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A Video Bite of the Fairchild mango luau bids farewell to an amazing mango season.

Taste of the Nation Miami is Thursday, July 7 at the Fairmont at Turnberry Isle. Restaurants providing tastings include Bourbon Steak, The Forge, Joe’s Stone Crab, Mercadito, Michy’s and Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill, as well as the new City Hall.

  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 light displays strung over wrought iron bars, the sound of all [...]

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 of food stamps to double the value of their dollar when shopping at [...]

* * * Ruth Reichl, food writer and former editor of Gourmet magazine. * * * The annual Miami Book Fair International started yesterday.  This year the Book Fair is lean, but still strong.  For example, the International Pavilions, which showcase the literature, arts and food of different countries are on hiatus, as well as [...]

* * * White Water Farm clams in prosciutto-piave broth at Area 31./ David Samayoa * * * I find out where and how local restaurants get their ingredients in”Sourced,” a new Miami Dish column.  For the first “Sourced,” I spoke with Chef John Critchley of Area 31 about his five-course sustainable seafood menu. The [...]

/Adam Larkey Photography Area 31 is a seafood restaurant in downtown Miami.  It is located in the Epic Hotel, which is part of Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants. The restaurant’s name refers to the United Nation’s designation for the marine area including the Southeast Atlantic Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and South America’s [...]

This Thursday, the Historical Museum of Southern Florida presents African Diaspora Culinary Delights as part of its ongoing exhibition on “Black Crossroads:  The African Diaspora in Miami.”  Three local cooks will present sample dishes and savory food history.  Brenda L. Jackson will discuss soul food.  She will showcase her cornbread casserole, collard greens with tomatoes [...]

Saturday, I spent the morning and early afternoon at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden for the 17th Annual International Mango Festival.  The heat was insidious and the crowds made me feel slightly misanthropic, but I enjoyed my day.  Fortunately, several events took place indoors.   One of these events was the Mangos of the World Display [...]

Tonight was the first pizza crawl organized by Frodnesor of Food for Thought blog.  He proposed the crawl after some animated discussion on Chowhound about the best pizza in Miami.  Tonight we focused on downtown.  We tried Joey’s, Pizza Volante, and Andiamo. It was refreshing to see a group of people execute something from idea [...]