Water Taxi Miami: A New Way to South Beach

For car-averse commuters, a new mode of transportation
MiamiHerald.com
Water Taxi Miami, 35 minutes later, departed for Miami Beach with a 24-year-old Brazilian killing time before her flight and a couple of Australian tourists who wanted an easy route to South Beach. For Sue Nikolovski, of Melbourne, previous bus trips ...

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2 new water taxi companies offer alternative to traffic between Miami and ...
The Republic
AP MIAMI — There's a new way to avoid the causeway traffic between downtown Miami and South Beach: water taxis. Two companies started running water taxis on Biscayne Bay last month. Both Biscayne Xpress Water Taxi and Water Taxi Miami are based at ...

South Beach Wine and Food Festival
ABC7Chicago.com
I'm walking toward a massive pavilion of sponsored tasting tents in South Beach, where a few thousand food and wine enthusiasts are scrumming for nibbles of whatever they can get their hands on. Welcome to the 11th edition of the Food Network's South ...

A Little Bit of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival - The Martha ...
This past weekend, I flew to Miami to take part in the annual South Beach ... My travelling companions and I stopped by the Loews Miami Beach Hotel to say ...
www.themarthablog.com/.../a-little-bit-of-the-south-beach-win...

Ten Strangest Things at the South Beach Wine and Food Fest
Miami New Times (blog)
28 2012 at 8:59 AM ​The South Beach Wine & Food Festival wrapped up yesterday after a four-day whirlwind of dinners, brunches, parties, cocktails, and events. Each year we're delighted by the food, impressed by the cocktails, and amazed by the sheer ...

South Beach Wine & Food Festival Highlights: Activations and Events From Moët ...
BizBash
This past weekend, thousands of people migrated to South Beach for the four-day marathon of food and drink known as the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Rubbing elbows alongside more than a dozen top culinary television personalities, ...

BizBash

Call Sheet #209: Oscars and South Beach Wine & Food Fest Highlights, NBA All ...
BizBash
SOUTH BEACH WINE & FOOD HIGHLIGHTS: Here's our full report from this weekend's flurry of tastings, parties, and demonstrations surrounding the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, which wrapped up Sunday night with a party hosted by Andrew Zimmern: 4.

Bethenny Frankel: Miami Beach Bikini Babe
The Gossip Girls
Kicking off her week with some fun in the sun, Bethenny Frankel was spotted out on the beach in Miami today (February 27). The former “Real Housewives” hottie looked absolutely fabulous in a skimpy two-piece swimsuit as she struck a few poses for the ...

So Much More Than 'Just Food'
Huffington Post (blog)
On a weekend of two major annual gatherings in the food world -- the South Beach Wine and Food Festival and the Just Food Conference -- my heart was in the Florida sun, but my body and activist spirit was at the High School of Food and Finance on West ...

Feeding South Florida Donates 30000 Pounds Of South Beach Wine And Food ...
Huffington Post
This year, he and Feeding South Florida collected nearly 30000 pounds of South Beach Wine and Food Festival leftovers and sent them to ten local soup kitchens. Phelan, Feeding South Florida's Director of Food Procurement, told HuffPost Miami that he ...

Thrillist BBQ And The Blues: Inside One Of South Beach Wine And Food ...
Huffington Post
You'll never hear a complaint out of us about the South Beach Wine and Food Fest, but we will say it was really nice to get out of a tent on the sand and into one of the weekend's best -- and sauciest -- parties. Iron Chef Michael Symon helped ...

At the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Evian hired an illustrator to tweet ...
The Next Web
This past weekend at the Food Network's South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Evian, a long-time sponsor of the event, hired an illustrator to cover the weekend's events and tweet out images in realtime. While live tweeting events or hiring artists to ...

The Next Web

Hangover Observations: 2012's SoBe Wine & Food Festival
Eater National
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival (aka spring break for the restaurant world) wrapped up last night after four days and nights of boozing, barbecuing, burger-ing, and all kinds of fan-on-celeb-chef

SoBe WFF: One on One with Chef Aaron Sanchez
Haute Living
by Regina Arriola During a whirlwind weekend in Miami known as the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, esteemed chef and author Aaron Sanchez opens up to Haute Living about the culinary world, his newest endeavors and how Miami's take on food has ...

Bethenny Reveals Sangria Secrets as She Pokes Fun at Bravo
YumSugar.com
Memorable drinks and bites aren't the only things at play inside the South Beach Wine and Food Festival tents — the Grand Tasting Village also holds an impressive lineup of cooking demonstrations from celebrity chefs and culinary personalities.

Spike Mendelsohn's Steak-Frites Burger Falls Flat In South Beach
Washington City Paper (blog)
Of all the DC food scenesters to show up for the South Beach Wine & Food Festival in Miami this past weekend—sightings included Graffiato's Mike Isabella, Proof/Estadio's Mark Kuller, Red Apron Butchery's Nate Anda, and BGR: The Burger Joint's Mark ...

