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JANUARY 2016

VOL. 36, ISSUE 1

19th Street short-rib tacos from Farmer’s Table—one of the staff picks from our Tasty Twenty feature (page 126).

features

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On the eve of her emcee duties at the BRRH ball, actress Goldie Hawn talks about the difference her foundation is making in the lives of children. by kevin kaminski

TWENTY

The restaurant scene in Boca and Delray offers fine-dining options for every palate imaginable. These 20 establishments set the culinary bar high night after night. by bill citara

THE PART

Five of the region’s most esteemed theater couples show us how it’s done—with a little Broadway inspiration courtesy of the Costume Museum at the Wick. by john thomason photography by george schiavone

RAGES ON

South Florida veterans spanning wars from WWII to Iraq are dealing with PTSD—some more successfully than others. Boca Raton talks to the vets and those trying to offer help. by eric barton photography by eduardo schneider

ROCKIES

Few summer destinations in the U.S. can recharge your batteries quite like Beaver Creek and Vail in Colorado. by kevin kaminski

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You can never have too much time on your hands, as evidenced by our top watch picks. Also, our style mavens show you how to turn a work outfit into cocktail-ready attire; plus, we check out a Fashion Scoop— and much more. by lindsay swing and taryn tacher

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Readers comment on articles in recent issues of Boca Raton.

56EDITOR’S LETTER

A feature in the January issue of Boca Raton serves as a reminder that war is hell in more ways than one for the brave soldiers who defend our freedom. by kevin kaminski

59HOME TOWN

Kick off the new year with some insider buzz about the community, including a preview of the upcoming Allianz Championship, a father who travels the world to carry the bag for his daughter, a teenage Star on the rise and a former Cover Girl winner who can brighten any smile. by casey farmer, kevin kaminski, jackie smith and marie speed

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Meet a Delray Beach resident who lives to deal with weighty issues, check out the best juicing options in Boca, and find out what a leading neuroscientist has to say about brain health. by lisette hilton

99 FLORIDA HOME

Our home editor takes readers through a jaw-dropping Boca Raton estate and explains why each room works so well.

by brad mee

107CITY WATCH

The Ag Reserve territory in the western section of south county is part of an ongoing debate about the nature of development in our backyard.

by randy schultz

112 FACE TIME

Meet the executive director of Boca’s Unicorn Children’s Foundation, an FAU instructor who defied death not once but twice, and a pair of Fred Astaire disciples who take their dancing to new heights.

by allison bowsher and kevin kaminski

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159BACKSTAGE PASS

Our award-winning A&E department spotlights the best of a jampacked January cultural calendar. In addition, we catch up with Lou Tyrrell at the FAU Theatre Lab and tour some of the area’s most interesting art galleries.

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DINING GUIDE

Don’t leave home without it! Our comprehensive guide to the best restaurants in South Florida includes new reviews of Tap 42 in Boca and Out of Denmark in Delray— as well as the deconstruction of a classic French favorite.

reviews by bill citara

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PEOPLE

You might just see some familiar faces in our snapshots from talked-about social events in and around Boca Raton— including an acrobatic evening with BMW and the inaugural Mayors Ball. by kevin kaminski

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The Ag Reserve issue is personal for those who revel in South Florida’s natural wonders. by marie speed

240MY TURN

The author counts his blessings as the new year begins—among them, the selfless sacrifices of his wife and caregiver. by john shuff

ON THE COVER DISH: Mac-n-cheese from Racks Fish House + Oyster Bar, Delray Beach PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Aaron Bristol

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Check out these bonus items unique to bocamag.com, related to stories in the January issue of Boca Raton or pertaining to events in our area: CURTAIN CALL: Thanks to our friends at the Wick Theatre and Costume Museum, Boca Mag had a blast playing dress-up all afternoon with five of South Florida’s most talented stage couples (page 134). However, the fun doesn’t end on the final page of the story. Check out some of the outtakes from the shoot by photographer George Schiavone, as well as a few behind-the-scenes shots, by clicking on the Web Extras link at bocamag.com. FRENCH FARE: Start the new year with a kitchen classic. Thanks to chef Isaac Cerny at Pistache, we have the step-by-step recipe for coq au vin to go with the insider cooking tips he shares as part of our “Deconstructing the Dish” segment in the Dining Guide (page 194). Visit Web Extras for all the delicious details.

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CONCERT PHOTOS: No magazine website gives you a front-row seat to concert action quite like bocamag.com, thanks to Ron Elkman. This month, look for images (under the A&E link) from shows ranging from Jackson Browne (Jan. 20 at Broward Center for the Performing Arts) to Madonna, who brings her Rebel Heart Tour to Miami (Jan. 23).

Boca Raton’s social media platforms are the place to be when it comes to special giveaways this season. Check our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages for alerts and instructions—and you may be one of our lucky winners. Which reminds us: Congratulations to Forman Lauren of Delray Beach for winning a beautiful statement necklace from Kendra Scott at Mizner Park.

FOODIE NEWS: While longtime food editor Bill Citara continues to lend his insights to our award-winning Dining Guide, bocamag.com has turned to former Palm Beach Post writer Lynn Kalber to cover the tri-county dining scene like never before. Look for Kalber’s posts every Monday, Tuesday and Friday.

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“It came as no surprise to anyone familiar with his post-[Dire] Straits career that [Mark] Knopfler and his exceptional sevenpiece band would deliver an evening of exquisite musical storytelling that visited different eras [of his career] without overstaying the welcome. What did prove surprising was how the sold-out, decidedly middleaged crowd reacted to the 16-song set. Though clearly hoping to hear more of their favorite Dire Straits songs … the wildly enthusiastic Halloween night audience had Knopfler’s back all night long.” —Kevin Kaminski, review of Mark Knopfler concert, A&E link

“Opening the [Wildflower] site would show the city caving to a vocal, naysaying minority. And 2016 isn’t even an election year. Further, no-growth candidates who got support from no-growthers opposed to developing the Wildflower site have lost in the last two city elections. Boca Raton has many parks—and any money for parks should be spent on them. The Wildflower site may look ugly now, but the consequences would be uglier if the council gave in. Close the Hillstone deal, and take down the fence when the construction workers show up.” —Randy Schultz, “City Watch” blog, Community link

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SHORT GOES PINK “[Martin Short] closed his presentation by toasting the friends and relatives he and everyone in the room had lost to cancer, along with the many survivors in attendance, adding, ‘This is a war that will be conquered, [thanks to] the wisdom and generosity of those gathered today.’ But he couldn’t resist one last, unscripted barb as he raised his Champagne flute: ‘I like my Champagne like I like my women—complements of Boca Raton Regional Hospital!’” —John Thomason, review of the Go Pink luncheon, A&E link

BLOG CENTRAL STAY CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY WITH OUR TEAM OF BLOGGERS: A&E: John Thomason takes readers inside the arts with concert, exhibition and movie reviews, cultural news and special profiles every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

HEALTH & BEAUTY: Lisette Hilton delivers local news from the worlds of exercise and medicine every Wednesday in her “Fit Life” blog.

DINING: Lynn Kalber breaks down the tri-county restaurant scene every Monday, Tuesday and Friday. Also, on Wednesdays and Thursdays, look for foodie bloggers Amanda Jane (dishing on seasonal finds and recipes) and Alina Z., aka, “The Green Goddess” (bringing you the latest on healthy eating options).

SHOP: Discover upcoming trunk shows, store openings, moneysaving tips and fashion trends throughout the week with our style specialists, including the ladies from LLScene and a monthly contribution from Dana Ross of Lilly List.

COMMUNITY: Randy Schultz brings a reporter’s eye to Boca and beyond every Tuesday and Thursday with his “City Watch” blog; Michelle Olson-Rogers explores the family scene with “Boca Mom Talk” every other Wednesday; and our in-house team keeps you on top of local events and happenings—including our popular “Staff Picks” each Friday to kick off your weekend.

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THE GOOD KIND OF DIRE I logged on to the Mark Knopfler review/blog as a guest when I submitted my initial comments, so rather than go through that again, I just wanted to thank you for the great article you wrote [A&E blog, Nov. 2]. I was surprised that it was the only review [of the Knopfler concert at Broward Center for the Performing Arts] that I could find—not even the Sun Sentinel had anything, unless I overlooked it by searching too hard. In any event, I especially liked your “exquisite musical storytelling” remark—utterly perfect description of his work. I feel proud and unique to be an avid Mark Knopfler fan; it was nice to share my love of Knopfler with someone as equally appreciative. I work with Barry Manilow fans—need I say more! —Katie Frank bocamag.com

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There is nothing new about the tides; the fact of the matter is that the waterfront infrastructure that was built at the time was bare-minimum and substandard. That being said, Boca Raton is lucky to have higher sea-level elevations near the water. Notwithstanding, the same Boca needs to harden infrastructure near the water, and all new construction needs to be encouraged to be built above-grade to avoid floor issues. Bulkheads need to be higher, and there needs to be some hardening along the beachfront; a 3-foot to 4-foot concrete-encased sheet pile wall along A1A on the ocean side on the north end of town would protect residents to the west. The bermed-up high-rises south of Palmetto provide catastrophic protection but not to the north. As it relates to climate change, the U.S. contributes 5 percent of the carbon emissions in the world. Nothing we can do will materially influence what is happening. ...

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Remember the Heroes

ver the years, it’s been my great honor to write about, work with and, in some cases, become friends with veterans of the United States military. As a history major at the University of Florida, and as an avid reader of nonfiction works related to this country’s post-World War I policy and conflicts, I remain endlessly fascinated by the decisions that have preceded American military engagements, as well as postwar ramifications here and abroad. Of course, it’s one thing to read about combat in a book and quite another to hear the stories, firsthand, from someone who has defended this nation’s freedom. A few years back, my favorite golf partner of all time, Boca resident Ed Polokoff, allowed my daughter to videotape an interview with him about his experiences during World War II for her senior high school project. Ed, who at age 90-plus still hits the ball as crisp and as straight as ever, described in vivid detail how a Japanese torpedo tore through the landing ship on which he was stationed in the Pacific. The vessel went down in a matter of minutes. “Sure I was scared; men were dying all around me,” he shared. “But I never panicked. We had jobs to do. … I was willing to die [in WWII]; that was the one war we had to win.” During my time as a sportswriter, I worked with an ex-Marineturned-NFL-photographer. At the height of the Vietnam War, the platoon he commanded was pinned down during a fierce firefight that went on for days. He would lose more than a dozen soldiers during that one battle. Each year thereafter, on the March anniversary of the conflict, he would find a quiet place to open a bottle of Jack Daniels—and he would drink one shot for each of his fallen comrades. One March, perhaps because of my relentless curiosity about his time in Vietnam or maybe to shut me up, he invited me to join him. I only made it through about seven shots that night; he kept raising glass after glass until the last of his brothers in arms had been recognized. My ex-Marine friend never let the past overwhelm the present. He managed to keep that episode tucked away, except for that one March evening when he could unfurl it on his terms. Unfortunately, not all veterans can process their past with such discipline. Some remain haunted by wartime experiences that, as writer Eric Barton discovered, happened a lifetime ago. That revelation ended up changing the scope of a feature (page 144) that originally sought to focus on vets struggling to re-acclimate to life back home after serving in the Middle East.

But as Barton learned, the formal acknowledgement of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—and the advent in recent years of different initiatives designed to treat it—has prompted veterans of wars as far back as WWII to attempt to deal with their demons. Editing Barton’s emotional and eye-opening report on the various tentacles of PTSD, I was reminded of an acquaintance from my newspaper days in Fort Myers. At least once a week, after our final deadline, the members of our sports department would catch last call at a bar managed by a colorful Vietnam vet named Squirrel. On most evenings, he regaled us with ’60s-era stories that invariably invoked the phrase “those damn hippies.” One night, however, Squirrel explained the source of that frustration. Upon returning home from Southeast Asia, he and other Bay Area soldiers were on a ship that passed under the Golden Gate Bridge. High above, they could hear the war protesters shouting, but that wasn’t what confused Squirrel. “They started dumping heavy bags of trash on us, from like 200 feet,” he said. “I had just risked my life for my country—and this was my welcome home? You want to protest the war? Fine. But don’t disrespect the soldier.” As part of this jam-packed edition of Boca Raton, we honor the soldiers who call South Florida home—and we hope that those who need it find the help that they so deserve. Enjoy the issue.

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? When we first met Pamela Steiger

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(then Shelling) in 2007, the predental student at the University of Florida—one of five winners of Boca Raton’s Cover Girl competition that year—was performing with the school’s a cappella group, The Sedoctives. Back then, she had aspirations of becoming a “singing dentist.” At least half of that dream came true; the wife of facial plastic surgeon Jacob Steiger has her own practice, Boca-based Dr. Pam Orthodontics—The Smile Boutique (1001 N. Federal Highway, Suite 2). But we’re guessing that, if prompted, she’ll be happy to show off her pipes. That is, if you open wide.

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The legends of the Champions Tour return to the Old Course at Broken Sound for the 10th consecutive year to vie for the crown at the Allianz Championship (Feb. 1-7). Boca Raton, as always, is the proud magazine sponsor. Visit allianzchampionship.com for complete pro-am and tourney information.

6,807 yards:

The Old Course is the shortest layout that Champions Tour players will tackle in 2016, outside of The Senior (British) Open at Sunningdale Golf Club (6,616 yards), some 30 miles outside of London.

$964,981:

Last year’s champion, Paul Goydos, earned more than a quarter of his 2015 prize money ($255,000) right here at the Allianz. His overall Champions earnings last year— nearly $1 million—was more money than he made in any one of his first 14 seasons on the PGA Tour (1993-2006).

$600,000:

The 2015 Allianz Championship raised more than a half-million dollars for charities in and around Boca, shattering the old record of $368,359. Boca Raton Regional Hospital, the primary beneficiary, has received more than $1 million since the tourney moved to Boca—including $402,000 last year.

60: Michael Allen set the Allianz single-round record in 2014, opening with a 12-under 60, one better than the 61 Rocco Mediate shot in 2013.

$20 million:

The Allianz is said to infuse more than $15 million into the local economy—but speculation is that the figure could reach the $20-million mark this year.

54+ holes:

Ready for a dramatic third-round finish? If recent history is any indication, it’s in the cards: Since 2010, the evennumbered years at the Allianz have all been decided by a Sunday playoff, with Bernhard Langer (2010), Corey Pavin (2012) and Michael Allen (2014) needing extra holes to claim victory.

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million: Speaking of Langer, the Boca resident has been the dominant figure on the Champions Tour the past four years, earning a combined $9,728,303 in prize money with 11 victories and 18 second-place finishes between 2012-15.

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STAR ON THE RISE TEEN BLUES SINGER HAVEN STAR HITS ALL THE RIGHT NOTES.

—JACKIE SMITH

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n an era of music dominated by bubblegum-pop singers, Haven Star is striking a chord by going old school. When asked about her influences, the Boca native points to blues legends Etta James and Billie Holiday, as well as modernday influences Eva Cassidy and Joss Stone. Even more impressive, given her own soulful sound, is the fact that Star is only 14. The talented young vocalist, a freshman at Boca Raton High, is on the verge of hitting it big, thanks in part to her honest, emotional connection to a genre that few in her generation follow. “It’s just something that I feel,” says Star, who also plays piano and guitar, of her passion for the blues. Star credits her father, Troy Ross, with sparking her interest as a toddler. Ross played in a bluesy rock band; by age 2, his daughter already was starting to sing. And sing well. “She has gotten better and better every day,” Ross says. “Haven doesn’t sound like a 14-year-old girl.” Part of Star’s appeal is the fresh take that she’s able to put on jazz and blues standards. But that’s hardly the only style of music in her wheelhouse. Last year, Star performed with the Miami Symphony Orchestra at a sold-out concert inside the Adrienne Arsht Center that celebrated The Beatles’ 50th anniversary of arriving in Miami. She sang “With a Little Help From My Friends” and “Give Peace a Chance,” drawing a standing ovation. Expect more people to stand and take notice in 2016. Star has been in the studio with famed record producer Rudy Pérez, who has worked with the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera and Beyoncé. Among the songs they recorded was a track specifically created for Star by Burt Bacharach—and endorsed by World Peace One as its theme (the song had yet to be titled at press time). “It’s nice to be able to do what you love and make people feel good because of it,” she says. To find out where Star is performing next, visit facebook.com/havenstarross.

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New Year, New Season, New You

January is when season hits its stride—but it’s also about starting over. Again.

JANUARY DATEBOOK

It’s party time and event season, and we know there is something going on every night of the week. But here are a few don’t-miss diversions. ■ Goldie Hawn will be the emcee at this year’s Boca Raton Regional Hospital Ball on Jan. 23. For more information, visit donate.brrh.com/events/hospital-ball/2016/ hospital-ball-2016-event-registration-form. ■ Delray’s Fashion Week from Jan. 16-23 will feature events and fashion shows at several locations. Make a plan at downtowndelraybeach.com/fashion-week. ■ Delray’s beloved AVDA (Aid to Victims of Domestic Assault) will have its

IN SEASON

30-year anniversary luncheon Jan. 20. Visit avdaonline.org/heart-of-a-woman. ■ This year’s Key West Literary Seminar, from Jan. 7-10, sold out in 72 hours (sign up for next year’s NOW), but the Jan. 11-15 Writer’s Workshop program still has space. Visit kwls.org/register. ■ The annual Caridad gala will be Jan. 16 at the Delray Marriott this year; e-mail dewing@caridad.org for more information.

It’s not only galas that are in season; this is also a great month for eating local, local, local. When it comes to produce, this is the time of year tomatoes are at their peak—and you can get them from farms like Green Cay in your own backyard at the local farmers’ markets. Jesse Goldfinger of Woolbright Produce also says this is when you should look for strawberries from Plant City and Honeybell tangelos and grapefruit from Indian River County. Joey Sclafani of Captain Frank’s Seafood says January is when the Atlantic side of Florida is closed to snapper and grouper fishing, but he gets American red snapper and black grouper from the Gulf Coast then— and it flies out the door.

Fitness from Fotis We all know that January means the party’s over (is it ever over here?), and we’re getting real again. Real committed to putting down that fork, taking that walk, hitting the (shudder) gym. Here are five ways to get your groove back fast from Fotis Papamichael, co-owner of Michael’s Body Scenes:

1 Do 20 to 30 minutes of cardio for three to four days a week—minimum.

2 Do weight training three to four times a week. Some workouts can be done on the same day as your cardio workouts.

3 Start a log or journal that details everything you

eat and drink. That means everything. No skipping one bite. Remember: A moment on the lips can be a lifetime on the hips!

4 Increase your water intake throughout the day. Drinking more water will make you feel full and you will tend to eat less.

5 Rather than three hefty meals a day, eat small meals more frequently. This will step up your metabolism.

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New Year’s Resolutions “My New Year’s resolution is to put the top on the blender that is my 3-year-old.”

“For 2016 … I intend to better embrace my wife’s words of wisdom— especially her periodic declaration that there are multiple paths to reach a solution. Different does not mean wrong.”

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“My resolution is to do a backbend.”

“Focus on the small moments while working toward the big goals.” —Joshua Glanzer, assistant vice president, media relations and public affairs, Florida Atlantic University

—Chrissy Biagiotti, public relations manager, City of Boca Raton

YOUR MOMENT OF ZEN

Sign up for a daily e-mail from the universe (via inspirational speaker and writer Mike Dooley) by logging onto tut.com/account/register. It will make your day! Here’s a sample to kick off 2016: “If you just look at all that already exists in your life, all that you already have: unlimited air to breathe, ample lighting to see, music to hear, books to read, stars to dream by, trees to gaze at, floors to dance on, friends to cavort with, enemies to befriend, strangers to meet, woods to walk through, beaches to comb, rocks to scale, rains to cleanse you, rivers to float you, animals to comfort you, you do have to admit, there’s more of it than you could ever, ever, ever spend.”

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A BROKEN SOUND GOLF PRO KEEPS HIS DAY JOB WHILE LIVING EVERY FATHER’S DREAM.

AARON BRISTOL

he members at Broken Sound Club don’t mind that they have to share Donnie Green. After all, who can blame the longtime teaching pro for having a second job—especially when that job involves caddying for a rising star on the LPGA Tour … who happens to be his daughter? In 2015, when he wasn’t working with golfers at Broken Sound, Green was working the bag for Jaye Marie, who began to turn heads with her late-season play. Between July and October, the 21-year-old snagged top-20 finishes in six of eight tournaments, racking up $274,126 for the year (as of mid-October). “I have a really good relationship with all of the members of Broken Sound, and that relationship has allowed me to do this,” Green says. “I’m getting no friction, that’s how good Broken Sound is. “Caddying and traveling with Jaye is a fatherdaughter situation, and we’ve [both] grown a lot from it. I’ve learned when to talk and when not to talk; if I hadn’t [learned that], it wouldn’t have worked.” As for his day job, Green is one of the best at his craft; his outgoing personality and supportive teaching style are just two reasons that golfers seek him out. “When I work [with a new student], I want them to have fun—and come back for another lesson,” Green says. “I always look first for an easy fix in their swing, but if it’s not easy, you have to explain how the body works in motion and give them a basis.” Members at Broken Sound will relinquish the Old Course from Feb. 1-7, when the stars of the Champions Tour return to Boca for the Allianz Championship.

Donnie with daughter and rising LPGA star Jaye Marie

—CASEY FARMER

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West Coast style finds an East Coast audience inside the cozy confines of Boca-based Fashion Scoop The Boutique. Owner Kami Turturro combines her personal styling expertise with a love of California glam, giving local fashionistas access to fresh cutting-edge inventory each week as part of her promise to provide tomorrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trends today. (9212 Glades Road, Boca Raton, 561/674-0031)

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DAY & NIGHT

usy female professionals know the drill: The high-season schedule calls for a weeknight cocktail event, and there’s no time to run home and change after work. Not to worry. Completing a successful day-tonight transition is all about the accessories. Not only can they add a little “wow” factor to your office outfit, they’re easily portable (thus, no need to change clothes in the car!).

THE OUTFIT

Erin Fetherston mesh illusion stripe ponte dress ($147.50) WHERE TO BUY: Lord & Taylor, Mizner Park, Boca Raton

Trina Turk patterned cuff bracelet ($128) WHERE TO BUY: Lord & Taylor, Mizner Park, Boca Raton

Micheal Kors ladies Lexington gold-tone stainless-steel chronograph watch ($275) WHERE TO BUY: Lord & Taylor, Mizner Park, Boca Raton

Erin Dana Bond Street backpack ($198) WHERE TO BUY: boutique. erindana.com Kate Spade almond toe platform pump, Nessie high heel ($328) WHERE TO BUY: Bloomingdale’s, Town Center at Boca Raton

WORK PLAY Bing Bang thin hammered hex ring ($45) WHERE TO BUY: Lord & Taylor, Mizner Park, Boca Raton

Kate Spade New York small square leverback earrings ($48) WHERE TO BUY: Lord & Taylor, Mizner Park, Boca Raton

Franchi gold plate clutch ($342) WHERE TO BUY: elisabettafranchi.com

MICHAEL Michael Kors Georgia anklestrap high heel pump ($94.50) WHERE TO BUY: Lord & Taylor, Mizner Park, Boca Raton

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he holidays may be over, but the entertaining never ends in Boca. Thankfully, you don’t have to be a seasoned mixologist to pour drinks like one—especially with stylish, functional accessories like these to outfit your home bar.

HOMEMADE GIN KIT

QUENCH COCKTAIL SPINNER

What: Forget bathtub beer; the craft gin movement is the latest rage when it comes to homemade concoctions—and this kit does the trick by transforming vodka into a delicious home-blend of gin. Price: $39.97 Where: Crate & Barrel, Town Center at Boca Raton

What: Entertaining, cooking and making drinks can be hard work for party throwers, but you don’t have to lift a finger with this device, which is designed with a built-in strainer and drip-free pour spout. Price: $24.99 Where: Bloomingdale’s, Town Center at Boca Raton

THE MASON SHAKER 4-PIECE BARWARE SET

WARING COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC WINE OPENER

What: Hosting parties just got a little more interesting with a barware set that includes a glass cocktail shaker, stainless-steel jigger and hardwood muddler; it’s a musthave item for any home bar. Price: $69.99 Where: Bed Bath & Beyond, Boca Raton

What: Gone are the days of much-needed muscle strength to open a bottle of wine. Designed for entertainers on the move, this electric wine opener has a highperformance commercial motor for easy removal of natural and synthetic corks. Price: $99.95 Where: Williams-Sonoma, Town Center at Boca Raton

Cinnamon Mule 13 Our friends at Bogart’s Bar & Grille (3200 Airport Road, Boca, 561/544-3044) have been kind enough to share the ingredients of one of the restaurant’s signature cocktails—enjoy!

MATTE GOLD BAR TOOL SET

MYKONOS TRAY

What: Don’t take home the silver this year; go for the gold. This modern design blends nicely with existing bar decor, while preparing you for any drink request with a full bar set. Price: $39.95 Where: Pier 1 Imports, Boca Raton

What: Entertaining begins and ends with the perfect serving tray. This Greek Key-inspired geometric design adds style to any decor, while the mirrored insert completes the look with modern appeal and visual interest. Price: $129.95 Where: Z Gallerie, Mizner Park, Boca Raton

INGREDIENTS 4 ounces Jack Daniels Tennessee Fire Barritt’s Ginger Beer 3 drops Bitter Truth Orange Bitters 1 orange slice PREPARATION: Top Jack Daniels Tennessee Fire with Barritt’s Ginger Beer. Add Bitter Truth Orange Bitters and garnish with an orange slice.

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SHOPPING

DINING Rocco’s Tacos • Sushi Ray

Uncle Tai’s • Morton’s • Cafe 5150 Joseph’s Market • BRIO

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WATCH AND LEARN

A stylish watch tells a lot more than just the time—as evidenced by these dazzling pieces, it also says something about the man who wears it.

THE CORPORATE MAN THE FAMILY MAN THE STATEMENT MAKER Who: He dares to be different; everything about him is vibrant, and his watch is no exception. Brand: Rolex Model: Submariner Features: Stainlesssteel, 18-karat yellow gold with ceramic bevel, sapphire crystal, automatic, 40-millimeter chronometer, minute markers around the outer rim and water resistant up to 3,300 feet (1,000 meters) Jeweler: Mayors (Town Center at Boca Raton, 561/368-6022) Price: $13,400

Who: Because he has to be many things to many people, his watch must be equally versatile. Brand: Hublot Model: Classic Fusion Blue Titanium Features: Blue rubber and alligator straps, blue sunray satin-finished dial, polished Rhodium-plated appliques and hands, polished and satinfinished titanium case, self-winding movement Jeweler: Les Bijoux (306 Mizner Park, Boca, 561/361-2311) Price: $12,000

Who: He’s a seasoned professional who’s all business when it comes to his watches. Brand: Patek Philippe Model: 503P Annual Calendar Black Roman Dial Watch Features: Black leather strap, smooth platinum bezel, sapphire crystal, center sweep second hand and exhibition back Where: Raymond Lee Jewelers (22191 Powerline Road, #12B, Boca, 561/750-7808) Price: $32,900

THE LIFE OF THE PARTY Who: He lives for excitement and fun—and his watch must be able to keep up. Brand: Breitling Model: Chronomat Features: Stainless-steel and 18-karat rose gold pilot flip-lock clasp bracelet, luminescent hands and raised gold baton hour markers, glare-proof sapphire crystal, chronograph functions, date indicator, 44-millimeter automatic chronometer Jeweler: Mayors Price: $13,420

THE GYM RAT Who: He’s a fitness fiend who needs a timepiece able to withstand his rugged lifestyle. Brand: Ritmo Mundo Model: Quantum Model 1001/3 Features: Silicon band with buckle, stainlesssteel/carbon-fiber case, Swiss Ronda 3540.D chronograph and 10 ATM water resistant Jeweler: Vianna Brasil (300 Esplanade, Royal Palm Place, Boca, 561/826-7174) Price: $1,195

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Fighting

CANCER

With Healthy Decisions

You have the power to shape a healthier lifestyle. These choices can build cancer-resisting habits for today and in the future.

EAT GREEN Choose plant foods to “crowd out” unhealthy choices such as processed food and red meat.

To reduce your risk of colon cancer, experts recommend eating no more than 18 oz (cooked weight) of red meats per week.1

More than one drink a day for women (two for men) can increase the risk of mouth, pharynx, esophageal and breast cancer.2

The suggested serving size of meat is 3 oz (ideally poultry or fish), which is about the size of a deck of cards.

GET MOVING Focus on having fun. Set goals and monitor your progress. Change up activities to keep it fresh.

30 minutes of physical activity every day is all that is needed to make an impact on your health.

FORTIFY YOUR FIGHT If you have been diagnosed with cancer, it’s important to realize that nutrition will play a vital role in your fight against the disease.

No case is typical. You should not expect to experience these results.

The Vital Role of Nutrition in Fighting Cancer Cancer treatment can affect your appetite, sense of taste and ability to absorb the nutrition you do consume, which can lead to complications in your treatment.

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MEASURE PORTIONS Managing portions helps you maintain a healthy body weight.

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Malnutrition can impact your immune system.

DRINK SMART Choose water over sugary drinks and limit your alcohol consumption.

“My naturopathic doctor and my nutritionist balanced my diet and balanced my supplements to help with the side effects during and after chemotherapy.”

Avoid a “one-size-fitsall” approach—the best types of food to eat can depend on the type of cancer you’re fighting.

Malnutrition can impact your treatment schedule. If you become undernourished and too weak, treatment may need to be temporarily delayed until you regain your strength, thereby stalling your overall progress toward being cancer-free.3

Proper nutrition can help ease side effects. Some basic foods that we all have in our pantries can be effective in combating cancer treatment side effects. For instance, did you know that eating foods rich in soluble fiber may decrease symptoms of diarrhea?

Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA) is a national network of five hospitals in the U.S. with expertise in treating patients who are fighting complex or advanced-stage cancer, although many patients with an early-stage diagnosis seek treatment at CTCA® as well. We combine worldclass treatment with an integrative approach to care to reduce side effects and maintain quality of life during cancer treatment. If you or someone you love has advanced-stage or complex cancer, call 855-587-5528 or go to cancercenter.com.

