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I get all meta on you. Hey, it’s the new year.

I hope that Sound Bite will be a notebook, a workshop and a conversation about food in South Florida.

GOOD builds a map of the United States, sandwich by sandwich.

Here are some the answers I received. Weigh in on yours.

It’s still slow going with school lunch, but efforts to improve the meal are gaining momentum in Miami and around the country.

I would argue that a Cuban sandwich is the most famous sandwich in South Florida.

I got to interview actress and author Madhur Jaffrey at last year’s Mango Festival at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. I was working on a story for Under the Sun on WLRN about Dr. Richard Campbell (officially known as the senior curator of tropical fruit) and the Mango Festival. Last year’s theme was the mangoes of [...]

Here are ten reasons to attend or support the National Bloggers Bake Sale this Saturday, May 14 at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  These are in no particular order, although I imagine  you tend to think with your stomach, as I do. 1. You can buy and taste Paula Nino [...]

  “Nutrition reform” is still a trending topic, as the USDA issued its new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 a few weeks ago and as school districts continue to adapt to the new school nutrition legislation passed last session.   Here are some (relatively) recent links on the topic that I think are worth your time. [...]

The fourth grade girls spoke of last year’s mysterious taco salad.  “Nobody [the teachers] saw it but all the students were throwing their taco salads away,” said fourth grader Luly, “because they heard that somebody threw up in class right after eating it.”   Something in it might have been expired, the girls said. If you [...]