Washington City Paper (blog)

Is May 8 The Big Day For SLS South Beach?
HotelChatter (blog)
As you can see from our snapshot above, the work on The SLS Hotel at South Beach is in full gear. That's the building at the rear of the hotel that will house the poolside bungalows (including one by Lenny Kravitz Design) looking very close to what the ...

HotelChatter (blog)

Chef Michael Symon makes it three in a row at Burger Bash
News Sentinel
From AP MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Food Network Iron Chef Michael Symon turned a triple dose of pork into a third consecutive top win at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival's annual Burger Bash. “We like the meat-on-meat concept,” Symon said Friday of his ...

What Chefs Really Think About Yelpers
Huffington Post
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. -- Judging by a panel discussion on "the next generation of diners" at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival on Friday, chefs fall into two camps when it comes to Yelpers: the solicitous and the dismissive. The leader of the dismissive ...

GOA 2012 Celebrates 37th Annual Showcase this Week
What They Think
The Printing Association of Florida (PAF) is busily preparing for its 37th annual Graphics of the Americas Expo & Conference (GOA), being held this week on March 1 - 3, 2012 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, FL.

Bethenny Frankel Is A Miami Beach Babe
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Feeding South Florida Donates 30000 Pounds Of South Beach ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
The four-day South Beach Wine and Food Festival is an exercise in excess. Think delectable pork ... South Beach Food Wine Leftovers. First Posted: 02/27/2012 12:20 .... Around the Web:South Beach Wine & Food Festival - Miami Beach, FL ...
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Cruise line burger wins top award at South Beach Fest — Chris ...
By Chris Owen
Guy's Burger Joint, part of Carnival Cruise Line's FunShip 2.0 initiative to bump up the onboard experience at sea, took top honors at this weekend's South Beach Wine & Festival's Amstel Light Burger Bash with Food Network star Guy Fieri,
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South Florida Classical Review » Blog Archive » February 28

By Lawrence A. Johnson
Music of Schubert, Brahms and Beethoven 8 p.m. Colony Theater, Miami Beachmiamichambermusic.org; 305-372-2975. Kalichstein Laredo Robinson Trio Michael Tree, violist. Harold Robinson, double-bass. Beethoven: Trio in B flat, Op.11 ...
South Florida Classical Review

Donald Glover returning on Childish Gambino tour | The Go Guide ...
By Ben Crandell
Donald-Glover-Childish-Gambino-tour-Miami.jpg Comic-actor-rapper Donald Glover, performing Saturday at the South Beach Comedy Festival, will return to Miami Beach June 13 as his music-making alter ego Childish Gambino. Glover, seen ...
The Go Guide | Sun Sentinel blogs

Longtime Miami Beach newsstand owner Art Barker dies at 91 ...
Art Barker hadn't run a newsstand when he took over one on Miami Beach in 1965. But his stand became a regular part of the Alton Road scene for three ...
www.miamiherald.com/.../longtime-miami-beach-newsstand.ht...

More To Miami Than South Beach | VISIT FLORIDA UK Insider ...
I love the glitz and glamour of South Beach but Miami isn't just about bling. Whether you're a culture vulture or a nature lover, each of the city's diverse..
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Miami's Irresistable Sex Spell - Miami Beach 411
Click here for news about Miami's Irresistable Sex Spell at Miami Beach 411. ... The Original Miami Tour - departs at 10am from South Beach; Everglades Eco ...
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New World's Wallcast Transforms South Beach [video]

New World's Wallcast Transforms South Beach
NBC 6 Miami
By Adam Kuperstein Smack in the middle of South Beach, you'll find a symphony under the stars. It's the New World Symphony's Wallcast, a 7000 square foot projection on the wall outside, so you can see and hear what's happening inside.
http://www.nws.edu/wallcasts.aspx

A stroll down Ocean Drive
By Victoria
So, Miami Beach. What a place. It's like an assault on the brain, especially for a pair of sun-starved Brits, wan of face and weary of winter. It seems ludicrous, in hindsight, that I was so stressed about what the weather would be like. My daughter and I were greeted by blue skies and ... We were staying in a hotel in South Beach, on Washington Avenue, so we were only two blocks from Ocean Drive, where the surf meets - well, surf and turf. Ocean Drive is where people go to see and be ...
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Miami Water Taxi launches in South Fla.
7Online WSVN-TV
The taxi's home is Bayside, but it makes regular stops at the Miami Beach Marina, the Sea Isle Marina, Bijan's on the River and Finnegans on the River. Passengers can get on board or off at any of the five locations, and soon there will be more.

Photographs of South Beach Wine and Food Festival Grand Tasting ...
By flavorofmiami
South Beach Wine and Food Festival Grand Tasting on Saturday, February 25, 2012. This was our first year and I have .... This entry was posted in Festival, Food, Miami Beach, Photographs and tagged Photographs. Bookmark the permalink.
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Miami Beach hunts for convention center developer
Miami talks to help 30 French firms launch in US · New-to-market office tenants flock to Brickell · FIU business school dean hunt in round 2 · Miami Beach hunts ...
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South Beach Wine & Food Festival Returns With the Usual Madness
BlackBook Magazine
Miami Beach is where actors audition for South Beach Tow by parking next to fire hydrants. It's a sandy, salt-rimmed enclave where moneyed MILFs go almost topless on the beach but wear wide-brim hats for sun protection. The plain, white, v-neck t-shirt ...

Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Extends Through March 5th via online auction
MarketWatch (press release)
MIAMI BEACH, FL, Feb 27, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --The 11th Annual Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival presented by FOOD & WINE may have wrapped up its last event on Sunday, February 26, but the decadent culinary experiences and one-of-a-kind wine tastings are far from over! The Festival's Online Auction presented by Travel Curator runs through Monday, March 5 and features unique experiences, unparalled travel opportunities, gourmet foods, exquisite wines, and so much more at www.sobefest.com/auction ."Whether you were able to join us at the 2012 event or not, the Festival's online auction is a great way to continue to support Florida International University's (FIU) Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management," says Festival Founder and Director Lee Brian Schrager, who also serves as Vice President of Corporate Communications & National Events at Southern Wine & Spirits of America, which hosts the Festival. "There are so many great experiences, items and travel packages in this year's auction -- I usually end up in a bidding war over some of the items myself!"  ...

TODAY gets piggy with it at the South Beach food fest
msnbc.com (blog)
By Max Paul, TODAY producer Al Roker served up his Pulled Pork Sliders at the South BeachWine & Food Festival. "Not only did Al hold his own but his Pulled Pork Slider was the best thing we ate that night," said TODAY producer Jackie Olensky.

Latina Chefs Spice Up Cooking on Television
Fox News
24, 2012 in Miami Beach, Fla.AP Telegenic Latina chefs are changing the look and taste of the food world's celebrity tier. From Food Network's Marcela Valladolid and Evette Rios on ABC's "The Chew" to uber-restaurateur Michelle Bernstein and cookbook ...

Tasting Under the Tents in South Beach
YumSugar.com
If you're wondering what we at in South Beach, the real question is: what didn't we eat in South Beach? From spice-rubbed ribs to stone crabs and tuna tataki to Côtes du Rhone wines, we had everything — but we wanted to share with you what was truly ...

Tulisa frolics on a Miami beach after getting told she's set to earn millions ...
Mr Paparazzi
Oh how we wish all celebrations involved frolicking on a boiling hot beach with our friends, unfortunately unless the UK develops a tropical climate any time soon that's certainly not going to happen (although, with global warming the way it is…

Mr Paparazzi

Latinas new face in cooking Winning big on TV boosts chefs' careers
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
MIAMI BEACH, Florida, Feb 26, (AP): A decade after Ricky Martin and Jennifer Lopez helped Latin music explode into the mainstream, Latina chefs are doing the same for food. From Food Network's Marcela Valladolid and Evette Rios on ABC's “The Chew” to ...

Wild girls of the food world make no apologies
The Korea Herald
MIAMI BEACH, Florida (AP) ― The foul-mouthed, self-proclaimed wild girls of the food world are making no apologies for their success. Alex Guarnaschelli, Gabrielle Hamilton, Debi Mazar and Nadia G have all become big names in culinary circles thanks, ...

IAB Releases New Standard Ad Unit Portfolio
MarketWatch (press release)
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Feb 26, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Since their introduction in 1996 and most recent update in 2003, the IAB Standard Ad Units helped to create the modern, scalable digital advertising industry. Today over 80 percent of display ads sold ...

Health Management to Present at Investor Conferences
MarketWatch (press release)
... will present at the following investor conferences during the week of February 27, 2012: -- February 27, 2012 at 2:40 pm ET at the JP Morgan Global High Yield & Leveraged Finance Conference held at the Loews Miami Beach in Miami, Florida.

Real Housewives star Bethenny Frankel continues to promote under fire ...
Daily Mail
Bethenny, who left the popular show in 2010, was in South Beach, Florida to drum up interest in her cocktail mix drink. The 40-year-old gave a presentation at the Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival. And she continued to talk up the ...

Daily Mail

Pop Star Phyllisia Ross Claims SoBe Records CEO Cecile Barker Licked Her Foot ...
Miami New Times (blog)
27 2012 at 8:00 AM ​What do an aspiring pop star, a South Beach music mogul, Florida's most powerful lobbyist, and Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade have in common? They're all involved in one of the most bizarre, sordid recording-industry lawsuits ever ...

Gail Simmons says smart, fun food TV is the future
KAALtv.com
(AP) MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Between all the nightmarish kitchens and warring cupcakes, the throwdowns and the innumerable quickfires, is there really any untrodden terroir left for reality food TV? Food television has done so much to bring non-foodies to ...

Cops: Chris Brown snatched fan's cellphone outside South Beach's Cameo
MiamiHerald.com
At least, that's what witnesses told Miami Beach police regarding an alleged robbery on Feb. 19 that could send the With You singer to prison for months, according to a law enforcement source. Gossip Extra hears that Brown's fellow rapper Tyga, ...

