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Features

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Meet the adventurous trailblazers who launched Boca Raton.

From tranquil oases to full-mode ragers, the county’s many brunch spots redefine weekend nosh.

First Families

Afternoon Delight

by JANET DEVRIES and SUSAN GILLIS

by LIBBY VOLGYES

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These flowering plants are more than a decoration or a hobby—for the South Florida growers we profile, they’re an obsession.

A handy guide to Delray Beach’s Savor the Avenue players—a few short months before they set the longest dining table in North America.

Orchids and Their People

by LISA OCKER

Savor the Avenue

by ALLISON LEWIS and MARIE SPEED

124 Month 2000

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Departments 48 Editor’s Letter

Let it snow everywhere else; our version of winter is worth the wait.

by MARIE SPEED

51 The Local

Our new section offers short takes on the best way to experience South Florida in December. We share locals’ favorite holiday memories, spotlight a two-wheeled Santa from West Palm Beach, break matzo with Delray’s Jewish matchmaker and much more.

60: Dress Code: Get pumped on show-stopping footwear, clutch-worthy luxe handbags at your next holiday party, cosmetic stocking stuffers and more.

76: City Watch: There is plenty of overdevelopment worth screaming about in Palm Beach County—but it’s not in Boca or Delray.

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Contributors: JASON CLARY, ALLISON LEWIS, RANDY SCHULTZ, MARIE SPEED

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AND JOHN THOMASON

PHOTOGRAPHER: Jordy Marin; jordymarinphotography.com

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STYLIST/ HAIR & MAKEUP: Jenna DeBrino for Hot Pink Style MODEL: Brigitta Haris/ Front Management STYLIST ASSISTANT: Amanda Miller for Hot Pink Style FASHION: Aqua Gown, and Cara New York Fur all from Bloomingdales; Roberto Coin wreath necklace, Damiani emerald ring, Messika feather necklace, and ring, Pasquale Bruni ring, and necklace, and exclusive vivid yellow diamond earrings, all from Mayors Jewelers at Boca Town Center; (561) 368-6022

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Award-winning Boca builder Mike Kaufman has laid the foundation for countless city landmarks. We also chat with a nonprofit director always ready to lend a helping hand, and we meet a young CEO whose company is in the weed(s).

by GARY GREENBERG

93 Feel Good

These insider’s tips will help you indulge in holiday dining without loosening your belt.

Plus, learn the best ways to sidestep seasonal stress, and explore the facts and myths behind vegan and vegetarian diets.

by LISETTE HILTON

102 The Boca Interview

For all its wacky crimes, moribund attractions and eccentric wildlife, longtime Florida man Dave Barry explains why this really is the best state ever.

by JOHN THOMASON

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Departments

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141 Backstage Pass

We Take 5 with the chairman of Sixthman Cruises, who is helping keep big-ticket music festivals afloat.

Plus, our debut calendar showcases South Florida’s best December events—from a Truman Capote mimic to “The Other Mozart.”

by JOHN THOMASON

153 Dining Guide

Don’t leave home without it! Our comprehensive guide to the best restaurants in South Florida includes new reviews of Cabana El Rey in Delray Beach and Jardin in West Palm.

Plus, our premiere Chef Profile explores a local toque who always sees TwentyTwenty. reviews by LYNN KALBER

191 The Scene

You might just see some familiar faces in our snapshots from talked-about social events in and around Boca Raton.

by JASON CLARY

208 My Turn

When selecting a gift for your next holiday party, eschew the musty old wine bottle for some home-baked gratitude.

by JOHN SHUFF

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36 Web Extras BOCA CHATTER: See the

FRONT ROW SEAT: It’s crazy

100-foot Christmas tree (page 54) that stands in Old School square in a completely different light. Visit bocamag.com to see various stages of the tree’s construction and a view from the top of the tree.

how fast the year has gone. We’ve seen bands like Peter Frampton, Adele and Four Tops. December is full of shows from Kenny G, Peter White and the Riptide Music Festival. Get a front row seat of each show with the help of Ron Elkman, who delivers up-close photos of the biggest performances. Click the “Music” tab under the Arts & Entertainment section for more.

SWEETLY SIPPING: TwentyTwenty Grille and The Blue provided us with decadent holiday dessert drinks on page 74. For more tempting drink ideas, check out The Little Chalet's recipes for Caramel Apple a la Mode and William Wolf Pecan Bourbon at bocamag.com.

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SOCIAL MEDIA

Don’t miss Boca on everything from FACEBOOK (facebook.com/bocamag) to INSTAGRAM (instagram.com/bocamag) and TWITTER (@bocamag) for community news, retail trends, foodie updates— and much more.

JACK THE BIKE MAN: Jack Hairston is akin to St. Nick himself—he gives away hundreds of bikes each Christmas to children and families in need (page 78). We couldn’t get enough of his holiday cheer, so we rode up to West Palm to capture the magic on video, which is available at bocamag.com.

RON ELKMAN

starts on page 153 and has reviews on all the best restaurants in Boca, Delray and beyond. If that’s not enough, be sure to try The Rebel House Fried Rice recipe available under the “Food”tab on bocamag.com.

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Check out these bonus items unique to bocamag.com, stories in our December issue of Boca Raton or events in our area this season:

DECONSTRUCTING THE DISH: The Dining Guide

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THE BOCA INTERVIEW: Renowned author and Miami resident Dave Barry sits down with Boca magazine to talk about life and the crazy world (and state) we live in on page 102. Want to hear more from Dave? We put some videos on bocamag.com so you can get to know him a little better.