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References: 1. “Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective.” American Institute for Cancer Research and the World Cancer Research Fund, http://www.aicr.org/reduce-your-cancer-risk/recommendations-for-cancer-prevention/ recommendations_05_red_meat.html. 2. “Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective.” American Institute for Cancer Research and the World Cancer Research Fund, http://www.aicr.org/reduce-your-cancer-risk/recommendations-for-cancer-prevention/ recommendations_06_alcohol.html. 3. “Nutritional screening and early treatment of malnutrition in cancer patients.” The National Center for Biotechnology Information. Lidia Santarpia, Franco Contaldo, and Fabrizio Pasanisi, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3063880/.

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When it comes to matters of weight, Nicole Biscuiti is a by-the-numbers kind of girl—one of several reasons why she’s known to turn heads at the gym. At a given moment during a workout, the Delray Beach resident will snatch 165 pounds or clean and jerk 205 pounds. Her claim to fame is a squat clean (a weightlifting term at CrossFit) of 235 pounds, impressive for someone who tips the scales at roughly 150. Her current love affair with weightlifting speaks to a lifelong interest in competition. Biscuiti, 35, grew up in Boca, where she starred on the crosscountry and track teams in high school. At the University of Central Florida, she played intramural sports like flag football. But in recent years, she found herself craving a sporting challenge beyond individual workouts.

Enter CrossFit and Olympic-style weightlifting. “I force myself to face my weaknesses on a consistent basis,” says the public relations professional and entrepreneur. In 2012, Biscuiti’s Delray Beach-based CrossFit team reached the Southeast regionals of the annual CrossFit Games Open competition, and for four straight years she placed among the top 100 individually in the Southeast region of the Open competition. This past year, she qualified for (but did not attend) the Masters Weightlifting World Championships in Finland; she won two gold medals while competing in qualifiers. Biscuiti trains five days a week, up to four hours a session. She says she eats to fuel her body for performance (not for aesthetic purposes), and she makes sure to get enough rest.

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Where: Whole Foods Market, 1400 Glades Road; 561/447-0000 The buzz: The concept within Whole Foods is the new kid on the block, having opened at the Boca Whole Foods in November. The Miami-based company has developed a following with its organic cold-pressed juices, plant-based foods, made-to-order smoothies and açai bowls. The latter is like a sorbet made with frozen açai berries and blended with banana and raw honey. The most popular is the Sunset Harbour açai bowl with açai berry, brazil nut crumble, banana, raw honey, seasonal fruit, coconut flakes and cacao nibs. On the smoothie side, try the Rey Jorge, with almond milk, açai berry, blueberry, banana, strawberry and honey. Cost: Smoothies range from $8.50 to $13; bowls go from $9 to $20 for the “Unbelievabowl.”

RAW JUCE

Where: 2200 Glades Road, #403; 197 S. Federal Highway, #100; 561/424-5823 The buzz: The big seller at this establishment with two Boca locations is the Raw Green, according to company spokesperson Sara Sethi. What’s in this juice packed with green goodness? Kale, parsley, spinach, romaine, green apple, kiwi, lemon, ginger and chlorella. But there’s a lot more to this local company, which specializes in raw, organic, cold-pressed juices and other raw options. Cost: Juices at Raw Juce range from $7 to $11.

Chest Protection

Pain is leading to gain for Nicole Biscuiti, who we profiled on the previous page. Tired of explaining to people that the bruises around her neck were nothing more than a byproduct of her weight training, Biscuiti decided to think about her dilemma in entrepreneurial terms. The result is the patent-pending “Chestee,” a collection of workout tops with a built-in padded collarbone guard. The apparel, which comes in different styles, is both fashionable and functional—the clavicle is protected from the bruising and injury that can result from lifting weights. Biscuiti says that Chestees will start to ship this month; all styles retail for about $55. Visit thechestee.com for more information.

APURA JUICERY & COFFEEHOUSE

Where: 22191 Powerline Road, 20B; 561/430-3596 The buzz: The raw and cold-pressed juices at this west Boca spot are all the rage. “What makes us different is the element of surprise,” says owner Susan Mussaffi. “We use jicama, pink Pitaya, raw young Thai coconut water, yellow beets, honeydew, cantaloupe, strawberries. Most juice bars are not using these types of ingredients. We try to offer a unique experience. We are organic whenever possible and always organic with the dirty dozen fruits and veggies.” Mussaffi has an equally compelling personal story, which Boca Raton shared last year. Check out the “Web Extras” for this issue to revisit that profile. Cost: Apura’s juices run $5.99 for 8 ounces; $9.99 for 16 ounces.

HAPPY FEET

What are some of the hot running shoes for 2016? Carol Virga, who co-owns the Runner’s Edge in Boca Raton (3195 N. Federal Highway), says runners are anticipating the release of the Hoka One One Vanquish 2, a lightweight, super-cushioned and versatile shoe for athletes looking for a spring in their step and responsiveness. Men’s and women’s versions hit stores in January 2016; the Hoka One One Vanquish 2 retails for $169.95. Another running shoe making its big debut for the New Year is the Fresh Foam 1080 by New Balance. Virga says it’s comfy and minimalistic. The shoe, which retails for $150, offers a cushioned feel, as well as a stable foam platform and generous toe-box.

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Healthy Habits/Healthy Mind One of the country’s leading neuroscientists, FAU’s James Galvin, weighs in on brain health.

s associate dean for clinical research at Florida Atlantic University, James Galvin knows a few things about how the brain operates. Among his innovations is the “Quick Dementia Rating System,” which helps caregivers determine if their loved ones have dementia, as well as whether problems in thinking and memory are worsening. Still, according to Galvin, there are steps we can take to stave off the likes of Alzheimer’s disease. Here are four of his tips for brain health:

[1] If you don’t use it, you might lose it: The

greatest risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease is age. OK, we can’t do anything about that. But we can exercise our brains, much like we exercise our bodies. Galvin says to stay mentally active: Take on a new hobby; play games; do intellectual activities, like lifelong learning; attend lectures; go to museums.

[2] Be social: “Doing things with other people

forces us to socialize,” Galvin says. “The brain benefits from socialization and social activity— and suffers when people become isolated.”

[3] Stay physically active: Galvin’s recommen-

dation is to exercise roughly three to four times a week for 20 to 30 minutes at a time. That exercise should include aerobic exercise, like walking, as well as resistance-type training and flexibility.

[4] Your brain is what you eat: Well, sort of.

“The general rule is that foods that are good for your heart are also good for your brain,” Galvin says. “It’s things you’ve been told all your life: Stay mentally active, socially engaged, physically fit and eat a healthy and balanced diet.” For more on Galvin’s rating system, check out Lisette Hilton’s “Fit Life” blog at bocamag.com.

Hello Single Chin Selfies are helping to point out things we really don’t want to see, like double chins. If you want yours gone, there’s a new injectable called Kybella. It’s FDA-approved to treat the double chin, and it isn’t surgery. The quick in-office procedure dissolves unwanted fat in the chin area, and that fat doesn’t come back, says Steven Boca Raton oculoplastic surgeon Fagien Steven Fagien. Fagien, one of the first in the world to perform Kybella injections, says patients might have some swelling after the injection. The swelling can last several days but shouldn’t limit activity. Most patients need at least two treatments, though results can be seen after the initial injection. Best candidates? People who have ample fat around the neck and pretty good skin quality. Those whose cosmetic neck issues are from loose skin and muscle might be disappointed. Call 561/393-9898 or visit drfagien. com for more information.

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Best friends Julie Peyton Stein and Lauren Donald own Delray Beachbased Always Under the Sun, hair-care products that are sulfate-, sodium chloride- and paraben-free. Yet they’re full of natural ingredients, such as Shea butter for sun protection; hibiscus for salt protection; silk proteins, to protect hair from heat; and Camelia extract, to guard against humidity. Donald, owner of Bond Street Salon, in Delray, and Stein, wife of Boca internist Jeffrey Stein, will soon be expanding the line from the current shampoo and conditioner to a leave-in conditioner and styling lotion. Oh, and there is no animal testing for Always Under the Sun products. An 8.5-ounce bottle of the shampoo or conditioner runs $24 each. (alwaysunderthesun.com)

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Boca Raton Plastic Surgery Center

Dr. Cristina Keusch, M.D. P.A. F.A.C.S

n practice for more than 25 years in the same Boca Raton location, Dr. Cristina Keusch’s priority has always been creating a warm, caring environment and providing uncompromising care. An aesthetic plastic surgeon whose specializations include facial plastic surgery, breast surgery and body contouring, Dr. Keusch has continually embraced the latest technology with an emphasis on results, safety, comfort and convenience. “We constantly strive to achieve excellence,” she said. Dr. Keusch is among the first plastic surgeons in South Florida to use Cynosure’s SculpSure, a non-invasive body contouring system just approved by the FDA in May. SculpSure patients, unlike those treated with cold techniques, feel heat which works to destroy fat cells. This laser technology also makes it possible for larger areas to be treated in a single 25-minute session. For both abdomen and love handles—two common “trouble” areas—the treatment is complete in 50 minutes. SculpSure is a non-invasive, non-surgical procedure with no down time. “It’s a cost-effective procedure and it can be repeated if additional treatments are needed,” Dr. Keusch. In addition to performing a wide array of surgical procedures, including Smart Lipo and Laser Lifts, Dr. Keusch’s office also includes a skin and laser center —staffed by a nurse practitioner — for those seeking non-surgical aesthetic therapies. A board-certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Keusch attended medical school at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and then went on to become Chief Resident of General Surgery at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Her plastic surgery residency and fellowship was completed at Harvard

“It’s essential for patients to get to know us and for us to get to know them. This allows us to create a bond and a relationship that’s important when you’re undergoing elective or non-elective surgery.” Medical School, Brigham and Children’s Hospital in Boston. “Our patients are people who want to feel better about themselves,” Dr. Keusch said. “Plastic surgery is a gift you’re giving yourself.”

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i ime can take its toll on an individual’s health and appearance. For many, the answer to feeling better, improving stamina as well as mood and energy, could be the hormone and anti-aging therapies offered by Core Medical Group. “Hormone and vitamin imbalances are all considered part of the natural aging process,” says Heather Schwartzmann, PA-C, a Physician Assistant at Core Medical Group, which has offices in Boca Raton and Delray Beach. “By restoring balance in your body, we’re helping to slow the process down.” Patients come to the group’s offices for a variety of reasons with one of the most common reasons being treatment of “Low

T” or low testosterone levels. Core Medical’s skilled staff uses hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to help men with Low T and also uses HRT to help women suffering from reduced hormone levels that can impact their daily lives. Other available treatments include those for vitamin deficiencies, low-growth hormone, elevated toxin treatments and medical weight loss. “Each of these treatments either individually or together will help bring your body back into balance and restore you to optimal health,” says CEO Sidney Gordon. To help patients improve their appearance, Core Medical also offers a variety of cosmetic pro-

“At Core Medical Group we focus on anti-aging medicine as a way to promote overall health. Our patients come to us to improve their quality of life.”

cedures and skin care options designed to diminish the signs of aging. Available options include the most advanced technology in anti-aging treatments such as Botox, Dysport, Juvederm, Restylane, Perlane and Radiesse. “Our patients come here if their zest for life has diminished,” Schwartzmann said. “They want to feel better, look better, and improve their mood and energy.

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Raymond J. Leveillee, M.D., FRCS-G

r. Raymond Leveillee spent the last 20 years at the University of Miami as a Professor of Urology, Radiology and Biomedical engineering. At the same time, he served as the chief of the division of endourology and laparoscopy, honing his expertise and skills in the area of robotic-assisted and laparoscopic surgeries for treatment of prostate and kidney cancer and other urologic procedures. Now Dr. Leveillee has brought his expertise, knowledge and extensive skill to Palm Beach County where he leads Bethesda Health’s new Center for Advanced Robotics and Urologic Care in Boynton Beach, performing minimally invasive surgeries using the da Vinci® Xi™ surgical robot.

“There are no comparable programs like this in Palm Beach County,” said Dr. Leveillee, who also has been recognized as a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Glasgow and is an honorary member of the Thai Urology Association. Considered a pioneer in the field of laparoscopy and robotics for the treatment of prostate cancer, Dr. Leveillee has been using the Da Vinci Robot, the world’s most advanced surgical robotic system, since 2001 to perform radical prostatectomies—the removal of the prostate gland. Patients who undergo the surgery performed with the robotic system, experience less blood loss and faster recovery, normally staying in the hospital for only 24

“We’re bringing university-level care to a community hospital that’s in its growth phase. Patients will now be able to stay close to home and still receive the highest quality and cutting-edge care that would have normally required travel to distant centers.”

hours. Because the surgery is minimally invasive, patients need less pain medication and also experience better urinary control than patients who undergo traditional surgery. Dr. Leveillee said the team at the new Bethesda center is planning to begin needle-based therapy for the treatment of kidney cancer. Using advanced imaging in a hybrid operating room allows the surgeon to place a needle directly into a tumor to burn it. “We’ll be using needles instead of scalpels,” he said, “It is kind of like acupuncture but with heat.”

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Dr. Rafael Cabrera,

M.D. F.A.C.S Plastic Surgery Specialists of Boca Raton

ver the last 18 years, Dr. Rafael Cabrera and his team at Plastic Surgery Specialists of Boca Raton have earned a reputation for providing excellent care and naturallooking results for their patients. “Our approach is to care for patients with honesty, integrity and empathy and to treat them just like family,” says Dr. Cabrera, recently selected as one of the 10 best plastic surgeons in Florida. Recognized for bringing an artistic approach to his work and for a dedication to listening to his patients during a thorough consultation, Dr. Cabrera offers a full range of surgical and non-invasive treatments for the face, body and breast. Over the years, he has become known as one of the foremost facial plastic surgeons in Florida and has attracted patients to his practice from throughout the United States. For the last several years, Dr. Cabrera has been offering patients the SmarterLift, a surgical procedure he developed that he calls the “modern evolution of the face lift.” Done under local anesthesia, the SmarterLift provides patients with longer-lasting results and requires less recovery time than a traditional facelift. During the procedure, Dr. Cabrera uses a dual vector approach correcting the neck horizontally and face vertically to re-create a younger, more natural appearance. In addition, he uses progressive tension sutures that are designed to hold the correction in place longer. “We’re reversing aging in the way that it occurred and maintaining it longer,” explains Dr. Cabrera. In addition to surgical procedures, Plastic Surgery Specialists of Boca Raton offer

“Plastic surgery is a bridge between how you look and how you feel. It can be very powerful and can transform lives.” a variety of non-invasive rejuvenation procedures. Dr. Cabrera emphasizes, “Our goal is to help patients live life to the fullest and look as good as they feel.”

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or us, pediatric dentistry is not just about baby teeth,” says Dr. Saadia Mohammed. “It’s about a holistic approach which empowers the child and parent through a partnership focused on the overall health.” At Palm Beach Pediatric Dentistry, patients discover a perfect blend of high-quality professional dental care matched with a childfriendly environment designed to put patients —and their parents –—at ease the minute they walk in the door. Dr. Saadia and her team have a passion for making each child feel special and for building trust, which leads to a lifetime of positive dental care.

Dr. Saadia is the only pediatric dentist in South Florida to use iPlus laser technology, which incorporates energized water and light to safely perform a number of dental procedures. She uses the laser to release tongue-tie and lip-tie in newborns and children of all ages, eliminating the need for general anesthesia. iPlus laser technology enables all procedures to be minimally invasive and virtually painless, with a quick recovery time. Practicing in South Florida since 1998, Dr. Saadia graduated on the Dean’s List from New York University College of Dentistry after which she spent a year at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach doing a GPR. Following that she received her pedi-

atric dental specialty training at University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine and then spent a year doing her Fellowship in Pediatric Dentistry at Yale New Haven Hospital and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, Connecticut.

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“The mouth is a window to an individual’s overall health. We’re not just fixing teeth. We’re looking, listening and feeling to ensure the wellness of the whole child.”

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Dr. Brijeshwar Maini, M.D., F.A.C.C.

“Today’s research is tomorrow’s medicine. We can only get better by learning and by coming up with new ideas and by validating these ideas scientifically.”

n interventional and structural cardiologist, Dr. Brijeshwar Maini has been in the forefront of cutting-edge research that is helping patients with serious heart disease receive innovative. minimally invasive treatment. A relatively new transplant to South Florida, Dr. Maini was recently appointed the regional medical director of transcatheter therapies for Tenet Florida’s Heart and Vascular Network. In that role, he oversees development, implementation and monitoring of structural cardiology programs at 10 Florida hospitals. Using minimally invasive catheterizations, Dr. Maini is able to help patients suffering from cardiac issues such as atrial fibrillation, aortic stenosis and congestive heart failure avoid open-heart surgery. “These days we can replace and repair heart valves using mini-

mally invasive procedures,” said Dr. Maini, who previously served as the director of research at Pinnacle Health Cardiovascular Institute in Pennsylvania. Involved in research trials for more than a decade, Dr. Maini was on the ground floor of development of the Watchman device which is used to treat patients with atrial fibrillation, or AFib, without the long-term use of blood thinners. A national proctor for physicians using the device, Dr. Maini is one of the first cardiologists in South Florida to perform the non-invasive Watchman implant procedure. The Watchman, a parachuteshaped, self-expanding device inserted through a vein in the groin, is used to reduce the risk of a stroke in patients with AFib. A diplomate of the American Board of Interventional Cardiology and the American Board of Cardiovascular Diseases, Dr.

Maini also taps into more than 30 years of experience and his research work to help patients in need of valve replacements receive treatment without major surgery. As he continues his research, Dr. Maini is able to offer high-risk aortic stenosis patients replacement valves that are in addition to those currently generally available. “We’re now able to bring the latest cutting-edge treatments to South Florida,” he said.

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nurse with more than 35 years of experience, Rose Glamoclija understands the importance of providing patients with a personalized level of care focused on each individual’s needs. That’s why she makes it a point to get to know each of them personally and why she handselects members of her Boca Nursing Services team. “Our patients are like family to me and we treat them with love, concern and, most of all, respect,” she said. A family-operated, privateduty home health agency founded 22 years ago, Boca Nursing Services offers concierge nursing services from carefully and thoroughly screened care managers, RNs, LPNs CNAs, aides and ther-

apists. Boca Nursing Services also offers a care management program to help reduce the time, stress and additional costs of caring for an older adult. In addition, patients are offered a medication management program that includes weekly, biweekly or monthly skilled-nursing visits designed to help clients take medications properly and complication free. “We’re a one-stop shop,” Glamoclija says. With its focus on details and the understanding that every patient is different, Boca Nursing Services helps provide peace of mind to family members who can have confidence their loved one is receiving the highest quality of care.

“We provide individualized care that our patients need and deserve. It’s the personal touch that makes the difference.”

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e is known as the plastic surgeon celebrities turn to and now, New York-based Stephen T. Greenberg has opened an office in Boca Raton. Internationally recognized for his expertise in the field of cosmetic plastic surgery and often interviewed on network television where he discusses the latest trends in the field, Dr. Greenberg combines the most recent stateof-the-art procedures with his more than 20 years of experience to get the most natural results for his patients. “Over the years, we’ve earned the trust of many celebrities as well as the person next door,” Dr. Greenberg says. “We have patients who

fly in from all over for treatment.” The host of a weekly radio show and the author of a book, A Little Nip, A Little Tuck, Dr. Greenberg offers a full range of cosmetic surgery options, including body sculpting as well as breast and facial procedures. The practice also offers an array of non-surgical options. He offers patient a “quick” or “mini” lift, often used to address facial sagging. Not as extensive as a full facelift, the quick lift frequently includes a combination of treatments using surgery, lasers and injections. ‘It provides a refreshing natural look and gets patients back to their normal activities in just a few days.”

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In South Florida, homeowners often want two things from their spaces: livability and luxury. Think those elements are mutually exclusive? Think again—and step inside this modern Boca Raton estate at The Sanctuary, created by the talented team of developer Bill Hasey, architect Huy Nguyen and interior designer Michael Duval. What makes the elements here both inviting and eye-catching? We’ve pinpointed 10 exquisite features and treatments, any one of which can elevate the design of a home—perhaps even yours.

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1 ] OPEN FLOOR PLAN

The team had no interest in compartmentalized living or a cut-up interior. “From the start, this house was designed with … every space flowing into the next,” Hasey says. An open floor plan not only promotes flexibility in living and entertaining, but it also allows natural light and outdoor views to flow unfettered from space to space. This waterside home boasts retractable glass doors and floor-to-ceiling windows that brighten its open interior and seamlessly unite it to the pool and patio areas outside.

2 ] CEILING DETAIL

Foregoing traditional coffers and crown molding, this lofty modern interior employs changing overhead levels and distinct treatments that take ceiling design to new heights. In the main dining area, a faux-painted tray ceiling accentuates the space from above and provides a dramatic backdrop for the globe-themed light fixture suspended over the table. Sky-high ceilings elevate the grandeur of the two-story great room while lowered ceilings make private areas including the bedroom suites more intimate. “Ceilings help define the architecture,” Nguyen explains.

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3 ] GLASS

To accentuate the home’s modern style and open, light-filled spaces, the team used glass throughout, including for the transparent staircases and railings. Glass also encloses the see-through wine room, defines striking light fixtures and visually opens the interior to the outdoor living areas with broad windows and retractable glass doors. “Quite simply, glass reinforces the idea of open living,” Duval says.

4 ] NEUTRAL COLOR PALETTE

“We used a great deal of restraint with the palette, inserting occasional bursts of color and a few hits of pattern,” Duval explains. He chose a serene pale gray for the main living area walls and then introduced subtle variations of the hue throughout the home to foster continuity and harmony from space to space. He favored texture over pattern to create interest and visual depth. “It is simple and elegant,” he says.

5 ] OUTDOOR LIVING

When it comes to style and amenities, outdoor spaces are on par with their indoor counterparts. “People want to live as comfortably outdoors as they do inside the home,” Hasey explains. Here, retractable glass walls open to a summer kitchen, a sunken fire pit, an infinityedge spa and sparkling pool, and a sprawling patio perfect for entertaining. “More and more, we are seeing dedicated outdoor living areas rather than just the obligatory pool and patio,” Duval says. “And we are being asked to coordinate their design with interior spaces to create continuity indoors and out.”

5 “You need surprise moments that make each room an experience.” ~ Michael Duval

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Wood is a natural at adding warmth and organic beauty that counterbalances a modern home’s hard lines and surfaces. Here, dark plank flooring fosters a contemporary vibe and anchors the interior’s lighter, sophisticated palette. “Wood flooring is enjoying a renaissance,” Duval says. Explaining that not so long ago stone floors ruled in modern Florida homes, he contends that wood’s durability, reliability and dynamic finishes have advanced so much that homeowners now covet the material. Wood also works its magic on the towering, asymmetrically clad fireplace, as a piece of Cyprus sculpture topping the dining table, and on furnishings and accents throughout.

7 ] AIRY OPEN SHELVING

When you want to foster open living spaces, the last thing you need is a plethora of cabinets with doors. For this reason, the team suspended open shelves in key locations to create airiness and eye-catching display space. In the kitchen, floating stainless-steel shelves front a feature wall of glass tile; in the cozy family room, Hasey used them to frame an art wall and run the length of a nearby side wall. They perform as architectural elements, not storage space. “Open shelves aren’t for everybody,” Duval says. “They require discipline about what goes on them, and they must be kept clean and organized.”

7 “This house was designed with an open floor plan with every space flowing into the next.” ~ Bill Hasey

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8 ] SURPRISES

Unexpected versions of familiar features make an interior feel fresh and modern. “You need surprise moments that make each room an experience,” Duval says. A cluster of five orb fixtures serves as the dining room’s chandelier, a bronze-finish screen performs as a foyer wall, a sunken fire pit punctuates the patio, and glass walls enclose a see-through wine room. “A sanctuary should be calming and consistent, but without key moments like these, it can become boring,” he adds.

CREDITS Developer: Bill Hasey, Bloomfield Construction, Boca Raton Architect: Huy Nguyen, Affiniti Architects, Boca Raton Designer: Michael Duval, Marc-Michaels Interior Design, Boca Raton Interior detailing: Molly Walker, Marc-Michaels Interior Design, Boca Raton

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9 9 ] OPEN CONCEPT KITCHEN

Sure, the kitchen used to be an out-of-the-way workspace, but that was so long ago. Today’s favored approach opens the space to the rest of the home and equips it with as much comfort and personalized, high-style features as any other room. To make this home’s storage-rich chef’s kitchen flow seamlessly into the adjoining family room, the team integrated appliances into white lacquered cabinetry and topped the island with light Carrara marble. Both meld into the interior’s palette of light-hued, luxe materials and promote the kitchen’s status as an elegant living room. Jewelry-like pendants and a glass-tiled focal wall further the effect.

10 ] LUXE METALLICS

Stainless steel, nickel and chrome always will have a place in a modern home, but these days warmer metals like gold, bronze and copper also are enjoying a moment to shine. “They are cozy and intimate rather than cold and institutional,” Duval says. And in this interior, they shimmer everywhere. Bronze frames the glass stair rails and finishes the screen separating the entry and dining areas. Gold gleams on orb chandeliers hanging in the dining room, and it enriches living room lamps staged on a hammered bronze table. “Metals are timeless,” Duval notes. “That’s why we love them.”

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The Ag Reserve Issue THE COUNTY COMMISSION NEEDS TO UPHOLD THE VOTERS’ WILL—AND SAVE PALM BEACH COUNTY’S FARMLAND.

he future of a place that makes Palm Beach County special is at risk. Sure, we have Bentleys, Botox and bling, but so does the rest of South Florida. Our unique feature is a 69-year-old coastal farm belt called the Agricultural Reserve Area—about 22,000 acres west of Florida’s Turnpike between Clint Moore Road and Lantana Road. For decades, the warm waters of the Gulf Stream that flow close to the shore have protected the reserve from freezes. It supplies not just this area but the entire East Coast with winter vegetables—beans, peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, eggplant and many more crops. The estimated economic impact to the county is $280 million. This being South Florida, however, development spreading west from the coast and north from Broward County began to encircle and penetrate the reserve not long after it was designated for protection in 1980. The western fields where my wife and I took our

children strawberry-picking in the late 1980s are long gone. So in March 1999, the reserve also got protection from the public. Voters approved a $150 million land-buying program with the intent of keeping as much agriculture as possible in the reserve. The margin was roughly 2-to-1. A landslide. But nearing the 17th anniversary of that decisive vote, advocates worry that the Palm Beach County Commission has allowed yet another set of small changes that could undercut what the public wanted. The changes will loosen development rules and make it more lucrative for small landowners—especially nursery owners, who have complained the most—to sell their property for development. Because the commission has regularly allowed what wasn’t supposed to be allowed, the public might think that the plan is failing. In fact, the plan has been “largely successful,” says Lisa Interlandi, senior staff counsel for the Everglades Law Center. Her organization participated in the successful legal challenge BOCAMAG.COM follow the leader

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city watch to building Scripps Florida on a former citrus grove, where it would have led to more sprawl development. Instead, Scripps is on the Jupiter campus of Florida Atlantic University. As Interlandi points out, the plan focused on preserving large-scale operations like Bedner’s, Pero and Whitworth; think of them as the reserve’s anchor tenants. Such large tracts are the most attractive to developers. Keep them off-limits, and you discourage development. With the bond money, the county bought 2,500 acres. Unfortunately, the plan came after land prices had begun to rise. Former county commissioner Karen Marcus, the board’s strongest conservationist, recalled that the county was competing for land with GL Homes, the main builder in and around the reserve. GL, Marcus said, outbid the county on one large, key parcel. Realistically, though, the plan always assumed a certain amount of development, residential and commercial. “To get land for preservation,” Interlandi says, “the county had to allow land for development.” For every 40 acres of development, 60 acres had to be pre-

served. The county intended those preserve areas to be large and contiguous, not small and scattered—for maximum effect. Develop-

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ment was supposed to coexist with farming. Had the commission done mostly nothing since 1999, the threat to the Agricultural Reserve Area might be minimal. Instead, the

commission allowed a hospital—Bethesda West—and a garbage transfer station. Neither is related to agriculture. A year ago, the commission approved a land swap that allowed GL Homes to put 600 houses on land that had been set aside for farming. The South Florida Water Management used a loophole to sell development rights on land it bought for preservation. Make enough changes, and the reserve will tip away from fields and toward rooftops. So the future of the reserve depends on which reserve someone wants to talk about. Is it the reserve of Bedner’s Family Farm west of Boynton Beach that area foodies love? Or is it the reserve of Delray Marketplace at Lyons Road and West Atlantic Avenue, where Frank Theatres CineBowl & Grille is easy to reach from far beyond the reserve, thanks to a nearby Turnpike interchange? In developing a master plan for the reserve, county staffers envisioned both. Delray Marketplace is one of two so-called “traditional marketplaces” the plan allowed. The other is Canyon Town Center at Boynton Beach Boulevard and Lyons Road. Planners wanted to

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MORE CITY WATCH allow only enough commercial development to serve those living in the reserve, minimizing pressure on the farmers. Planners, though, could not have anticipated the regional appeal of Delray Marketplace. With its success, the push is now on for more commercial uses. Steven Abrams represents Boca Raton and Delray Beach on the county commission. He spent almost 20 years as a Boca mayor and city council member. He supported the recent changes as potentially helpful, given what he sees as the attitude of newer homeowners. Abrams told me about a friend who moved from Boca to the reserve. The man called Abrams to ask, “Where’s Moe’s (Southwest Grille)? I told him, ‘You’re in the Ag Reserve.’ He had no idea.” Though Abrams says he thinks the county can preserve farming—the commission is seeking state money to buy more land—he predicts that residents in all the reserve’s “little Woodfield Country Clubs” will demand more suburban amenities. If that happens, those residents will be less inclined to tolerate the

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Randy Schultz, former editorial page editor at the Palm Beach Post and a Boca resident, reports on city, county and statewide issues twice a week at bocamag.com. Catch his popular “City Watch” blog every Tuesday and Thursday for the latest buzz about Boca and beyond.

noise and smells that go with farming. Abrams compares the reserve to Boca Raton’s Mizner Park. “Everybody thought in 1999 that we were buying the whole reserve. We weren’t. Everyone thought that Mizner Park was going to be an arts park. It isn’t. The (agricultural reserve) issue has been distorted.” Having written about this issue for decades, I disagree with Abrams’ recollection. Backers of the 1999 referendum did not oversell the plan. The county created a sound strategy. As of last fall, development options had become very limited. “We were near the end,” Interlandi says. With the latest changes, though, the county commission has allowed overtime. Ahead could be more drastic changes. Marcus says GL Homes may offer to swap development rights to a 5,000-acre property near Loxahatchee for the right to build one of the largest

undeveloped tracts in the reserve. If that goes through, suburbia may win, and the commission will owe taxpayers a $100 million refund. The first line of defense for the Agricultural Reserve Area is the Turnpike. The second is Lyons Road. The third and last is State Road 7. Abrams says the commission is “doing our darndest to hold the line at State Road 7.” Yet there is talk that landowners beyond even the last line of defense plan to ask for changes. Rather than continually retreat, a better strategy would be for the county to promote the reserve and the farming in it. Bedner’s draws so many visitors that it has become a small farming theme park. Encourage smaller, niche operators like Heritage Hen Farm west of Delray Beach. Tout all the farm-to-table restaurants the reserve supplies. In other words, treat the reserve like the special place it is. Or we will lose it.