MiamiHerald.com

Kravitz plays blistering set at Fillmore Miami Beach
Palm Beach Post
By Patty Canedo | Live Shows | February 26, 2012 Having been absent from US stages for more than five years, Lenny Kravitz's fans traveled out to the FillmoreMiami Beach on Saturday night, rather than American Airlines Arena, to witness the rock ...

Palm Beach Post

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SoBeWFF: Best Thing Miami Ever Ate! [video]

SoBeWFF: Best Thing Miami Ever Ate! [video]

South Beach Wine & Food: Rachael Ray, Bobby Flay and 35 pig heads
MiamiHerald.com
For one more day, South Beach will be a wine and food lover's nirvana, peppered with parties, after-parties and after after-parties (if you are a big-shot chef). Celebrity Chef Emeril Lagasse bites into a rack of his ribs at The Q party.

MiamiHerald.com

Fabulous food, fun at South Beach Food and Wine Festival Q's
Examiner.com
Anyone who still things barbecue doesn't mix with champagne hasn't been paying attention because the combo went down just fine Thursday night, where crowds lapped up prodigious amounts of bubbly to wash down virtually every type of smoked, ...

Wild girls of the food world make no apologies
Huffington Post
SUZETTE LABOY | February 25, 2012 08:21 PM EST | AP MIAMI BEACH, Florida — The foul-mouthed, self-proclaimed wild girls of the food world are making no apologies for their success. Alex Guarnaschelli, Gabrielle Hamilton, Debi Mazar and Nadia G have ...

The Best Of 'Best Of The Best' At South Beach Wine & Food Festival 2012 (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post
One of the hottest (and, at $350, most expensive) tickets of this year's South Beach Wine & Food Festival was Best of the Best, hosted by Wine Spectator magazine in the ultramodern Fontainebleu hotel. The idea was to pair exquisite, refined dishes by ...

Michael Symon takes third Burger Bash win in a row
Quad City Times
Michael Symon holds his Porky Burgers during the Burger Bash at the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival in Miami Beach, Fka., on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. (AP photo/Jeffrey M. Boan) Food Network Iron Chef Michael Symon turned a triple dose of ...

Gail Simmons says smart, fun food TV is the future
Huffington Post
JM HIRSCH | February 25, 2012 08:19 PM EST | AP MIAMI BEACH, Florida — Between all the nightmarish kitchens and warring cupcakes, the throwdowns and the innumerable quickfires, is there really any untrodden terroir left for reality food TV?

No shock: Winning big on TV boosts chefs' careers
Huffington Post
SUZETTE LABOY | February 25, 2012 02:26 PM EST | AP MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Turns out, the obvious is true – winning big on a reality television cooking show can catapult the careers of even established chefs. Not so obvious – it also can leave them with ...

New face in cooking: Latina chefs make it big in food industry, especially on ...
Greenfield Daily Reporter
SUZETTE LABOY AP MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A decade after Ricky Martin and Jennifer Lopez helped Latin music explode into the mainstream, Latina chefs are doing the same for food. From Food Network's Marcela Valladolid and Evette Rios on ABC's "The Chew" to ...

Tulisa frolics on a Miami beach after getting told she's set to earn millions ...
Mr Paparazzi
Usually the model is a paragon of virtue who spends h ... Yes, it's true the heartthrob of boy band One Direction is fleeing the nest - cue the wades of screaming teens at his front door. The b ... Tulisa - frolics - on - a - Miami - beach - after ...

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An Elated Symon Wins Burger Bash Three Years Running
Cleveland Scene Weekly
South Beach - On a steamy Friday night in South Beach, Cleveland chef Michael Symon secured an unprecedented "three-peat" at the sold-out Amstel Light Burger Bash at The South Beach Wine & Food Festival. After winning the coveted People's Choice award ...

Cleveland Scene Weekly

Fifth IABAnnual Leadership Draws Digital Industry Luminaries
MarketWatch (press release)
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Feb 26, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- With the largest attendance yet, this year's Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Annual Leadership Meeting is filled to capacity, with more than 850 digital leaders in the interactive advertising ...

First Annual Chef With the Best Buns
YumSugar.com
This year, for the first time, Rachael Ray crowned a Burger Bun King of South Beach Wine and Food Festival. She took some time at the end of her demonstration in the village to bring some of her friends and colleagues on stage.

Wild girls of the food world make no apologies
News 10NBC
By SUZETTE LABOY (AP) MIAMI BEACH, Florida - The foul-mouthed, self-proclaimed wild girls of the food world are making no apologies for their success. Alex Guarnaschelli, Gabrielle Hamilton, Debi Mazar and Nadia G have all become big names in culinary ...

Kitchen Inquisition: Chuck Gittleman
NBC 6 Miami
The chef responsible for one of the best barbecue joints on South Beach tells us a little bit about himself and what drives him the most in his career. By Lourdes Reigosa Hogzilla's Executive Chef and Miami native Chuck Gittleman was surrounded as a ...

