The South Beach Seafood Festival is Back for Its 5th Year
The South Beach Seafood Festival is Back for Its 5th Year

The 5th Annual South Beach Seafood Festival is back to kick off Miami's globally-recognized stone crab season. #SobeSeafood kicks off October 17-21, 2017, with a week of dinners & events, leading up to Friday's Chef Showdown & Saturday's South Beach Seafood Festival, all happening in the best way South Beach knows how!  

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The main event of the seafood festival will take place on Saturday, October 21st with several of South Florida's leading chefs and culinary masterminds showcasing some of their best seafood while benefiting a great cause: CI Foundation's EAT SMART program. Saturday's beachfront event, South Beach Seafood Festival is brought to you by Kendall Jackson and presented by Coca-Cola and Jack Daniel's and will span five blocks. Last year over 13,000 seafoodies enjoyed a day of fun in the sun.

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Hurricane Irma Volunteer Opportunities
Hurricane Irma Volunteer Opportunities

As we watched the frightening coverage of historic Hurricane Irma, it became important to begin to look forward to the recovery period.  It may take weeks or even months to put our beautiful state back together and every little bit will help.  Whether you are on the east coast or the west coast, help will be needed in every county across Florida. 

Both The United Way Miami, and Volunteer Florida have posted applications online to sign up for volunteer projects.  MIAbites will be working closely with both organizations to help

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Saturday Sweets: Federal Donuts(CLOSED)Celebrates Bourbon Month and Donates to Houston Relief
Saturday Sweets: Federal Donuts(CLOSED)Celebrates Bourbon Month and Donates to Houston Relief

September is National Bourbon Heritage Month. In celebration of some of our favorite spots are celebrating by making special menu items or tweaking current recipes that we already know and love on their menus.

This week we are featuring Wynwood’s Federal Donuts and their partnership with Maker’s Mark, launched a new fancy donut in all five Philadelphia and Miami stores to celebrate National Bourbon Heritage Month. The Peanut Caramel Apple donut was co-created with Maker’s Mark – delicious on it’s own but even better when paired with Maker’s Mark bourbon.

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Labor Day Grilling Tips & Recipes From Hampton Creek
Labor Day Grilling Tips & Recipes From Hampton Creek

Labor Day is here - a sign of the end of summer and one of the last chances to get out grill! Who are we kidding, it’s Miami - you can always grill, but in the event that you’ve got special grilling plans this weekend we’ve got some fun recipes from the Michelin Star chefs behind the Just. brand of healthy spreads made by Hampton Creek.

Top Grilling Tips

  1. Before anything else: Be sure to rub your grill grate with an oiled cloth before grilling to keep the food from sticking. (Trevor Niekowal)

  2. Savory AND sweet: Grill up summer fruits to pair with your vegetable or meat dishes. Try peaches, nectarines, or any other stone fruit. Avocados too! (Ben Roche)

  3. Don’t fidget: Avoid moving your food around on the grill too much. Let it sit on the grate as long as possible so that it cooks through evenly and gets nice grill marks. (Nate Hereford)

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Wellness Wednesday: Gluten-free dining in South Florida
Wellness Wednesday: Gluten-free dining in South Florida

Welcome to MIAbites newest contributor, Arielle Cole, who is trying to make eating gluten free look and feel good. Today's Wellness Wednesday features her favorite spots for gluten free dining. You can find her dining around South Florida on her Instagram @glutenfreegalpal and Twitter @gfgalpal. She is also a contributing writer for the Huffington Post Taste Section. 

My journey with Celiac disease, an auto immune disease in which the ingestion of gluten leads to damage of the small intestine, began in 2014. Although gluten free food options have tremendously increased since that time, there is still a lack of understanding and care for those with my specific dietary need.  So if you're like me, finding a restaurant that offers gluten free options can be extremely difficult. Luckily, I have found a few places in South Florida that fit the bill (and which I frequent very often). 

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Wellness Wednesday: Farming Gone Vertical at Uriah's Urban Farm
Wellness Wednesday: Farming Gone Vertical at Uriah's Urban Farm

It’s a crazy thought, but as populations grow and more buildings are built and farmland becomes less and less eventually there could be a food shortage. Estimates say world population will be 9 billion by 2050 and we will need 60 percent more food. Farmland is shrinking and we need to figure out how to make more food on less land.  Farmer Dave Smiles, the founder of Uriah’s Urban Farms, has the answer: Go vertical.  

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