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Give Dance a Chance As Brann knows from firsthand experience, the professionals at Fred Astaire Dance Studios in Boca don’t expect everyone who walks through their doors to have Travolta-like moves. “There’s nothing to be nervous about for [someone new to dancing],” he says. “We can get every person dancing to the best of their ability.” To learn more about the lessons offered at Fred Astaire, call 561/391-8591 or visit bocadance.com.

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Sayra Vazquez & James Brann TWO OF FRED ASTAIRE STUDIOS’ FINEST TAKE A HIGH-FLYING APPROACH TO COMPETITIVE DANCING.

s competitive dance partnerships go, Sayra Vazquez and James Brann may have fallen flat during their first incarnation, but at least they did so in unforgettable fashion. Both were instructors at the Boca-based Fred Astaire Dance Studios in 2009 when Brann suggested that the two begin practicing a Lindy-style swing routine—the kind of acrobatic dancing on which Vazquez, a former gymnast, thrived. The pair wasted no time diving into the deep end, working on the belt flip—a potential-concussion-waiting-to-happen that involves successive back flips through the legs, with one partner using the other’s belt to propel. When executed properly, the movement recalls a human Slinky. When not … “We had instructors spotting us, and [it seemed] we finally figured it out,” Brann says. “So Sayra gets super excited and suggests we try it again. This time, she face-planted right into the floor. “She was out of work for three weeks.” Since reuniting at the Boca Fred Astaire in 2012—Brann spent three years at the Boynton Beach studio—the two have done more than just save face. Among dancers in the theater arts division, which requires at least five lifts during a program, Vazquez and Brann walk the high wire like no other duo, bringing grace and physicality to a routine that took the better part of a year to perfect. In the subjective world of competitive dancing, their daredevil performances consistently wow judges at contests throughout the country that attract the best of the best. Last year, Vazquez and Brann won major theater arts/cabaret dance competitions in Asheville, N.C. and St. Augustine—the latter of which included a field that featured the reigning world champions. “We take a lot of risks in the tricks that we do,” says the Puerto Ricanborn Vazquez, 36, a graduate of Florida Atlantic University. “We wanted to bring something different to the table. If you’ve seen other performers in the theater arts, it’s typically the same kind of lifts—a lot of over-thehead maneuvers, very balletic. I’m not a ballerina; I’m a gymnast. So we wanted to bring that kind of athleticism to our dancing.” For Vazquez, competing at such a high level is nothing new. She fell in love with swing after seeing the Gap khakis commercial in the late 1990s

that helped to jump-start a wave of renewed interest in the dance style. She quickly rose through the competitive ranks, and in 2001, she and her then-partner claimed the world swing title. Though she earned her FAU degree in marketing and management, “after graduating, I didn’t want to do anything that [didn’t involve dance].” In 2009, she moved from a dance studio in Delray to the Fred Astaire in Boca run by Pam and Jean-Marc Casanave; today, she’s the studio manager. The Casanaves were equally instrumental in Brann’s career arc, with one major exception—the South Florida native had no background in dance. When Jean-Marc first spotted Brann, he was parking cars at the Casanaves’ condo property, the latest in a string of odd jobs that included landscaping and telemarketing. One day in 2008, Brann walked into Fred Astaire after picking up some food at Royal Palm Place, just to say hello to Jean-Marc. “He showed me around the studio and said, ‘I know you don’t like parking cars. Why don’t you come work for me?’” says Brann, 28. “The Casanaves love finding people with a blank dancing slate—and building them up from nothing. At the time, I figured, if nothing else, I’d learn how to dance. “Now, I can’t see myself doing anything else.” The Casanaves do more than just employ their dynamic duo; the studio has been known to bring in world-class instructors to work with its competitive dancers. But Vazquez and Brann, who have been a couple off the dance floor for the past two years, also put in serious time, practicing five days a week and working with a personal trainer on the side to enhance their strength and durability. One thing is for certain: Competitive dancing isn’t about the money. Top prizes typically pay anywhere from $500 to $1,100; even after winning competitions, Vazquez and Brann often break even after traveling expenses. “The hope is to make a name for ourselves,” Vazquez says. “Being seen at a competition might lead to being a hired performer at another competition, which pays more. It’s all about being seen.” “I still wake up some mornings going, ‘What am I doing? How did I get to this point?” Brann says. “But I have to say, I do love it.”

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“At the time, I figured, if nothing else, I’d learn how to dance. Now, I can’t see myself doing anything else.”

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Steven Lewis

A MED SCHOOL PROFESSOR AT FAU PREACHES THE POWER OF POSITIVITY AFTER HIS OWN MIRACLE RECOVERY.

n the cement building across from FAU Stadium, it’s not uncommon to see students at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine sitting in the hallway between classes, their noses buried in oversized textbooks. Once inside the classroom, thanks to teachers like visiting professor Steven Lewis, the aspiring physicians will learn how to save future patients. Patients just like Steven Lewis. Born in Brooklyn and reared in a workingclass family, Lewis graduated from Stanford University with a Ph.D. in physiology; he went on to earn post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Copenhagen. He specialized in physical performance in health and disease, with both his research and love of fitness keeping him active and healthy. In 2007, he and his wife of almost 40 years, Karen, were set to spend a weekend at their country home outside Boston. They were collectively exhaling; their daughter, Mindy, was thriving in New York, and their son, Ryan, had

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recently returned home safe after serving tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. But during their car ride to the country, Lewis literally turned yellow. A trip to the hospital and a laundry list of tests later, he found out why: Lewis had pancreatic cancer, the same disease that took his mother decades earlier. Over the past four decades, pancreatic cancer is the only cancer to remain stagnant in its survival rate; the mortality rate—94 percent of patients will die within five years of diagnosis; 74 percent die within the first year, according to the American Cancer Society—is the highest among all cancers. As grim as his prospects were, Lewis was determined to beat the disease. Thanks, he believes, to his devotion to positive thinking, as well as consistent exercise and eating well, Lewis survived radiation, chemotherapy and Whipple surgery, a complex procedure that removes part of the pancreas and stomach, the bile duct and the gallbladder. Three years later, just when it seemed he was out of the woods, the cancer returned, metastasizing in his liver. The survival rate of patients suffering from the same diagnosis at the Harvard teaching hospital where Lewis received treatment was zero. Still, he refused to agree to palliative care. His determination in the face of yet another blow, he says, is what kept him alive. “Being positive enables you to have emotional control, to make the right choices under

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Steven and Karen, both New York natives, have called Texas, Boston, California, Europe and the Caribbean their home. Today, both agree that Boca Raton is their favorite address. “South Florida is the best place we’ve been,” says Lewis, who notes that an ideal location in Boca Grove and proximity to many local fellow New Yorkers adds to their enjoyment. “It’s great!”

stress, to deal with the complexities of the health-care system,” Lewis says. He pushed for and eventually won his argument to receive a PET scan and a life-saving liver surgery. Lewis knows that his recovery not once but twice from pancreatic cancer is nothing short of a miracle. “It’s very rare to survive this,” he says. “There are no statistics kept.” Now 67, Lewis hits the gym for more than an hour four times a week and enjoys an active social life with Karen. “It’s a miracle that I’ve gotten to this point,” he says. “I enjoy each day.” In addition to teaching at FAU (he specializes in clinical biomedical science), Lewis devotes much of his time to sharing his story and encouraging others to see the benefits of positive thinking. His recently published book The Ripple Effect: How a Positive Attitude and a Caring Community Helped Save My Life details his journey with cancer and offers examples of how an optimistic outlook aided his recovery. Lewis has continued to share his message of living a healthy and positive life through radio and print interviews, as well as motivational speaking engagements. Because he benefited emotionally from the support of CaringBridge.org during his cancer battle, Lewis also remains active online, interacting with others through the Facebook groups he belongs to for cancer and Whipple surgery survivors. “It’s special to be able to share these kinds of things with people,” says Lewis, who realized only after becoming a cancer patient that many of his friends and acquaintances were silently going through similar battles. “It gives you the perspective that none of us is a victim.” Five years removed from his cancer journey—and showing no side effects from the treatments—Lewis continues to put his positive thinking into practice every day. “You don’t have control over the events that swirl around you, but what you do have control over is your emotional reaction,” he says. “In terms of my outlook, after you’ve been through what I’ve been through, every day is marvelous.”

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t first glance, Boca-based Unicorn Village Academy seems like your typical high school. Classrooms are filled with rows of desks, lockers line the halls, and painted murals cover the walls. But a closer look reveals plastic chairs specially designed for students who need to rock back and forth. An on-site washer and dryer is used to teach home-life skills. A room with bean-bag chairs and soft carpet serves as a place to decompress when the day becomes overwhelming. It’s the kind of setting where some 37 students, ages 13 to 22, can focus on their abilities and not their disabilities. “We’re all wired differently; different doesn’t necessarily mean bad,” says Sharon Alexander, executive director and director of programs at Unicorn Children’s Foundation, the organization that launched the academy three years ago. “What we need to do is find the strengths and interests—those unique abilities that are sometimes hidden—and cultivate those.” Though the academy is on the cutting edge in terms of its intent and programming, the 22 unique diagnoses represented among the student body are hardly out of the ordinary; one in six children today are diagnosed with special needs. To that end, Alexander has seen the biggest strides made in societal acceptance during her 20 years as a child-development specialist.

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“We’re no longer going to lock these kids up in the portable at the back of the school or some isolated group home,” she says. “We have to figure out a way to integrate these people into our community.” Since joining the foundation in 2006, Alexander has faced her own challenges—including being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and battling breast cancer. She’s an open book about her health issues (work kept her sane through her treatments, Alexander says),

About the Foundation

The Unicorn Children’s Foundation, launched in 1994 by Mark Rosenbloom, has been tireless in its work on behalf of children and young adults (and their families) dealing with developmental, communication and learning disorders. At the Unicorn Village Academy (unicornvillageacademy. com), students can develop social and self-care skills, learn how to manage their money, explore career paths and much more. When academy student Thomas Gomez graduated, he had three full-time job offers waiting for him. Not only is he now a peer mentor for Unicorn students training at the Walgreens in which he works, Gomez was recently named the store’s employee of the month.

and she’s equally candid about her now-adult son, Matthew, who was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) at a young age. Even with her background in childhood development, Alexander didn’t see the signs in her own son, acknowledging that it can be extremely difficult for parents to know how and when to look for signals. The Academy wasn’t around when Sharon’s son was younger, but she believes he would have benefited from it. “If we could have gotten him on a more specialized track earlier in high school, I know we would have avoided a lot of arguments and a lot of frustration on both our parts,” Alexander says. “We’re so conditioned that you have to go to college, you have to finish high school and have good grades.” Her son struggled with the traditional academic setting; ADHD students have trouble staying focused and organized. After a semester of college, the aspiring fashion designer decided that school wasn’t for him; he moved to New York City to explore his passion. Today, he’s flourishing in the world of fashion—he even landed a guest spot on “The Real Housewives of New York.” “We need to be sensitive to the fact that everybody’s got their own path in life,” Alexander says. “[At the Unicorn Academy, we give students a chance to] find that path and provide the support to help carry them along.”

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Actress Goldie Hawn is pouring every bit of herself into the role of a lifetime—bringing a sense of calm and mindfulness to children dealing with 21st-century stresses. By Kevin Kaminski

Time and again over the course of her five-decade career in show business, Goldie Hawn has reminded us that there is plenty of substance to go with her blonde-haired, blue-eyed comedic charms. Back when she was all bikini and body paint amid the format-bending anarchy of TV’s “Laugh-In,” Hawn managed to blow critics away with an Oscar-winning turn (for Best Supporting Actress) in the 1969 movie “Cactus Flower.” In the 1980s, as her irresistibly endearing on-screen persona soared thanks to lead roles in movies like “Private Benjamin” (for which she earned an Academy Award nomination as Best Actress), she demonstrated serious business chops behind the scenes as executive producer. Today, given that she hasn’t appeared on the big screen since “The Banger Sisters” in 2002, it would be easy to assume that Hawn is enjoying the fruits of her nearly 50 years in Hollywood. But the truth is that, at age 69, she’s as busy as ever—and doing the most important work of her career. The mother of three (two sons and a daughter, actress Kate Hudson) launched The Hawn Foundation in 2005 in an effort to give children the social and emotional skills necessary to “navigate the challenges of the contemporary world.” The foundation’s emphasis on empathy, optimism and self-regulated behavior includes a signature initiative—the MindUP program—which, to date, has reached more than 500,000 students in countries around the world. On the eve of her special appearance as emcee of the 54th annual Boca Raton Regional Hospital Ball, Hawn spoke to Boca Raton about the work that her foundation is doing, social media and bra burning—and much more.

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It’s one thing to attach your celebrity to a charity and quite another to invest in an initiative as ambitious as the Hawn Foundation. What set the wheels of the foundation in motion? When you see what kids are experiencing in schools, the future doesn’t look good. Children are experiencing so much stress and pressure, more things than we ever imagined—bullying, depression, suicide. Way, way too many negative emotions are going on, and children can’t learn that way. They can’t learn when their brains are on fire.

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After studying this over many years, I put together a program called MindUP, which teaches children about neuroscience and about their brains. Three times a day, it gives them a brain break so that they can rest their minds; students are able to calm down, thus they’re much more ready for learning. [Along the way], they understand the neurological correlate to what happens when they do calm down. We help them with self-awareness, awareness of others and recognizing their own stress so they’re able to mitigate the negative outcome of what stress does. We’ve put them, in a sense, in the driver’s seat. Children feel out of control; through our program, they have control over their own brains. We also do aspects of social and emotional positive psychology, which is [allowing] them to have more empathy and understanding of other people. This [leads to] more acts of kindness in the classroom and more optimism. The program ... gives them the opportunity to know, after learning about their brains, that they can accomplish much more than they thought they could by handling their own emotional constructs. Children are testing better, teachers are managing their classrooms better—it’s just a win-win for everyone.

At what point in your life did self-discovery lead to an interest in neuroscience, positive psychology and some of the other elements that distinguish your foundation’s work? As a 21-year-old, I was going into a world that I didn’t know. I was a dancer, and suddenly I was picked out of a chorus line and put into a TV show [before “Laugh-In”], and it was all great. But the brain is changing in your early 20s, and I was feeling great anxiety. So I went to a psychologist and tried to learn a bit more about my own emotional construct. The process of excavating my own brain was one of the most fascinating things I’ve ever done. Later, I started taking meditation classes because I wanted to learn about it; it was the ’70s. I remember the incredible peace I had when I meditated; so I kept that up. As time went by, so much research was being done on the brain. I’m fascinated with human

behavior and the causes for happiness, so I started studying neuroscience and how the brain changes when you quiet your mind, how it helps to grow and strengthen the brain—and how that can mitigate some of the aggression and pain and sadness that steals our ability to think. I studied this. I went to conferences. I talked [to experts]. After 9-11, our world changed forever. There was so much hate and anger and fear. And I thought, we need to start putting these [mindful] ideas in the classroom—not just in college, but with our little kids, to give them the tools early. So I put the program together with neuroscientists and psychologists and teachers.

You recently spoke out about the pressures of all-or-nothing standardized testing in schools. “Teaching to the test” is an issue in Florida. Why do you feel this is detrimental for students? Children learn differently. Some children don’t test well. They get nervous. They don’t all retain information the same way. So when you look at a test score and say, “This is who you are; you’re a number—and that number isn’t that good,” it leads to low self-esteem. There’s a hopelessness and a fear that goes with that—and that changes the way children view themselves. Ultimately, it can stop the creative process. I know kids who didn’t do well in school who are running companies today. You can’t measure a child’s ability entirely off a test. And you can’t medicate them left and right because they look out the window or because they’re dreamers or because they’re disruptive. Disruption is what creates new ideas; you can’t always say it’s bad. [Standardized] testing, I think, is very, very dangerous. Numbers don’t give you anything. I was a mediocre student. I didn’t do well. I didn’t have good reading retention—my mom sent me someplace to

The global nature of this initiative is especially impressive. Was that the goal all along, or has that come as a surprise? My dream was global. I felt that it was a way to create more mindful leaders in this world. ... If I had the resources to do so, we would be all over the world. We can’t manage that because the demand is greater than the supply. But we have gone into Serbia and the UK and Canada and Australia and some parts of South America. It’s depressing in one way, because our children are in need— and people around the world are seeing this. On the other hand, it’s thrilling because we have a prescription for them.

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Above and opposite page: Hawn visits classrooms that have implemented her foundation’s MindUP program.

“You can’t measure a child’s ability entirely off a test. And you can’t medicate them left and right because they’re dreamers.” improve that retention, and I was worse when I came out. Today, I remember everything I read. My parents, by the way, never made me feel bad because I brought home a C. I didn’t have that pressure. Today, we put pressure on our children that’s so damaging. For them, it’s like why try? They give up early in life. We have to inspire them; we need to show them, early on, that ... each fingerprint is different. We each have something special about ourselves. So what if you’re not good in math? Children cannot be [boiled down] to a number.

Can you imagine breaking as big as you did during the “Laugh-In” era—and then having to deal with today’s social media scrutiny on top of finding your way in Hollywood? Social media is changing our brains, our perspectives and our lives. There is an illusionary aspect to it, and I think it’s creating a lot of narcissism, which is very dangerous. ... In order to look at social media, you really have to separate yourself from it—and not be intrinsically entangled inside of what other people might be saying or doing. Or putting yourself next to someone and thinking, “Oh they have more than I do,” or “They’re prettier than I am.” You end up following somebody [on social media] who is absolutely the worst person to follow because they have no ethics. Back in the day of “Laugh-In,” women were burning their bras. Women’s lib was the big thing. I had a woman interview me, and she asked, “Don’t you feel bad that you’re the dumb blonde and you’re not really standing up for women?” I looked at her in a quizzical way and said, “I don’t understand the question. Liberation comes from the inside. And I am liberated. I’m working. I’m lucky to be doing something I love. I’m married. I am a woman. And I like who I am. I don’t have to burn a bra to declare my own sense of liberation.” That was at 23. How would I deal with [that kind of scrutiny on social media] today? Probably the same way. ... It’s one person’s opinion, that’s how I looked at it then.

You’ve talked in the past about how you and your co-stars took pay cuts just to get “First Wives Club” made and how “the fear of women’s movies is embedded in the culture.” Why is that still the case when there is ample evidence to suggest otherwise? We’re moving in the right direction. But I also know that it’s still very hard. [Women’s] movies are not always easy to get made. I’m not saying that they’re not being made. We’re in a good time now with people like Reese Witherspoon creating her own projects, projects about women. But there are ebbs and flows. In the 1970s and ’80s, lots of women’s movies were coming out. Julia Roberts hit the scene; there were a bunch of us who were carrying movies. And then, suddenly, nothing. So it’s cyclical. Today, women are on boards of companies. We’re CEOs. But there’s still a ceiling, and it’s never been easy. Women are still not being paid for doing the same jobs as men. We’re still trying to get maternity leave for women. We’re looking for better health care for women. I’m not angry, I’m not waving the flag. I just know how it is.

WHAT: 54th Annual Boca Raton Regional Hospital Ball WHEN: Jan. 23 WHERE: Boca Raton Resort & Club WHAT: Goldie Hawn comes to Boca to emcee one of the biggest events of our social season, which, this year, benefits the new Gloria Drummond Physical Rehabilitation Institute (scheduled to open in 2016). The black-tie affair, which starts at 6:30 p.m., includes dinner, dancing and an auction, courtesy of Neiman Marcus. SPONSORSHIPS/TICKETS: VIP sponsorships, which include preferred seating and time with Hawn, range from $25,000 to $100,000; other sponsorships go from $1,200 to $15,000; individual tickets are $400. CONTACT: 561/955-4142 or e-mail kread@brrh.com

Do you feel we could use some female perspective on the bigpicture challenges in the world? I do. … I’ve been watching the presidential debates, and I hear [the men] talking with singleminded focus on single-pointed items. Then I listen to Hillary [Clinton], and I hear her talking about the bigger picture. I like someone who talks about the bigger picture. It’s like a balloon that you blow up, and you discover it has a leak; you bond that leak, and then another leak happens. You have to look at the entire balloon, the entire picture, to be able to know where the problems are going to [arise]. Women have a wonderful ability to have a great overview on issues. Often, men are a little bit more reactive. By the way, we need both; men and women can work so brilliantly together, as long as there are no ego issues and power plays. BOCAMAG.COM follow the leader

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The Tasty Twenty The depth of the local culinary scene has never been stronger—as evidenced by our food editor’s list of the 20 restaurants that, right now, set the fine-dining standard in and around Boca.

By Bill Citara

his used to be easy. In the bad old days, which really weren’t all that long ago, picking the best restaurants in Boca Raton and Delray Beach was a snap. That’s because there were only a handful of restaurants that legitimately deserved to be called the “best” of anything. In the good new days, which is to say right now, there are so many quality restaurants that choosing the inaugural “Tasty Twenty” is damn hard work. It comes down to getting really picky about nits, the fine points of food, service, decor and that difficult-to-pin-down magic that happens when all the elements of a restaurant meal come together to create an experience that’s somehow greater than the sum of its parts. These 20 restaurants (including one Boynton Beach spot) are the ones that have created that experience for me. That’s not to say there aren’t 10 or 20 or 30 more great restaurants out there, but in this snapshot in this time, these 20 deserve all the plaudits we can lay on them.

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BACKSTORY: It was already famous in Palm Beach Gardens for excellent Ital-

ian—but when it opened in Delray, locating to the Dead Restaurant location once home to Hoot Toot & Whistle, among others, the legend of restaurateur John Rosatti spread and spawned another hit, The Office, just across the street. WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: If all Vic’s served was “John’s Mom’s Giant Meatball,” that would be enough, but the Sunday gravy is also a signature favorite, as are the pizzas, veal and chicken specialties, fresh fish dishes, risotto and garlic bread— not to mention, arguably, the best outdoor bar in downtown Delray. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Frutti di mare risotto (lobster, clams, mussels and more) CONTACT: 290 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach 561/278-9570

El Camino by Miami artist Ruben Ubiera, El Camino makes a statement before you even walk through its doors. Its menu makes a statement too: that Mexican cuisine is more than the cheap filler suitable mainly for soaking up tequila that defines the genre at too many faux-Mexican establishments. In fact, when ingredients, preparation and presentation are given the same care and attention typical of higher-end French or Italian restaurants, the results can be revelatory. El Camino ensures that you won’t look at Mexican cuisine the same way again. WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: It’s food that’s, by turn, authentic, inventive, sexy and comforting—all the diverse pleasures of the Mexican table. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Squash blossom quesadillas with herbed mushrooms, Oaxaca cheese and blue corn tortillas CONTACT: 15 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach, 561/865-5350

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The Grove BACKSTORY: The most exciting restaurants in any city are almost always the small, unpretentious places driven by the market, the season, and a chef-owner’s burning passion and unique culinary vision. That pretty much sums up The Grove. Partners Paul Strike and Michael Haycook have created a restaurant whose calm, soothing, almost Zenlike simplicity allows exec chef Haycook’s food to shine with clear, pure light. That he turns out food of such quality and creativity from a kitchen likely smaller than your broom closet makes it even more impressive. WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: The sophisticated chef- and ingredientdriven cuisine served here would be right at home in Napa Valley. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Octopus with olive-oil crushed potato, aioli and lemon CONTACT: 187 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach, 561/266-3750

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The Classics

BACKSTORY: Arturo Gismondi reprises one

Chef Eric Baker at Max's Harvest

Restaurants come and go in Boca, but these venerable establishments continue to show the newbies how it’s done. Roasted rack of lamb

porary flair; La Nouvelle Maison does it all, with style to spare. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Hudson Valley foie gras with caramelized plum and crumbled marcona almonds CONTACT: 455 E. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton, 561/338-3003

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BACKSTORY: Dennis Max has been ahead of the culinary

curve since he and partner Burt Rapoport opened their first restaurant in Miami in 1979. Ups and downs worthy of a Netflix original series followed, but Max’s passion to bring South Florida the fresh, local, seasonal cookery he first experienced in California never faltered. Now the market has caught up to him, and Max’s Harvest makes full use of its bounty. The menu features the products of local farmers, ranchers, fishermen and artisans in dishes that allow their best qualities to shine through. WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: Celebrating the best of the season and region, this stylishly rustic restaurant puts its money where its “farm-to-fork” mouth is. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Florida Wagyu hanger steak with black garlic, summer truffles and marrow butter CONTACT: 169 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach, 561/381-9970

Max's Grille BACKSTORY: If there’s a single restaurant that reflects both the Boca vibe and desires of Boca diners, it has to be this modern American bistro, which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary in Mizner Park. The look is classic and timeless, from the always-packed bar to the cozy dining rooms under barrel and coffered ceilings to the spacious outdoor patio. Executive chef Patrick Broadhead’s menu is classic and timeless too. No need to reinvent the culinary wheel, just turn out hundreds of finely conceived and executed dishes to Boca’s hungry hordes. WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: One of a handful of iconic restaurants in our county, Max’s Grille actually has gained a step in its two-plus decades. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Crème brûlée pie CONTACT: 404 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, 561/368-0080

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of Boca’s most storied “maisons,” La Vieille Maison, with this elegant, contemporary French restaurant that serves the kind of sophisticated haute cuisine that’s becoming more and more rare in a world of gastropubs and “fast casual” outlets. The white-glove pampering begins when the valet takes your car from under the porte cochère at the restaurant’s entrance and continues throughout your meal, meticulously prepared and presented by chef-partner Gregory Howell and supremely talented pastry chef Stephanie Steliga. For an evening, at least, you’re a member of the One Percent. WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: Few restaurants combine exquisite service and sumptuous haute cuisine in a posh setting with contem-

• KATHY’S GAZEBO CAFÉ: An ode to fine dining since its opening in 1981, this throwback to white-tablecloth service and delicious French/continental cuisine continues to stand the test of time. (4199 N. Federal Highway, 561/395-6033) • NEW YORK PRIME: In a highly competitive steak-house market, Prime remains the USDA hub of choice for many in Boca thanks to its supper-club ambience, impeccable table-side service, monstrous portions and stellar beef selections. (2350 Executive Center Drive, 561/998-3881) • UNCLE TAI’S: A Boca institution for three decades, this mainstay of the Shops at Boca Center continues to set the bar impossibly high when it comes to the art of Hunan-style cuisine and classic Chinese dishes. (5250 Town Center Circle, 561/368-8806)

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BACKSTORY: In an increasingly casual Tshirts and flip-flops world—especially here in South Florida—Arturo’s Old World courtliness and measured formality make the Gismondi family’s handsome Italian ristorante a calm and classy refuge. Touches like whole fish deboned tableside and everything from antipasti to pastry chef Elisa Gismondi-Tufano’s luscious, hand-made desserts served from carts rolled around the dining room are rarely seen in restaurants nowadays. Pastas and breads are made inhouse too, and the globe-trotting wine list virtually defines the term “encyclopedic.” Some things never go out of style. Elisa Gismondi-Tufano WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: Sometimes, it’s worth dressing up a little for dinner—especially when the evening includes classic Italian fare, outstanding wine selections and impeccable service; this is a restaurant for grown-ups. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Any of the Italian entrées are worth the price of admission, but do yourself a favor and try the tiramisu. CONTACT: 6750 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton, 561/997-7373

13 American Table BACKSTORY: With one acclaimed restaurant under his belt, Tucci’s, Albert Aletto decided to open another, a postage stamp-sized spot on a once-neglected stretch of Palmetto Park Road. In doing so, he made two very smart moves. One, he hired Anthony Fiorini, an alum of 32 East, as executive chef. Two, he installed a Josper oven in the kitchen. The Josper is a wood-fired grill/oven hybrid, and in Fiorini’s talented hands it lends its character to everything from chicken to fish to steak, all juicy and succulent and lightly kissed with smoke. WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: This modern American gastropub features food that’s as flavorful and finely crafted as the restaurant itself is unpretentious. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Roasted half-chicken with fried green tomatoes, wilted greens and bacon mustard vinaigrette. CONTACT: 451 E. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton, 561/409-2061

these parts are typically Italian with a side order of feta. Not Apeiro. At Burt Rapoport’s bright, airy west Delray restaurant, culinary influences from Spain, Morocco, Greece, the Middle East and, yes, Italy, all make their way onto the eclectic menu of chef David Blonsky, an alum of such high-profile Chicago spots as Tru and Siena Tavern. And Rapoport and Blonsky aren’t letting any arugula grow under their feet. Last year the duo opened a second Apeiro in midtown Miami, which may only be the harbinger of more to come. WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: Chef-partner Blonsky artfully infuses Mediterranean flavors into his dishes to create exciting new tastes. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Moroccan-spiced lamb ribs with rosemary-fig barbecue sauce and pistachio yogurt. CONTACT: 14917 Lyons Road, Delray Beach, 561/501-4443