Peter Naylor Named IAB Chairman
Adweek
Peter Naylor, NBCUniversal's evp of digital media sales, was introduced as the IAB's new chairman today at the organization's annual meeting in Miami Beach, Fla. Naylor, who joined NBCU when the company acquired his former employer iVillage in 2006, ...

Va va voom: Tulisa rolls up in The Dream's £170000 Ferrari 458 Italia for a ...
Daily Mail
Tulisa, 23, and the 34-year-old music maker hit Miami Beach, Florida, and bonded over a spot of lunch before heading back into the studio to record some 'bangers'. The Dream, real name Terius Youngdell Nash, treated the N-Dubz star like a VIP star ...

Daily Mail

Diet Pepsi Infused Chocolate Chunk Cookies: A Highlight of South Beach's Wine ...
Haute Living
by Jilian Sanz It's always a treat when favorites come together in the kind of blissful marriage that results in something oh-so-sweet. To that end, it was an exceptional delight to have the Diet Pepsi truck roll up to the Haute Living Magazine, ...

Haute Living

Gail Simmons hopes to see food TV evolve into smart entertainment that ...
Washington Post
MIAMI BEACH, Florida — Between all the nightmarish kitchens and warring cupcakes, the throwdowns and the innumerable quickfires, is there really any untrodden terroir left for reality food TV? Gail Simmons thinks so, but admits that making it fly with ...

At SoBe fest, food lovers dined on the bases at new Marlins stadium
MiamiHerald.com
These two great American pastimes joined into one Saturday night for the South Beach Food & Wine Festival. Hundreds came out to literally dine on the diamonds, walk the bases, eat and drink wines at the new Marlins Ball Park in Little Havana.

Latina chefs becoming the new face in cooking
CBS News
24, 2012 in Miami Beach, Fla. Latina chefs are changing the look and taste of the food worldâ??s top tier. From Food Networkâ??s Marcela Valladolid and Evette Rios on ABCâ??s â??The Chewâ?? to uber-restaurateur Michelle Bernstein and author Lourdes ...

Big winners on reality cooking shows dish on same message: 'We really can cook'
Washington Post
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Turns out, the obvious is true — winning big on a reality television cooking show can catapult the careers of even established chefs. Not so obvious — it also can leave them with more to prove. Stephanie Izard, for instance, ...

How Does Reality TV Impact A Chef's Professional Life?
Huffington Post
Amidst the various food- and drink-heavy events at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, there were also opportunities for thoughtful discussions about the food industry. One of these events delved into the hot issue of reality TV, and how winning a ...

South Floridians Hope for Healing from Braco's Gaze
NBC 6 Miami
By Betty Yu By the time the weekend is through, thousands will have stared into the eyes of Braco at the Miami Beach Convention Center. He is fast becoming one of the most viewed faces on the planet. The 44-year-old is credited with healing both ...

Rachael Ray Cooks with South Florida Families
NBC 6 Miami
The celebrity chef brings family, food and fun together at Jungle Island as part of the South Beach Wine and Food Festival. By Betty Yu Celebrity Chef Rachael Ray pumped up the crowd of kids and parents at Jungle Island's "Fun and Fit as a Family Day.

SoBeWFF: Diamond Dishes Event is a Home Run (Photos)
Miami New Times (blog)
26 2012 at 12:54 PM ​The Miami Marlins new ballpark was the venue for what had to have been the most striking (pun intended) event of the 2012 South Beach Wine & Food Festival. The moment guests stepped out of the elevator onto the field level Diamond ...

Wine & Food Fest hits up Marlins Park
7Online WSVN-TV
MIAMI (WSVN) -- Food fans attending South Beach's Wine & Food Festival are gearing up for a home run at Marlins Park. Part of the SoBe Wine & Food Festival has moved inside the brand new Marlins Ballpark for the first time, Saturday.

2012 South Beach Wine & Food Festival -- Cooking Channel's ...
By Mark Levine
Explore food and cooking on Devour – a Cooking Channel blog, including easy recipes, how to's and cooking techniques, global cuisines, food news, cocktail and mixed drinks recipes, and homemade, regional recipe classics shared by food ...
Devour The Blog: Cooking Channel's...

Comic-Con Episode 4: A Fan's Hope at The Fillmore Miami Beach 4 ...
By soulofmiami
Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theatre 1700 Washington Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139. Admission with reserved seat tickets are $52.50 and $37.50 and go on sale Friday, February 24th / 10AM through www.livenation.com, ...
Soul Of Miami

