Back in the day, when I first met chef Douglas Rodríguez, he was doing improv at a Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, spot called the Wet Paint Café. Of course, instead of making jokes he made yuca, and instead of serving up punchlines he served up plantains. Gussied-up yuca and plantains, that is. This was 1988 [...]

Great movies and great food are box office gold, from Forrest Gump’s chocolates to Silence of the Lambs anti-hero Hannibal Lecter’s disturbing pairing suggestion for Chianti. We’ve put together a selection of drinks and appetizers inspired by some Best Picture Oscar winners to help you get your Academy Awards viewing party rolling. So get ready [...]

Classes WHOLE FOODS MARKET, 2635 State Road 7, Wellington. (561) 904-4000. Gluten Free Recipe Makeover, 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday . Chef Joe will pick three regular recipes and convert them to gluten free versions and demonstrate how to prepare them. Free. Block Party: Teams’ Choice, 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday . Enjoy free samples around the store and [...]

FEB. 29 1978 Bordeaux Tasting, 6:15 p.m., Pistache, 101 N. Clematis St. Leap into the new year with a 1978 Bordeaux tasting on Leap Year Day. Reception begins at 6:15 p.m. with Louis Roederer Champagne followed by three flights of 1978 Bordeaux with appetizers. This event, hosted by Peter Lashmet, will also feature one additional [...]

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Before The Artist hit theaters, very few Americans had heard of Jean Dujardin. But with his charm and grace coming through in the silent Oscar front-runner, Dujardin has stepped up in fame in a big way. What we’ve learned about Jean is that not only is he an old-school handsome movie star, he’s also extremely [...]

Anyone who knows their Oscars knows that nominees’ fashion plans are strictly top secret until the big day. They seem to be more revealing about their designer undergarments, though. While it may fit into the too-much-information file, some of the year’s most celebrated actors and directors aren’t afraid to talk about the product placement underneath [...]

During Valentine’s week, viewers were showing CBS the love. According to Nielsen Co. figures released Wednesday, in last week’s top 30 ranking, CBS could claim all but eight of the most-watched shows. And on Valentine’s night, CBS’ durable drama “NCIS” won the top spot with a remarkable audience of nearly 20 million viewers. For the [...]

Just as Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups combine two great tastes that go great together, today’s awesome thing combines two of my favorite pop culture items – sock monkeys and Flo Rida’s “The Club Can’t Handle Me.” The song is amazingly brazen (ambrazen?) about feeling that you’re so confident and cool that you’re too much for [...]

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The wine dive’s chocolate cake-flavored cocktail is $16. (Photo by Ilya Tatarov) THE BAR: The Wine Dive THE VIBE: Imagine an excitingly industrial space in a big Northern city – maybe an old factory or foundry – with its visible pipes, high ceilings and exposed bricks lovingly altered to accommodate and augment a new bar. [...]

By ELAINE WALKER Time to belly up to the bar for a martini or a Manhattan. Go ahead and splurge — make it with Grey Goose or Crown Royal. The economy may not have rebounded enough to justify a luxury car or exotic vacation, but the affordable luxury of a super-premium cocktail is back in [...]

So we got the band back together – and added a few new members – for Miss Steph’s bachelorette weekend, a relatively tasteful affair featuring just good friends and no strippers, kissing games or naughty paraphernalia of any kind. And it wouldn’t have been complete without a stop at Cucina Dell Arte, our favorite place [...]

Gary Owen has been touring the comedy scene for more than a decade and will make his next stop at the Palm Beach Improv this weekend. Owen was most recently seen as "Zach the barber" on Tyler Perry’s TBS series House of Payne. Additionally, Owen has been in such films as Little Man with the [...]

By JAMIE SPRENKLE DALLAS — A comic collection that includes a staggering array of some of the most prized issues ever published was headed for auction Wednesday in New York City, where it was expected to fetch more than $2 million. Among the 345 well-preserved comics bought decades ago by a Virginia boy with a [...]

One of four versions of Edvard Munch’s masterpiece “The Scream” will be sold this spring in New York, Sotheby’s auction house announced Tuesday. Sotheby’s estimates that the work, which has become a modern icon of human anxiety, will sell for $80 million or more. The 1895 drawing of a man holding his head and screaming [...]

By BRETT ZONGKER A new national museum telling the history of black life, art, and culture will soon begin taking shape as the 19th museum in the Smithsonian Institution to explore stories that have sometimes been left out on the National Mall. President Barack Obama and former first lady Laura Bush will join Wednesday in [...]