32 East BACKSTORY: When 32 East opened in 1996 you could roll a bowling ball down Atlantic Avenue and not hit anyone except the occasional wandering pedestrian. Even then, the restaurant earned a reputation for pushing the local culinary envelope. But it was when Nick Morfogen—fresh from cooking with celebrated chefs like Daniel Boulud and Michael Chiarello—took over the kitchen two years later that the restaurant really went to the head of the South Florida culinary class. Morfogen is still in charge of the kitchen today, his creativity still boundless and 32 East’s food better than ever. WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: Morfogen is a master at combining different flavors and textures; in his hands even the simplest dish becomes culinary art. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Wood-fired figs wrapped in prosciutto with barbecue pecans, goat cheese and spiced gastrique. CONTACT: 32 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561/276-7868

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paccio, burrata and rapini were foreign to Boca diners who weren't raised in Milan. It’s a lot different today, and the Italian-born chef and restaurateur now has diners lining up for his signature blend of classic Italian dishes supplemented with his own modern Italian-inspired creations. Whether traditional or contemporary, however, Elia’s fare always reflects the highly evolved simplicity that lies at the soul of true Italian cookery. It’s that innate soulfulness that makes even the most basic pasta something truly special. WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: It’s a place to experience the look, feel and flavors of an authentic ristorante, courtesy of one of South Florida’s most skilled chefs. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Porcini mushroom risotto CONTACT: 171 E. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton, 561/996-1234

Racks Fish House & Oyster Bar BACKSTORY: It’s a puzzle that an area with

The shellfish platter at Racks

The cuts of meat are just as good as the Italian fare at Casa D'Angelo

Scuola Vecchia BACKSTORY: Neapolitans take their pies very seri-

ously. And this wickedly stylish downtown pizzeria does too. Adhering to the strict standards of the Associazione Pizzaiuoli Napoletani, the kitchen here uses only 00 Caputo flour in its dough, San Marzano tomatoes in its sauce and imported Italian curds in its house-made mozzarella, finishing its pizzas in a wood-fired oven imported from Italy that heats to a ferocious 1,000 degrees and can cook a pie in 90 seconds. The result is as close to a Neapolitan pizza as you can get outside of Naples. WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: Pizza here is so perfectly realized in every respect that even Neapolitans may travel to Delray for a slice. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Pizza margherita CONTACT: 522 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561/865-5923

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such an abundance of fresh, locally caught fish and shellfish has such a paucity of really good seafood restaurants. Luckily, we have Gary Rack’s updated and gently upscale take on the classic American seafood shack. If it lives in the water, there’s a good chance executive chef Matthew Danaher has found a way to work it onto the menu, whether in such quintessentially American preparations as oyster stew or Lowcountry seafood boil or more eclectic offerings like conch ceviche or grilled octopus. WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: It’s the place for impeccably fresh seafood dishes inspired by regions from New England and the Carolinas to New Orleans and California. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Oyster stew CONTACT: 5 S.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach, 561/450-6718

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Buddha Sky Bar BACKSTORY: Think of Buddha Sky Bar as the minnow that swallowed the whale. When it opened four years ago, the tiny, wickedly stylish third-floor space with panoramic Delray views was little brother to the larger, grander Atlantic Ocean Club downstairs. The Club quickly flopped, as did a succession of other restaurants. But the Sky Bar’s mix of first-rate sushi, dim sum and Asian fusion dishes—washed down with mixological cocktails—got more and more popular until its menu ate up the ground floor spot too, which was rechristened Buddha Garden. Now, that’s a fish story. WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: In an area where quality Asian restaurants are notably lacking, this sleek fusion spot soars above the rest. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Vegetable fried rice CONTACT: 217 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561/450-7557

ing their first restaurant together, Brian Albe, Brandon Belluscio and Anthony Pizzo asked a simple question: Why does a steak house have to be a dark, ponderous space with the fusty ambience of a men’s club and the sex appeal of a DMV office? Not coming up with a good answer, they opened Cut 432. Now USDA Prime, corn-fed Truffled mac-nNebraska steaks are served in a sleek concheese at Cut 432 temporary setting with the rollicking energy of a South Beach nightclub. Along the way, its owners have answered their initial question: It doesn’t. WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: This new-fashioned steak house combines USDA Prime beef with modern style and a side order of Millennial chic. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Bone-in rib-eye CONTACT: 432 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561/272-9898

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Sushi Simon BACKSTORY: Hard-core sushiholics are a pretty picky lot, as well they should be, given the fragility and delicacy of the objects of their affection. And the first place those picky folks go to feed their raw fish jones is a narrow, cramped space in an unassuming shopping mall, where the fish is so fresh it practically swims onto your plate and the signature rolls are as fanciful and elaborate as they are plentiful. As good as those rolls are, pay attention to the specials, which set new standards of creativity and refinement. WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: This postage stamp-sized spot may be known for its rolls, but its exquisite sushi, sashimi and daily specials are unmatched in the area. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Sushi and sashimi CONTACT: 1614 S. Federal Highway, Boynton Beach, 561/731-1819

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trendier than Tramonti. There are restaurants that are sexier than Tramonti, with higherconcept design and more cutting-edge cuisine. But there are few restaurants better than Carpaccio di Manzo this purveyor of lusty, soulful Italian cookery that, over the years, has become a standout on brutally competitive Atlantic Avenue. The diverse menu travels up and down the Italian peninsula, from hearty Neapolitan-style braciole to spaghetti in cartoccio that’s typical of central Italy to delicate veal Milanese from the north. But wherever it takes you, it’s a journey well worth savoring. WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: An extensive menu here celebrates Italy’s glorious gastronomic diversity, from classic to contemporary. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Spiedini di mozzarella Romana CONTACT: 119 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561/272-1944

Twenty-Twenty Grille BACKSTORY: If you’ve ever walked down the sidewalk and stumbled over a $100 bill, you know the feeling of dining at Ron and Rhonda Weisheit’s impossibly tiny restaurant at Royal Palm Place. From first bite to last, you’ll scarcely be able to believe your good fortune, that a restaurant this ambitious and fully realized exists in your own backyard. The menu changes with the market and season, but what doesn’t change is food that’s as artful and inventive as it is deeply, soul-stirringly flavorful. Dining here is good fortune indeed. WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: The mix of creativity, contemporary flourishes and international classics is something you’d expect at a sophisticated restaurant in New York or Los Angeles, but the Grille is in a quaint little spot in Boca. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Tuna tartare with watermelon/cucumber kimchi, potato crisp and truffle avocado emulsion CONTACT: 141 Via Naranjas, Boca Raton, 561/990-7969

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Smoke BBQ BACKSTORY: Authentic bar-

becue—cooked low-n-slow, tender, succulent, lightly kissed with smoke—is as much art as science. And nowhere in South Florida is the artful science of fine ’cue as much on display as it is in this nouveau rustic joint in the heart of Delray’s restaurant row. Pit-master Bryan Tyrell turns out the kind of highly accomplished competition-style barbecue that won championships for his team of barbecue professionals in national cook-offs. Ribs, brisket, pork butt and chicken are the best you’ll find. Even the house-made potato chips are killer. WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: Locally speaking, you won’t find another spot with competition-style ‘cue that rivals the best of such barbecue destinations as Memphis, Austin and Kansas City. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Pork spareribs CONTACT: 8 E. Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach, 561/330-4236

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Trattoria Romana BACKSTORY: Let’s face it—Italian

The Sorana Sunrise is a popular cocktail at Trattoria Romana.

restaurants are as common as summer thunderstorms in South Florida. Italian restaurants of the caliber of this handsome, rustic-elegant spot … well, not so much. Now entering its third decade, Trattoria Romana has solidified its reputation as one of Boca’s premier fine-dining establishments, a place where local movers and shakers gather to dine on classic Italian dishes, prepared and served with scrupulous attention to detail and washed down with wines from an admirably deep and broad list. This is one Italian restaurant that will not rain on your parade. WHY IT’S ON THE LIST: This is one of Boca’s premier power dining spots, with Italian cuisine as we know and love it, done better than anywhere else. QUINTESSENTIAL DISH: Jumbo shrimp saltimbocca CONTACT: 499 E. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton, 561/393-6715

Staff Picks

The Boca Raton team weighs in with some of its favorite dishes in Boca and Delray.

PENNE BOLOGNESE at Trattoria Romana Who: Margaret Shuff, Publisher Why: “It’s a meaty, rich and hearty sauce full of carrots and onions cooked forever. Delicious!” Where: 499 E. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton, 561/393-6715 VEAL CANNELLONI IN A RICH BÉCHAMEL SAUCE at Arturo’s Who: John Shuff, “My Turn” author Why: “This is a simple yet delicious pasta dish that I order as an appetizer or main dish every time I’m there. It’s simply addictive.” Where: 6750 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton, 561/997-7373 STEAMED MUSSELS WITH BLEU CHEESE at J&J Seafood Bar & Grill Who: Marie Speed, Group Editor Why: “You sit at the bar and order these mussels swimming in a briny buttery sauce and sprinkled with bleu cheese. Then you dip with large chunks of homemade sourdough bread. There is no shame in this kind of good.” Where: 634 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561/272-3390

CRISPY BEEF at Kapow! Noodle Bar Who: Kevin Kaminski, Editor Why: “The combination of fried skirt steak tossed in a five-spice citrus glaze (and served with sticky rice) is perfect for someone like me—a carnivore with a sweet tooth.” Where: 431 Plaza Real, Mizner Park, Boca Raton, 561/347-7322 GRILLED SHRIMP at 13 American Table Who: Georgette Evans, Senior Advertising Account Manager Why: Calling the dish simply grilled shrimp—given that it comes with fried rice, pork belly, egg and scallion— doesn’t do it justice!” Where: 451 E. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton, 561/409-2061 WHITE CHOCOLATE BREAD PUDDING at Piñon Grill Who: Taryn Tacher, Web Editor Why: “It’s the best dessert I’ve ever tasted.” Where: 6000 Glades Road, #1390, Boca Raton, 561/391-7770 19TH STREET SHORT RIB TACOS at Farmer's Table Who: Lori Pierino, Art Director Why: “The grass-fed, barbecue-braised short ribs make for deadly good tacos." Where: 1901 N. Military Trail, Boca Raton, 561/417-5836

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Boca Raton asked five prominent South Florida stage couples to give us insights into the actorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. We then asked them to climb into authentic Broadway regalia from the Wick Theatre and Costume Museum and get into character. To this, all 10 replied: On with the show! By JOHN THOMASON Photography by GEORGE SCHIAVONE

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Antonio & Katherine Amadeo From “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” BEHIND THE COSTUMES: Katherine and Antonio Amadeo met in 2002 when both were cast in a production of “The Sound of Music” for Actors’ Playhouse, then an emerging company in Coral Gables. Antonio played, as he remembers it, “a random Nazi on the right.” But he certainly made an impression on Katherine, who played Liesl. “He lit up the room,” she recalls. “When he walked in, he took my breath away. Once I got to know him a little better, I realized he was the kindest, funniest and most talented human being I’ve ever met.” The Amadeos married in 2003, and they have enjoyed theatrical success together and apart. Antonio was a fixture at Florida Stage and Mosaic Theatre, earning a Carbonell nomination for his role as Joseph Merrick in “The Elephant Man” and portraying roles as varied as a wisecracking Afghan-American cabdriver (in “The Cha-Cha of a Camel Spider”) and a ’60s Czech revolutionary (in “Rock and Roll”). Katherine has continued to excel in musicals as well as straight plays, performing in “Cabaret” at Broward Stage Door and “The Lion in Winter” at Palm Beach Dramaworks, balancing her schedule around the couple’s two children. Both Amadeos receive their greatest creative satisfaction from The Naked Stage, the edgy company, now based in West Palm Beach, that they cofounded in 2008. Katherine has earned raves and award nominations for Naked Stage’s intimate reinterpretations of classics ranging from “No Exit” to “Miss Julie.” ANTONIO’S FAVORITE THEATER STORY: “I often think back to the two productions of ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ that I was involved with. I wasn’t cast in either, but I ended up puppeteering Audrey II in both. The first was a professional production at the Ring Theatre in the summer of 199-somethin’-or-other. The puppeteer was a friend of mine who threw out his back. The guy who they tapped to replace him was one of the bums in the show. After a few hours of watching him trying to squeeze into the plant (he was a bit too large), the stage manager looked over at me. I was an usher most nights. He said, ‘You! Get in the plant!’ Four hours later I was winging it in the show. Then, when Actors’ Playhouse did the pre-Broadway tryout, one of the puppeteers threw out his back (what are the odds?!), and I got a chance to perform one of the new, larger Audrey II’s arms for the final scenes. That was amazing fun.”

KATHERINE’S FAVORITE ROLE: “The governess in ‘The Turn of the Screw’ at Naked Stage. It was the perfect storm—getting to work with Margaret Ledford, William Chizever and Antonio Amadeo—three of my favorite people. I love the piece, and it was a thrill to get to scare the audience every night.”

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Amy Miller Brennan & Shane Tanner From “The Music Man” BEHIND THE COSTUMES: To spend even a few minutes with Amy Miller Brennan and Shane Tanner is to be overcome with adorableness. The accomplished triplethreat performers married in September 2014, and these bastions of time-honored chivalry and tenderness still exude a newlywed glow. “Shane is the most attractive person who has ever come into my life,” Brennan says. “He is a gentleman who holds doors for anyone who crosses his path. He says ‘Yes ma’am’ and ‘Yes sir,’ and he is brilliantly funny, sensitive, kind and—of course—so crazy talented.” It’s no surprise that the boards brought Brennan and Tanner together. In 2009, she was still living in New York City when she began rehearsals for “She Loves Me” at the Caldwell Theatre. While in town, she saw Tanner perform in “1776” at Actors’ Playhouse. They met backstage and sparks flew. “I was immediately attracted to her million-dollar smile and the way she treated people with enthusiastic kindness,” Tanner recalls. They wed on that very stage six years later, with David Arisco, artistic director at Actors’ Playhouse, serving as an officiant. Both performers, who are expecting their first child as of this writing, have earned plaudits for their roles in straight dramas, but the razzle of musical theater is where both shine the brightest. Brennan has emerged as an anchor for Slow Burn Theatre Company in shows as varied as “Chess,” “Rent” and “Little Shop of Horrors,” and Tanner is a fixture at The Wick, from supporting roles in “Man of La Mancha” and “La Cage Aux Folles” to his tragically dark interpretation of “Oklahoma!” villain Jud Fry. TANNER’S FAVORITE THEATER STORY: “Years ago, I was doing a production of ‘The Fantasticks’ in North Carolina. There was a number where I was supposed to catch an actress over my head as she jumped off a bench. Well, either she was early or I was late—we still argue about it to this day—and she landed on my head with her face. She broke her nose, and blood was spurting everywhere. I looked like Sissy Spacek in ‘Carrie,’ and the audience was in shock and disbelief. Needless to say, the show did not go on that evening.”

BRENNAN’S FAVORITE ROLE: “That would have to have been the role of ‘Bride’ in ‘A Very ShAmy Wedding’ at Actors’ Playhouse in September 2014. The curtain call was the best—when I got to kiss Shane for the first time as his wife!”

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Clay Cartland & Leah Sessa From “South Pacific” BEHIND THE COSTUMES: The landscape of South Florida theater has become a whole lot funnier since Clay Cartland emerged on our radars, playing a machismo-oozing CEO in Promethean Theatre Company’s zombie musical “Song of the Living Dead.” He’s our region’s answer to Jim Carrey—an effortlessly hilarious entertainer with a malleable body and a propensity for playing lovable geeks that extends to his offstage couture: His casual wardrobe often consists of a Batman belt (refashioned from a seatbelt), Star Wars shoes and a superhero T-shirt. His clownish personality has made him a shoo-in for such productions as Slow Burn’s “The Wedding Singer” and Actors’ Playhouse’s “Godspell.” He met Leah, whose lovely voice has infused musicals such as the Boca Raton Theatre Guild’s “Pippin” and The Wick’s “Oklahoma!,” when both were cast in back-to-back revues in 2014: the Plaza Theatre’s “Bernstein on Broadway” and Broward Stage Door’s “What’s New, Pussycat?” As Sessa recalls, “We became instant friends. We would talk for hours on end after rehearsals, sitting on the flatbed of my truck. We would talk to the point of being asked to leave by security that patrolled the parking lot at the Plaza Theatre. Finally one night, after talking again for three hours, he politely said goodbye and gave me a hug and went to walk away, and I blurted out, ‘Are you ever going to kiss me or what?’ And that was that!”

When Cartland won a much-deserved Carbonell award for playing a human-turned-slug in Arts Garage’s “The Trouble With Doug,” he thanked virtually everyone he had ever worked with, saving his longest and sweetest sentiment for Sessa. “She’s a total Poppins, practically perfect in every way,” he says.

CARTLAND’S FAVORITE THEATER STORY: “I was doing ‘Jeffrey’ at the Stage Door. While changing clothes onstage, the zipper on my jeans disintegrated, leaving a very wide-open barn door. Knowing I couldn’t hide it, I went downstage during a monologue, fed my entire hand into my open zipper and said, ‘Just for the record, I know ... if this is the worst thing you see tonight, then the door is over there.’ Later on, I learned that Leah was actually in the audience that night … made for great conversation.” SESSA’S FAVORITE ROLE: “My most favorite to date is being able to play Sally Bowles in ‘Cabaret’ [at Entr’Acte Theatrix, in 2010]. I loved every part of this beautiful show, [especially] the talkbacks after the shows with Holocaust survivors. Their stories and the history lesson I was given—not from a book but from these amazing, strong people— is something that will live with me forever.” BOCAMAG.COM follow the leader

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Michael McKeever & Stuart Meltzer From “The Producers” BEHIND THE COSTUMES: Michael McKeever (pictured in the light-brown suit) may be the busiest man in South Florida show business. In addition to his slate of acting and set-designing assignments, he is regularly short-listed as our region’s best and most exportable playwright, having authored more than 20 full-length comedies and dramas that have premiered in the tri-county area and enjoyed continued success throughout the U.S. and Europe. Filling his educated characters with effervescent wit and a lightness of touch that can’t be taught, McKeever is equally unafraid to explore hard-hitting social issues and theatrical taboos. Recent significant works include three Carbonell winners for Best New Work: “Stuff,” a staggering account of proto-hoarders; “Clark Gable Slept Here,” a zippy and pointed Hollywood satire; and “Daniel’s Husband,” his emotionally devastating argument for gay marriage. Speaking of which, McKeever met his future husband, Stuart Meltzer, in the late 1990s, when the latter was a student at New World School of the Arts. McKeever attended a staged reading of plays by students, including a short by Meltzer. About six years later, they met again, when Meltzer approached McKeever at an event. “The funny thing was I didn’t quite remember him, but I remembered his play. It was that good,” McKeever recalls. “That was 12 years ago. What attracted me to him then and still does to this day is this fierce intelligence and amazing energy that’s always there. I’ve never met anyone like him. His mind is sharp and inquisitive and never stops.” Meltzer has enjoyed award-winning success as a director, particularly for Zoetic Stage, the company he launched with McKeever in 2010 that has rocketed to one of South Florida’s most reputable purveyors of thought-provoking theater, from Sondheim and Pinter masterworks to—naturally—Michael McKeever premieres. MCKEEVER’S FAVORITE THEATER STORY: “In my first professional production on a South Florida stage, I was onstage with James Randolph in a tiny little theater on Miami Beach, and a dog—a huge St. Bernard—ran onto the stage and jumped on Jim. In front of the audience. A St. Bernard. Only in South Florida. Afterwards the director said, ‘That’s the beauty about live theater, it’s a dangerous place.’” MELTZER’S FAVORITE PRODUCTION: “I’ve had the opportunity to work on several of Michael’s plays, and those are ultimately the most special and rewarding. It is not always easy, because our hats turn into director and playwright, or director and actor, and at times those moments can be very stressful. But Michael always makes me laugh in the process.”

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Todd Allen Durkin & Betsy Graver From “Guys and Dolls”

BEHIND THE COSTUMES: No one lucky (or unlucky) enough to have seen GableStage’s 2010 production of “Blasted” could ever forget it— especially its costars Todd Allen Durkin, an established actor specializing in twisted oddballs, and Betsy Graver, a young actress for whom the play helped launch a prolific career. Later winning five Carbonell awards, “Blasted” was brave and ugly and revolting, a study in wartime depravity in which the hotel-room set was destroyed by a mortar blast between the first and second acts, and the actors had to simulate mental retardation, oral sex, rape and disgorged eyes five to six times a week—to say nothing of the dead baby in the floorboards. “There were a number of very personal scenes between our two characters that required a healthy amount of trust with each other,” Durkin recalls. “As we started rehearsals I made it a point to take it slow and build trust with [Graver]. Her ability to be so emotionally available while working was one of the many things that impressed me about her, besides the fact that I was beginning to realize that she was the kindest, most beautiful woman I had ever been around.” The two became an item—Graver had been interested in Durkin since she saw him in GableStage’s raucous “The Lieutenant of Inishmore” in 2007—and married in 2014. Graver has excelled at playing prostitutes, feminist avengers, recovering drug addicts and angst-ridden millennials, with the latter performance, in Arts Garage’s “Lungs,” earning wide praise for its Herculean line memorization. Durkin is one of the most respected actors in South Florida theater, but television demands have consumed his time of late, including series roles on “Magic City,” “South Beach” and Nickelodeon’s “Every Witch Way,” on which he plays a wizard. But given that it represents the genesis of their relationship, it’s no surprise that “Blasted” remains on the forefront of both of their favorite memories.

Coming to the Wick

The Wick Theatre (7901 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton) is in the thick of its third season. Don’t miss these three remaining productions. ■ “South Pacific,” Rodgers and Hammerstein’s splashy

spectacle about racism circa World War II, Jan. 7-Feb. 14

■ “Curtains,” the Kander and Ebb musical whodunit

about the search for the killer of a talentless stage actress, Feb. 25-March 27

■ “I Love a Piano,” the imaginative tribute to Irving

Berlin, which packs 60 of the songwriter’s tunes into a story whose central character is a piano, April 14-May 22 For tickets and information, call 561/995-2333 or visit thewick.org.

DURKIN’S FAVORITE THEATER STORY: “In ‘Blasted,’ we had to have a crying baby, so they attached an iPod to a lifelike doll so the sound of the crying would come from the baby and not over the speakers. One night, I begin to crawl over to where the doll is buried, and the iPod attached to the doll goes off. I’ve got black makeup in my eyes, so I can barely see anything, I’m dripping in sweat, and this damn iPod will not shut off—the baby is supposed to be dead. It keeps crying and crying and crying … loudly! I tried to crack the [iPod] in half—no go. Somehow it stopped. I have no idea how, and I’m not sure the audience never really knew that wasn’t supposed to happen.”

GRAVER’S FAVORITE ROLE: “I would have to say Cate in ‘Blasted.’ I was given so much freedom to find and create this troubled yet resilient character. I went to places that were really scary and vulnerable and uncomfortable. I believe that experience was training for all the great roles that I have played since and have yet to play.”

Special Thanks & Bonus Coverage The edit and art teams at Boca Raton offer a collective “Bravo!” to Kimberly Wick for giving us access to the theater and so many amazing costumes. We’d also like Jadene Deems, Devin Horn and Mark Balli from the Wick to take a bow; their help proved invaluable. Thanks as well to Travis Neff, who assisted photographer George Schiavone. For outtakes and behind-the-scenes images from our all-day photo shoot at the Wick, go to the home page of bocamag.com and find the dropdown menu under the In the Mag link. Click on “Photos”—and enjoy the show!

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Rages On As treatments for PTSD become more prevalent in South Florida, wartorn veterans from all eras look to put the past behind them once and for all. STORY BY ERIC BARTON PHOTOGRAPHY BY EDUARDO SCHNEIDER

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they solemnly file out of a bus at South Florida National Cemetery in west Lake Worth, 16 armed-forces veterans representing wars that span more than five decades. In addition to their service to our country, the men have something else in common. They’re all suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) so debilitating that the only option left, short of suicide, was hospitalization, an intensive residential program in a dank wing of the Veterans Affairs hospital in Miami. For up to 14 weeks, the veterans, all Florida residents, participate in a curriculum that “opens you up,” a phrase the men use a lot. Part of that process is a field trip to the National Cemetery. The graveyard is a South Florida version of Arlington, a place where the government promises a burial spot for the families of local active-duty veterans. Here, at the open-air Committal Shelter—with rows of benches and a section up front for a casket—the soldiers will confront their past. Some will cry for the first time since that horrible thing happened, the thing that’s been eating them up. BOCAMAG.COM follow the leader

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ntil recently, Pedro Santiago, 55, kept the year he spent in Iraq buried. Santiago worked in the mortuary. His team traveled by helicopter every day to pick up bodies. He saw them shot and blown to pieces and beaten. After he saw the bodies of soldiers burned alive in a helicopter, he started riding with his rifle stuck in his chin, ready to pull the trigger if his copter went down. What plagues Abner Rivera, 26, about his time on a roadside bomb removal team in Afghanistan is that he survived. One bomb went off right under his vehicle, ripping it in half. He saw blood when he came to. None of it was his. Why is he here? Why did he see so many others die? That’s what Rivera can’t get past. At 74, William Evans has kept his story hidden even longer. He grew up in segregated suburban North Carolina and made his first white friend in basic training, just before they shipped off to Vietnam. His buddy, 18-year-old Jerome Litke, was from Wisconsin and had never known a black man. The unlikely friends fought side by side. Then, a land mine detonated during a patrol. It chewed up half of Evans’ body, but the real pain came when he asked about Litke. “They told me he was dead; I don’t remember anything after that except for the pain.” It’s the pain that has brought these 16 men to the Committal Shelter, where they survey row upon row upon row of colorless tombstones. When Rivera says, “It should have been me,” the others don’t disagree. Each man nods and wonders why his name isn’t etched in a gravestone.

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WHERE TO GET HELP

Today, the U.S. military promises everyone leaving the armed forces an overview of PTSD and where to get help. But there are plenty of veterans who left the service before this new policy. Here’s where all of them can get help.

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THE FIRST STOP Veterans with PTSD should start with a Veterans Affairs hospital, which all have programs to help post-traumatic stress. The hospitals and special PTSD clinics offer counseling and group meetings, and select hospitals have intensive in-treatment programs. Contact: Visit va.gov or call the VA clinic in Boca Raton at 561/416-8995.

WHEN THE VA CAN’T HELP The United Way’s Mission United program works to help veterans make the transition to civilian life. For those with PTSD, that means everything from connecting them with counseling to helping them find jobs. In addition to Mission United’s own services, the program can direct veterans to other agencies and nonprofits that provide care. Mission

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Recognizing the Problem The concept behind PTSD isn’t new. Roman soldiers talked about a “battle rattle” that would leave them unable to adjust to life after war. It used to be that soldiers were expected to return home and bury those experiences. “It’s an unspoken rule among soldiers that we don’t talk about it,” says Jack Gamble, clinical coordinator of the VA’s PTSD clinic in Port St. Lucie. “And so we never process it.” It wasn’t that long ago that the condition was callously described as shellshock and prescribed a regimen of toughening up. Today, in large part because of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan, PTSD is receiving long overdue attention. In some instances, the military is treating it at the point of trauma. At home, veterans are encouraged to enter treatment, to join support groups, to take yoga, to go on field trips—all relatively new initiatives that may or may not help. The acknowledgement alone has sparked a new trend in PTSD treatment: Veterans from as far back as Vietnam, Korea and even World War II are dealing for the first time with mental injuries that are a generation or more old. Statistically speaking, perhaps no part of the country needs that help like South Florida does. Only California has more veterans than the 1.5 million who live in the Sunshine State, including 226,000 who call the tri-county area home. Just based on averages, it’s conceivable that tens of thousands of local veterans suffer from PTSD. A 2009 Stanford University study estimated that up to 35 percent of veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars (2.7 million Americans had served in those conflicts as of September 2014) already have PTSD or will develop it. Of them, half refuse help, a Rand Corporation report found. The figures are similar for Vietnam veterans, with nearly a third of them suffering from PTSD at some point since the

United also offers escapes to help veterans overcome PTSD, including golfing with PGA pros and driving racecars on the track. Contact: Call 954/462-4850 or visit unitedwaybroward. org/missionunited.

war. Comparable figures aren’t available for earlier wars, but one study in the International Journal of the Humanities pegged the PTSD rate for World War II veterans at 26 to 33 percent. One reality upon which the experts agree: PTSD contributes to the high suicide rate for veterans, who are twice as likely to kill themselves than civilians, according to a study published last February in the Annals of Epidemiology. From 2001 to 2007, 1,868 activeduty veterans took their own lives. Unfortunately, treatment offers no promises. “The prognosis is that we can’t fix anybody,” Gamble says. “What we can provide are the tools and therapy, and then it’s up to the individual, depending on how hard they’re willing to work.” It’s not exactly a glass-is-half-full outlook for a disease that has turned fighting men into the homeless, the spouse-less and the jobless. But for veterans struggling with PTSD, that’s the best hope they have.