WINNING FORMULA

Boca Raton’s social media platforms are the place to be when it comes to special giveaways this season.

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Winter World It’s home for the holidays, South Florida-style.

By MARIE SPEED

ne of our newest employees, Allison Lewis, is a transplant from St. Louis. She’s young—just out of grad school—and this will be her first winter in South Florida. We’ve all tried to tell her she will love it, but you can see the doubt in her eyes, that same look you see in most people from the Northeast or the Midwest, that inarticulate yearning for an orderly march of seasons, the transition from turning leaves to sweater weather, even the prospect of a white Christmas.

When we asked a few people to give us a notable holiday memory (page 54), I was reminded of all of that. Even though I mostly grew up in Florida, I can recall another life full of snow forts and fireplaces and ski trips and Santa Claus; it never leaves you.

But that does not mean something else does not find its way into your heart this season—and that is South Florida.

I can’t tell Allison about it; she’ll have to find it on her own, but the holidays here have their own special magic. A boat parade making its way down the Intracoastal while you sit on your old nylon webbed beach chair with your neighbors on a sea wall, watching the holiday lights go by, the sound of carols thin and high, drifting across the water.

Or walking to the beach after the presents are opened on Christmas morning, a soft breeze ruffling the palms, the water blue as early Technicolor, a turkey already in the oven, the table set.

This is the season the cypress trees out at the Loxahatchee preserve turn golden, then light brown, lacy against that blue sky, blue herons and egrets overhead, the sound of marsh hens laughing. A cool wind kicks up and makes waves in the sawgrass; alligators sun on every bank.

This is the season we get nor’easters, when the ocean gets dark and high, and it’s the time you sit on a dock in a sunny spot and eat stone crabs or littleneck clams or boiled Canaveral shrimp until it starts to get late.

This is the time of year you kayak on a dark river through mangrove tunnels and watch for swamp lilies and native hibiscus and smell the tannin in the water, see the lily pads bob in your wake and it’s quiet except the squawk of wading birds somewhere up ahead.

Oh, I could go on and on. I can mention all the parties and the dinners and the festivals and the art shows—that’s all part of the season here, too, the one you have to get to know over time. These are all the things I love about the holidays, and the ways I believe we have all come to cherish this strange little tropical world we call home.

So to Allison and all the other people facing their first holiday season here, gently pack away those mittens and memories and take heart.

You won’t miss them one bit.

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Season’s Greetings ’Tis the season in and around Boca. What does this month have in store? The following numbers tell part of the story.

$12,000 This is the price of a suite at FAU Stadium.

It includes 20 tickets, so gather your friends and enjoy the Boca Bowl (Dec. 20) in style this year.

95 musicians comprise the Lynn Philharmonia Orchestra, which will be performing at the university’s 14th Gingerbread Holiday Concert on Dec. 11.

The event raised $73,000 in scholarship funds last year, which benefit the Conservatory of Music’s student musicians.

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Want to hire a Santa Claus this season? There are 97 St. Nick impersonators serving Boca Raton, according to gigsalad.com.

7.1 million The number of estimated viewers on the Internet and television of the Winterfest Boat Parade last year. The 12-mile parade route attracts more than 1 million attendees and is the largest single-day live-audience event in Florida, according to winterfestparade.com.

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Tri-County Animal Rescue had 135 animals adopted in December of 2015. Of those, there were 54 dogs, 61 puppies, 18 kittens and two cats. The 100-percent no-kill shelter has helped more than 50,000 animals find a home in its nearly 30 years of existence.

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Jolly Good Times

It’s the season of lights, tinsel, eggnog and ugly sweaters in Boca and beyond. We showcase the best spots to celebrate, suggest a few Netflix faves and ask locals for a sleigh ride down memory lane.

3 NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTIES “Of all the months of the year, there is not a month one-half so welcome to the young, or so full of happy associations, as the last month of the year.”

— Charles Dickens

MADISON’S NEW YORK GRILL AND BAR 2006 N.W. Executive Center Circle Madison’s hosts a New Year’s Eve dinner with a 9 p.m. seating for $100 per person. An advance deposit is required.

BOCA RATON RESORT & CLUB 501 E. Camino Real The Boca Raton Resort & Club will host its annual Rock The Block celebration on Dec. 31. The event typically hosts a variety of events for the entire family to enjoy, including very cool bands, an abundance of food and drink options and a carnival for kids.

THE BREAKERS HOTEL 1 S. County Road, Palm Beach The Breakers’ New Year’s Eve black-tie Fantasy Ball will feature an open bar, raw bar, specialty stations and, of course, Champagne at midnight. Don't miss the breakfast buffet served just after midnight.

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Number of candy canes made in the U.S. each year

I loved video games as a kid (and still do), but I never had my own gaming console when all my friends did. I begged my parents for a gaming console, but they never gave me a yes or no until one fateful Hanukkah night. I remember they led me around the house on a scavenger hunt until I found it—a Nintendo GameCube that lit up my face like never before. I still own that console. Thanks, Mom and Dad, for one of the best gifts a little boy could ever receive.

—SHANE GREENE, DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGER, OMNI ADVERTISING

My mom always wrapped presents well before Dec. 25. Three girls with curious minds couldn’t resist those mysterious packages.