Here's the South Beach Comedy Festival 2012 Line-Up for Feb 29th ...
By Dro
Next week, the South Beach Comedy Festival is back at it. Brought to you by Comedy Central and Live Nation, some of the nation's funniest comedians are.
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Latina Chefs Becoming Increasingly Prominent
By The Huffington Post News Editors
MIAMI BEACH, Florida -- A decade after Ricky Martin and Jennifer Lopez helped Latin music explode into the mainstream, Latina chefs are doing the same for food. From Food Network's Marcela Valladolid and Evette Rios on ABC's "The Chew" ... Amidst the various food- and drink-heavy events at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, there were also opportunities for thoughtful discussions about the food... A Valentine's Tribute To The Chefs We Love. Chefs We Love is a Valentine's ...
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Gail Simmons says smart, fun food TV is the future - KansasCity.com
MIAMI BEACH, Florida Between all the nightmarish kitchens and warring cupcakes, the throwdowns and the innumerable quickfires, is there really any untrodden terroir left for reality food TV? ... food, we've got them wanting to cook and wanting to go out more and recognizing chefs and recognizing how much great work they do, now we can sort of educate them on what they're actually eating," Simmons said Saturday during an interview at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival.
Kansas City Star: Entertainment

For Pharrell Williams, Music and Fashion Go Hand-in-Glove - NYTimes.com: "The singer, songwriter and producer Pharrell Williams, 38, is a music consultant, along with Hans Zimmer, for this year’s Academy Awards ceremony. Mr. Williams was a founder of the fashion lines Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream. A native of Virginia Beach, he now lives in Miami. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15 In Miami, it’s usually warm, but I’m mostly indoors. I started off my day wearing a Billionaire Boys Club white crew neck T-shirt, blue denim jeans and SpongeBob SquarePants toe socks . . . "

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SoBeWFF: South Beach Wine & Food Festival [video]

Best BBQ In Miami! Guy Fieri Kicks Off 2012 South Beach Wine & Food Festival
South Beach Wine & Food Festival: thru Feb 26, 2012
SoBeWFF http://2012.sobefest.com 

Join Us at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival | FN Dish ...
Go behind-the-scenes at Food Network featuring your favorite chefs, shows, recipes, events and more.
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South Beach Burger Bash 2012: The Burgers (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post
We were having a lot of deep thoughts about ground meat on Thursday night at the South BeachWine & Food Festival's annual Burger Bash. After tasting nearly 20 burgers under three hours, we've developed some strong opinions on what makes a good burger.

Michael Symon Takes Third Burger Bash Win In A Row At South Beach Wine And ...
Huffington Post
By JM HIRSCH 02/24/12 11:10 PM ET AP MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Food Network Iron Chef Michael Symon turned a triple dose of pork into a third consecutive top win at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival's annual Burger Bash. "We like the meat-on-meat ...

Michael Symon takes third Burger Bash win in a row
San Jose Mercury News
By JM HIRSCH AP Food Editor Michael Symon holds his Porky Burgers during the Burger Bash at the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival in Miami Beach, Fka., on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Food Network Iron Chef Michael Symon turned ...

A triple serving of pork brings a third consecutive Burger Bash win for ...
Washington Post
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Food Network Iron Chef Michael Symon turned a triple dose of pork into a third consecutive top win at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival's annual Burger Bash. “We like the meat-on-meat concept,” Symon said Friday of his string ...

Students Behind SoBe's Wine & Food Festival
Fox News
What started 11 years ago as a small festival on Miami Beach has become one of the most prestigious gathering of gourmet chefs in the country.Cristina Puig FIU students prepping quail. Thousand pounds of quail were grilled on the beach for the festival ...

South Beach Wine and Food Festival - A Treat for Local Business
SBWire (press release)
Miami Beach, FL -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/24/2012 -- It is always difficult to completely quantify the positive impact of large local events like the South Beach Wine and Food Festival (also known as the SOBE Wine and Food Festival. February is a particularly ...

Mike Isabella Goes Nuts In South Beach
Washington City Paper (blog)
Washington City Paper cover boy Mike Isabella rolled into the South Beach Wine & Food Festival on Thursday with a pretty nutty posse. Really nutty. We're talking about the California Walnut Board, one of the festival's exhibitors.

Washington City Paper (blog)

On tonight's South Beach Wine & Food Festival menu: Best of the ...
By cochrane
The Fontainebleau Miami Beach will host 3000 guests at Wine Spectator's Best of the Best, sponsored by Bank America. Tagged With: 2012 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival 2012 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food ...
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Will teen actor become next celebrity chef?
Huffington Post
SUZETTE LABOY | February 24, 2012 06:50 PM EST | AP MIAMI BEACH, Florida — It takes some serious talent to make carrots cool, but actor Reed Alexander of Nickelodeon's "iCarly" thinks he has the juice to pull it off.

Paula Deen: No regrets in diabetes reveal
Huffington Post
JM HIRSCH | February 24, 2012 11:34 AM EST | AP MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A month after being widely criticized for revealing she has diabetes – as well as a lucrative endorsement deal for a drug to treat it – Paula Deen says she's ready to show a lighter ...

No Ticket For Burger Bash? It's Ritz-Carlton South Beach to the Rescue
HotelChatter (blog)
Miami hotels are sold out this weekend, thanks to the circus that is the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Most of the big events, like tonight's Amstel Light Burger Bash are sold out and not even your concierge is likely to get you into the tents.

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Charlie Trotter looks ahead to returning to school
Palm Beach Post
24, 2012 in Miami Beach, Fla. Earlier this year, Trotter announced that he will close his acclaimed eponymous restaurant in Chicago after it celebrates its 25th anniversary in August. He plans to return to school to earn a master's degree in philosophy ...

