Post Hanukkah Wish: A Good Deli in Miami

Some of the bloggers at Short Order are creating a holiday wish list for Miami’s food scene. Click here to read some of our other wishes.Dear Hanukkah Harry,I realize yesterday was the last night of Hanukkah but I forgot about my most sincere wish! Please, please deliver me a local…

Airport security is racist and stupid

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke gets in on the Transportation Security Administration body scanner controversy. The Transportation Security Administration employees get to…

La Roux: A Visual Primer for Tonight’s Show at Mansion

La Roux performs at Mansion tonight. It’s a makeup date for the band’s South Beach show that was canceled back in August. Last month, when Elly Jackson and friends made-up their show at the Culture Room, the flame-maned singer’s vocals were somewhat lacking, according to New Times Broward-Palm Beach music…

Miami Food Scene Wish List: A Citywide Service Intervention

Starting today, some of the bloggers at Short Order are creating a holiday wish list for Miami’s food scene. Click here to read more of our holiday wishes.  Dear Santa,Anyone who’s known me longer than a week gets to hear me crow about how much better things are in Chicago,…

Pay Your Dues and Taxes, Snipes

​Wesley Snipes can learn a lot from Martha Stewart. He starts a three-year prison sentence tomorrow in Pennsylvania for tax-related infractions. But rather than accepting his punishment like a man, he bitched to Larry King last night on CNN about how “upset and disappointed that the system seems to not…

The TSA Is Racist And Stupid

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke gets in on the Transportation Safety Administration body scanner controversy.The Transportation Security Administration employees get to see…

Why All Chef Interviews Should Be Ten Words Or Less

Chef Giovanni Arias, new head chef at Canyon Ranch Hotel & Spa, recently talked with Feast Miami about his new gig. When asked what he brings “to the Canyon Ranch table,” Arias replied: “I can bring out the best of any ingredient and transform a simple and fresh dish to…

Jersey Shore Season 4 May Shoot in Miami

We miss Snooki almost every single day, and when the crew headed off in their black Escalades at the end of Jersey Shore’s Miami-set second season back to whatever hell it is they came from we thought we’d never see her again (well, save for an odd club appearance here…

Miami Dolphins Offense Finally Shows Up

Here is a shocker. The Miami Dolphins finally scored more than 30 points this season. It was an offensive explosion for 471 yards that featured two big play touchdowns by running back Ricky Williams and undrafted rookie wide receiver Marlon Moore. Watching Williams gallop 45 yards for a touchdown that…

Linda Robertson Canonizes Uncle Luke

The last time we wrote about Miami Herald sports columnist Linda Robertson, we ribbed on her for being duped by a couple of Broward guys pretending to be real Russian basketball fans. But this time, we gotta give her props for penning a well researched piece on New Times columnist…

Pat Riley, It’s Time to Get Back in the Game

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke recommends Pat Riley pull a Stan Van Gundy on Erik Spoelstra.Pat Riley needs to stop wasting time…

Five Ways To Prevent Thanksgiving Guests From Lingering Too Long

​We all know the feeling: Turkey dinner is completed, the stories have been told, everyone has seemingly enjoyed themselves to a reasonable extent, and most of the guests have had the good sense to say thanks and goodnight – the key word here being “most”. Invariably one or two will…

Chef vs. Cook: Is There A Difference Between the Two?

In an interview with Eater, Nigella Lawson promotes her new cookbook, Nigella Kitchen. Yet this curvaceous cookbook author, TV personality, and all around fabulous foodie who has a way of making even a grilled cheese sound sultry and sexy stands fast that she is not a chef.Eater: Why do you…