The solution? My parents started code-naming our presents so we wouldn’t know which ones to investigate. Now all adults, my sisters and I still are given gifts tagged in code names—their true receiver not to be revealed until Christmas morning. I’ve been tagged a famous celebrity (Taylor Swift), a professional athlete (Kobe Bryant) and even names like Faith, Hope and Love.

—JORDI GERKING, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, BOCA RATON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

My freshman year at Florida (UF) I was homesick, counting the days to Christmas break. My big brother drove the five hours home and as the car turned into the driveway, the front door opened, and running toward me were my four sisters and brothers, my parents and the dog. They were watching for us from the front window, peeking out behind a big Christmas tree.

We met halfway up the sidewalk, screaming, and got tangled up into a big heap on the lawn.

—ENID ATWATER, VICE PRESIDENT, PUBLIC RELATIONS, THE BUZZ AGENCY

WEB EXTRA: Watch the Delray Christmas tree constructed in stages at BOCAMAG.COM.

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Don’t-miss light shows HOLIDAY FANTASY OF LIGHTS AT TRADEWINDS PARK Tradewinds Park’s three-mile drive-through display of holiday lights and animation is a perennial favorite. And the 3-D glasses option makes the drive even more enjoyable. Holiday Fantasy of Lights runs from 6-10 p.m., including holidays, through January 2.

3600 W. Sample Road, Coconut Creek holidaylightsdrivethru.com 100-FOOT CHRISTMAS TREE ON ATLANTIC AVENUE Old School Square is famously decorated with a 100-foot Christmas

tree year after year. There is a train ride for the kids, a carousel, a visit with Santa at his house and an “ice skating” rink. But the tree alone is worth the trip­—see it from 5-9 p.m. starting December 1.

51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach 100ftchristmastree.com HOFFMAN’S CHOCOLATES Not only does Hoffman’s provide sweet treats but also an extravagant holiday display. The gardens are filled with different yuletide displays, including an arctic zone with polar bears and penguin lights.

Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus are available for photos. Hoffman’s

Winter Wonderland takes place from the end of November to the end of December.

5190 Lake Worth Road, Greenacres hoffmans.com/winterwonderland FIFTH AVENUE GRILL Fifth Avenue Grill really gets into the holiday spirit. Each surface of the restaurant is covered in beautiful ornaments and lights, and the display becomes more intricate each year as more layers are added.

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5 SIGNS SEASON IS HERE Federal Highway is a parking lot between Yamato and Glades.

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WE LOVE A PARADE This year, Boca’s homegrown Holiday Parade (the 44th!) takes place on Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. and is themed “A Holiday Wish.” The parade route begins at Federal Highway and Southeast Eighth Street and travels north to the Mizner Park Amphitheater.

And of course, in Boca (as in much of South Florida), the holidays are not complete without a boat parade. This year, the parade is the evening of Dec. 17, starting at 6:30 p.m. The parade begins at the C-15 canal (Boca’s northern city limit) and travels south to the Hillsboro Bridge.

Must-watch holiday movies “Home Alone” (1990): It’s old, it’s cute and it will haunt us every time we leave for the airport.

“The Holiday” (2006): This irresistible life-swapping tale that ends in “happily ever after” is as improbable as it is swoon-worthy.

“Elf” (2003): This Will Ferrell vehicle is as silly as it is sweet, and the North Pole is brilliant. Besides, oversized people in tights are always funny.

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” (1965): This film usually marks the start of the holiday season—even though its clear-hearted message may get lost on many of us in the ensuing weeks.

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“Miracle on 34th Street” (1947): This story of belief and magic appeals to the child in all of us. And we’re still wondering how that cane ended up in the new house.

“A Christmas Carol” (1951): Everyone has their favorite Scrooge. Ours is Alastair Sim, because we are old school when it comes to Christmas.

Nothing captures the holiday spirit like this movie of joy and redemption.

“It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946): It's the grandaddy of them all. How many times have you wished you’d never been born? And what about those angel wings?

Auctioneer Neil Saffer is at the last three parties you went to.

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$830 Average number of dollars per person spent on Christmas gifts

26.3 million Real Christmas trees sold in the U.S. last year Source: Finance, statista.com

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“Miracle on 34th Street”

WHEN: Dec. 16-17 WHERE: Broward Center, 201 S.W. Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale ABOUT: Arts Radio Network will team with WLRN to produce a live radio version of “Miracle,” the Christmas classic which originally aired in 1948, complete with old-timey microphones and sound effects created live onstage.

COST: $25 CONTACT: 954/4620222, browardcenter. org

Christmas at Whitehall

WHEN: Dec. 4 WHERE: Flagler Museum, 1 Whitehall Way, Palm Beach ABOUT: Henry Flagler’s youngest descendants will light the 16-foot tree in the Grand Hall, in this Gilded Age throwback that also includes organ and piano music and holiday caroling.

A lively lecture about the colorful history of letter-writing to Santa—and a fraudulent association in New York that attempted to answer them—kicks off the festivities at 2 p.m.

COST: Free with admission; $10-$28 for lecture CONTACT: 561/6552833

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TransSiberian Orchestra WHEN: Dec. 16 WHERE: BB&T Center, 1

Panther Parkway, Sunrise

ABOUT: Rock music—the

epic, thunderous, grandiose rock music that only makes sense in pyrotechnic-friendly arenas—is a tradition that would seem at odds with holiday music, with its bouncy earworms and choral harmonies. But Trans-Siberian Orchestra has staked its career on merging the two forms on high-concept, elaborately conceived Christmas albums. For this tour, the group will revisit its narrative score for “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve,” a 1999 TV movie that will project on giant screens behind the band.