Palm Beach Post

SoBeWFF: Broward & Palm Beach Represents at Burger Bash
Broward-Palm Beach New Times (blog)
25 2012 at 7:30 AM ​Last Night's Burger Bash at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival was a meat lovers dream. Vegans were out of luck with a mind-blowing choice of 32 different burgers available for the eating (and three different desserts...just in ...

Broward-Palm Beach New Times (blog)

Battle Of The Burgers At SOBE Wine & Food Festival
CBS Local
MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) — Where's the beef? Ask anyone going to the South Beach Wine and Food Festival and they'll say the beef is at Friday night's Burger Bash, hosted by Rachael Ray, one of the many events already sold-out at this weekend's annual ...

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Eater Young Guns Kickoff Party at the Victor South Beach
Eater National
Last night at the Thompson Victor Hotel in South Beach, all matter of chefs, restaurateurs, and industry pros received first word of Eater Young Guns at a party to launch the new undertaking. To emphasize the democratic nature of Young Guns, ...

US Foods Supports Celebrity Chef Spike Mendelsohn at Annual Burger Bash
MarketWatch (press release)
... one of the country's most innovative food companies and distributors, is supporting celebrity chef Spike Mendelsohn, of Good Stuff Eatery in Washington, DC, in the 2012 Amstel Light Burger Bash at the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival.

Wine & Food Festival under way
Local 10
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival is going on this weekend, and Local 10 is there to bring you all the fun. The events started Thursday night and last through Sunday. Top chefs from around the US came together in South Beach on Thursday evening for ...

Will teen actor become next celebrity chef?
San Jose Mercury News
24, 2012 in Miami Beach, Fla. It takes some serious talent to make carrots cool, but the 17-year-old actor of Nickelodeon's "iCarly" thinks he has the juice to pull it off. And it's all part of his plan to transform himself from tween TV star to food ...

Deen says she's ready to lighten up her cooking
Minnesota Public Radio
By JM HIRSCH AP Food Editor MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A month after being widely criticized for revealing she has diabetes — as well as a lucrative endorsement deal for a drug to treat it — Paula Deen says she's ready to show a lighter side to her ...

Teen actor hopes to become 'celebrity chef' by cooking healthy recipes for ...
Washington Post
MIAMI BEACH, Florida — It takes some serious talent to make carrots cool, but actor Reed Alexander of Nickelodeon's “iCarly” thinks he has the juice to pull it off. And it's all part of the 17-year-old's plan to transform himself from tween TV star to ...

Queuing Up For Big BBQ at The Q
YumSugar.com
We started off the 2012 South Beach Wine and Food Festival in a big way: at Moët Hennessy's The Q, a barbecue and bubbly bash that took place under a tent right under the stars of South Beach. The grillout, which was hosted by Food Network pals Emeril ...

Report: Chris Brown steals fan's cell phone
CBS News
(CBS) MIAMI BEACH - R&B singer Chris Brown is facing a robbery accusation on Miami Beach. CBS Miami reports that according to the Miami Beach police incident report, Chris Brown and rapper Tyga were leaving a nightclub on Feb.

Will Ferrell to walk red carpet for new movie 'Casa de mi Padre'
MiamiHerald.com
By Lesley Abravanel Will Ferrell, Diego Luna and Genesis Rodriguez will be at The Colony Theater at 8 pm Wednesday for the South Beach Comedy Festival red carpet screening of Casa de mi Padre, a Ferrell-farce involving ranching, love and a full-out war ...

The shopping places around the Miami luxury condos | Jason West
By admin
Miami Beach: You will get one of a kind fashions and accessories at the Miami Beach. This place is the official shopper's paradise of Miami. Other than shopping, Miami Beach also offers a great nightlife and mouth-watering cuisines. Shopping ...
Jason West

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New Age healer Braco brings his cure-all gaze to Miami Beach
MiamiHerald.com
New Age healer Braco brought his all-powerful gaze to Miami Beach, but at least one guy in the audience remained unilluminated. By Glenn Garvin He can make the blind see and the deaf hear just with his gaze, they say of the New Age healer Braco.

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2012 South Beach Wine & Food Festival

South Beach Wine & Food Festival: thru Feb 26, 2012
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2012 South Beach Wine & Food Festival
MiamiHerald.com
Robert Fernandez-Blay and his wife Carmen, from Davie, chow down on Emeril Lagasse's ribs during The Q party. The Q party, hosted by Emeril Lagasse and Guy Fieri, opened the SoBe Wine & Food Festival , Thursday night, February 23, 2012.

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SoBEWFF: Ten Survival Tips For The Weekend
Broward-Palm Beach New Times (blog)
24 2012 at 7:30 AM ​The 2012 South Beach Wine and Food Festival is underway, with festivities getting into high gear tomorrow. Since we're planning to call in sick (hey - it's once a year), we figure you did your best Ferris Bueller imitation and are ...

