It’s not always easy to be meat-free in Miami. Heck, half the city’s bread is infused with lard. But thanks to a progressive mayor and a dedicated volunteer, vegetarianism just got a major boost with the City of South Miami’s Meatless Monday resolution.
In official language, it’s “in support of comprehensive efforts to protect the environment, our health, and animals, and encouraging residents to participate by choosing meat-free, plant-based meals at least one day a week.”
Fast forward a couple years, and it’s likely that those scrambled eggs you eat every morning will have grown in a garden instead of a chicken’s lady parts. That’s thanks toHampton Creek Foods, a food tech company that’s revolutionizing the egg industry with their plant-based substitutes.
The Bill Gates (among other tech heavyweights)-funded startup has been making major waves with their line of eggless eats, from the recently released Just Mayo (now flying off Whole Foods shelves nationwide) to the scrambled egg substitute Just Scramble, hitting shelves early next year.
If you suffer from depression, it’s likely you feel utterly, desperately — sometimes unbearably — alone. It is, after all, an illness of alienation. It drags you down, steals your joy, robs you of your energy and enthusiasm, and distances you from others.
But the truth is, you’re far from alone. More than 20 million people in the U.S. suffer from mood disorders. That jaw-dropping number is proof positive that there are millions of other people who share your pain, and I’m one of them.
I suffered from depression for 16 years. Though there were times I came close to giving up, I didn’t. And for those of you who feel you’re suffering alone, I want you to know that you’re not. There is help. There is hope. And there is a light at the end of the tunnel, I promise. Here’s how I found mine.
This isn’t a warm and fuzzy time for American turkeys. To provide fodder for millions of tryptophan comas, roughly 45 million birds meet their makers every November.
But at Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary in Ocala, turkeys aren’t for eating. Instead, they live out their lives in peace and comfort. Plus, they get cuddles.
Life without cats would be, well, catastrophic. It’s hard to imagine how we survived the pre-internet dark ages without Grumpy Cat, kitten GIFs, and I Can Has Cheezburger.
If you’re a feline fanatic, you might wanna sit down. Come March 2014, the World Cat Congress is coming to Miami for the first (and possibly last) time ever. Basically, it’s four pawsitively packed days of cat shows, cat seminars, cat parades, cat shopping, and all things cat. Meow, brace yourselves for cute overload of the kitty kind.
In the London district of Southwark, there stands a massive emporium of eating; a world-famous landmark, a bounty of gourmet delights since the 19th century known as Borough Market. Stalls piled high as far as the eye can see with plump, pink radishes; brilliant emerald-colored lettuce; periwinkle carrots; fragrant, golden mushrooms; soil-dusted beets, hearty gourds — and that’s just one lone produce stand.
If you’re anything like the rest of us in the First World, you’ve spent many panicked minutes scanning the shelves of a liquor store before heading to a party. Choosing the right booze is one of those etiquette skills most of us never learn, leaving us the loser who always shows up with a bottle of Korbel.
So to help guide you on the path to superlative wine selection, we spoke to award-winning master sommelier Larry Stone. Stone is hosting an über-upscale, five-course wine dinner at the Fontainebleau’s Gotham Steak tonight, and we took advantage of his appearance to avail ourselves of his vast vino knowledge. Get his two cents on the perfect wines for specific occasions — from popping the question to buying your boss’ good favor to meeting the parents — after the jump.
Miami is a city with its fair share of badasses. Pain and Gain, hello! But bodybuilders, basketball players and bouncers are one thing — ninjas are a whole other category of awesome. There are few who make the grade.
And finding these select few is the purpose of the hit G4 TV show, American Ninja Warrior, which took over Bayfront Park this weekend to test the skill of some of the nation’s most talented athletes.
Here in Miami, Friday night was course-testing, and we stopped by Bayfront for a preview and a chat with Executive Producer Kent Weed, co-host Matt Iseman, and a few other members of the crew.
Despite the incorrect prognostications of the Mayans, the Heaven’s Gate whack-jobs, and Pat Robertson, the fact remains that the world could theoretically end anytime. Hell, we could be going about our daily drudgery and suddenly get smacked by a comet, rendering us all into dust. Just ask the dinosaurs.
If and when the end of the world comes, it’s good to know where your priorities lie. We spoke with several Miami mixologists about what they’d drink if Earth was on its way out. Think the best of the boozy best. Forget your last meal — it’s your last drink that counts.