COST: $30.50-$70.50 CONTACT: thebbtcenter.com

The Beach Boys: Holidays and Hits WHEN: Dec. 15 WHERE: Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami ABOUT: “The Beach Boys Christmas,” from 1964, is

one of the great holiday albums of its era, in which clever original songs like“The Man With All the Toys”and “Little Saint Nick”joined standards like “White Christmas”and “Frosty the Snowman,” all performed with the rollicking surf rhythms and four-part harmonies of the Boys’ iconic style.

The Mike Love-fronted version of the band will play many of these seasonal favorites, along with non-holiday sing-alongs, in a yuletide gift for your ears.

COST: $59.50-$89.50 CONTACT: 305/949-6722, arshtcenter.org

“This Wonderful Life” WHEN: Dec. 16 WHERE: Kravis Center, 701

Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach ABOUT: Chameleonic actor Jeremy Kendall doesn’t need a $3 million budget and a cast of 50 to bring “It’s a Wonderful Life” to…life.

His elastic body and his spectrum-spanning voice are enough, in this one-man re-creation of the uplifting film. Kendall plays 32 characters, regularly breaking the fourth wall to comment on the action.

COST: $39 CONTACT: 561/832-7469, kravis.org

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Hard Rock Stadium

Discover the Dolphins’ new cushy home—and get VIP treatment

The new Hard Rock Stadium, above, features a new canopy and luxury suites (center).

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ou don’t have to go to Alcatraz to see The Rock. You can zip a few miles down the road to the newly revamped Hard Rock Stadium to see what football 2016-style is all about.

It’s hard to imagine the Miami Dolphins playing in anything but a burnt-orange monstrosity.

The color of the seats made it an eyesore for anyone on TV or in attendance. It also easily highlighted the attendance problems for the Dolphins.

After an ultimatum from the NFL to upgrade the stadium or be removed from Super Bowl hosting consideration, Miami met that challenge with a $500 million renovation.

The stadium, unsurprisingly, got its name after an 18-year, $250 million naming rights deal between the Dolphins and Hard Rock International.

Hard Rock Stadium made its debut Sept. 1 for the last preseason game for the Dolphins and the first thing you notice is that canopy over the stadium—which shades more than 90 percent of the fans

there during those blistering 1 p.m. games. Sadly, (or maybe not), one of the areas exposed to the sun is the away sideline.

Why does that matter? Three or more hours playing an intense contact sport can take its toll on players.

The South Florida sun and thick humidity amplify those physical demands, and most teams aren’t used to playing in those conditions.

Another huge visual upgrade was the addition of four 1,472inch screens, which are easily seen by anybody in attendance.

It’s a far cry from the average-at-best stadium experience of the past. You’d leave games drenched in sweat and down a significant amount of money because of the overpriced stadium concessions. But, now that the game experience seems much less generic, it can be worth it.

However, if you are on a tight budget but still want to go to a game, it’d be wise to take a trip to your closest grocery store and load up a cooler. Buying food and drinks inside can add up.

The Dolphins also teamed up with Uber to designate pickup and drop-off areas around the stadium, as well as a tailgating experience for fans who don’t

want the hassle of setting one up themselves. The Uber Tailgate includes grills, ice, furniture and other tailgate essentials. A nearby general store also carries items like beer, water and meat.

If you’re the “all-inclusive” type, Hard Rock Stadium has different VIP and Club-level packages available. If you want to get hyped up from more than just the game, head to LIV and experience personal cabanas and a full bar. It’s just like the famous Miami club, but at a football game.

If that’s not enough, you’ll find everything you’re looking for in The 72 Club. Huge seats? Check. In-seat service? Yep. Field Access? You bet.

When the game is done, zoom out of the stadium in your VIP express lane and avoid the traffic.

And just like in the infomercials: But wait, there’s more!

The Nine, coming in 2017, offers an in-suite concierge, black car service or valet parking, two pregame field passes and two Super Bowl tickets. Oh, there’s also a yearly dinner with Dan Marino. Other newly renovated and constructed luxury suites will be available in 2017, as well.

Being a Dolphins fan never felt so good.

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Get Pumped Adorned pumps add sparkle and texture—an excellent addition to any celebratory event.

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Studs ‘n’ Spikes Velveteen Rabbit

Delicate red velvet and military sentiment defy tradition with gold fasteners on a pointed heel. Jimmy Choo Mari Bordeaux Velvet Bootie, $895. Available at major department stores.

This black leather T-strap is covered in multicolored spikes and finished with a trademark red sole.

Christian Louboutin Goldostrap, $1,195.

Available at Nordstrom (5820 Glades Road, Boca Raton).

Purple Reign

The purple leather pump is accented by ruffles and a gleaming silver disco ball. Roger Vivier Frilly Pump, $1,395.

Available at Roger Vivier (9700 Collins Ave., Suite 140, Miami).

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Mustache Clutch, Kate Spade, $328

We mustache you a question: Can you handle this whimsy statement clutch?

Available at Kate Spade New York Town Center (6000 Glades Road, Boca Raton).

I have a good sense of humor. I think everything we do should have whimsy in it.”

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Close at Hand Three genteel clutches for this year’s social season Written by ALLISON LEWIS

Ramya Cubist Minaudiére, Rafé, $940

Cubism is incorporated through black, gold and green geometric shapes. Available at Neiman Marcus Town Center (5860 Glades Road, Boca Raton).

