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  Homestead

  Frita ‘Queen’ opens Cuban restaurant in Homestead

  When Frances Alfonso was a little girl in Miami’s Little Havana she loved going with her parents to eat a Cuban’s version of the American hamburger, known as a frita.
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  A Fork on the Road

  The exotic flavors of Uzbekistan await in Sunny Isles

  The cuisine of Uzbekistan reflects the cultures that passed through Central Asia in caravans on the transcontinental Silk Road, and you can sample it at Chayhana Oasis in Sunny Isles Beach.
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  Lunch with Lydia

  Lydia has lunch with Sushi master Nobu Matsuhisa

  Sushi master Nobu Matsuhisa operates 31 restaurants on five continents — in Beijing, Budapest, Cape Town, London, Melbourne, Moscow and more. He has published five cookbooks and acted in movies such as 1995’s Casino, 2002’s Austin Powers in Goldmember and 2005’s Memoirs of a Geisha.
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  Books

  ‘Drunken Botanist’ author explores the plants behind our favorite cocktails

  When you pry a piece of corn silk out of your teeth, you’re yanking out a fallopian tube. Good sake should never, ever be served hot. And though you might shudder to hear it, some brewers in Brussels are quite happy when bugs fall into open vats of yeast, because they churn it up, thus becoming “unwitting accomplices in the dance between sugar and yeast.”
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  A Fork on the Road

  A Peruvian-Italian taste sensation on South Beach

  The logo at Cecci Italian Peruvian Kitchen is a fish eating a slice of pizza, symbolizing the union of sea and land here. There are pies, pastas and tiraditos, ceviches and saltados (stir-fries) plus creations like pizza a lo macho topped with seafood cream, octopus, shrimp and calamari, and fettuccine in ají amarillo-spiked huancaina cheese sauce served with steak.
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  Coffee competition

  5 Miami coffee houses compete for Krups competition

  A competition by Krups has five Miami coffee spots in contention for top prize
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  A Fork on the Road

  Brickell breakfast and lunch spot a hit with workers on the go

  There is no sign for Sacha’s Café, but financial district fans are finding it for morning coffee and quick lunches.
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  A Fork on the Road

  Small Miami Beach cafe serves big kosher-dairy portions

  A French ice skater and an Israeli developer joined forces to open Montefiore Café & Restaurant in a former Miami Beach bakery. There are still cakes and croissants, but the place is now a kosher-dairy restaurant offering breakfast, lunch, and dinner for locals. The menu includes omelets, salads, panini, fish, pastas, pizza with a chewy crust and crisp bottom and both savory and sweet crepes set in a cozy space with sidewalk dining under an awning.
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  Pinched season: Stone-crab harvest down, prices way up this year

  In 46 years as a commercial fisherman, Gary Graves says he has never seen a stone crab harvest season as poor as this one. Graves, who runs Keys Fisheries in Marathon — the main supplier for Joe’s Stone Crab in Miami Beach — says his catches are down 40 percent since the season opened Oct 15.
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  Technology

  Hello, my name is iPad, and I’ll be your server this evening

  A Brickell restaurant allows customers to place orders via iPad, without talking to a human waiter. Is this the wave of the future?
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  South Beach Wine & Food Festival

  2013 South Beach Wine & Food Festival has Spanish accent

  Fitting for its location, the South Beach Wine & Food Festival showcases lots of Hispanic influences this year.
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  The Amazing Metrano: ‘Police Academy’ star works his magic at Hollywood yogurt shop

  Quick: What do Johnny Carson, Police Academy and Linda Lovelace have in common with the Hollywood beach broadwalk?
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  WINE

  Competition samples 600 wines in two days

  Behind the scenes at an annual South Florida competition that shines the spotlight on American wines
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  A Fork on the Road

  Flavors of South Florida, both savory and sweet

  Looking for an out-of-the-ordinary taste of South Florida to share with friends and family over the holidays? Here are a two delicious possibilities.

• RESTAURANTS

  Miami Spice raises rates on top restaurants, adds second pricing category

  In its 11th year the Miami Spice program is getting a new look with two levels of fixed-price menus. Restaurants will fall into either a luxury or fine-dining category.

• UPPER EASTSIDE MIAMI

  Blue Collar: Miami's newest restaurant

  This post was produced by Open Media Miami a community news partner of the Miami Herald. --
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  Chefs only: They come for camaraderie, commiseration -- and great food

  The best meals in South Florida are served behind locked doors in closed restaurants. Chefs cook for chefs. They bring their own bottles and share war stories from their kitchens. They test off-the-menu items on each other -- lamb-and-cheese sandwiches, maybe, or a bacon-studded dessert. But mostly, the Chefs' Club members dish about their craft.

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