Wine & Food Festival kicks off
Local 10
Top chefs from across the country came together Thursday evening to kick off the South BeachWine & Food Festival. The band was jamming and the champagne was flowing for the people who paid $300 to eat small, decadent plates packed with flavor.

The 2012 South Beach Wine and Food Festival by the Numbers
YumSugar.com
This weekend marks the 11th annual South Beach Wine and Food Festival, and we're en route to check in on the scene as you read this. You may know that the festival offers an exciting mix of celebrity chefs, culinary demos, and of course, wine and food ...

Chefs make best of SoBe Wine and Food Festival
Sun-Sentinel
By John Tanasychuk, Staff writer If you're anywhere near Miami Beach this weekend, you won't miss the hubbub that is the South Beach Wine and Food Festival. In advance of the ruckus, we sent questions to nine local chefs to find out more about their ...

Sun-Sentinel

Miami Beach Unveils Multi-Faceted, Eye-Opening Public Art Project
Huffington Post
Just a few months later, and after a series of constructive conversations with the artist, we're on the heels of launching The Wyland Project, a multi-faceted initiative for the city of Miami Beach. With the support, guidance and resources of the Miami ...

Bubble Q Event Kicks Off South Beach Wine and Food Festival
NBC 6 Miami
By Jennifer Reeves and Karen Franklin The Bubble Q event at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival might be the hottest ticket in town. Chef Michael Moran talks about the preparations. The event is a visitor favorite, and this year it's all about slow ...

The Mansions at Acqualina Offer Ultra Luxury Condos in Miami Beach, Florida ...
PR Web (press release)
The Mansions at Acqualina are ultra luxury condos in Miami Beach that offer world-class service. These South Florida condos have logged a record-setting $200 million in sales in just one month. Ultra luxury condos in Miami Beach, Florida sold purely by ...

Cheeseburger Baby, South Beach's Oldest Burger Joint, Hits the Road
NBC 6 Miami (blog)
Cheeseburger Baby on South Beach is one those places. Known to many locals as “CBB,” owner Stephanie Vitori purchased the store back in 2002 from mogul Tommy Pucci and transformed it from a South Beach dive to a must for celebrities and tourists alike.

Al sizzles in South Beach while Mike Seidel shivers in Chicago
msnbc.com
The Weather Channel correspondent really played up the frost Friday morning, shivering as Al giggled in the sunny city, where he's reporting from the South Beach Food and Wine Festival. Eh, don't feel too bad for Mike. That coat looks warm enough, ...

Hundreds of Treasure Hunters from Around the Globe Attended the 51st Annual ...
MarketWatch (press release)
23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- US Antique Shows, a major producer of antique shows in North America, announced today an increase of five percent in attendance at this year's 51st annual Original Miami Beach Antique Show, which took place on ...

Miami Beach Film Society hosts official Oscars viewing party Sunday
MiamiHerald.com
AP By Amy Reyes You can watch the Academy Awards Sunday night in a room filled with like-minded cinephiles at the Miami Beach Film Society's Oscar Night America Miami, our official Oscars viewing party. This is not a bunch of film nerds in a dorm room ...

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Next on Andrew Zimmern's plate? Possibly politics
Huffington Post
JM HIRSCH | February 23, 2012 05:00 PM EST | AP MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Andrew Zimmern already knows what he wants for the final course in a career built on a penchant for chowing unusual foods – a helping of politics. "I'm going to run for public office ...

Expect a spirited weekend ahead
MiamiHerald.com
By Lesley Abravanel There are still signs of mature life on South Beach. Take for instance the Shelley Novak Awards. The annual drag beauty pageant is in its 19th year, which in South Beach years is pretty advanced. Taking place at 10 pm Monday at ...

Philippe Chow, Famed Chinese Restaurant Brand, Prevails in Federal "Chow Vs ...
Bradenton Herald
By Philippe Chow MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Feb. 23, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- Justice was served today in the Miami Beach judicial system as the highly visible federal trademark infringement lawsuit Chow v. Chow came to a close, with the jury granting ...

And We're Off... The South Beach Wine & Food Festival | thefood-e ...
By the food-e
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival has arrived. It's our favorite time of year. It's our Super Bowl. Posts will be slow for the next couple of days while we recover and bring you the best coverage of the festival. For up-to-the-minute coverage, ...
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Miami International Boat Show 2012 at Miami Beach Convention ...
The 2012 edition of the Miami International Boat Show set sail at the Miami Beach Convention...
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South Beach Wine And Food Festival-What To Wear To Miami's ...
We've rounded up 5 Perfect Outfits to wear to the best events at the South Beach Food & Wine Festival.
www.refinery29.com/south-beach-wine-food-festival

Miami Beach Police Charge Chris Brown With Snatching Fan's iPhone
CBS Local
MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) – There's more legal trouble facing R&B singer Chris Brown who is facing a robbery charge on Miami Beach. According to the Miami Beach police incident report, Chris Brown and rapper Tyga were leaving the Cameo nightclub on Miami ...

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