Seeing is Believing It wasn’t long ago that the government offered no temporary jobs, no re-training, no treatment for veterans with PTSD. Even now, critics say the government still doesn’t do enough to help troubled veterans. The U.S. departments of defense and veterans affairs spend $3.3 billion a year to treat the disease. But a congressional report in 2014 found that there was no data whether VA treatment works. Bureaucracy is to blame for much of the VA’s problems. It’s not just waiting lists (veterans, on average, go a month or more before receiving care); internal VA policy also hampers treatment for PTSD sufferers, who could lose their VA medical benefits “when it is determined that the disability has reached a static level, with no likelihood of improvement.” Stories about veterans who say the VA left them behind are too common, like the

THE VA’S TRANSITION The VA’s Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment program promises to help veterans with finding and training for a new career. The VA also offers part-time jobs that can help veterans with PTSD as they receive treatment. Those jobs aren’t easy to come by, and few VA programs are criticized more than its jobs program—75 percent of veterans who begin the paper-

A 2009 Stanford University study estimated that up to

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Afghanistan wars already have PTSD or will develop it. Raul Diaz

work never finish, according to a 2007 audit. But there are success stories. Contact: For the VA’s employment program, visit benefits.va.gov/vocrehab. Veterans who have had problems with the VA can report them to the House Committee on Veteran Affairs by visiting veterans.house.gov/ accountability.

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PTSD contributes to the high suicide rate for veterans, who are as likely to kill themselves as civilians.

40-year-old father who froze to death in the Iowa woods in February 2015 after a VA hospital ignored his plea for help, according to a CNN report. Or the Army veteran who walked 1,500 miles from Texas to Washington, D.C., to bring attention to PTSD claims he says were denied by the VA. Even the intensive residential program in Miami, one of 39 across the country, can’t promise a cure; the average veteran still qualifies for a diagnosis of PTSD after leaving the program, the 2014 congressional report found. Part of the problem, say those who work with PTSD sufferers, is that it’s difficult to define success. Raul Diaz, team leader of the Palm Beach Vet Center in Greenacres, notes that it’s not about a cure. “For those who already have the disorder, it can be controlled and understood, but it can’t be beaten,” Diaz says. A decade ago, Diaz had a private practice in Lake Worth, specializing in critical incident stress management for police departments. That means Diaz would come in after a shooting and try to help an officer with the PTSD likely to result from it. After the start of the Iraq war, Diaz saw veterans coming back with deep emotional trauma. And it made him want to do more. So at age 47, Diaz joined the Army, went through basic training and got his orders to ship out to Baghdad. Mortars started exploding his first morning there. “I [thought], ‘What did I get myself into?’ I was in a comfortable [air-conditioned] office in Lake Worth just months ago.” His job in Baghdad—and, later, when he did a second tour in Afghanistan—was to meet with soldiers who had just witnessed or survived death. The idea was for Diaz to try to prevent the trauma from turning into PTSD. It

NOT SUCH A STRETCH

Thanks to Judy Weaver, vets are turning to yoga as a way to deal with PTSD. In early 2007, former Army ranger Beau MacVane, who

had served five tours in the Middle East, walked into Judy Weaver’s yoga class in Boca Raton. He was starting to suffer pain and cramping from ALS, and his doctor told him maybe yoga could help. “I worked with him two and a half years, until he

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may sound sensitive, especially for military brass, to be thinking about the mental health of its soldiers. But it’s also about battle readiness and about returning soldiers home without the need for costly counseling. Diaz never saw combat, but he saw too much death. The gym where he had just been working out was wrecked by a mortar one afternoon. Why did he live and others die? Why couldn’t he have done something? Even though he understood PTSD better than nearly anyone, he still saw signs of it developing in himself. “When you’re in a war zone, every single person around you, every single thing, can be a threat,” Diaz says. “It’s hard to shake that feeling when you get home.”

died,” Weaver recalls. “Yoga helped keep him and his family from depression. It did things for him he never expected, for his body and his mind.” Weaver realized she might have something that could help other veterans, especially those who suffer from PTSD. In 2010, she started offering free classes for veterans, and soon it took off. After her class filled up, Weaver urged other yoga instructors to join. Now, the nonprofit she co-founded—Connected Warriors—is in 14 states. “My big vision is, wherever there’s a veteran and

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The Enemy Within Angel Pabón knows that feeling all too well. Though he joined the Army in 1974, Pabón didn’t see action until 29 years later; the Army sent him as part of the first wave during the invasion of Iraq. As platoon sergeant, he rode in the lead Humvee during supply missions. Fifteen months after the invasion, a roadside bomb detonated too early to be deadly, right under the Humvee’s engine. His team walked away, but the incident stayed with Pabón. He had times, upon returning home, when sounds would mess with him. Once, a construction noise sent him running for cover, thinking mortars were incoming. People told him to get help. “I am not crazy,” he would say. “I don’t need to see anybody.” Then there was the time on the highway, driving north on I-95 with his 15-year-old daughter. He looked in the mirror and saw a motorcycle; Pabón was sure it was one of the motorcycles that insurgents used to plant roadside bombs. He hit the gas, well past 90 mph. When the trooper pulled out, Pabón kept driving, convinced the bombers were coming for him. He finally stopped; the only thing that saved him from jail was his daughter explaining that her father had PTSD. After the incident, she wouldn’t get back in the car with him. That’s when Pabón decided to get help. Today, he works at the VA hospital in West Palm Beach as a peer support specialist, where he leads a group called Seeking Safety. Pabón helps others figure out what they need to avoid—loud noises and crowds, usually. They write an Operation Order, just like they’d do before a mission, on their objectives for treatment. Pabón then works with the vets to best determine how to repair their lives,

where there’s a yoga teacher, there’s a Connected Warrior class,” Weaver says. Her program offers training for instructors who want to get involved, because yoga for veterans isn’t the same as other classes. Most importantly, veterans with PTSD often don’t react well to loud or unexpected noises, so the bell or gong some yoga instructors use during class has to go. The veterans who attend Weaver’s class run the gamut, from recent veterans of Afghanistan suffering

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PTSD, to men from Vietnam still dealing with Agent Orange symptoms. For most of them, it’s their first time trying yoga. While some never return after that initial class, Weaver also has veterans who have been coming since the beginning. On a recent Friday class at the Yoga South studio (3500 N.W. Boca Raton Blvd.), most of the men on the mats in Weaver’s class were Vietnam veterans. They wore army-green headbands, shirts from their military

branch and graying ponytails. One of the men was Matt MacVane, father of Weaver’s first student, himself a twice-injured Vietnam veteran. Seeing how yoga helped his son, he started going too, and now he recruits any veteran he meets. “You don’t solve PTSD,” Matt MacVane says, “but you figure out how to live with it. Yoga helps you live with it.” Call 954/278-3764 or visit connectedwarriors.org for more information.

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BROTHERS IN ARMS

At South Florida National Cemetery, vets with PTSD honor their military brethren while trying to bury their own past. he 380-acre South Florida National Cemetery is new by federal standards, having opened in 2007. It has 26,723 gravesites, and astoundingly, 16,566 are already occupied. The newly deceased are buried in Section 39, which used to be farmland in suburban Lake Worth. The VA started the section by stacking concrete vaults on the ground, then covering them with fill dirt, creating a 28foot hill with views of sawgrass ponds, clumps of slash pines and rows of gravestones in perfect alignment. Everything here is done by specifications. Standard gravesites are 3 feet by 8 feet and consist of a concrete vault that can hold an entire family, caskets stacked on top of each other. Cremations go in gravesites just 4 feet apart and can hold as many as six people, side by side. There’s another section for the obese. On top of every vault, workers fit a 500-pound lid that keeps the caskets

from floating up in the porous Florida soil. Everywhere in the cemetery, you see the effects of PTSD. Most of the workers lowering caskets in the ground are here as part of a VA temporary work program. The government hopes the paycheck they receive from burying fellow veterans will help them get used to civilian life. One of them is Marshall Murphy, a former Marine who still looks combat ready—buzzed hair, short-sleeved robin’s egg dress shirt, navy slacks, tie held close to his chest with a clip. As he drives a golf cart between rows of graves, a lone bagpiper walks along the road, bellowing out melancholy. Murphy was stationed on the Mexican border in the late 1990s, when drug cartel blood leaked into Texas. Back then, someone fired on the Marines from the Mexican side. They shot back, and a kid died. In response, the U.S. government took away the Marines’ ammo. They carried guns, but they weren’t loaded. It ate at Murphy. To be standing there, right on the edge of an army of murderous cartel gunmen, and not be armed? When he got back, he never felt safe. His marriage nearly ended over his insistence of carrying a loaded

gun everywhere. Luckily for him, Murphy turned his temporary job into a permanent one. Now he holds the title of lead cemetery representative. Ironically, guns are banned at the cemetery, except for the ones that fire blanks during ceremonies. “There are little things, as a veteran, that get me,” Murphy says, stopping the cart in front of a group of workers. “People think just because you weren’t in Iraq that you don’t have PTSD. I wish that was true.” As Murphy parks his golf cart in Section 39, eight men lower a casket into the vault using a hand-cranked system. Most of the men are there to hold safety ribbons that run underneath the casket, just in case the machinery fails. The families usually don’t watch this process, so these men are the last people to escort the veteran down into the ground. “You get a lot of veterans who come in looking all tough and tatted up, and man they break down,” Murphy explains. Murphy’s job generally is in the office, away from the burials. But he goes over here once in a while. “The salute at the end,” he says, “it gets me.”

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ones that often started breaking up before they asked for help. “I had a guy surprise me the other day,” Pabón says. It was a Vietnam vet who had taken a scenic helicopter ride with his family. Usually, Vietnam vets fear helicopters. “He said, ‘You told me to take challenges, so I did.’” It doesn’t always work out that way. There are suicides and hospitalizations. But occasionally, Diaz and Pabón say they make progress with people. “If I can go teach them to shoot people, I can teach them to live their lives,” Pabón says. “That’s what I got to do now.”

Healing the Wounds When the 16 men from the PTSD clinic in Miami took their seats at the Committal Shelter, they ended up being part of a funeral. It wasn’t planned that they’d be there to see it, but there was the casket, draped with a flag. The dead veteran in front of them had been homeless, family-less, and nobody had come Fariba Ostovary

to see him buried. Soldiers in dress blues removed the flag from the coffin, folded it into a perfect triangle, and handed it to the men. Most of them were already weeping over the sight of that flag when Fariba Ostovary stood up. She’s a psychiatry nurse practitioner and in charge of the men’s treatment during their hospitalization at the VA Hospital. She had them prepare for two weeks before that day at the cemetery. They talked about what they’d see and debated how it might make them feel. The day before they left, Ostovary had them

Some will cry for the first time since that horrible thing happened, the thing that’s been eating them up.

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R&R in the Rockies Few summer destinations recharge the batteries and stir the senses quite like Beaver Creek and Vail. By Kevin Kaminski

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or all of the scenic summer eye candy that captures the imagination in Beaver Creek, Colo.—from the lush backcountry foliage and the majestic 11,000-foot peaks to the quaint charms of its city-within-a-city village—it’s a mid-afternoon scent that turns out to be the sweetest treat of all. Every day at 3 p.m., an irresistible aroma settles over Beaver Creek Village, as if a Keebler elf were doing low-flying runs with a crop duster that sprays nothing but fresh-baked deliciousness. It’s a signal to all those within nose-shot that it’s cookie time, a Beaver Creek tradition since the mid-1980s; over the course of a given year, more than 500,000 cookies will be distributed (many of them originating at the Vil-

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lage’s Beaver Creek Cookie & Crêpe Company). At times, the selection is connected to the winning recipe in the annual November cookie contest that kicks off snow season—but often, someone is apt to hand you a piping-hot circle of chocolate chip heaven. It’s a devilish little tourism trick that instantly convinces anyone with a sweet tooth that Beaver Creek is the greatest summer destination in the history of mankind. But, as I discovered during a memorable week out West, that’s not the only way the cookie crumbles in Beaver Creek—or at its high-altitude neighbor 30 minutes to the east, Vail. Here are just a few of the things I learned on my summer vacation about these two slices of central Rocky Mountain paradise.

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Beaver Creek 25 years ago to be a ski bum; he never left. He knew something about every bit of flora and fauna we encountered, including this nugget: Not only is the Aspen tree the world’s largest living organism, you can use the sides of its leaves as sunscreen.

RIDE ’EM COWBOY: For those who think saddle bronc riding and mutton bustin’ are chapter titles in Fifty Shades of Grey, come spend a Thursday night at the Beaver Creek Rodeo, a staple of the summer season. It feels like the entire community comes out to watch cowboys and cowgirls of all ages try their hands at calf roping, barrel racing and bull riding. Some of the area’s restaurants set up foodie booths, as well. Chaps are optional.

BACKSTORY, PART I: Compared to

During the summer, Beaver Creek has become a cozy sanctuary for CEOs and Fortune 500 types looking to decompress with their families and breathe in the great outdoors.

some of Colorado’s more established destinations, Beaver Creek Resort (elevation 8,100 feet), which opened in the early 1980s and is now owned and run by Vail Resorts, is a relative white-powder newbie. It’s comprised of three villages—Beaver Creek (where I stayed), Bachelor Gulch and Arrowhead. As far as its slopes go, Beaver Creek is solid gold in the winter, having hosted the World Ski Championships on three different occasions (including in 2015); the downhill course here is considered one of the most harrowing on the planet. During the summer, Beaver Creek has become a cozy sanctuary for CEOs and Fortune 500 types looking to decompress with their families and breathe in the great outdoors. It’s an especially popular spot for South Floridians anxious to escape the heat and humidity—even more so now that travelers can take direct flights from Miami into Eagle County Regional Airport.

READY, SET, HIKE: The Beaver Creek Hiking Center—in the heart of a Village that’s brimming with Old World charm, a dizzying mix of shops, galleries and restaurants, and a massive ice rink—is ground zero for any and all outdoor adventures. On the hiking front, its summer schedule offers everything from 90-minute fitness walks to all-day private climbs at one of the neighboring 14,000-foot peaks, like Mount of the Holy Cross (all told, there are 53 “14ers” in Colorado). Our guide, Alex, led my wife and I on a three-hour trek up and across a mountain that offered panoramic views of the Sawatch Range, as well as the Village below. Alex originally came to

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Opposite page: The rodeo is a staple of summers in Beaver Creek. This page, clockwise from left: The Osprey, with its chic decor, is a favorite of Florida travelers; Beaver Creek Village is the sight of several festivals, like this Blues, Brews and BBQ bash; the Wine Excursion ends with an outdoor celebration at Beano's Cabin.

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fluent clientele that vacations here, it’s no surprise that Beaver Creek places a premium on fine dining. Nowhere is the execution more flawless than inside Splendido at the Chateau, a world-class experience for more than 20 years. Enjoy rustic American fare done with the kind of farm-to-table originality you would expect from a top chef like David Walford, who trained with culinary masters in Napa Valley and France. If you’re lucky, the Dover sole à la meunière and the roasted New Zealand elk tenderloin will be on the seasonal menu.

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UNCORKED: For those who would rather view Grouse Mountain from the confines of a 4x4—with the promise of a fine Chardonnay somewhere down the road—the Hiking Center also offers a Wine Excursion that takes guests all over Beaver Creek Mountain before stopping at Beano’s Cabin. Our driver, Derrick, had more celebrity stories than a TMZ reporter; he had shared a chair lift with Cameron Diaz, spent six days snowboarding with Hugh Jackman—and survived an all-night game of quarters with Justin Timberlake. Beano’s, a sprawling log cabin at the base of Larkspur Bowl (elevation 9,200 feet), typically hosts prix fixe five-course dinners through late September. As part of the 4x4 Adventure Tour, however, the restaurant’s epicurean experts pair wine selections with cheeses, a charcuterie board and dessert; guests sit outside in the late afternoon and bask in the sights—which, on this day, included a family of mule deer. [ bocamag.com ]

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If You Go THE OSPREY AT BEAVER CREEK

10 Elk Track Road, Beaver Creek, Co. The lowdown: This contemporary boutique property—ranked by readers of Condé Nast Traveler last year as one of the Top 20 Resorts in Colorado—has been a go-to spot for South Florida travelers, thanks, in part, to its sophisticated decor (a departure from the traditional alpine vibe). Other reasons to stay here: Guests receive access to Beaver Creek and Red Sky golf clubs; it’s right across the street from the Village, and it’s the closest resort to a ski lift (26 feet) in North America; and the staff is out-of-this-world attentive. Contact: 888/605-3405

WESTIN RIVERFRONT RESORT & SPA

126 Riverfront Lane, Avon, Co. The lowdown: Perched at the base of Beaver Creek Mountain, along the Eagle River, the Westin is the first Silver LEEDcertified resort in Colorado. Opened in 2008, the 230-room property oozes luxury at every turn—including the stunning 27,000-square-foot Spa Anjali, which offers a treatment menu that emphasizes “healing mountain traditions.” On the dining front, the modern Mexican cuisine at Maya is a flavor fiesta for the taste buds. Beyond the gourmet tacos and enchiladas, think chipotle-rubbed salmon, slow-roasted pork carnitas—and no-holdsbarred margaritas with a kick harder than any bull at the Beaver Creek rodeo. Contact: 970/790-3060

titude is that, with driver in hand and a solid swing, you can channel the spirit of John Daly. The problem is that those same atmospheric laws apply to your short game, which you forget until your 80-yard pitch careens off the roof of the beverage cart, some 60 yards beyond the green. What you won’t forget are the breathtaking visuals at both Beaver Creek Golf Club and at Red Sky Golf Club. Red Sky, a short drive from the Village, features Tom Fazio- and Greg Norman-designed courses. The Fazio, set against the back bowls of the mountain range, covers 7,113 of most exquisitely designed yards imaginable—with wild elevation drops, undulating fairways, perfectly manicured short grass and greens, and a few furry critters running around the brush. Beaver Creek, seemingly sculpted right out of the mountain, hosts some 14,000 rounds per summer—and it’s easy to see why. The 6,784-yard tract is forgiving during its middle stretch, but the opening four and final five holes are a shot-maker’s dream, with elevated tees and tight tree-lined fairways. As if the backdrop weren’t enough, Beaver Creek also delivers the goods: Just before hitting my second shot on the par 4, 15th, the ranger brought me a warm chocolate chip cookie. Jazzed from the sugar rush, I stuck my iron shot to within 10 feet and birdied the hole.

ROLL OUT THE WHITE CARPET: According to the Vail Resorts team, expect to see a summer version of its “White Glove” winter package being offered at Beaver Creek. The winter version includes everything from

private helicopter transportation and fivestar cabin lodging to a dedicated “service ambassador,” private chef and one exclusive perk after another—all for $50,000.

THE LODGE AT VAIL

174 E. Gore Creek Drive The lowdown: The first hotel in Vail remains one of the town’s crown jewels, and not just because it serves a Moscow Mule for the ages. Readers of Condé Nast Traveler ranked The Lodge as one of the Top 20 Resorts in Colorado last year for good reason—its classic alpine chalet vibe includes a recent renovation of 50-plus spacious suites; the breakfasts at Cucina redefine the word “hearty”; it’s a dogfriendly hotel; it’s right in Vail Village, a maze of pedestrian-friendly streets with all kinds of shops, bars and restaurants; the staff here remembers your name; and The Lodge has a strong Boca connection—this is where the Boca Ski Club stays when it comes to Vail. Contact: 888/328-1005

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recently, in 1998, an eco-sabotage group, protesting the opening of the back bowls, set fire to Two Elk Restaurant and other structures on Vail Mountain, causing some $24 million in damage. On our tour, the history lesson was lost on 95 percent of the group—no surprise given the scenery.

BACKSTORY, PART II: More than 50 years after running the first lifts up its showstopping mountain terrain, Vail remains one of the world’s iconic ski destinations. According to one of our tour guides, there are some 5,600 ski-able acres and 190 ski runs; during peak winter season, Vail’s front side and back bowls accommodate as many as 60,000 skiers. For different reasons, summer here also is a sight to behold. The June to September vibe in Vail is vibrant, active, health-conscious— and, at times, a stone-cold blast.

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SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE: In addition to the staggering menu of physical activities, Vail also knows how to host an outdoor block party. During the summer, expect to see everything from farmers’ markets and art festivals to jazz, bluegrass and symphonic events and weekly “Hot Summer Nights” with live music and beer tastings.

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Ridge. On the one hand, it’s like Mount Disney, with activities for the kids ranging from summer tubing and ropes courses to zip lining and disc golf. On the other, it’s paradise for hiking and mountain biking enthusiasts, with a natural network of trails that goes on forever. This coming summer, Vail is stepping up the experience through its Epic Discovery program, which combines education and new outdoor adventures. For example, as part of a two-and-a-half-hour guided tour through Game Creek Bowl, thrill-seekers will traverse a series of seven zip lines that cover more than 10,000 feet; one of which will be 300 feet above the ground.

ENJOY THE RIDE: As in Beaver Creek, Vail also offers open-air tours of the mountain; our vehicle followed an 11-mile loop that explored some of the back bowls and offered spectacular views of the Gore Range. Among the tidbits we learned along the way: The range is named after Sir St. George Gore, an Irish nobleman who spent three years out West during the mid-1800s and, as the story goes, “killed every animal in his sight”; Gore claimed to bag nearly 4,000 buffalo, deer and elk. More

LET IT FLY: Lest anyone forget, Vail has its share of aquatic adventures as well, with the Eagle and Colorado rivers providing some of the best white-water rafting experiences in the country. For those interested in a more tranquil river experience, the good people at Gore Creek Fly Fisherman will show experts and novices alike the best places to cast their lines. In these parts, it’s all about trout— brown, rainbow and cutthroat (which you have to release). Our guide, Nate, has been taking anglers—some corporate groups run as large as 65 people—into Vail Valley waters for 13 years. Though catching a fish certainly would have enhanced the morning, there was something wonderfully blissful about standing thigh-deep in the ice-cold Eagle (Gore Creek provides the wading pants and gear, by the way) with only the sound of rushing water to keep you company. It was one of those picture-perfect moments that almost lent credence to Nate’s story about his recent breakup with a girlfriend that he had been dating for six years. She wanted to get married and move to Massachusetts. The lure of Colorado, he told her, was too strong. He stayed; she bolted. We didn’t stay in Colorado—but I can guarantee that we will return. For more information, check out beaver creek.com and vail.com [ bocamag.com ]

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Celebrate 25 years with Us!

Artistic Directors: Dan Guin & Jane Tyree

One Night Only – Special Performance

Michael & Madelyn Savarick Trust presents

25th Anniversary Gala Performance Sat., March 19, 2016 at 6:00 pm

Countess de Hoernle Theatre at Spanish River High School Join us at this special performance recreating highlights from the past 25 years by the amazing guest dancers who brought their artistry to our stage.

25th Anniversary Post-Performance Celebration

sponsored by Boca Raton Magazine Following our Gala Performance join us at Boca Ballet Theatre’s studios to celebrate with the guest artists, patrons, former student dancers and their families from our 25 seasons of dance! Tickets sold separately

Boca Ballet Theatre’s Season of Dance 2015-2016 • For Tickets (561) 995-0709 or www.bocaballet.org

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Dept. of State, Div. of Cultural Affairs, Florida Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Performances, guest artists and dates subject to change. Photos by: Norman Gorback, Keith May, Silvia Pangaro, David Seabrooke, Tim Thomas.

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MIAMI CITY BALLET: PROGRAM II When: Jan. 29–31 Where: Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach About: For 25 years, Danish danseur/choreographer Peter Martins has helmed the standardbearing programming at New York City Ballet, but none of his own works have been produced by Miami City Ballet—until now. His “Barber Violin Concerto,” set to the weeping, sweeping composition by Samuel Barber, will juxtapose classical ballet against the angular movements of modern dance. This program also features the triumphant return of “In the Upper Room,” celebrating Twyla Tharp’s 50th anniversary as a choreographer. In one of her most demanding and iconic works, set to an equally iconic and hypnotic Philip Glass score, shifting costumes, fog and lighting changes usher in a dance vocabulary that includes ballet, tap dance, boxing, yoga and sprinting. Finally, the program will continue to explore the endless George Balanchine oeuvre with “La Source,” a classical work inspired by 19th-century French ballet elegance. Cost: $20–$99 Contact: 561/832-7469, kravis.org

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“#UNHAPPY HOUR” WHEN: Jan. 8–24 WHERE: Coral Springs Museum of Art black box theater, 2855 Coral Springs Drive ABOUT: The line “a guy walks into a bar” has probably launched as many jokes as “once upon a time” has hatched fairy tales, but it’s what follows the cliché that counts. Bars are more than just watering holes—they are places to philosophize, meet the love of your life, commune with friends, de-stress after a long day at work, drown your sorrows. The creative possibilities inherent in the setting are endless, and the writers behind “#Unhappy Hour” will explore at least four of them. Award-winning local playwrights David Sirois and Mark Della Ventura, along with South Florida writers Gabe Hammad and Gladys Ramirez, have each penned a short play set over one evening in a neighborhood bar—and Della Ventura and Hammad have scripted ancillary material, centering on the bar staff, that will be woven around the plays. “Drinking, South Florida and loneliness were our three broad-stroke ideas,” says Hammad of the inspiration for this world premiere. “We’re having a karaoke bar onstage; we’ll make it fun. Even when we approach serious topics, we’ll take them on through the veil of humor.” COST: $39.22 CONTACT: 954/344-5990, coralspringscenterforthearts.com

SUNSHINE MUSIC FESTIVAL WHEN: Jan. 17 WHERE: Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton ABOUT: One of our region’s most popular boutique musical festivals no longer has the blues—at least in its moniker. The former Sunshine Music & Blues Festival has dropped the genre signifier for its fourth annual performance at the Mizner Amphitheater, a smart move considering this year’s lineup is its most diverse yet. Headlined as always by founders Tedeschi Trucks Band—the 12-piece rock-nsoul powerhouse fronted by onetime solo artists Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks—the daylong shindig also features The Indigo Girls, the Atlanta folk-rock duo that met in elementary school and released its 14th album in 2015; the eclectic New Orleans brass virtuoso Trombone Shorty and his band Orleans Avenue; The Hardworking Americans, a cover-song supergroup fronted by rabble-rousing folksinger Todd Snider; Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, a beloved jam band fronted by a jazz saxophonist; and more. Expect a generous selection of wine, craft beer and food trucks. COST: $49.99–$189.99 CONTACT: sunshinemusicfestival.com

“NORMA” WHEN: Jan. 23–30 WHERE: Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami ABOUT: Composer Vincenzo Bellini died at 33, but he still managed to make most of us look like slugabeds: He completed 10 operas before his early demise, and he was not averse to playing favorites among them, famously asserting that, “If I were shipwrecked at sea, I would leave all the rest of my operas and try to save ‘Norma.’” The title role, of a Druid priestess in ancient Gaul who falls tragically in love with a flighty official of the Roman occupation, requires some of the most challenging examples of bel canto— or “beautiful singing”—in the operatic canon. Maria Callas sang it more than 90 times. In Florida Grand Opera’s second production of its season, Russian soprano Mlada Khudoly will summit the vocal heights and express the emotional seesaws of this alternately vulnerable and dangerous woman, who holds a knife with aplomb and warns her unfaithful lover that, “My burning fury will engulf you like the wind and the waves.” The opera, with its lavish historical sets and its literally fiery ending, will be produced by FGO for the first time in 26 years. COST: $21–$225 CONTACT: 305/949-6722, fgo.org

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65 International Galleries Contemporary art, sculpture and photography Preview March 17, 2016 To benefit the Boca Raton Museum of Art Fair March 18 - 21, 2016

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International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches Florida Atlantic University 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL, USA artbocaraton.com

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MO ROCCA

Wycliffe Gordon

Eugene Friesen

January 24 • 4 PM

with Special Guest

Theresa Thomason February 13 • 7 PM

Laurel Massé

February 27 • 7 PM

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WHEN: Jan. 13 WHERE: Broward Center, 201 S.W. Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale ABOUT: Rocca arrived on the radars of many when Jon Stewart inherited “The Daily Show” in 1998; as one of Stewart’s favored correspondents, Rocca was the white, liberal, bespectacled Catholic wiseacre who wasn’t Stephen Colbert. Few networks have turned down Rocca’s invitations since; the brainy humorist has quipped about pop-culture nostalgia for VH1’s “I Love the ‘80s,” created the homespun culinary series “My Grandmother’s Ravioli” on The Cooking Channel and, like everybody with an IMDb page, appeared on a few “Law & Order” spinoffs. His most surprising TV appearance came last year, when he delivered the first reading at Pope Francis’ Mass at Madison Square Garden—in perfect Spanish! For an openly gay man, it was quite a statement. At this appearance, sponsored by Broward College, Rocca will combine comedy, commentary and biography, discussing his experiences as a media personality and journalist. COST: $50.85 CONTACT: 954/462-0222, browardcenter.org

SOUTH FLORIDA FAIR

JAN 10

BACH | PACHELBEL | PIAZZOLLA

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COPLAND | POULENC | FAURÉ | MOZART

MAR 20

BEETHOVEN | IVES | MENDELSSOHN

SUNDAYS | 3PM

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WHEN: Jan. 15–31 WHERE: South Florida Fairgrounds, 601-7 Sansburys Way, West Palm Beach ABOUT: An institution for more than 100 years, the South Florida Fair is expected to attract upwards of half a million visitors to its 17 eclectic days of live music, midway rides, interactive exhibits and theatrical performances—that’s a lot of funnel cake. Most of the national acts have not been announced at the time of this writing, but slated entertainment includes Glenn Leonard, the Temptations’ lead tenor, who will front a Motown celebration; Vocal Trash, the environmentally conscious drummers, musicians and break-dancers who perform innovative covers on instruments made from repurposed scrap items; Kachunga, an alligator tamer whose appendages know their way around the 80-toothed Florida natives; stage hypnotist and comedian Tyzen; and the Rosstyn Ice Show, featuring world-renowned skaters. In addition, the fair is going hyperlocal this year, with a “Discover the Palm Beaches” themed exposition; Palm Beach County resident artists will showcase work designed from sand, flip-flops and palm fronds. COST: $8–$35 CONTACT: 561/793-0333, southfloridafair.com

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Adriana Duque, Maria 24 (from the series Iconos II), 2014, Inkjet Print, 147 x 178 cm, Courtesy GalerĂa el Museo, Bogota

19th Edition 90 International Dealers Contemporary art, sculpture and photography Preview January 20, 2016 Fair January 21 - 24, 2016

Special Pavilions Emerge Site: Installations & Projects Works on Paper artpalmbeach.com