Sequin Frame Clutch, Alexander McQueen, $1,395

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Taormina, July 29, 1962: Elizabeth Taylor wears a pin and pair of earrings made by Bulgari set in diamonds, emeralds and platinum.

ELIZABETH’S EMERALDS

Celebrities love jewels, but none quite like Elizabeth Taylor. The Oscar-winning actress is known for her love affair with gems. One of her husbands, actor Richard Burton was known for doting on Taylor with several pieces of fine jewelry from Italian jeweler Bulgari, two of which were made of diamonds and emeralds. He once joked about her, “The only word Liz knows in Italian is ‘Bulgari.’”

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Merry & Bright Emeralds are a strong look for the upcoming season, says Siran Wassilian, owner of Verdi Jewelers in Boca Raton. Wassilian integrates them with diamonds and pearls for a stunning holiday look.

Written by ALLISON LEWIS

Diamond and emerald earrings, circular diamond and emerald pendant, stackable emerald, pearl and diamond bracelets, all by Verdi Jewelers, price upon request

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KIEHL’S at Town Center mall; 561/395-7963 SEPHORA at Town Center mall; 561/391-1221 ULTA BEAUTY

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Limited-edition cosmetics for everyone on your list.

Written by ALLISON LEWIS

LET’S B CLEAR HOLIDAY KIT, Drunk

Elephant, $82 Reset skin to its radiant, blemish-free origins. Set includes B-Hydra Intensive Hydration Gel, Virgin Marula Luxury Facial Oil, T.L.C. Framboos Glycolic Night Serum, C-Firma Day Serum and Pekee Bar. Available at Sephora Town Center.

GLOW FACTOR SEA SALT FAVORITES,

H20+, $45 A holiday trio of body butter, body wash and body gloss collaborate to cleanse, hydrate and soften skin, all with the soft fragrance of an ocean breeze. Available at Ulta Beauty.

SALT AND PEPPERMINT BARK, LUSH

Cosmetics, $9.95 Indulge in this exfoliating body scrub while the smell of peppermint melts away stress. Available at LUSH Cosmetics Town Center.

KIEHL’S ULTRA FACIAL CREAM, price

upon request It’s our favorite moisturizer that’s part of an annual limited-edition holiday set. The label is designed

by FAILE—the Brooklyn duo Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller. Available at Kiehl’s Town Center.

SANTA BABY LIP TINT, LUSH Cosmetics,

$9.95 Cherries, dates and Fair Trade shea butter keep lips soft and festive. Better go find that mistletoe.

Available at LUSH Cosmetics Town Center.

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Where the Toys Are It’s on like Donkey Kong with these holiday gift ideas.

DJI PHANTOM 3 STANDARD Where: store.dji. com Price: $499.99 and up About: This drone makes aerial photography easy for amateur and experienced drone users alike.

BOOSTED BOARD 2ND GENERATION ELECTRIC SKATEBOARD Where: boostedboards.com Price: $999.99 and up About: Take the legwork out of skateboarding. Travel up to 14 miles on one charge at speeds up to 22 mph.

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NES CLASSIC EDITION Where: Amazon.com and most Target and Best Buy stores Price: $59.99 About: One word: Nostalgia.

This system includes 30 classic games, from Super Mario Bros. and Metroid to Pac-Man and Donkey Kong.

MAGFORMERS CRAWL FRIENDS SET Where: Learning Express Toys, 3013 Yamato Road, Boca Raton Price: $159.99 About: These remote-controlled magnetic pieces fuel creation.

ROCK AND ROLL IT FLEXIBLE ROLL-UP PIANO Where: Learning Express Toys Price: $49.99 About: Pint-sized musicians can channel their inner Stevie Wonder with this USB-powered portable piano, complete with built-in speaker and multiple demo songs.

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561-396-2787 - WWW.TOWER155.COM This residential development TOWER 155 (“Project”) is being developed 155 Boca Raton Road, LLC ("Developer"), which has a limited right to use the trademarked names and logos of Compson. Any and all statements, disclosures and/or representations shall be deemed made by Developer and not by Compson, and you agree to look solely to Developer (and not to Compson and/or any of its affiliates) with respect to any and all matters relating to the marketing and/or development of the Condominium and with respect to the sales of units in the Condominium.

ORAL REPRESENTATIONS CANNOT BE RELIED UPON AS CORRECTLY STATING THE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE DEVELOPER. FOR CORRECT REPRESENTATIONS, MAKE REFERENCE TO THIS BROCHURE AND TO THE DOCUMENTS REQUIRED BY SECTION 718.503, FLORIDA STATUTES, TO BE FURNISHED BY A DEVELOPER TO A BUYER OR LESSEE. These materials are not intended to be an offer to sell, or solicitation to buy a unit in the condominium. Such an offering shall only be made pursuant to the prospectus (offering circular) for the condominium and no statements should be relied upon unless made in the prospectus or in the applicable purchase agreement. In no event shall any solicitation, offer or sale of a unit in the condominium be made in, or to residents of, any state or country in which such activity would be unlawful. This is not intended to be an offer to sell nor a solicitation of offers to buy real estate to residents of CT, ID, NJ, NY and OR, unless registered or exemptions are available, or in any other jurisdiction where prohibited by law, and your eligibility for purchase will depend upon your state of residency. For correct representations, reference should be made to the documents required by section 718.503, Florida Statutes, to be furnished by a developer to a buyer or lessee. All images and designs depicted herein are artist’s conceptual renderings, which are based upon preliminary development plans and are subject to change without notice in the manner provided in the offering documents. All such materials are not to scale and are shown solely for illustrative purposes.

