In the late ’80s, Todd Brittingham worked at a bronze foundry in Sarasota and spent his breaks relaxing on Lido Beach. One day, he picked up a stick and started sketching in the sand, impressing a photographer friend who asked him to make the drawing bigger so he could take a picture of it from […]
The most popular appetizer at Miami’s Alter restaurant appears deceptively simple: a white-on-white bowl of sea scallop foam, perfectly brûléed with torch-charred speckles. Beneath this minimalist surface, however, a mélange of unexpected ingredients awaits: Italian truffles, encapsulated in ready-to-burst pearls; a dehydrated Gruyère crisp, delivering umami flavor with a satisfying crunch; and the golden yolk […]
ROMERO BRITTOGlobal Artist Since arriving in Miami in 1988, the Brazilian-born Pop artist has (literally) become one of the city’s most colorful residents. His happy, multi-hued paintings and sculptures grace numerous local, state and international hospitals, museums and public places. His exuberant style and personality have won a legion of star-studded admirers, including the Bush […]
Bohemian Rhapsody, a demure Tallahassee housewife rediscovers her true grit and her hippie heart.
With each long, dark mile that passed, and with a turn onto a dirt road, I was starting to realize the description “blues club 20 minutes outside downtown Tallahassee” didn’t quite fit. Finally, the headlights brought me to a hill topped with live oaks and a nondescript block building with a bonfire outside and life […]
NORTH PANINI PETE’S Destin Pete Blohme, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and a recurring Food Network guest star, is a household name in coastal Alabama, where diners clamor for his signature beignets served with fresh squeezed lemon. In March, the owner of Panini Pete’s opened his first location in Florida. Serving breakfast and […]
The helicopter was heading east over the man-made wetlands that buffer the Everglades, called storm-water treatment areas (STAs). Mark Cook stared out the window absentmindedly. Cook is a lead scientist with the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), which owns and manages the STAs. He had just spent the day surveying the ibis population to […]
Like the smoke of a fine tobacco, the melodies that hang in the air of Luis Schmied’s garage-turned-workshop in Weston are sweet, rich and smooth. Echoing elements of folk and blues, the soothing sounds come not from a stereo, but from his own fingers, working in harmony with his latest customized creation. A money maestro […]
Going deep with JJ Grey, the free-spirited, soul-stirring rocker, on the moments that changed his career, the home place that inspires his lyrics, and discovering new meaning in old songs.