Palm Beach County Convention Center 650 Okeechobee Boulevard West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 USA

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Art About Town

oca Raton may not have a self-contained arts district like Miami, Fort Lauderdale, or even Delray Beach or Boynton. Instead, our gallery scene is scattered, spreading like a cultural diaspora through high-end shopping malls, universities, strip malls and our own Gallery Center. Those willing to travel to these tucked-away gems can edify themselves on everything from Old Masters to cutting-edge contemporary work, with price points for virtually any budget. Here’s a look at five of our favorites. SCHMIDT AND RITTER GALLERIES

Where: FAU, 777 Glades Road Specialization: Student- and faculty-driven work, emerging contemporary artists Artists exhibited: Terry Adkins, Ellen Harvey, Mickalene Thomas, Ilit Azoulay Ambience: Each gallery enjoys the same square footage—2,400—but is vastly different in configuration. Opening in 1983 as FAU’s first art gallery, the Ritter is a long space with matte wood flooring, making it suitable for intimate exhibitions. The Schmidt, which opened in 1998, has 22-foot-high ceilings and is awash in natural light, with large-scale artists exhibiting here. Exhibitions are usually announced on a seasonal basis. On Jan. 22, the Ritter will open “Dirt Yuta Suelo Udongo Te,” local artist Onajide Shabaka’s exploration of a medium that exists under our feet; on Feb. 5, the Ritter will unveil “Jay Critchley, Incorporated,” a survey of work by this activist artist and satirist. What makes it unique: The most obvious distinction is that, being university galleries, the Schmidt and Ritter are nonprofits, so they’re not in the business of selling art. Galleries director W. Rod Faulds likens their mission to that of the region’s hip arts districts. “In Palm Beach County, we like to consider ourselves as being at the cutting edge in showing younger, lesser-known artists than the Norton and/or the Boca Museum,” Faulds says. “And that’s partly where our relationship to Miami comes in: Miami is the closest contemporary arts center in our region, and we certainly try to be on a par with contemporary presenters down there.” Contact: 561/297-2966, fau.edu/galleries

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WENTWORTH GALLERY

VERTU FINE ART Where: 5250 Town Center Circle, No. 128 Specialization: Pop Art, Op Art, minimalism Artists represented: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, Chuck Close Price range: $1,500–$200,000 Ambience: The lone gallery in the Shops at Boca Center has the local market on postwar contemporary paintings and sculptures pretty well cornered, offering vibrant, large-scale showstoppers like Damien Hirst’s oversized pill bottles and Steven Gagnon’s “Composition in Pink”—a female silhouette made from pink painted women’s heels. Vertu crams dozens of blue-chip artists its 1,500 square feet and hosts periodic exhibitions, including a January Warhol showcase, timed to coincide with the Boca Raton Museum of Art’s Warhol bonanza. Owner Gary Santoro, who moved Vertu from Fort Lauderdale to Boca in 2011, prizes the highend shopping center location, with its proximity to coffee shops and salons. “I can’t tell you how many times people come here with curlers in their hair,” Santoro says. “They see something they like, and they bring their husband back.” What makes it unique: “We’re constantly changing, and constantly getting new stuff and buying and selling. That’s our thing. We’re really dealers with a showroom,” Santoro says. “Also, we really service our clients. We have our own truck, we go out to your house, we hang, we install, and we take on the whole project.” Contact: 561/368-4680, vertufineart.com

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Where: 6000 Glades Road Specialization: Everything from Old Masters to modern Pop art; as gallery director Michael O’Mahoney says, “We’re sort of like the Baskin-Robbins of the art world. We have all flavors.” Artists represented: Charles Fazzino, Peter Max, Michael Godard, Elena Bond Price range: $1,000–$90,000 Ambience: One of nine Wentworth galleries dotting high-end shopping malls on the East Coast, this longtime Town Center destination, accessible from the Bloomingdale’s entrance, is ideally situated to attract upscale collectors. Deeper than it looks at first glance, the space stretches vertically from the modest entrance to accommodate dozens of paintings. Exhibitions change seasonally; on Jan. 16, the gallery unveils works by Rick Allen—in his night job, he’s the one-armed drummer of Def Leppard—but interested buyers can always examine works by artists ranging from Degas to Dali, which are hidden in the 30 accessible sliders in the center of the gallery. What makes it unique: Allen isn’t the only rock-and-roller in Wentworth’s stable. The Stones’ Ronnie Wood, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Michael Cartellone and Paul Stanley of Kiss have graced its walls. And the perks of purchasing their paintings are priceless. “When someone acquires a piece of their artwork, it’s more than just meeting the celebrity,” O’Mahoney says. “We send them backstage during a Def Leppard concert. We not only do shows with [Paul Stanley] but a private dinner with him at the Ritz-Carlton in D.C., and a private concert for our top clients. Instead of just doing the basic sale of art, we bring an experience to the client.” Contact: 561/338-0804, wentworthgallery.com

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From left: Steven Gagnon’s “Composition in Pink” and the Vertu interior; Rick Allen’s “Red, White and Blues” at Wentworth Gallery; Baker Sponder Gallery; and Carré D’Artistes

BAKER SPONDER GALLERY

CARRÉ D’ARTISTES

Where: 608 Banyan Trail Specialization: Contemporary and modern art Artists represented: Boaz Vaadia, Donald Martiny, Ernest Trova, Kikuo Saito Price range: $5,000–$1 million (or more) Ambience: This is the grande dame of Boca Raton’s contemporary gallery scene, the anchor of the city’s Gallery Center building since 1989. The no-frills interior, with its concrete floors and exposedductwork ceiling, make it easy to lose yourself within its sprawling 6,000-square-foot space. The art is sleek and cool, with an emphasis on monumental statement pieces. A recent visit to the ever-changing space featured works as varied as Mauro Perucchetti’s playful, vibrant “Jelly Baby” sculptures; Patrick Hughes’ perceptually challenging 3D oil-on-boards; local artist Brenda Zappitell’s abstract paintings; and Max Steven Grossman’s hyperrealist photographs of well-stocked bookshelves. What makes it unique: Founder Elaine Baker brought on her daughter, Deborah Sponder, as a partner in 2003, and this formidable team has established an influence that spreads across South Florida. Adjunct Baker Sponder Sculpture Projects at the Boca Raton Resort & Club and the Ritz-Carlton in Key Biscayne have shaped the artistic visions of both resorts. In 2013, Sponder struck out on her own, launching her eponymous gallery in Miami’s Filling Station Lofts. As for Gallery Center, the bustling art hive has changed over the years, with only three galleries remaining—Sponder points to “attrition due to the economy, and then the Internet, and then art fairs”—but this prolific mother and daughter show no signs of slowing down. Contact: 561/241-3050, bakerspondergallery.com

Where: 430 Plaza Real Specialization: Variety Artists represented: Erin Ashley, Patrick Rousseau and Patrick Cornee are among more than 600 Price range: $150–$575 Ambience: This compact, black-walled space opened last September, the first Florida location for a global, Paris-based chain whose galleries number more than 30. Twelve rotating artists—mostly emerging painters and mixed-media artists, ranging from landscapists and surrealists to abstract expressionists—offer original artworks in four regimented sizes, protected in plastic sleeves and leaning on metal shelves for easy browsing. The vibe is closer to that of a record shop than an art gallery, and its chipper director, Eduardo Castañeda, encourages customers to remove the plastic and feel the texture of the pieces. What makes it unique: The attire for the gallery is “skinny jeans and high-tops,” according to Castañeda, but that only begins to distinguish this budget-friendly brand. “We’re not a sterile gallery where you have to stay a few feet back and not touch,” he says. “Most people are a bit intimidated to walk into an art gallery, either because they’re afraid to ask for the price or they feel they don’t know enough about art or don’t deserve art. We’re breaking that wall and making art more approachable. We want anyone to walk in and not only be able to afford a piece, but be able to relate to an artist or piece of work.” Contact: 561/961-0917, carredartistesfl.com

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FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, FAU THEATRE LAB

ou Tyrrell always has had a bit of that “if you build it, they will come” spirit in him. That sense of entrepreneurial optimism helped him launch Theatre Club of the Palm Beaches in 1987 at the Duncan Theatre Second Stage, on what is now Palm Beach State College. Dedicated to producing only new work in an environment that favored safer classics, Tyrrell relocated his company to a Manalapan strip mall in 1991 and renamed it Florida Stage in 1997. During its 24-year run it would earn a reputation as the one of the region’s finest companies, launching the careers of many award-winning local and national playwrights. When the company went under in 2011, Tyrrell reemerged the following year with the Theatre at Arts Garage, building an infrastructure for professional theater out of a cabaret venue more suited to jazz and blues. It turned out to be a short-lived tenure. Tyrrell resigned in spring 2015, only to make headlines again last September to lead another company, the Theatre Lab at FAU, which began presenting staged readings of dramas and musicals in a makeshift space in a former residence hall cafeteria. Like his previous ventures, this one needed some TLC. “When we got here on Aug. 10, there was nothing in here except for some dead caterpillars, a bunch of rolling chairs and some desks used for training,” recalls associate artistic director Matt Stabile, who followed Tyrrell from Arts Garage. “Now, it’s hard to remember what it looked like then.” The location, on the ground floor of Parliament Hall, is indeed vibrant. Tyrrell himself erected and painted the walls of a lobby gallery showcasing blue-chip artists. The seasonally changing exhibits lead into the intimate theater space, which seats 95, some only inches from the stage. Organizers have called it “theater in the raw.” Theatre Lab promptly began its inaugural season in October, presenting a series of four plays, three musicals and a playwright’s workshop; the spring season begins Jan. 13 with seven more premiere readings. Tyrrell relishes the opportunities the FAU partnership provides to, as he puts it, “use theater as a catalyst to bring all the university departments together” by presenting material with educational crossover potential. But in essence, Theatre Lab represents an extension of what Tyrrell always has done—presenting brand-new work from around the country with the aid of South Florida’s homegrown talent—and actors and playwrights are thrilled to be a part of it.

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Why did you decide to leave Arts Garage? This was bubbling. From the time we were at Florida Stage, it was sitting there. It was not on the front burner, but we were personally and specifically aware of the opportunities that this kind of collaboration would allow. So I think the stars just needed to align. It was a delight to create a program together at Arts Garage, and we knew that it would go forward.

How much labor does it take to put on a reading versus a full production? It’s always very intense, the few days you have. But the payoff for that investment is remarkable. [After a reading last October], there were people in the audience who didn’t want to see a full production of the play. When you invest two days with these kinds of talented actors, there’s an argument for just wanting to do this. All the actors and musicians involved will say it’s crazy and it’s so gratifying. They love feeling like they’ve been able to really do the piece, understanding the parameters.

That said, is there a way Theatre Lab could graduate from readings to full productions? We’ll be talking about it for next season. The only urgency is that it takes time to do anything like this, and we’ve totally ignored the reality of the time it should take up until now. Now that we’re launched, we feel we’ve got

a really good toehold, and are able to show with every next event what’s possible, and the impact we can have. Now we need to take a deep breath and, with the benefit of time, determine what is possible.

Do you approach programming any differently for the university audience than you did for Delray or Manalapan audiences? Not really. Because in Delray, it was still really entry-level. We built that stage and lighting system. So the focus there was, as it is here, on text and performance. For me, it begins with the playwright. I love companycreated works as much as the next person, but I am devoted personally to the literature, and the literature comes from the mind of an individual, working in isolation.

At the reading I attended, the majority of the audience was white-haired; I didn’t notice students in attendance. Is this a problem? It was partly due to that particular show; [a week later], half of the audience were students. One thing we commit to at the front end of signing up for the theater is that it reflects life, in that it’s there and it’s gone. In an ever-greater technologically advanced society, there is a yearning to reconnect on a person-to-person basis. I think it will always be thus. That’s what we’re here to provide. Whether we’re thirty-something or eighty-something, that shared memory is the point of the exercise.

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WARHOL PRINTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARC BELL THROUGH MAY 1, 2016

WARHOL ON VINYL : THE RECORD COVERS, 1949 - 1987 THROUGH APR. 10, 2016

BOB COLACELLO : IN AND OUT WITH ANDY THROUGH MAY 1, 2016

Support for these exhibitions is generously provided by Dr. Nicole Edeiken, Beatrice Cummings Mayer, Peter Raimondi, and Saks Fifth Avenue, Boca Raton.

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Andy Warhol, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [from Reigning Queens], 1985. ÂŠ 2015 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Courtesy the collection of Marc Bell.

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Please Join Us

As we celebrate 30 years of service to the community,

Celebrating AVDA’s Pearl Anniversary With “30 Years 30 Faces – the Survivors, the Champions and Those Who Serve and Protect”

AVDA’s Heart of A Woman Luncheon continues in its

Wednesday • January 20, 2016 • 10:30 AM Boca Raton Resort & Club The Great Hall

tradition of celebrating the strength, courage and

Sponsorship Packages With A Variety of Exciting Benefits Are Available Individuals Tickets Are $150 and Tables Are Available

determination of women,

Event Co-Chairs Jeannette DeOrchis Anne Vegso

especially those overcoming domestic abuse. The Heart of a Woman Luncheon is one of

Committee Tami Babij Tish Carlo

Barbara Gutin Dorothy MacDiarmid Rosemary Krieger Jean Magrella

Honorees Gail Veros Congregation B’nai Israel NCCI Holdings, Inc.

AVDA’s largest fundraising events of the year.

Proceeds benefit AVDA’s programs and services.

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For reservations, sponsorship, or more information, call 561-265-3797 or visit www.avdaonline.org sponsors

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Allianz Championship WEDNESDAY, FEB 3 | 6-9 PM

The Old Course at Broken Sound Enjoy upscale dining from one of Boca and Delray’s top restaurants— seated on the fairway near the 18th hole during the Allianz Championship.

THE MENUS ARE IN! Check out the following pages for featured menus, pricing, and restaurant contact information.

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Dine on mouthwatering, rustic Italian cuisine created by talented executive chef Erick Miranda. The expansive menu truly pays homage to the fine culinary traditions of Italy. This enticing, four-course meal will showcase the restaurant’s superb salads, house-made pasta, fresh fish and seafood, scrumptious veal and chicken entrées, and decadent desserts. The full bar features inventive cocktails, as well as an impressive selection of wine and beer.

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Lobster Cocktail: Fresh Shucked Lobster Tail and Claw with Ginger Cocktail Sauce

FIRST COURSE

Organic Greens with Toasted Walnuts, Dried Cranberries, Grape Tomatoes, Crumbled Mytag Cheese and Balsamic Dressing

SECOND COURSE 807 Prime Filet Mignon Grilled Fingerling Potatoes, Shitake Mushrooms, Roasted Corn, Green Beans, Caramelized Pearl Onions with Truffled Demi Sauce

THIRD COURSE

Macadamia Nut Crusted Sea Bass Sweet Potatoes, Mango Salsa, Lemongrass and Puerre Blanc

DESSERT

Tiramisu: Ladyfingers, Espresso, Myer’s Dark Rum, Mascarpone and Cocla

Each Course Paired with Amici Wines

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LIVE where the champions compete in an avid golfer’s private two-course Club Community. Home to PGA Champions Tour Allianz Championship. 5-Star Platinum Club of America, two world class Audubon Sanctuary certified golf courses. Why LIVE LIFE anywhere else!

Going strong after 20 years, Max’s Grille still has what it takes to keep the dining room full and the bar buzzing. The menu is designed to elevate traditional American favorites to a new level of contemporary delicacy. Max’s uniquely fresh and artistic influence on the modern American bistro has resulted in culinary excellence for almost 25 years!

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$200.00 Seating is Limited Broken Sound Blueberry - Basil Drop

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OMG Jumbo Shrimp and Grits Anson Mills Heirloom Grits, Fire Roasted Pear Tomatoes Charred Corn, Candied Nueske’s Bacon, Kale Cajun “Beer Blanc”, Garlic - Chile Popcorn

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Pan Seared Chilean Sea Bass, Artichoke Hearts, Capers, Heirloom Cherry Tomatoes, White Wine, Spinach Pesto, Pearl Pasta

THIRD COURSE

“My Big Fat Ribeye”: Char Grilled with Roasted Pepper Chimichurri, Short Rib Demi-GlazeHouse Made Onion Rings, Blue Cheese Spicy Charred Brussel Sprouts, Horseradish Duchess Potato

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Crisp Apple & Endive Salad – Sliced Apples, Braised Endive, Radicchio, Escarole, Crispy Prosciutto, Candied Pistachio, Warm Brown Butter Dressing Sauvignon Blanc, Decoy by Duckhorn, Sonoma County, 2014

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Cedar Plank Organic King Salmon, Roasted Winter Squash, Swiss Chard, Salsa Verde Pinot Noir, Migration by Duckhorn, Russian River Valley, 2013

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A great steakhouse experience is waiting for you at Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Boca Raton, Florida. Featuring our expertly prepared USDA Prime steaks served sizzling on a 500° plate and an award-winning wine list. For your next date night, business meeting or private party, our Boca Raton steakhouse offers superior service and a dining experience you’ll remember long after the meal is done.

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for starters ROCCO’S TACOS 110 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561/808-1100

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IF YOU GO HOURS: Mon. 11:30 a.m.–midnight, Tues.– Fri. 11:30–2 a.m., Sat. 11–2 a.m., Sun 11 a.m.– midnight (kitchen closes at 11 p.m. Sun.– Mon., and at midnight Tues.–Sat.; there’s a late-night menu often available until 1 a.m. Tues.–Sat., and until closing Sun.–Mon.) PRICES: Tacos $3.25–$5.25 each; entrées $13.50–$24 WEBSITE: roccostacos.com

dd tacos, tequila and good times and what do you get? Seven Rocco’s Tacos, that’s what. The most recent addition to the flock debuted this fall in downtown Delray, the perfect restaurant-crazy backdrop for Rocco’s vibrantly flavorful Mexican dishes and more than 300 tequilas. For the West Palm Beach-based Big Time Restaurant Group, that makes almost one new Rocco’s every year since it opened the first taco-centric spot on Clematis Street in 2007, a track record that would set most restaurateurs to crying in their cerveza. With charismatic co-owner Rocco Mangel the face of the operation, Rocco’s has become known as much for his gregarious personality as it is for its roster of designer margaritas, guacamole prepared tableside in an authentic Mexican molcajete and, of course, all manner of tacos with house-made corn or flour tortillas. How gregarious? It’s not uncommon to see Mangel dancing on top of the bar in his shiny white shoes while pouring tequila into patrons’ gulping maws. It’s a formula that exploded out of the gate in Delray, so much so that Big Time partner Todd Herbst says, “It almost made me nervous.” Not too nervous, though. Herbst and company already are planning to open more Rocco’s. After all, their arithmetic has so far proved flawless. —BILL CITARA

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he noise hits at the valet stand. At first, it’s a low rumble, like a train pounding down distant tracks, mixed with a higher-pitched buzzing, as if a million electric birds were chirping furiously in some animatronics forest. As you get closer the noise gets louder, a dull roar that grows more pronounced with every forward step. A few steps more, and you arrive at the source. Welcome to Friday night at Tap 42. If you take this to mean that Boca’s newest gastropub is wildly popular, at least among those whose ear canals have yet to be shredded like wet Kleenex, you certainly would be right. Yet beneath the bruising cacophony and the carefully calibrated Millennial appeal—the hard-edged, nouveau-industrial decor, the short, accessible, grazing-friendly menu, the nonstop celebration of beer, beer,

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beer—beats the heart of a serious and quite accomplished restaurant. Simply put, the food at Tap 42 is very good. Probably better than it needs to be. A limited all-day menu of modestly priced and enormously portioned dishes probably deserves some of the credit, but most of it goes to a kitchen that just executes the hell out of everything. Take a delightful chopped salad featuring a slab of perfectly fresh, perfectly grilled salmon, for example. Ribbons of charred corn, edamame, tomatoes, sunflower seeds, and carrots and cucumber diced with surgical precision were laid out on a bed of shredded romaine and purple cabbage and bathed in a tangy-creamy tomatillo ranch dressing for a joyful riot of contrasting flavors and textures. North of 12 bucks may seem like a lot to pay for a blob of guacamole, but Tap eases the pain a little by bringing charred corn, fried garlic and fat lardons of crispy bacon to the party, topping it off with crumbles of mild cotija cheese. If you thought regular guac was irresistible, check this out. Mac-n-cheese carefully toed the line between gloriously decadent and, “Quick, call the cardiologist.” Succulent shrimp, (more) chunks of smoky bacon and roasted mushroom lurked in a cheesy béchamel-like sauce

coating squiggles of cavatappi pasta and covered with a crunchy, golden layer of Parmesan, herbs and breadcrumbs. Of course, any beer-centric spot worthy of its wort must have a burger. And Tap’s massive “Prohibition” burger is one worthy patty. It’s adorned with all the usual garnishes—cheese, bacon, LTO, a proprietary “secret” sauce. But it’s the rich, beefy flavor of the burger itself that makes it a prohibitive (ahem) favorite. The only dish that limped out of the kitchen was that pub-grub staple—chicken wings. Grilled rather than fried and doused with a BBQ sauce so sweet it would be better poured over ice cream, it was one clunker of a clucker. On the other hand, bread pudding was simply spectacular, better than anything you’re likely to get on Bourbon Street. Moist, dense, almost obscenely luxurious, it was studded with bits of dark chocolate and topped off with a nutty, bittersweet salted caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream. Your eardrums may not appreciate Tap 42. But your taste buds will love it. —BILL CITARA

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Our New Seafood Menu Is Off The Hook. Discover Delray’s premier seafood restaurant, where bold flavors and fresh ingredients are only part of the lure. Our live entertainment and colossal aquariums will delight your senses, and our ocean-themed cocktails and newly expanded seafood menu will catch you by surprise!

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Danish koldt bord at Out of Denmark

IF YOU GO PRICES: Entrées $25.95–$38.95 HOURS: Tues.–Sun. 4:30–10 p.m. WEBSITE: restaurantoutofdenmark.com

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f they gave out medals for persistence— and triumph—in the face of adversity, Jorgen Moller would have a chestful of ribbons. The story of the chef-partner at re-born Out of Denmark is equal parts heart-rending and heartwarming. It starts in Miami, where for many years Moller ran Prince Hamlet, one of the most popular dining spots in town, which was destroyed in the riots of the early 1980s. It continues in Delray, where for more than a dozen years Moller’s original Out of Denmark reprised the success of Prince Hamlet until he closed the restaurant in 2006 to care for his cancer-stricken wife. Monica Moller died in 2012, and a year later Moller teamed up with his son (and chef), Christian, to open a second Out of Denmark not far from the first. This latest Out of Denmark has a homey, oldfashioned ambience. Open shelves that divide the pair of dining rooms are lined with assorted tchotchkes and knickknacks. Gilt-edged mirrors and various prints hang on the walls, while ornate crystal chandeliers dangle from the ceiling. If it all seems a little worn, a little kitschy, Moller’s loyal patrons don’t seem to mind. The food also is old school, no moleculargastro-nouveau anything. The restaurant’s signature is the classic Danish koldt bord, an array of small bites impressively presented on a three-tiered stand. Like the decor, some of those bites seem rather tired (or breathtakingly sweet), but the best include tangy pickled mushrooms with Dijon mustard, über-rich creamed spinach with Danish blue cheese and tiny pickled beets. Classic entrées include a lovely herb and garlic-marinated rack of lamb, cooked rosy pink in the center and served with mint jelly and béarnaise and a book-sized slab of Wiener Schnitzel, a thin-pounded scallop of veal breaded and quickly sautéed to crispy tenderness. You will need teeth to eat it, but you won’t need a knife. Seven-layer kijaffa cake calls to mind a fruitier Danish tiramisu, tasting of vanilla and whipped cream and raspberry puree. It’s a fitting end to a meal at Jorgen Moller’s storied restaurant.

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Park Road. Contemporary American. This cozy, artfully rustic spot is one of the few restaurants in the U.S. that has a Josper oven, a pricy, charcoal-fired grill-oven hybrid that cooks foods quickly at high heat to retain maximum flavor and texture. It works like a charm on chicken, resulting in remarkably crisp skin and tender meat, as well as on fist-sized shrimp you can customize with one of several sauces. Don’t miss feather-light profiteroles filled with caramel and pumpkin mousse. • Dinner nightly. 561/409-2061. $$

abe & louie’s —2200 W. Glades Road. Steaks. This outpost of the Boston steak house cooks up slabs of well-aged, USDA Prime beef like nobody’s business. Two of the best are the bone-in rib-eye and New York sirloin. Start with a crab cocktail, but don’t neglect side dishes like steamed spinach and hash browns. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner nightly. Brunch Sun. 561/447-0024. $$$

arturo’s ristorante—6750 N. Federal Highway. Italian. Arturo’s quiet, comfortable dining room; slightly formal, rigorously professional service; and carefully crafted Italian dishes never go out of style. You’ll be tempted to make a meal of the array of delectable antipasti from the antipasti cart, but try to leave room for main courses like fresh jumbo shrimp grilled in hot marinara sauce. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner daily. 561/997-7373. $$$ biergarten—309 Via De Palmas, #90. German/Pub. Part vaguely German beer garden, part all-American sports bar, this rustic eatery offers menus that channel both, as well as an excellent selection of two-dozen beers on tap and the same number by the bottle. The food is

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basic and designed to go well with suds, like the giant pretzel with a trio of dipping sauces and the popular “Biergarten burger.” • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/395-7462. $

boca landing—999 E. Camino Real. Contemporary American. No Hollywood celebrity has gotten a better face-lift than Boca’s aging Bridge Hotel, now the sleek, contemporary Waterstone Resort & Marina. The hotel’s new signature restaurant, Boca Landing, is equally stunning, showing off its prime waterfront location and views. The mostly small-plates menu features Asian-inflected tuna tartare, green curry mussels and fried calamari. Probably the best dish, though, is the thoroughly continental filet mignon with crab and béarnaise, with wickedly luscious house-made hazelnut gelato coming in a very close second. • Dinner daily. 561/368-9500. $$

bonefish grill—21069 Powerline Road. Seafood. Market-fresh seafood is the cornerstone—like Chilean sea bass prepared over a wood-burning grill and served with sweet Rhea’s topping (crabmeat, sautéed spinach and a signature lime, tomato and garlic sauce.) • Dinner nightly. Lunch on Saturdays. 561/4834949. (Other Palm Beach County locations: 1880 N. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach, 561/732-9142; 9897 Lake Worth Road, Lake Worth, 561/9652663; 11658 U.S. Highway 1, North Palm Beach, 561/799-2965) $$ brio tuscan grille—5050 Town Center Circle, #239. Italian. The Boca outpost of this national chain does what it set out to do—dish up big portions of well-made, easily accessible Italianesque fare at a reasonable price. If you’re looking for bruschetta piled with fresh cheeses and vegetables or house-made fettuccine with tender shrimp and lobster in a spicy lobster butter sauce, you’ll be one happy diner. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner daily. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/392-3777. (Other Palm Beach County locations: The Gardens Mall, 3101 PGA Blvd., 561/622-0491; CityPlace, 550 S. Rosemary Ave., 561/835-1511) $$

butcher block grill—7000 W. Camino Real, #100. Steak house/Contemporary American. This casual steak house with a Mediter-

ranean twist and a local, seasonal, sustainable ethos gives the stuffy old-fashioned meatery a swift kick in the sirloin. Beef here is all-natural and grass-fed, delivering big, rich, earthy flavor; the New York strip is 12 ounces of carnivorous pleasure. Seafood, whether raw (tuna crudo) or simply grilled (wild-caught salmon), is palatepleasing as well. Don’t miss the fresh mozzarella, made and assembled into a salad at your table. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/409-3035. $$$

the capital grille—6000 Glades Road. Steaks. This is one of more than three dozen restaurants in a national chain, but the Boca Grille treats you like a regular at your neighborhood restaurant. Steaks, dry-aged if not Prime, are flavorful and cooked with precision, while starters from Wagyu beef carpaccio to a lighter version of the hardy chopped salad are nicely done too. Parmesan truffle fries are crispy sticks of potato heaven; chocolate-espresso cake a study in shameless, and luscious, decadence. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner daily. 561/368-1077. $$$

casa d’angelo —171 E. Palmetto Park Road. Italian. Angelo Elia’s impeccable Italian restaurant is a delight, from the stylish room to the suave service to the expansive wine list, not to mention food that’s by turn elegant, hearty, bold, subtle and always delicious. Dishes off the regular menu make excellent choices, like char-grilled jumbo prawns with artichoke, arugula, lemon and olive oil. But pay attention to specials like pan-seared snapper and scallops in a spicy, garlicky cherry tomato sauce. • Dinner nightly. 561/338-1703. $$$ the cheesecake factory—5530 Glades Road. American. Oh, the choices! The chain even has a Sunday brunch menu in addition to its main menu, which includes Chinese chicken salad and Cajun jambalaya. Don’t forget about the cheesecakes—from white chocolate and raspberry truffle offerings. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/393-0344. (Other Palm Beach County locations: CityPlace, West Palm Beach, 561/8023838; Downtown at the Gardens, Palm Beach Gardens, 561/776-3711) $$

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service are all hallmarks of this local outpost of the Hillstone restaurant chain. There are plenty of reasons why this is one of the most popular business lunch spots in all of Boca, including menu items like crab cakes, the mammoth salad offerings and the tasty baby back ribs. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/998-0550. $$$

cuban café —3350 N.W. Boca Raton Blvd.