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Be Our Guest Put your table to the test this holiday season.

Hammered steel rivet 7-piece bar tool set, Restoration Hardware, $139 Build homemade cocktails like a pro with bar tools in Aged Brass (pictured), Blackened Stainless Steel or Brushed Stainless Steel.

Zinc reindeer, Crate and Barrel, $9.95-$12.95 Bring the outdoors inside with these adorable zinc reindeer figurines.

Grand Brasserie cast aluminum tiered rectangular stand, Restoration Hardware, $319 Display cookies, candy canes or home décor on this sturdy stand. It’s available in Weathered Zinc or Nickleplated (pictured) finishes.

Gold antler napkin ring, Pottery Barn, $24.50 (set of four) Pair these antler napkin rings with bold prints or solids for a finished look.

POTTERY BARN, 6000 Glades Road, Boca Raton; 561/750-3949 CRATE AND BARREL, 6000 Glades Road, Boca Raton; 561/395-1060 RESTORATION HARDWARE, 700 S. Rosemary Ave., Suite 112, West Palm Beach; 561/804-6826

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Gold rim stemless flutes, Pottery Barn, $54 (set of six); gold rim stemless wine glasses, Pottery Barn $54 (set of six) Make guests feel like royalty with a set of gold-rimmed wine glasses or Champagne flutes when they walk through the door.

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Barbara Katz • Closet Full of Linens • Drawer Full of Lingerie • Jamie’s Boutique • Kaye Louise • Lisa Todd • Plato’s Closet • Relax the Back • Serendipity Boutique

RESTAURANTS

Abe & Louie’s • Brewzzi • CR Chicks • Corner Bakery Cafe • Five Guy’s Burgers • Hooters • Raw Juce • Moe’s Southwest Grill • La Spada’s Original Hoagies • Sushi Masa • Nick’s New Haven-style Pizzeria & Bar • Shane’s Rib Shack • Primer Cigar & Wine Bar • Starbucks • TooJay’s Gourmet Deli

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A Suite Salon • The Barkan Method Hot Yoga • Salon Chenzo • Man Cave for Men • Ideal Image of Boca Raton • FlyWheel • Care Diagnostics for Women • Orange Theory Fitness • Splendor Nail Spa • The Peter Coppola Salon • Waxing The City • Nuskin Vitality • Florida Eye Care

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Lobster Mac ‘n’ Cheese SAYS WHO: Samantha Vassallo WHERE TO FIND IT: The Capital Grille WHY IT’S HER FAVORITE: “So many places try to make it, but it’s not the same as the dish the Capital Grille makes,”Vassallo says.“My friends and I joke that if we had to go for our last meal, we’d go there for the wine and Lobster Mac ‘n’ Cheese.”

ABOUT THE RESTAURANT: The Capital Grille, 6000 Glades Road, Boca Raton, 561/368-1077, thecapitalgrille.com

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ABOUT SAMANTHA: Vassallo is a client advisor at SunTrust Private Wealth Management in Boca

Raton. An involved member of the local community, she is a former president of the Junior League of Boca Raton and is a board member for the Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition.

She participated as a contestant in this year’s Boca Ballroom Battle, which raises money for the George Snow Scholarship Fund.

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Sweetly Sipping Drinkable desserts you don’t want to miss

NUTELLA MARTINI WHAT’S IN IT: 1 ounce Purity vodka, 1 ounce Frangelico Hazelnut Liqueur, 1/2 ounce crème de cacao, 1/2 ounce Bailey’s Irish Cream, 1 tablespoon Hershey’s chocolate syrup, 2 dashes Fee Brothers Aztec chocolate bitters.

“Frangelico adds a nice hazelnut flavor, and the vodka gives it a little kick,” says Stilley.

SAYS WHO: Jamin Stilley, beverage and lounge supervisor WHERE TO FIND IT: The Blue at the Boca Raton Resort & Club, 501 E. Camino Real, 561/447-3000

The Twenty Twenty Affogato WHAT’S IN IT: Traditionally, the Italian dessert“affogato”refers to a drink made with a scoop of ice cream topped with a shot of espresso. Pastry Chef Rhonda Weisheit and her husband, Executive Chef Ron Weisheit, developed a holiday variation: house-made blackberry and guava ice cream, chocolate wine and espresso from Coffee by Design, from Chef Rhonda’s hometown of Portland, Maine. The affogato is finished with“fresh whipped cream scented with cinnamon and vanilla bean and a drizzle of homemade fudge sauce,”says Chef Rhonda.

WHERE TO FIND IT: TwentyTwenty Grille, 141 Via Naranjas, #45, 561/990-7969

WEB EXTRA: Check out more dessert drinks at The Little Chalet on BOCAMAG.COM.

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Palm Beach County sprawl well on the way Reckless approval of massive western development points to a troubling future.

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ou regularly hear outrage about development in Boca Raton and Delray Beach.

The truly outrageous development decisions in this area, however, aren’t happening in either city.

Instead, focus on how the Palm Beach County Commission is turning the mostly rural area north and west of West Palm Beach into another Broward County, with all the suburban sprawl. Focus on how the county commission isn’t just giving developers what the rules allow but much more than the rules allow. Focus on the bill for this excessive growth that could hit taxpayers in Boca Raton and Delray Beach.

