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  Hometown, Bon Gout, and Others Kindle a Quiet Barbecue Revolution

  October 8 at 8 a.m.

  The sweet smell of smoke is wafting over Miami, and it's not coming from the parking lot of that new medical marijuana dispensary. It's emanating from the Citadel, where Richard Hales is test-smoking brisket, beef ribs, and pork ribs for his soon-to-open Society BBQ. Nearby in Little Haiti, Bon Gout...

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  Meet the Women Who Make Miami's L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon Run

  October 2 at 8 a.m.

  It's been four years since the Design District announced it would house an outpost of the late, great French chef Joël Robuchon's famed L'Atelier. When the restaurant opened this past August 28, it was just over a year since Robuchon passed away.

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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.