Continental. Though the kitchen does have a timid hand with sauces and seasonings, there’s no quibbling about the execution, whether a light, refreshing “tower” of lump crabmeat with mango, cucumber and tomato; rosy-rare double-cut lamb chops with port wine-mint sauce; pan-seared hogfish with orange beurre blanc; or the richly decadent half-moon chocolate tart. • Dinner nightly. Lunch Mon.–Fri. 561/353-2700. $$$

Cuban. Diners pack this traditional Cuban restaurant for lunch specials that start at $7.95, including slow-roasted pork served with white rice and black beans. Other highlights include the Cuban sandwich and (on the dinner menu only) lechón asado. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/750-8860. $

davinci’s of boca—6000 Glades Road. Italian. Expect carefully prepared Italian fare that will satisfy both traditionalists and the more adventurous. The former will like crisp, greaseless fried calamari and hearty lasagna made with fresh pasta. The latter will enjoy creamy burrata with prosciutto, tomato jam and arugula and a branzino served with spinach, clams and shrimp. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/362-8466. $$

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Regulars at Kathy’s Gazebo will tell you that as much as they enjoy the café, it’s worth taking a seat at the Kitchen Counter from time to time to interact with the chefs.

dorsia—5837 N. Federal Highway. Continental. The simple pleasures of the table—good food, personable service, comfortable ambience—are what this modestly stylish restaurant is all about. The menu has a strong Italian bent, evidenced by dishes like a trio of fried zucchini blossoms stuffed with an airy three-cheese mousse, and a cookbook-perfect rendition of veal scaloppine lavished with artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes and a tangy lemon-white wine sauce. • Dinner nightly 561/961-4156. $$ farmer’s table —1901 N. Military Trail. American. Fresh, natural, sustainable, organic and local is the mantra at this both tasty and health-conscious offering from Mitchell Robbins and Joey Giannuzzi. Menu highlights include flatbreads, slow-braised USDA Prime short rib and the popular Buddha Bowl, with veggies, udon noodles and shrimp. • Breakfast Mon.–Fri. Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner nightly. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/417-5836. $

grand lux cafe —Town Center at Boca Raton. American. The Cheesecake Factory’s sister brand is an upscale take on the original formula, with an atmosphere inspired by the great cafes of Europe. The menu offers a range of international flavors, and the specialty baked-to-order desserts are always a big hit. • Lunch and dinner daily; breakfast on Saturday and Sunday. 561/392-2141. $$

the grille on congress—5101 Congress Ave. American. Dishes at this longtime favorite range from tasty chicken dishes and main-plate salads to seafood options like Asian-glazed salmon or pan-seared yellowtail snapper. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/912-9800. $$

houston’s —1900 N.W. Executive Center Circle. Contemporary American. Convenient location, stylish ambience and impeccable

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josephine’s —5751 N. Federal Highway. Italian. Tradition trumps trendy, and comfort outweighs chic at this Boca favorite. The ambience is quiet and stately but not stuffy, and the menu is full of hearty dishes to soothe the savage appetite, like three-cheese eggplant rollatini and chicken scarpariello. • Dinner nightly. 561/988-0668. $$

kapow noodle bar—431 Plaza Real. PanAsian. This wickedly stylish Asian-inspired gastropub delivers a delicious and inventive punch to the taste buds. Among the hardest hitters is tuna poke with sesame citrus soy-marinated ahi tuna, crispy wontons and habanero cucumber cream—not to mention cheesecake springrolls with a banana caramel dipping sauce. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/347-7322. $

kathy’s gazebo café —4199 N. Federal Highway. Continental. This local stalwart smoothly rolls along with its signature blend of French and Continental dishes. The ornate, formal dining room and equally formal service are anomalies these days but are comforting nonetheless. Classic dishes like creamy lobster bisque, house-made duck paté, broiled salmon with sauce béarnaise and dreamy chocolate mousse are as satisfying as ever. • Lunch Mon.– Fri. Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/395-6033. $$$

ke’e grill—17940 N. Military Trail. American. The attraction here is carefully prepared food that is satisfying, flavorful and reasonably priced. The fist-sized crab cake is a good place to start, followed by sea bass with a soy-ginger-sesame glaze. • Dinner nightly. 561/995-5044. $$$

la ferme—9101 Lakeridge Blvd. French/ Mediterranean. Classic style and classically oriented French cuisine come together at this elegant yet comfortable restaurant in a west Boca shopping mall. Though there are a few Asian and Italian-inflected dishes on the menu, at its heart Le Ferme (“the farm”) is as French as the Eiffel Tower. Start with gougères, cheesy pastry puffs filled with béchamel; don’t miss the unconscionably savory cassoulet; and finish with a tux-n-tails version of pineapple upsidedown cake that takes a classic one better. • Dinner daily. 561/654-6600. $$$

BUZZ BITES I EAT MARKET IN DELRAY: What one of its founders likens to a mashup of Whole Foods, Fresh Market and New York’s famed Dean & DeLuca has added a bit more spice to the already raging-hot Delray dining scene. That would be Eat Market (32 S.E. Second Ave., 561/278-2328), an ambitious venture from Larry Thomas and partners, also proprietors of next-door Salt7 restaurant and nightspot on Atlantic Avenue. The 2,000-square-foot space sports an urban neo-industrial look, with stainless-steel wire shelving, reclaimed wood accents and white tile walls. Hungry downtowners can grab everything from steaks to throw on the grill and freshly made sandwiches to an array of preprepared dishes (like the signature layered “mason jar” salads) and house-made pastries and ice cream. There’s also groceries, wine and household items, along with bistro-style tables where you can kick back and enjoy a nosh. Oh, and for the party-hearty crowd, there’s a late-night sandwich window where you can order up a designer sandwich until three in the morning. —LYNN KALBER

la nouvelle maison—455 E. Palmetto Park Blvd. French. Elegant, sophisticated French cuisine, white-glove service and a trio of (differently) stylish dining rooms make Arturo Gismondi’s homage to the Boca’s storied La Vieille Maison the home away from home to anyone who appreciates the fine points of fine dining. The cuisine showcases both first-rate ingredients and precise execution, whether a generous slab of silken foie gras with plum gastrique, posh lobster salad, cookbookperfect rendition of steak frites and assortment of desserts that range from homey apple tart to bananas Foster with chocolate and Grand Marnier. • Dinner daily. 561/338-3003. $$$

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Neapolitan Pizza

n Naples, the birthplace of pizza, they are very serious about their pies. Extremely serious, you might say. So serious they’ve even founded several organizations— Associazone Pizzaiuoli Napoletani (APN) being one—to set strict standards for what constitutes an authentic Neapolitan pizza and protect their “brand” from charlatans, carpetbaggers and philistines. The type of flour, salt, cheese and tomatoes is specified, as is the proper oven, its shape, fuel and temperature. It used to be if you wanted a pizza made with that kind of rigorous attention to detail in this country your choices were … well, you didn’t have any. Today, however, homegrown pizzaiuoli have rediscovered the timeless, elegant simplicity of the classic Neapolitan pie and are willing to put in the time, money and effort to re-create it.

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For this month’s Challenge we looked to the most elegant, elemental Neapolitan pie, the pizza margherita, so named after its biggest fan, Queen Margherita Maria Teresa Giovanna of Italy. An authentic margherita is simplicity itself—crust, tomato sauce, mozzarella and basil—leaving no place to hide from inferior ingredients or careless preparation or cooking. The judging for this trio of pizza challengers was equally basic: crust, tomato sauce, balance and flavor, and value, scores averaged to get a total. One bite of any of these hand-crafted pies and you’ll never choke down that greasy franchise slice again. —BILL CITARA

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MASTINO

A first-rate pie in the Neapolitan tradition, it suffers here only in comparison to the pizza at Scuola Vecchia. It was very good, except that the crust tasted slightly burnt, the tomato sauce wasn’t quite as bright-tasting and the balance of flavors was just short of perfection. $14

SCUOLA VECCHIA

Every element of this classic pie was simple perfection, from the thin, lightly blistered, crisp-chewy crust to the vibrant San Marzano tomato sauce to the freshly made mozzarella that tasted like milk straight from the dairy. They should be so lucky to eat pizza this good in Naples. $12

SWELL

Swell doesn’t claim to be truly Neapolitan, but its pies are Neapolitan in spirit. The lighter-style crust doesn’t have that appealing crispy-chewy density, and the sauce has a distinct canned taste, but an abundance of fresh basil and salty pecorino-romano give it an extra flavor boost. It’s bigger than the others too. $18

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Scuola Vecchia, 522 Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561/865-5923

excellent

Swell Pizza, 309 N.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach, 561/292-2020

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A hearty slice of cheesecake from New York Prime

Circle. American. This location is something of a Bermuda Triangle for restaurants, with at least four eateries preceding this local outpost of a Canadian chain that styles itself a “New York grill and bar.” What Madison’s has going for it is an exceedingly handsome and capacious space, as well as service that is as professional as it is personable. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/994-0808. $$

maggiano’s —21090 St. Andrews Blvd.

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Italian. Do as the Italians do and order familystyle, sit back and watch the endless amounts of gorgeous foods grace your table. In this manner, you receive two appetizers, two salads, two pastas, two entrées, two vegetables and two desserts. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/361-8244. $$

prices and food that satisfies on a very high level. Good starters include antichuchos, chunks of grilled beef heart, and causa, a terrine-like layering of mashed potatoes and chicken salad. Ceviche and the lomo saltado are among the best in South Florida. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/296-1413. $$

la tre —249 E. Palmetto Park Road. Vietnamese. For almost two decades, this elegant little spot has been celebrating the delicate, sophisticated flavors and textures of traditional and contemporary Vietnamese cuisine. A house signature, shrimp tossed with coriander curry pesto, is an inspired riff on Vietnamese classics. Service and wines match the refinement of the cuisine. • Dinner nightly. 561/392-4568. $$

History in the Making

Twenty-four years after opening this version of Pompano Beach’s Casa Cacciatore in Boca Raton, La Villetta continues to draw raves for its classic, Old World Italian fare.

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la villetta—4351 N. Federal Highway. Italian. This is a well-edited version of a traditional Italian menu, complete with homemade pastas and other classic dishes. Try the signature whole yellowtail snapper encrusted in sea salt; it’s de-boned right at tableside. Shrimp diavolo is perfectly scrumptious. • Dinner nightly. (closed Mon. during summer). 561/362-8403. $$ le rivage —450 N.E. 20th St. French. Don’t overlook this small, unassuming bastion of traditional French cookery. That would be a mistake, because the dishes that virtually scream “creativity” can’t compare to the quiet pleasures served here—like cool, soothing vichyssoise, delicate fillet of sole with nutty brown butter sauce or perfectly executed crème brûlee. Good food presented without artifice at a fair price never goes out of fashion. • Dinner nightly. 561/620-0033. $$

mario’s osteria—1400 Glades Road. Italian. This popular spot is swanky in its reincarnation, but the rustic Italian and ItalianAmerican fare keeps with an osteria’s humbler pretensions. Signature dishes like the garlic rolls, lasagna and eggplant “pancakes” are on the new menu, as are butternut squash ravioli and thick, juicy rib-eye served “arrabiata” style. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/239-7000. $$ matteo’s —233 S. Federal Highway. Italian. Hearty Italian and Italian-American food, served in giant “family style” portions, needs no reinventing. Though there is no shortage of local restaurants cooking in that genre, it’s the details of preparation and service that make Matteo’s stand out. Baked clams are a good place to start, as is the reliable chopped salad. Linguini frutti di mare is one of the best in town. • Dinner daily. 561/392-0773. $$ max’s grille —404 Plaza Real. Contemporary American. After 24 years in Mizner Park, Dennis Max’s modern American bistro is a true local classic. The food and decor are both timeless and up to date, the ambience is that of a smooth-running big city bistro. Service is personable and proficient. The menu is composed of dishes you really want to eat, from grilled artichokes with rémoulade to wild Alaskan salmon with citrus beurre blanc to the wickedly indulgent crème brûlèe pie. It’s a classic. Just like Max’s Grille. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Brunch Sat–Sun. Dinner daily. 561/368-0080. $$ merlino’s —39 S.E. First Ave. Italian. Promising to bring a little South Philadelphia swagger to the local dining scene, this handsome but not ostentatious restaurant got its initial buzz from the sometime involvement of reputed Philly mob boss Joey Merlino. The more long-lasting buzz should be about its first-rate Italian/Italian-American cuisine, which can satisfy both delicate (cheese-stuffed zucchini blossoms, simply roasted whole branzino) and hearty (classic pasta fagioli, lusty veal South Philly). • Dinner daily. 561/756-8437. $$$

morton’s the steakhouse —5050 Town Center Circle. Steak house. There’s seemingly no end to diners’ love of huge slabs of high-quality aged beef, nor to the carnivores

who pack the clubby-swanky dining room of this meatery. The star of the beef show is the giant bone-in filet mignon, which trumps with unusually deep and meaty flavor. The side of Grand Marnier soufflé is a cloud of luscious, citrus-y beauty that says while beef may be what’s for dinner, I am what’s for dessert. • Dinner daily. 561/392-7724. $$$

new york prime —2350 N.W. Executive Center Drive. Steak house. This wildly popular Boca meatery packs them in with swift, professional service, classy supper club ambience and an extensive wine list. And, of course, the beef—all USDA Prime, cooked to tender and juicy lusciousness over ferocious heat. The bone-in rib-eye is especially succulent, but don’t neglect the New York strip or steak-house classics like oysters Rockefeller, garlicky spinach and crusty hash browns. • Dinner daily. 561/998-3881. $$$$ nick’s new haven-style pizzeria—2240 N.W. 19th St., #904. Italian. Cross Naples (thin, blistered crust, judicious toppings) with Connecticut (fresh clams and no tomato sauce), and you’ve got a pretty good idea of the pies coming out Nick Laudano’s custom-made ovens. The “white clam” pizza with garlic and bacon is killer-good; Caesar salad and tiramisu are much better than the usual pizzeria fare. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/368-2900. $

ninja spinning sushi bar—41 E. Palmetto Park Road. Japanese/sushi. “Whatever floats your boat” isn’t just a saying at this hipster sushi bar. Your sushi really does float on a boat, one of many bouncing along a channel cut into the top of the restaurant’s large, square sushi bar. High notes are the Mexican roll with tempura shrimp and avocado, and the sneakily fiery jalapeño-laced tuna tartare. If sushi doesn’t float your boat, gingery gyoza and crispy fried shrimp with a drizzle of spicy mayo probably will. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner daily. 561/361-8688. $$

pellegrino’s —3360 N. Federal Highway. Italian. The bold, brash flavors of New Yorkstyle Italian-American cuisine are as in your face as a Manhattan cabbie at this low-key favorite of chef-owner Bobby Pellegrino, nephew to the clan that owns the legendary Rao’s in East Harlem. Pungent smells of garlic, anchovies, tomatoes and peppers fill the air; dishes like the rarely seen spiedini alla Romana, chicken Scarpariello and seafood spaghetti in Fra Diavolo sauce fill your belly. • Dinner Tues.–Sun. 561/368-5520. $$$ p.f. chang’s —1400 Glades Road. Chinese. There may have been no revolution if Mao had simply eaten at the Boca outpost of P.F. Chang’s—the portions are large enough to feed the masses—and the exquisite tastes in each dish could soothe any tyrant. We particularly like the steamed fish of the day, as well as the Szechuan-style asparagus. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/393-3722. (Other Palm Beach County location: 3101 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens, 561/691-1610) $$

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Vic & Angelo’s serves up delectable, rustic Italian cuisine, including soulsatisfying house-made pastas, crispy, thin-crust pizzas, refreshing salads, fresh fish and seafood, and enticing veal and chicken dishes, in a warm and welcoming setting.

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dining guide piñon grill—6000 Glades Road. Contemporary American. The menu seemingly lists every recent trendy dish to come out of modern American restaurant kitchens, but Piñon succeeds with spot-on execution, mammoth portions and reasonable prices. Try the grilled artichokes with a zippy Southwestern-style rémoulade, a pair of giant crab cakes with more of that good rémoulade or a chocolate waffle with raspberry sauce that is the irresistible definition of lusciousness. • Lunch and dinner daily. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/391-7770. $$

Let’s Get racks downtown eatery + tavern— Happy 402 Plaza Real. Contemporary American.

The daily happy hour at Racks, which runs from 4 to 7 p.m., includes bar-food options that range from deviled eggs ($4) to pork belly fried rice ($8) to a jumbo lump crab cocktail ($12).

Though the menu generally falls under the heading of modern American comfort food, that can mean anything from elegant presentations like the jaw-dropping lobster cobb salad to homier offerings like burgers and pizza, fiery Buffalo-style calamari, succulent chicken roasted in the wood-fired oven and an uptown version of everyone’s campfire favorite, s’mores. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/395-1662. $$

renzo’s of boca—5999 N. Federal Highway. Italian. The buzzword is fresh at Renzo’s. Fish is prepared daily oreganata or Livornese style, sautéed in white wine with lemon and capers or grilled. Homemade pasta is artfully seasoned, and Renzo’s tomato sauce is ethereal. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner nightly. 561/994-3495. $$

ristorante sapori—301 Via de Palmas, Royal Palm Place. Italian. Sapori features fresh fish, veal and chicken dishes imbued with subtle flavors. The grilled Italian branzino, the veal chop Milanese and the zuppa di pesce served over linguine are especially tasty, and the pasta (all 17 kinds!) is available in full and half orders, with your choice of 15 zesty sauces. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner nightly. 561/367-9779. $$

ruth’s chris steak house—225 N.E. Mizner Blvd. Steak house. This is a refreshing departure from the ambience common to many steak houses; the room is comfortable, and conversation is possible. Naturally, we come here for the steak (they are sublime), but the lobster and fish are great. All your favorite sides are here, too. • Dinner nightly. 561/392-6746. (Other Palm Beach County locations: 661 U.S. Highway 1, North Palm Beach, 561/863-0660; CityPlace, West Palm Beach, 561/514-3544) $$$

sapphire indian cuisine —500 Via de Palmas. Indian. Raju Brahmbhatt’s modern, sophisticated restaurant will smash any negative stereotypes of Indian cuisine or the restaurants that serve it. It’s sleek and stylish, with a well-chosen wine list and a staff that’s eager to please. The food is elegant and refined and alive with the complex blend of spices that makes Indian cuisine so intriguing. Try Bagarey Baigan, plush-textured, thumb-sized baby eggplants in a lush coconut-curry sauce. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/362-2299. $$

seasons 52 —2300 Executive Center Drive. Contemporary American. The food—seasonal ingredients, simply and healthfully prepared,

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accompanied by interesting wines—is first-rate, from salmon roasted on a cedar plank to desserts served in oversized shot glasses. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/998-9952. (Other Palm Beach County location: 11611 Ellison Wilson Road, Palm Beach Gardens, 561/625-5852) $$

sushi ray—5250 Town Center Circle. Japanese/Sushi. Impeccably fresh and exactingly prepared sushi and other Japanese specialties are on display. The Nobu-esque miso sea bass gives a taste of this modern classic at a fraction of the price of the original, while the chef’s sushi assortment offers a generous arrangement of nigiri and maki for a reasonable $20. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner daily. 561/394-9506. $$

tanzy—301 Plaza Real. Italian. Part of the swanky iPic Theater complex (though it does not service the theater), this handsome spot relies on quality ingredients and careful preparation instead of culinary special effects and car chases. The Parma Bar, a sort of sushi bar for meat and cheese fanatics, also does terrific quattro formaggio fiocchi and spiced pear. Savory grilled skirt steak and massive bone-in veal chops are excellent, as are the braised Angus beef short ribs with toasted pearl barley and collard greens. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner daily. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/922-6699. $$$ taverna kyma —6298 N. Federal Highway. Greek/Mediterranean. Few present Greek cuisine better. Expertly prepared dishes cover the spectrum of Mediterranean cuisine, from cold appetizers (dolmades—grape leaves stuffed with rice and herbs) to hot starters (spanakopita, baked phyllo with spinach and feta cheese) to mouthwatering entrées like lamb shank (slow-cooked in a tomato sauce and served on a bed of orzo), massive stuffed peppers or kebobs. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/994-2828. $$ trattoria romana—499 E. Palmetto Park Road. Italian. This local mainstay does Italian classics and its own lengthy list of ambitious specials with unusual skill and aplomb. The service is at a level not always seen in local eateries. Pay attention to the daily specials, especially if it includes impeccably done langostini oreganata and the restaurant’s signature jumbo shrimp saltimbocca. • Dinner daily. 561/393-6715. $$$

truluck’s —351 Plaza Real. Seafood. This stylish and sophisticated Mizner Park restaurant applies the steak house formula of classy, clubby ambience, formal service and an extensive wine list to seafood from across the nation, with great and consistent success. Crab is the specialty here and there are myriad versions—stone, Dungeness, Alaskan, soft-shell and more. Crispy soft-shells stuffed with crab and andouille are very good, if served without a drizzle of ketchup-y sauce on top. • Dinner nightly. 561/391-0755. $$$

twenty twenty grille—141 Via Naranjas. Contemporary American. You’ve probably licked postage stamps that are larger than Ron and Rhonda Weisheit’s tiny jewel box of a restaurant, but what it lacks in space it more

BUZZ BITES II LINDSAY AUTRY IS BACK: When a top chef teams up with a top restaurateur, the result promises to be one of the most exciting restaurants in South Florida. “Top Chef” finalist Lindsay Autry and noted local restaurateur Thierry Beaud (Pastiche, PB Catch, Paneterie) have partnered up to open The Regional Kitchen & Public House, set to debut sometime early this year in the former Pampas Grille location in CityPlace. Details are sketchy as of this writing, but The Regional’s menu will play to Autry’s strength of reimagining and reinterpreting classic American dishes from regions across the country, with a strong emphasis on local, seasonal ingredients. Also look for an open kitchen, outdoor dining and separate bar/lounge in what will be an extensively renovated 10,000-square-foot space. —LYNN KALBER than makes up for in charm, sophistication and imaginative, expertly crafted food. Virtually everything is made in-house, from the trio of breads that first grace your table to the pasta in a suave dish of tagliatelle with duck and chicken confit. Don’t miss the jerk pork belly and grilled veal strip loin. • Dinner daily. 561/990-7969. $$

uncle julio’s—449 Plaza Real, Mizner Park. Mexican. Taking Tex-Mex cuisine gently upscale with better-quality ingredients and more skillful preparation, this colorful restaurant offers more than the usual suspects. You can get honey chipotle chicken fajitas, as well as beef fajitas, and one of the only palatable tamales around. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/300-3530. $ uncle tai’s —5250 Town Center Circle. Chinese. In an area with more cookie-cutter Chinese restaurants than cookies, Uncle Tai’s stands out for the elegance of its decor, the professionalism of its service and its careful preparation of familiar and less-familiar dishes. The “specialties” section of the menu has exciting dishes, like the Hunan vegetable pie, finely minced veggies sandwiched between sheets of crispy bean curd skin, and Hunanstyle lamb, whose seared and succulent meat shows off the kitchen’s skill in the use of wok qi. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/368-8806. $$$

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coq au vin Courtesy of Isaac Cerny, chef, Pistache

chicken in every pot is a quintessentially American promise. A chicken in every pot with lots of red wine, vegetables, bacon, herbs and seasonings … well, that’s as purely French as Brigitte Bardot. Coq au vin is a classic of the French kitchen. Originally a peasant dish developed to tenderize a tough old rooster, it can be tweaked, streamlined, modernized and given a modest sheen of elegance— as chef Isaac Cerny of Pistache (101 N. Clematis St., West Palm Beach, 561/833-5090) does here. But its lusty, soulful, comforting character is virtually impossible to hide, perhaps the reason it has endured, in one form or another, for hundreds of years.

No coq zone: In spite of its origins, skip the tough old coq and use a regular chicken instead. Chef Cerny uses Bell & Evans birds, but any good all-natural and/or organic chicken is fine. Also, make sure the chicken is airchilled, not water-chilled. Air-chilled birds retain more natural flavor and cook up with crisper skin and more tender meat.

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Soak it up: There’s no need to brine the chicken, but do give it at least 24 hours in the marinade. That allows the chicken to really absorb the flavors of the wine and helps give it a deep mahogany color when fully cooked.

Don’t play it cheap: Use good wine. It doesn’t have to be great wine but at least a wine you wouldn’t mind drinking. Consider a moderately priced Burgundy, Beaujolais or Cabernet Sauvignon.

Stock tips: Most home cooks don’t have big vats of freshly made chicken and veal stocks on hand. Store-bought stocks are fine, though. Chef Cerny recommends Kitchen Basics.

A veggie must: Don’t skip roasting your vegetables, either for the braising process or to garnish the finished dish. Roasting caramelizes the vegetables’ natural sugars and heightens their flavor. Plus, since different veggies cook in different times, you don’t have to worry about having some of them near-raw while others disintegrate into veggie mush.

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sybarite pig—20642 State Road 7. Contemporary American. A labor of love, pork and beer, everything at the Pig but the coarse-grain mustard is made in-house, from the bread for sandwiches to the eclectic sauces to the variety of terrific sausages. Roasted bone marrow and wagyu duck fat burgers, along with subtly spicy “Hellswine,” are among the standouts. • Dinner Tues.–Sun. Brunch Sun. 561/883-3200. $ tempura house—9858 Clint Moore Road, #C-112. Japanese/Asian. Dark wood, rice paper and tiles fill the space. An appetizer portion of Age Natsu, fried eggplant, is a consummate Japanese delicacy. Don’t miss the ITET roll with shrimp tempura and avocado, topped with spicy mayo, tempura flakes and eel sauce. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/883-6088. $$

villa rosano —9858 Clint Moore Road. Italian. You can be forgiven for imagining yourself in some rustic Italian hill town as the smells of garlic and tomato sauce waft through the air. Start by sopping up the house olive oil with slices of crusty bread, then move on to a stellar version of clams Guazzetto and delicate fillets of sole done a la Francese. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner daily. 561/470-0112. $$

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bar louie—1500 Gateway Blvd., #100. Eclec-

villagio italian eatery—344 Plaza Real. Italian. The classic Italian comfort food at this Mizner Park establishment is served with flair and great attention to detail. The reasonably priced menu—with generous portions— includes all your favorites (veal Parmesan, Caesar salad) and some outstanding seafood dishes (Maine lobster with shrimp, mussels and clams on linguine). There is a full wine list and ample people-watching given the prime outdoor seating. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561-447-2257. $$

vino —114 N.E. Second St. Wine Bar/Italian.

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The three-course $44 menu at City Fish Market, available Sunday through Thursday, features eight different entrée options.

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tic. Attempting to split the difference between happening bar and American café, Bar Louie in the sprawling Renaissance Commons complex mostly succeeds, offering burgers, pizzas, fish tacos and a variety of salads, all at moderate prices and in truly daunting portions. In South Florida’s world of trendy and expensive bistros, this is a welcome relief. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/853-0090. $

china dumpling—1899-5 N. Congress Ave., #5. Chinese. Chinese restaurants in South Florida are routinely maligned, but this modest little strip-center gem holds its own, year after year. Everything is well-prepared, but the dim sum basket is an instant classic. Meanwhile, the pork dumplings and shrimp dumplings are not to be missed. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/737-2782. $

prime catch—700 E. Woolbright Road.

