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Million Dollar Listing Miami Series Premiere Party

By Sherri Balefsky on June 20th, 2014 Photo by Imani Ogden On Wednesday evening, some of Miami’s top tastemakers gathered in South Beach to celebrate one of the summer’s hottest new shows: Million Dollar Listing Miami. The VIP-only event was held at the trendy Pearl Champagne Lounge at Nikki Beach …

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The Dawn of Coral Gables Restaurant Week

It’s baaaaaaack. That’s right, grubbers and oinkers of the most magical city – Coral Gables Restaurant Week is steadily approaching and it’s added some rookies to its roster of native eateries. Now in its 7th year running, the three-week event will be featuring more than 35 hearty restaurants all hailing …

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Beats and Brunch: R House Wynwood Brings Brunch and Music Series to the Menu

As if the art/food combo didn’t give us enough reason to crash Wynwood’s R House. Come this Sunday, chef and owner Rocco Curelli will join the Sunday Funday bandwagon by adding brunch to his artful menu of goodies. And what’s brunch without some mellow jams to get you in the …

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Michael Mina 74 to Host this Month’s Cellar 1954 Dinner Series

On any given night, the lobby of Miami Beach’s Fontainebleau is fully stocked with twenty-something-year-olds praying that God will bless them with the chance to make it past the mob of other twenty-something-year-olds, and through the double doors of LIV for an amnesiac night of headlining djs and bottle-poppin’ “good …

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Tongue and Cheek Celebrates It’s 1st Birthday

Miami Beach favorite, Tongue and Cheek has arguably withstood the test of time in an industry where failure is about as common as LiLo singing “Rehab” by Amy Winehouse. Case in point: a valid excuse to celebrate its one-year anniversary by way of a killer prix-fix menu. I thought we …

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Veritage – The Responsible Alcoholic’s Paradise

Wednesday marked the kick-off of Veritage; a four-day jubilation dedicated to foodies, winos, and beer guts. The Wednesday inauguration lured hundreds to the paint-splattered Wynwood Walls, where a bevy of beer, wine, and food stations sat awaiting those who longed to dive into food comas and utter inebriation. MSM, of …

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The Future of Brazilian Cuisine Comes to Mary Brickell Village: Porcao

The obvious gushing about mouth-watering Beef Cheek Pierogis or the thirst (and liver) quenching Margaret P.L. (a passion fruit and tequila infused cocktail brimmed with chili powder) is expected while boasting about your night spent at Mary Brickell Village’s newest addition to its restaurant rim of fire – Porcao. However, …

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It’s a Chef Thing

Text & Photography by Nycole Sariol Crowds spilled into South Beach by the dozens for South Beach Wine and Food Festival 2014. Only Miami could pull off the unabated gathering of celebrity and local chefs, big-time sponsorship from heavy-hitters like Whole Foods, and live performances from American classics like Sammy Hagar, …

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The Art of Eating Organic

Sorry Gisele and Adriana, but you ladies aren’t the only holy grails to come out of Brazil’s land of plenty. “I always look for the balance between quality and technique by making something easy, healthy and tasty,” regales gastronomist extraordinaire and private chef, Isa Souza. When she’s not schmoozing with celeb-pals like Andy …

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The Wayfarer of the Culinary World: Chef Alfredo Alvarez

By Nycole Sariol / Photography by Imani Ogden Once known as a river awash with darkness, perniciously welcoming the wrongdoings of drug-traffickers, Voodoo zealots, and spiritual, Santeria rituals, the Miami River’s banks have recently wiped its – then daunting – slate clean and sings a new aubade these days. The …

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