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  Sala'o Chef Jorge Mas Turns the Desperation of Cuba's Pantries Into Joy

  September 10 at 8 a.m.

  While free-flowing rum and the wail of a trumpet spill out of Little Havana's Sala'o Cuban Bar & Pescaderia (1642 SW Eighth St., Miami; 305-642-8989; salaorestaurant.com) and onto Calle Ocho, a constant struggle simmers in the kitchen. Past the larger-than-life Ernest Hemingway photos, chef Jorge Mas — a handsome, chiseled,...

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  Sushi Chef Erika Kushi Finds Herself Carrying Her Family's Legacy

  September 4 at 8 a.m.

  Erika Kushi never thought of herself as a female sushi chef until the day someone told her she shouldn't be. "It was a Japanese customer," she recalls. "They said, 'You're not supposed to be doing sushi because of your warm hands.'" Her father, Michio Kushi, who for nearly three decades...

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  Two New Meat Shops on Coral Way Promise Better Beef

  September 3 at 8 a.m.

  A new report has damned global agribusiness and called for drastic changes in the way humanity produces and consumes food if we are to have any hope of staving off the disasters from accelerating climate change. The report, released in August by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), comes...

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  This Kendall Cafe Offers Seven People With Disabilities Grounds for Employment

  August 20 at 8 a.m.

  Currently Our Grounds employs seven individuals between the ages of 19 and 28 with disabilities that include Down's Syndrome, autism, and more. For most, it's their first job ever.

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  Allapattah's Restaurants Look Toward an Uncertain Future

  August 13 at 8 a.m.

  Late Sunday night, things really get going at Club Tipico Dominicano (1344 NW 36th St., Miami; 305-634-7819; clubtipicodominicano.com). The persistent, percussive wail of bachata fills the steamy Allapattah club as multicolored lights flash and strobe. Big bowls of sancocho and tripe soup ($4), surrounded by green Presidente beer bottles, snake...

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  How a Hialeah Street Kid Found a Better Life Through Cooking and Egg Yolk Coladas

  July 30 at 8 a.m.

  Frankie Zerquera never meant to become a cook. Once he did, he never thought he'd be best known for his dale huevo colada ($4.50), in which a raw egg yolk is magically incorporated into a stiff, sugary Cuban espresso. The resulting cup yields freakishly foamy sips of coffee with hints...