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Seafood. Waterfront restaurants are few and far between in our neck of the woods, and those with good food are even more rare. Prime Catch, at the foot of the Woolbright bridge on the Intracoastal, is a best-kept secret. The simple pleasures here soar—a perfectly grilled piece of mahi or bouillabaisse overflowing with tender fish. Don’t miss one of the best Key lime pies around. • Lunch and dinner daily, Sunday brunch. 561/737-8822. $$

city fish market—7940 Glades Road. Seafood. A multimillion-dollar remodel of the old Pete’s has turned it into an elegant seafood house with a lengthy seafood-friendly wine list,

sushi simon—1614 S. Federal Highway. Japanese. It’s been called “Nobu North” by some aficionados, and for good reason. Local sushi-philes jam the narrow dining room for

An impressive wine list of some 300 bottles (all available by the glass) offers a multitude of choices, especially among Italian and California reds. The menu of “Italian tapas” includes roasted red peppers with Provolone, as well as ricotta gnocchi with San Marzano tomatoes. • Dinner Tues.–Sat. 561/869-0030. $

such impeccable nigirizushi as hamachi and uni (Thursdays), as well as more elaborate dishes like snapper Morimoto and tuna tartare. Creative, elaborate rolls are a specialty. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/731-1819. $$

DELRAY BEACH 3rd and 3rd—301 N.E. Third Ave. Gastropub. John Paul Kline’s quirky, individualistic, obscurely located little place is one of the most important restaurants in Delray. The menu changes frequently, but hope the evening’s fare includes plump scallops with caramelized mango sauce, stunning delicious roasted cauliflower with Parmesan mousse and bacon, and wicked-good espresso panna cotta on it at your visit. • Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/303-1939. $$ 32 east —32 E. Atlantic Ave. Contemporary American. At a time when chefs and restaurants seem to be constantly shouting their own praises, Nick Morfogen and 32 East go quietly about their way of serving thoughtfully conceived, finely crafted dishes with a minimum of fuss and artifice. The menu changes daily, but recent examples of Morfogen’s culinary expertise include crispy squash blossoms on eggplant caponata and local black grouper—cooked Greek style with red beet hummus and tzatziki. When the food is this good, you don’t need to shout. • Dinner daily. 561/276-7868. $$$ 50 ocean—50 S. Ocean Blvd. Seafood. The former Upper Deck at Boston’s on the Beach is now the more upscale, seafood-oriented spot. The menu ranges from familiar to slightly more inventive, from a classic lobster bisque and crisptender fried clam bellies to rock shrimp pot pie and baked grouper topped with blue crab. The cinnamon-dusted beignets are puffs of amazingly delicate deep-fried air and should not under any circumstances be missed. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner daily. Brunch Sun. 561/278-3364. $$ angelo elia pizza • bar • tapas —16950 Jog Road. Italian. Nothing on the menu of Angelo Elia’s modern, small plates-oriented osteria disappoints, but particularly notable are the meaty fried baby artichokes stuffed with breadcrumbs and speck, delicate chicken-turkey meatballs in Parmesan-enhanced broth, and Cremona pizza with a sweet-salty-earthy-pungent mélange of pears, pancetta, Gorgonzola, sundried figs and mozzarella. • Lunch Tues.–Sun. Dinner daily. 561/381-0037. $

apeiro kitchen & bar—14917 Lyons Road. Mediterranean. Burt Rapoport has another winner and west Delray diners have another reason to stay in their neighborhood with the debut of this stylish, contemporary Mediterranean eatery. With former Chicago toque David Blonsky as chef and partner, Apeiro’s menu spans the entire Mediterranean, with dishes like Moroccan-spiced lamb ribs, 14-ounce double-cut pork chops, and fluffy meatballs adorned with tomato sauce, ricotta and pesto. The apple crostata, baked in a wood-burning oven, is one of the best desserts in town. • Dinner daily. 561/501-4443. $$

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dada—52 N. Swinton Ave. Contemporary American. The same provocative, whimsical creativity that spawned Dada the art movement infuses Dada the restaurant, giving it a quirky charm all its own. The comfort food with a moustache menu has its quirky charms too, like shake-n-bake pork chops with sweetsavory butterscotch onions, and a brownie-vanilla ice cream sundae with strips of five-spice powdered bacon. The wittily decorated 1920svintage house-turned-restaurant is, as they say, a trip. • Dinner daily. 561/330-3232 $$

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atlantic grille —1000 E. Atlantic Ave. Seafood/Contemporary American. This posh restaurant in the luxurious Seagate Hotel & Spa is home to a 450-gallon aquarium of tranquil moon jellyfish and a 2,500-gallon shark tank. Savor inventive cuisine that takes the contemporary to the extraordinary. Bold flavors, inspired techniques and the freshest ingredients make every meal a culinary adventure. • Lunch and dinner daily. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/6654900. $$

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buddha sky bar—217 E. Atlantic Ave. #3. Pan Asian. Don’t miss a meal at this stylish Asia-meets-industrial chic spot with a view of the Delray skyline. Chinese-influenced dim sum is inspired, while rock shrimp tempura and Tokyo beef skewers with twin chimichurri sauces touch the heart and the taste buds. Veggie fried rice is exemplary thanks to the kitchen’s application of wok chi. • Dinner daily. 561/450-7557. $$

burt & max’s—9089 W. Atlantic Ave. Contemporary American. Burt Rapoport and Dennis Max have struck gold with their first collaboration in years, bringing an accessible and affordable brand of contemporary comfort food to west Delray. A few dishes from Max’s other eatery, Max’s Grille, have made the trek, like the hearty chopped salad and bacon-wrapped meatloaf. Other dishes are variations on the comfort food theme, including a stellar truffle-scented wild mushroom pizza. • Dinner daily. Sunday brunch. 561/638-6380. $$$

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cabana el rey—105 E. Atlantic Ave. Cuban tropical. Little Havana is alive and well in Delray. The menu is a palette-pleasing travelogue, including starters like mariquitas (fried banana chips) and main courses such as seafood paella (think mussels, shrimp, clams, conch, scallops and octopus). • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/274-9090. $$ cabo flats—Delray Marketplace, 14851 Lyons Road. Mexican. Mexican cuisine often has more personas than Madonna. This highly stylized cantina adds another—that of California’s Chicano culture. All your favorite Mexican dishes are there, as well as enormous margaritas, but also niftier items like the crispy tuna tacos. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/499-0378. $

caffé luna rosa—34 S. Ocean Blvd. Italian. This favorite is always lively, and alfresco dining is the preferred mode. Entrée choices are enticing, but we went with the housemade pasta with pancetta, tomato and basil. Also delicious was the costoletta di vitello, a center-cut 14-ounce veal chop lightly breaded and served with San Marzano tomato sauce. For dessert, you can’t go wrong with the cheesecake imported from the Carnegie Deli. • Dinner daily. Brunch Sunday. 561/274-9404. $$ casa di pepe —189 N.E. Second Ave. Italian. A welcoming staff, familiar Italian dishes done right and moderate prices define this cozy spot with a spacious outdoor patio. • Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/279-7371. $$

d’angelo trattoria—9 S.E. Seventh Ave. Italian. Don’t go expecting the tired old “Italian” culinary clichés at this wickedly stylish spot. Open your palate to more authentic and exciting Roman-style cuisine, like roasted veal bone marrow with brisk caper-parsley pesto, creamy-dreamy burrata with roasted fava beans and watercress salad, the classic tonnarelli cacio e pepe (“cheese and pepper”) and the best gelato this side of a real Roman trattoria. • Dinner daily. 561/330-1237. $$ deck 84 —840 E. Atlantic Ave. Contemporary American. Burt Rapoport’s ode to laid-back tropical dining is like a day at the beach without getting sand between your toes. Though the restaurant is casual, the kitchen takes its food seriously, whether the steallar flatbreads, the thick and juicy 10-ounce special blend burger or homey seasonal cobbler. And the waterfront location just seems to make everything taste better. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Brunch Sat.–Sun. Dinner daily. 561/665-8484. $

el camino —15 N.E. Second Ave. Mexican. This sexy, bustling downtown spot is from the trio behind nearby Cut 432 and Park Tavern. Fresh, quality ingredients go into everything from the tangy tomatillo salsas to the worldclass tacos of fish clad in crisp, delicate fried skin and set off by tart pineapple salsa. Cinnamon and sugar-dusted churros are the perfect dessert. And do check out the margaritas, especially the half-and-half blend of smoky mezcal and blanco tequila. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/865-5350. $$

fat rooster—204 E. Atlantic Ave. Southern. Southern cookery is not for the faint of diet, but if you’re willing to splurge a little there’s lots to like at this Gary Rack outpost. Tart, crunchy

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fried green tomatoes topped with blue crab-studded rémoulade, for one. Crispy fried chicken and lusty shrimpn-grits for another. You can count calories some other time. • Breakfast and lunch weekdays. Brunch Sat.–Sun. Dinner daily. 561/266-3642. $$

fifth avenue grill—821 S. Federal Highway. American. Since 1989, this upscale tavern has been a Delray favorite. The straightforward menu focuses on entrées, especially the famed Allen Brothers beef; choose from numerous cuts and preparations—and add a lobster tail for good measure. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/2650122. $$

greek bistro —1832 S. Federal Highway. Greek. Flaky, overstuffed spanikopita and light and delicate beef meatballs should be at the top of your appetizer list, and though entrées don’t always reach those heights, both a long-braised lamb shank and grilled whole snapper are certainly satisfying. And the baklava is great. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/266-8976. $ the grove —187 N.E. Second Ave. Contemporary American. Chef-partner Michael Haycook and chef Meghan O’Neal change their menu biweekly, turning out dishes exhilarating in their freshness, creativity and elegant simplicity. An appetizer of octopus with olive oil, crushed potato aioli and lemon is outstanding. • Dinner Tues.–Sat. 561/266-3750. $$ henry’s —16850 Jog Road. American. This casual,

unpretentious restaurant from Burt Rapoport in the west part of town never fails to delight diners. Expect attentive service and crisp execution of everything— from meat loaf, burgers and fried chicken to flatbreads and hefty composed salads. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner nightly. 561/638-1949. $$

house of siam—25 N.E. Second Ave., #116. Thai.

The normally riotous flavors of Thai cuisine are muted at this family-friendly downtown spot, but that seems to suit diners just fine. Dishes, well-prepared and generously portioned, include steamed chicken and shrimp dumplings with sweet soy dipping sauce and crisp-fried duck breast in a very mild red curry sauce. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner daily. 561/330-9191. $$

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il girasole—1911 S. Federal Highway. Northern Italian. This South Florida classic is not trendy, but it offers a level of comfort and consistency that has been bringing people back for 30 years. The food is fine hearty Italian, with excellent service. Try the veal Kristy or the calves brains. • Dinner Tues.–Sun. 561/272-3566. $$ j&j seafood bar & grill—634 E. Atlantic Ave. Seafood. This local favorite on Atlantic Avenue—owned by John Hutchinson (who is also the chef) and wife Tina—serves up everything from burgers and wraps to a menu brimming with seafood options. Don’t

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jimmy’s bistro —9 S. Swinton Ave. Eclectic. Best bets are a lovely salad of ripe tomatoes and fresh, milky house-made mozzarella; a rich, elegant version of lusty Cajun etouffee; and caramelized bananas in puff pastry with silken vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. • Dinner daily. 561/865-5774. $$ la cigale —253 S.E. Fifth Ave. Mediterranean. True culinary professionals turn out gently updated and classically oriented dishes notable for the quality of their ingredients and careful preparation. Sweetbreads in chanterelle cream sauce are glorious; a barely grilled artichoke with mustardy remoulade is gloriously simple. Watching your server skillfully debone an impeccably fresh Dover sole is almost as satisfying as eating it. • Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/265-0600. $$

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Pan-Asian. Casually hip ambience, friendly service, moderate prices and a blend of sushi and nouveau pan-Asian fare make this a popular destination. The quality of its seafood and care in its preparation are what gives Lemongrass its edge. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/278-5050. (Other Palm Beach County locations: 101 Plaza Real S., Boca Raton, 561/544-8181; 1880 N. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach, 561/733-1344). $

mastino —25 N.E. Second Ave. Italian/pizza. While pizza from the restaurant’s oak-fired oven may be the focus, Mastino also dishes an array of small plates, from an achingly rich mac-n-three cheeses to a hearty “Old School” meatball with tomato sauce and ricotta to plump littleneck clams in a garlicky white wine-olive oil broth. • Lunch Fri.–Sun. Dinner daily. 561/921-8687. $ max’s harvest —169 N.E. Second Ave. Contemporary American. Dennis Max, instrumental in bringing the chef and ingredientdriven ethos of California cuisine to South Florida in the 1980s, is again at the forefront of the fresh, local, seasonal culinary movement. Max’s Harvest soars with dishes like savory bourbon-maple glazed pork belly. • Dinner daily. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/381-9970. $$

max’s social house —116 N.E. Sixth Ave. Gastropub. Dennis Max has hit on a winning formula at this residence-turned-restaurant that has seen its share of incarnations. Expect inventive farm-to-fork small plates, artisan cocktails and craft beers, and a hip, urban vibe. Highlights include house-made pimento cheese with pickled tomatoes, the Wagyu beef hotdog, thick and juicy all-American burgers, and gum-tender braised short rib with killer mac-n-cheese. Banana cream pie is so ridiculously luscious you’ll wish they served it in a gallon bucket instead of a mason jar. • Dinner daily. 561/501-4332. $$ the office —201 E. Atlantic Ave. Contemporary American. Your office is nothing like this

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eclectic gastropub, unless your office sports more than two dozen craft beers on tap and a menu that flits from burgers and fries to mussels. Don’t miss the restaurant’s winning take on the thick, juicy Prime beef burger and simply wicked maple-frosted donuts with bacon bits and two dipping sauces. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/276-3600. $$

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park tavern—32 S.E. Second Ave. Contemporary American. The guys from Cut 432 have done it again with this hip, casual modern American tavern. The menu is tightly focused and tightly executed, whether Maryland crab cakes featuring fat chunks of succulent crab or the behemoth slab of tender, juicy prime rib for a near-saintly $29. Don’t miss the decadent soft pretzel bites. • Dinner daily. Brunch Sat.– Sun. 561/265-5093. $$ the porch—85 S.E. Sixth Ave. Italian. The concept is simple: fresh, honest, inviting food. The husband-wife team of Heinrich Lowenberg and Pamela Lomba delivers with classic and creative dishes, alike. Highlights include house-made capellini and the cocoa-dusted tiramisu. • Dinner daily. 561/303-3647. $$

prime —29 S.E Second Ave. Steak/Seafood. Prime is aptly named for its heart of the action location, classy neo-supper club decor, extensive wine list and roster of designer steaks. Starters and desserts fare better than entrées, especially plump, crabby Maryland-style crab cakes and indecently luscious chocolate bread pudding. Service is a strong suit too, so with a bit of work this good-looking restaurant will fully live up to its name. • Dinner daily. 561/865-5845. $$$

racks fish house + oyster bar—5 S.E. Second Ave. Seafood. Gary Rack, who also has scored with his spot in Mizner Park, certainly seems to have the restaurant Midas touch, as evidenced by this updated throwback to classic fish houses. Design, ambience and service hit all the right notes. Oysters are terrific any way you get them; grilled fish and daily specials are excellent. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/4506718. $$$

smoke—8 E. Atlantic Ave. Barbecue. With famed pit master Bryan Tyrell manning the smoker, this joint smokes every other barbecue spot in South Florida. Pretty much everything that comes out of Tyrell’s three-wood smoker is good, but his competition-style ribs are porkysmoky-spicy heaven, the Sistine Chapel of rib-dom. Crisp-greaseless house-made potato chips, meaty baked beans and plush-textured banana-coconut pudding are also excellent. The ambience is an inviting blend of Southern hospitality, urban chic and sports bar. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/330-4236. $$

sundy house—106 S. Swinton Ave. Contemporary American. It’s fine dining served in arguably the most beautiful restaurant and gardens in Delray. Menus are seasonal and imaginative. Try any of the fresh local fish dishes. • Lunch Tues.–Sat. Brunch Sun. Dinner Tues.–Sun. 561/272-5678. $$

ANGLE TAKES A NEW ANGLE: They’ve got a new top toque at the posh Eau Palm Beach (100 S. Ocean Blvd., 561/540-4924), and he’s already made his mark on the resort’s opulent fine dining restaurant, Angle. “He” is Josh Thomsen, executive chef of the entire Manalapan property, who comes to our little corner of paradise bearing a résumè that reads like an encyclopedia of top-tier American chefs. (Do the names Thomas Keller, Michael Mina and Joachim Splichal ring any bells?) With long-time sous chef Manlee Siu now Angle’s chef de cuisine, the menu focuses on local, seasonal ingredients, while bringing in the best products that other regions of the country have to offer. What that means in your mouth are dishes like Berkshire pork belly with Green Cay Farm squash and Paradise Farm green papaya, farmraised Florida sturgeon caviar with traditional accouterments, and Creekstone Farms filet mignon with seared Hudson Valley foie gras and red wine sauce. —LYNN KALBER

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terra fiamma—9169 W. Atlantic Ave. Italian. The pleasures of simple, hearty, well-prepared Italian-American cuisine are front and center at Wendy Rosano’s latest venture. Among the pleasures you should enjoy are delicate, pillow-y veal meatballs in Marsala sauce; lusty chicken Allessandro with mushrooms, spinach and artichoke hearts; and a finely crafted tiramisu that’s as satisfying as it is familiar. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/495-5570. $$

tramonti —119 E. Atlantic Ave. Italian. In a world where restaurants chase trends with the relentlessness of Casanova in full Viagra heat, Tramonti stands out as a classy, classic outpost of authentic Italian cookery. Not trendy hardly means stodgy, however, as evidenced by expertly crafted, robustly flavorful dishes like the signature spiedini di mozzarella Romana, spaghetti al cartoccio and braciole Napoletana. Torta della nonna is a triumph of the highly refined simplicity that lies at the heart of true Italian cuisine. Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner daily. 561/272-1944. $$$

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to beat this hotspot with the lovely outdoor patio, well-chosen selection of artisan beers and not-the-usual-suspect wines, and an eclectic “gastropub” menu of small and large plates. Try the fried green tomato caprese. • Dinner nightly. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/9210201. $$

vic & angelo’s —290 E. Atlantic Ave. Italian. God is in the details at this upscale trattoria, and he doesn’t miss much. Ingredients like Buffalo mozzarella, house-made pastas

and San Marzano tomatoes are first-rate, and execution is spot on. Try “John’s Mom’s Meatball,” which comes with spaghetti. Portions are substantial, so expect leftovers. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/278-9570. (Other Palm Beach County location: 4520 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens, 844/842-2632) $$$

a good-humored ode to a Prohibition-era rum smuggler, the RitzCarlton Fort Lauderdale (1 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., 954/3026460) recently unveiled its newest restaurant, Burlock Coast Seafare & Spirits. The restaurant is working with a variety of local food purveyors to highlight as much of the region’s culinary bounty as possible, the job of chef Gavin Pera. That same attention is paid to chilled adult beverages, with an extensive cocktail program and large selections of rums, including a rum cart that is wheeled around the dining room to allow guests to create their very own rum drink. In addition to sit-down dining, Burlock Coast will also sport its own market, selling foods to-go, as well as local artisanal food products, like breads from Zak the Baker and coffee from Panther Coffee. —LYNN KALBER

LAKE WORTH couco pazzo —915-917 Lake Ave. Italian. Despite the name, there’s nothing crazy about the cooking at this homey eatery. It’s the hearty, soul-satisfying Italian cuisine we’ve all come to know and love. Spaghetti Bolognese is a fine version of a Northern Italian classic. • Dinner nightly. (Tues.–Sun. during summer). 561/5850320. $$ paradiso ristorante —625 Lucerne Ave. Italian. A Tomasz Rut mural dominates the main dining room, and there is also a pasticceria and bar for gelato and espresso. Chef Angelo Romano offers a modern Italian menu. The Mediterranean salt-crusted branzino is definitely a must-try. Plus, the wine list is a veritable tome. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/547-2500. $$$ safire asian fusion —817 Lake Ave. PanAsian. This stylish little restaurant offers food that gently marries East and West, plus a roster of more traditional Thai dishes and inventive sushi rolls. Menu standouts include tempurafried rock shrimp or calamari cloaked with a lush-fiery “spicy cream sauce.” Expect neighborly service and reasonable prices. • Lunch Tues.–Fri. Dinner Tues.–Sun. 561/588-7768. $

LANTANA the station house —233 Lantana Road. Seafood. If you’re hungry for Maine lobster, plucked live out of giant tanks and cooked to order, this modest replica of a 1920s train station is the place to go. Lobsters come in all sizes (up to 6 pounds) and are so reasonably priced that getting a taste of one without reservations is highly unlikely. • Dinner nightly. 561/547-9487. $$$

PALM BEACH bice—313 Worth Ave. Italian. Bice continues to hold the title of favorite spot on the island. The venerable restaurant offers a marvelous array of risottos and fresh pastas and classic dishes like veal chop Milanese, pounded chicken breast and roasted rack of lamb. The wine list features great vintages. • Lunch and dinner daily. Outdoor dining. 561/835-1600. $$$ buccan—350 S. County Road. Contemporary American. Casual elegance of Palm Beach meets modern culinary sensibilities of Miami at the first independent restaurant by chef Clay Conley. The design offers both intimate and

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dulgences include scrambled eggs with caviar and the Dover sole meunière filleted tableside. When your waiter suggests profiterolles au chocolat or hazelnut soufflé, say, mais oui! • Dinner Mon.–Sat. 561/833-1171. $$$

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tralian Ave. French with American flair. This hotel restaurant gives Palm Beach a taste of Daniel Boulud’s world-class cuisine inspired by his four muses. The chef oversees a menu encompassing classics, simple fare, seasonal offerings and dishes from around the world. Dining is in the courtyard (not available during summer), the elegant lounge or the sophisticated dining room. • Dinner daily. 561/655-6060. $$$

café l’europe—331 S. County Road. Current international. A Palm Beach standard, the café has long been known for its peerless beauty, the piano player, the chilled martinis and the delicious Champagne and caviar bar. Try one of its sophisticated classics like Wiener schnitzel with herbed spaetzle, grilled veal chop and flavorful pastas. • Lunch Tues.–Fri. Dinner nightly (closed Mon. during summer). 561/655-4020. $$$

chez jean-pierre —132 N. County Road. French. Sumptuous cuisine, attentive servers and a see-and-be-seen crowd are hallmarks of one of the island’s premier restaurants. In-

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Way. Italian. The wide range of items on the menu and the great quality of Cucina’s cuisine, combined with its fine service, ensures a fun place for a casual yet delectable meal—not to mention being a vantage point for spotting local celebs. • Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Outdoor dining. 561/655-0770. $$

echo —230A Sunrise Ave. Asian. The cuisine reverberates with the tastes of China, Thailand, Japan and Vietnam. The Chinese hot and sour soup is unlike any other, and the sake list is tops. This offsite property of The Breakers is managed with the same flawlessness as the resort. • Dinner nightly (during season). 561/802-4222. $$$ hmf—1 S. County Road. Contemporary American. Beneath the staid, elegant setting of The Breakers, HMF is the Clark Kent of restaurants, dishing an extensive array of exciting, inventive, oh-so-contemporary small plates. Don’t depart without sampling the dreamy warm onion-Parmesan dip with house-made fingerling potato

chips, the sexy wild boar empanaditas, chicken albondigas tacos and Korean-style short ribs. The wine list is encyclopedic. Dinner daily. 561/290-0104. $$

imoto —350 S. County Road. Asian Fusion/ Tapas. Clay Conley’s “little sister” (the translation of Imoto from Japanese) is next to his always-bustling Buccan. Imoto turns out Japanese-inspired small plates with big-city sophistication, like witty Peking duck tacos and decadent tuna and foie gras sliders. Sushi selection is limited but immaculately fresh. • Dinner daily. 561/833-5522. $$ jové kitchen & bar—2800 S. Ocean Blvd. Contemporary Italian. Jové is named for the Italian god of the sky, and when the folks at the tony Four Seasons decided to remake their premier restaurant, they reached high to offer the kind of food, service and ambience that would appeal to both their affluent older clientele and a younger, hipper, foodie-oriented crowd. Mission accomplished with dishes like the inventive take on octopus marinated and grilled with baby fennel, red pepper sauce, artichoke and olives. Desserts sparkle too. • Dinner daily. 561/533-3750. $$ leopard lounge and restaurant— The Chesterfield Palm Beach, 363 Cocoanut

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Row. American. The restaurant offers excellent food in a glamorous and intimate club-like atmosphere. In fact, it’s advisable to make early reservations if a quiet dinner is the objective; the place becomes a late-night cocktail spot after 9. The menu is equally decadent. • Breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner daily. 561/659-5800. $$

meat market—191 Bradley Place. Steak house. “Meat Market” may be an inelegant name for a very elegant and inventive steak house but there’s no dissonance in its food, service or ambience. Multiple cuts of designer beef from multiple sources can be gilded with a surprising array of sauces, butters and upscale add-ons. Whole roasted cauliflower is an intriguing starter, while a meaty Niman Ranch short rib atop lobster risotto takes surf-n-turf to a new level. Cast your diet to the winds and order the dessert sampler. • Dinner daily. 561/354-9800. $$$$ nick & johnnie’s —207 Royal Poinciana Way. Contemporary American. Expect flavorful, moderately priced California-esque cuisine in a casual setting with affordable wines and young, energetic servers. • Lunch and dinner Mon.–Sat. Breakfast Sun. 561/655-3319. $$ renato’s —87 Via Mizner. Italian with continental flair. This most romantic hideaway

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is buzzing in season and quietly charming all year long with Italian classics and a Floridian twist—like the sautéed black grouper in a fresh tomato and pernod broth with fennel and black olives and the wildflower-honeyglazed salmon fillet with crab and corn flan. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner nightly. 561/6559752. $$$

ta-boo—2221 Worth Ave. American. This self-

described “American bistro” is less typical “American” restaurant or classical French “bistro” than it is posh-casual refuge for the see-and-be-seen crowd in and around Palm Beach. The eclectic menu offers everything from roasted duck with orange blossom honey-ginger sauce to dry-aged steaks and an assortment of pizzas. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/835-3500. $$

trevini ristorante —290 Sunset Ave. Italian. Expect a warm experience, complemented by a stately but comfortable room and excellent food. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner nightly. 561/833-3883. $$$

PALM BEACH GARDENS café chardonnay—4533 PGA Blvd. Contemporary American. This longtime stalwart never rests on its laurels. Instead, it continues to dish finely crafted American/Continental

fare with enough inventiveness to keep things interesting. The popular herb-and-Dijonmustard rack of lamb, regular menu items like duck with Grand Marnier sauce, and always superlative specials reveal a kitchen with solid grounding in culinary fundamentals. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner daily. 561/627-2662. $$

WEST PALM BEACH café centro —2409 N. Dixie Highway. Italian. There are many things to like about this modest little osteria—the unpretentious ambiance, piano Thursday through Saturday during season, the fine service, the robust portions and relatively modest prices. And, of course, the simple, satisfying Italian cuisine. The kitchen breathes new life into hoary old fried calamari, gives fettucine con pollo a surprisingly delicate herbed cream sauce, gilds snowy fillets of grouper with a soulful Livornese. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner daily. 561/514-4070. $$ leila—120 S. Dixie Highway. Mediterranean.

Flowing drapes and industrial lighting complete the exotic decor in this Middle Eastern hit. Sensational hummus is a must-try. Lamb kebab with parsley, onion and spices makes up the delicious Lebanese lamb kefta. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner Mon.–Sun. 561/659-7373. $$

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dining guide marcello’s la sirena—6316 S. Dixie Highway. Italian. You’re in for a treat if the pasta of the day is prepared with what might be the best Bolognese sauce ever. • Dinner Mon.–Sat. (closed Memorial Day–Labor Day). 561/585-3128. $$ pistache —1010 N. Clematis St., #115. French. Pistache doesn’t just look like a French bistro, it cooks like one. The menu includes such bistro specialties as coq au vin and steak tartare. All that, plus guests dining al fresco have views of the Intracoastal Waterway and Centennial Park. • Brunch Sat.–Sun. Lunch and dinner daily. 561/833-5090. $$

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American. Once a diner, the interior is eclectic with plenty of kitsch. The crab cakes are famous here, and the tapas are equally delightful. Homemade ice cream and the chocolate chip cookies defy comparison. • Dinner Tues.–Sun. 561/833-3406. $$

rocco’s tacos —224 Clematis St. Mexican. Big Time Restaurant Group has crafted a handsome spot that dishes Mexican favorites, as well as upscale variations on the theme and more than 200 tequilas. Tacos feature house-made tortillas and a variety of proteins. Madeto-order guacamole is a good place to start. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner nightly. 561/650-1001. (Other Palm Beach County locations: 5250 Town Center Circle, Boca Raton, 561/416-2131; 110 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561/808-1100; 5090 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens, 561/623-0127) $ table 26°—1700 S. Dixie Highway. Contempo-

rary American. Take a quarter-cup of Palm Beach, a tablespoon of Nantucket, a pinch of modern American cookery and a couple gallons of the owners’ savoir faire, and you have Eddie Schmidt’s and Ozzie Medeiros’s spot. The menu roams the culinary globe for modest contemporary tweaks on classically oriented dishes. Try the fried calamari “Pad Thai.” • Dinner daily. 561/8552660. $$$

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5550 N.W. 40th St. Steak house. The second incarnation of this New York Yankees-themed restaurant swings for the fences—and connects—with monstrous portions, chic decor and decadent desserts. The signature steaks, dry-aged for 21 days, are a meat lover’s dream; seafood specialties include Maine lobster and Alaskan king crab. Don’t miss the NYY Steak 151 volcano for dessert. • Dinner daily. Brunch Sun. 954/977-6700. $$$$

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—949 S. Federal Highway. Asian. Quiet and soothing, this multicultural venue serves sushi, sashimi, yakitori and wide-ranging Japanese appetizers. • Lunch and dinner daily. 954/428-8009. $$

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FORT LAUDERDALE 15th street fisheries —1900 S.E. 15th St. Sea-

food. Surrounded by views of the Intracoastal, this Old Florida-style restaurant features seafood and selections for land lovers. We love the prime rib. • Lunch and dinner daily. 954/763-2777. $$

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3030 ocean —Harbor Beach Marriott Resort, 3030

Holiday Drive. American. Now led in the kitchen by Adrienne Grenier of “Chopped” fame, the new-look 3030 has a farm-to-table focus, along with an emphasis, as always, on locally sourced seafood. • Dinner nightly. 954/765-3030. $$$

bistro 17—Renaissance Fort Lauderdale Hotel, 1617 S.E. 17th St. Contemporary American. This small, sophisticated restaurant continues to impress with competently presented food. The menu is surprisingly diverse. • Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 954/626-1748. $$ bistro mezzaluna—1821 S.E. 10th Ave. Italian.

The bistro is all Euro-chic decor—mod lighting, abstract paintings. It also has good food, from pastas to steaks and chops and a wide range of fresh seasonal fish and seafood. Don’t forget the phenomenal wine list. • Lunch and dinner daily. 954/522-9191. $$

bongusto ristorante—5640 N. Federal Highway. Italian. This is a well-kept secret, featuring dishes that will meet the standards of those who savor authentic Italian. Involtini capricciosi—tender-rolled veal stuffed with spinach, prosciutto and fontina cheese—is satiating, while the whole yellowtail snapper is an equal delight. • Dinner daily. 954/771-9635. $$ café emunah—3558 N. Ocean Blvd. Kosher,

organic. Don’t let the New Age “spirituality” throw you off. Focus on the fresh, organic ingredients that are incorporated into inventive sushi, soups and salads and (mostly) Asian-influenced entrées. • Lunch and dinner Sun.–Thurs. Lunch Fri. 954/561-6411. $

café martorano —3343 E. Oakland Park Blvd.

Come discover a hidden gem filled with pastries, cookies, espresso, gelato, cappuccino, Italian imports, daily lunch menu, wine and an authentic Italian family!

canyon—1818 E. Sunrise Blvd. Southwestern. Billed as a Southwestern café, this twist on regional American cuisine offers great meat, poultry and fish dishes with distinctive mixes of lime, cactus and chili peppers in a subtle blend of spices. The adobe ambience is warm and welcoming, with a candlelit glow. • Dinner nightly. 954/765-1950. $$

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Italian. Standouts include crispy calamari in marinara sauce and flavorful veal osso buco. Our conclusion: explosive flavor, attention to all the details and fresh, high-quality ingredients. Waiters whisper the night’s specials as if they’re family secrets. • Dinner daily. 954/561-2554. $$

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casablanca café—3049 Alhambra St. American,

Mediterranean. The restaurant has an “Arabian Nights” feel, with strong Mediterranean influences. Try the peppercorn-dusted filet mignon with potato croquette, Gorgonzola sauce and roasted pepper and Granny Smith relish. • Lunch and dinner daily. 954/764-3500. $$

casa d’angelo —1210 N. Federal Highway, #5A. Italian. Many dishes are specials—gnocchi, risotto and scaloppine. The marinated grilled veal chop is sautéed with wild mushrooms in a fresh rosemary sauce. A delightful pasta entrée is the pappardelle con porcini:

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