It started in 2014, with approval of what then was called Minto West. It straddles Seminole Pratt Whitney Road in the unincorporated area known as The Acreage.

It continued this year with approval of a GL Homes project called Indian Trails Grove, northwest of Minto West—now incorporated as the city of Westlake. It could continue further with a project bordering Indian Trails Grove that a California investment group called Iota Carol is proposing.

Nearby, at the western edge of Palm Beach Gardens, is the 4,000acre Avenir community.

Forming a lopsided circle, these projects and others could bring nearly 15,000 homes and the accompanying development to a region that has been in agriculture or low-density residential. Even after developers put in their share, the bill for new roads could be almost $100 million, according to the county’s engineering department. Then there’s the cost of new schools and other public services.

Some costs would have resulted even if the commission had approved those projects under existing rules. The costs and the potential environmental damage will be greater, however, because the commission changed the rules.

Westlake, for example, was allowed 2,996 homes and 235,000 square feet of office and retail space. The commission upgraded Minto Communities to 4,546 homes and 2 million square feet of other uses. The company envisions a college and a hotel. Afterward, Minto surprised the commission by incorporating, even though almost no one lives on the site.

Because of that slick move, Minto could build even more homes. The original development request from a previous owner was for 10,000 homes.

Indian Trails Grove got approval for nearly 4,000 homes and 350,000 square feet of commercial space because the commission changed the county’s comprehensive plan. At deadline for this article, Iota Carol was seeking a density 800 percent higher than allowed and to build 350,000 square feet of commercial and office space where none is allowed.

As for Avenir, the rules in that part of Palm Beach Gardens

allowed just one home per 10 acres—or roughly 400 homes on about 4,000 acres. Instead, Avenir will have 3,250 homes and more than two million square feet of other development. It may take 20 years to complete the project.

In all cases, developers negotiated these favors. Plans for Westlake and Indian Trails Grove set aside land for conservation. More than half of Avenir will remain undeveloped, and the plan envisions wetlands restoration that will help the Loxahatchee River.

Still, the cumulative effect will be to dramatically transform an area where public officials never envisioned such development.

Contrast that to the supposed excess in Boca Raton and Delray Beach.

Three decades ago, Boca began planning the sort of downtown that is taking shape. So did Delray.

Voters codified Boca Raton’s downtown plan.

As any good planner will tell you, it makes sense to concentrate higher-density development downtown. Governments can provide services more efficiently and thus more cheaply. Residents support area businesses. There are more transportation options, especially public transit. Downtowns are meant to be more crowded than suburbs.

Projects in both cities have been controversial. Delray Beach has had Worthing Place, Atlantic Crossing and iPic. Boca Raton has had Archstone/Palmetto Promenade and University Village. Boca Raton’s Planned Mobility Development concept, which allows CONTINUED ON PAGE 206

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Jack the Bike Man For this affable bike restorer, Christmas marks the largest giveaway all year.

Written By ALLISON LEWIS

HAIRSTON’S CHARITY is an endless cycle of giving, as these numbers indicate.

1,000 bikes sold annually

1,000 bikes broken down and used for parts

4,000 given away to kids

J

ack Hairston steps out of his office and into the makeshift bike shop at his warehouse.

He wears brown Sperrys, khaki shorts, a black Apple watch and a red T-shirt emblazoned with his “Jack the Bike Man” logo.

His blue eyes radiate a kind smile beneath wireframe glasses and a white beard.

The 75-year-old is famous for his West Palm Beach organization, Jack the Bike Man, which provides used bikes and helmets for children and adults. Unofficially, the company started in 1993 when Hairston fixed front bike brakes for a boy who fell in front of his house.

One bike fix turned into two, then three. Today, Jack the Bike Man is an expansive operation, and the holiday season marks one of its biggest giveaways.

The first Christmas bike giveaway started several years back,

before Hairston had a warehouse.

He set up bicycles in his backyard and invited children from his neighborhood to choose one.

Fast-forward a couple of decades. In 2015, Hairston and 150 volunteers gave away 900 bikes in three hours. Hairston says kids and their families lined up for the giveaway at 5:30 a.m., even though the shop didn’t open until 9 a.m. He is confident this year’s Christmas giveaway will be even bigger.

Before starting the day, Hairston asks Deacon Miguel Muñoz of St. Juliana’s Catholic Church to bless the event. He assigns volunteer teams to various stations and talks to them about expectations.

“For some kids, this is the Christmas. There’s no tree, no gifts, because they’re dirt poor,” Hairston says.

Just before 9 a.m., volunteers

hand out numbered tickets and pass out candy canes.

Once a child’s number is called, they are allowed to enter the warehouse. They are fitted for a helmet, which is included with every bike. A second volunteer assesses a child’s height and weight, then finds a matching bike in the back of the warehouse. Adjustments are made to the seat, handlebars, breaks and training wheels as needed.

“They have so much gratitude and are appreciative,” Hairston says.“It’s powerful. “[One recipient] tugged on my shorts and hugged me, he was so happy about the bike,” Hairston says, pointing to a photo of a little boy in a Superman costume with his bike and helmet. It’s stories like this that keep Hairston at the shop seven days a week.

“There will always be a need,” Hairston says.“Why not?”

6,000 bikes donated annually

For more information or to make a donation, visit jackthebikeman.org

WEB EXTRA: Check out more from Jack at BOCAMAG.COM.

