidential polls yet. Still, a new nonpartisan...
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He Said, We Said

What sets Michael Genovese apart from most artists is that the Miami-based talent typically engages an audience as part of his creative process. And the ambitious proposal that snagged him the 2012 Visiting Artist title at the Frost Art Museum is no different. Genovese created 60 baked, enamel-coated aluminum discs...
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The Mainstreaming of Madea

For many, especially black people who see in her a mockery of our own grandmothers, Tyler Perry's Madea is little more than a mammy—an insult to the matriarchal community figure that Perry claims to celebrate. And unforgivably, when compared to Flip Wilson's Geraldine or even Martin Lawrence's Big Momma, his...
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Flaming Dead Squirrels Blamed for Starting Florida Brush Fires

Earlier this week, firefighters had to deal with four separate brush fires in four straight days in the Lehigh Acres area of Lee County. Don't worry though, a serial arsonist is not on the lose in Southwest Florida. Authorities believe they know who's to blame for starting the flames: squirrels...
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Publix Seafood Practices Rank 19 of 20 Stores Analyzed, Greenpeace Says

Publix seafood practices score a failing grade of 2.7 out of 10, according to the environmental group Greenpeace. A study by the organization's Carting Away the Oceans project (CATO) analyzed major grocers such as Target, Safeway, Whole Foods, and Winn-Dixie. Publix landed at 19 among the 20 supermarkets analyzed.The study...
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Closet Invasion: Nomadic Art Duo 2Square’s Style From Around the World

Miami has new residents -- for now. Justin Vallee and Jeremiah Taylor, the artistic duo that is 2Square, travel the world like creative nomads, leaving their graffiti, poetry, photography, and even nontraditional hair styling along the way. Think of them as one part neo-hippy, one part fashion trendsetter. More than...
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Is Rick Ross the Latest Celebrity Face of Jenny Craig?

It was about as unexpected as a Chinese sinkhole -- a hip-hop heavyweight and, well, a former heavyweight. Last night, Rick Ross and Mariah Carey, together in a Miami recording studio with Jermaine Dupri and DJ Khaled. "Rozay and MiMi," Ross tweeted at around 1 a.m. Attached to the late...
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Surfside Election: Wait, I Lost?!

Today, I consider myself the luckiest failed commission candidate on the face of the earth. After weathering a last-ditch smear campaign, I spent the rest of yesterday's Election Day in Surfside-- where I was running for commissioner in a very special election-- parading around town with my dog, drinking victory...