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• Happy Holidays, Miami Style: Your Lechon Feast Shopping List

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  I found this list at my local Publix.  Isn’t it great that you can find a list like this in your Miami supermarket (with both English and Spanish items listed)?

   

   

  My Miami love swells during the holidays.  I revel in gaudy [...]

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• Where in the World is Miami Dish?. . .Art Basel Food Fun

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  * * *Bacardi building by David Samayoa* * *

  You might have noticed that while Chuck Ferrin has been holding down the fort with his Miami Drink column,  my own postings here have been fewer and farther between.  Don’t worry, I [...]

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• Miami Drink: Mezcal Meets Miami at Mercadito Midtown

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  by Chuck Ferrin (The Fifth Drink)

  I know this is going to be hard for some people, but mezcal is not tequila with a worm in it.  That chubby grub bobbing in your half-finished bottle is a marketing ploy, and you’re the mark.  In every sip [...]

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• Food Events: International Mango Festival at Fairchild Features Mangos of India

  

  This weekend is the 18th annual event at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.  Fairchild continues to expand on their festival with a series of mangophile events, including a culinary conference, mango brunch, and weekend festival.  This year, the mangos of India are highlighted.

  The events begin Friday with an [...]

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• Interview with Dr. Richard Campbell, Tropical Fruit Curator at Fairchild

  

  * * *Fairchild Tropical Fruit Curators Noris Ledesma and Richard Campbell (in the brimmed hats) in India. /Courtesy of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden* * *
  

  Dr. Richard Campbell loves his job. This is a man passionate about mangos, as evidenced by his recent cover [...]

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• Roots in the City Farmers Market on CNN

  
  The Roots in the City Farmers Market debuted in Overtown last month.  It is part of a national push to make fresh and local produce more affordable and accessible.  The Wholesome Wave Foundation started the “Double Value Coupon Program” which allows users [...]

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• The Dish: Schwartz wins Beard Award, Bittman’s New Blog, and Chefs Forego Meat

  Tidbits that I found interesting this morning….

  Chef-owner Michael Schwartz of Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink took home a James Beard Award last night.  He was named Best Chef: South.   Other nominees included Zach Bell of Cafe Boulud in Palm Beach, Scott [...]

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• Pinecrest’s Fleming Restaurant on Kitchen Nightmares this Friday

  

  Fleming is tucked on the side of a strip mall on 136th Avenue, close to the Falls.  It’s popular with Pinecrest locals.   Have you heard of it?  Exactly.

  Fleming hopes to increase its visibility with a turn on Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares.  The surly [...]

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• South Beach Wine and Food Festival 2010: Midnight Amore

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  * * * Photos by David Samayoa * * *

  I suppose you can file this one under “better late than never.” Here is a photo post of the Midnight Amore pasta orgy that took place at Scarpetta from 11 pm to 1 [...]

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• Miami Drink: Miami Welcomes Jets Fan Gary Vaynerchuk for Wine Tasting (Part 2)

  

  by Chuck Ferrin (The Fifth Drink, Twitter: @telephonedrinks)

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  (Continued from Part 1)

  Americans, and a great deal of [...]

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