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Andy Rudnick For three decades, the MatzoBall impresario has helped Jewish singles mingle and more—without today’s tech trappings.

Written By JASON CLARY

I The MatzoBall takes place from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Dec. 24 at Il Bacio, 29 S.E. Second Ave., Delray Beach. Admission is $30. For more information, visit matzoball.org.

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n 1987, without the convenience of cell phones or social media, Andy Rudnick delivered an unforgettable night for thousands of Jewish singles in Boston. Now, in his 30th year of being the Jewish cupid, Rudnick gets to reminisce about the journey and success of the MatzoBall.

In December of 1986, Rudnick went to a Jewish singles event on Christmas Eve and recalled how awkward and forced it all was—a group of people in a hotel ballroom with the drink line as long as the queues at Disney World and the lights as bright as a doctor’s office.

The MatzoBall is none of that.

“I always wanted to bring people a typical Saturday night, except everyone’s Jewish,” Rudnick says.“We don’t do corny. We don’t bring in bands. We don’t want distractions.”

What resulted in Boston, on the first night of the MatzoBall in 1987, was a nightclub packed so full the owners had to get behind the bar and serve drinks.

“What I saw, when I was 23 and overlooking the first MatzoBall, were all these people drinking, dancing and laughing,”Rudnick recalls.

After being a Boston-only event in ’87 and ’88, the MatzoBall expanded to New York and Boca Raton in 1989 and spread to seven markets in the ‘90s.

“I take a lot of pride in it. Quite a few people credit me with their marriages,”Rudnick says.“My event is what brought people together.”

Before computers and phones dominated our lives, people

couldn’t hide behind screens. With “right swipes”and “Netflix and chill” now consuming the dating world, the MatzoBall gives people a chance to interact face to face, without the screen.

After meeting his wife, who was bartending at a MatzoBall in the ‘90s, Rudnick has some advice for those looking for love.

“You have to be committed to the idea of marriage,”he said.

“You negotiate, you work things out, and you protect what’s important—which is the marriage and family. People get hung up on stupid stuff, and that’s why marriages fail.”

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Great Gifts Special Advertising Section

Western Nut

Near downtown Salt Lake City, this unique store has specialized in delicious gourmet nuts and gorgeous handcrafted gifts since 1966.

You won’t find quality like this anywhere else.

434 South 300 West, Salt Lake City, UT

Featured gift:

A colossal gift basket filled with a variety of 20 delicious nut, chocolate and candied items comes wrapped with a gigantic, beautiful holiday-themed bow.

Altier Jewelers

Altier Jewelers is Boca Raton’s first jeweler, family-owned and operated since 1960. It is extremely dedicated to providing clients with an intimate experience when selecting jewelry and timepieces. We offer brands such as Patek Philippe, Cartier, Breitling, Roberto Coin, Temple St. Clair, Marco Bicego, Gucci, and other luxury designers. Count on Altier Jewelers to create lasting memories for every special moment in your life as your jeweler for generations.

701 S. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton | 561/395-3462 | altierjewelers.com

Featured gifts:

Ladies Patek Philippe Twenty-4 “Timeless White” timepiece with diamond hour markers and gold applied Roman numerals; Ladies Patek Philippe Twenty-4 White Gold Ring with 54 diamonds and 0.47 carats.

Esplanade Palm Beach

Originally founded in the mid-19th century, Christofle Paris is a prestigious brand adding to the classic luxury of the Esplanade Palm Beach shopping experience.

With elegant craftsmanship, this company offers an array of stunning silver flatware collections, baby gifts, jewelry, table and holloware, as well as personal accessories.

150 Worth Avenue, Palm Beach | 212/546-0865 | esplanadepalmbeach.com

Featured gift:

Since its creation a year ago, MOOD by Christofle has brought a new dynamic to contemporary tables. As aesthetic as it is functional, this style is now one of Christofle’s most successful. As always, the spirit of sharing and relaxing with friends are its leitmotiv.

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Deborah James

At Deborah James, we put an emphasis on emerging designers and the season’s key trends. Our goal is to assist our customers to create their own personal style with fashions from Europe and around the US. Choose from a beautiful selection of exotic accessories and delicate jewels for your gift giving.

402 Via De Palmas, Boca Raton | 561/367-9600 623 E Las Olas, Ft. Lauderdale | 954/524-2585 deborahjames.com

Featured gifts:

Laura B. Mesh Bag with Croco Accents; European Diamond Wing Necklace

Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum

Boca-centric holiday presents can be found at the Fire Bay Gift Shop in the Boca Raton History Museum.

Old Town Hall, 71 N. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton

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Featured gifts:

2016 holiday ornament celebrating the 90th birthday of the Boca Raton Resort & Club, which opened as Addison Mizner’s Cloister Inn in 1926.

The Pioneer Cook in Southeast Florida is a new edition of FAU history professor Donn Curl’s 1975 book, which captures both modern recipes and a delightful social history of the region and the hardships faced by the frontier housewife. Find out how to make a Florida bouillabaisse, turtle egg pancakes, and creative uses for oranges, bananas and coconuts (pioneer and modern versions). Long out of print, the book features seldom seen photographs from the collections of the Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum.

D O N A L D W A LT E R C U R L A PUBLICATION OF THE BOCA RATON HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM

Party S’More of Boca

Party S’More of Boca is an innovative custom invitation and stationery store. They specialize in creating unique experiences for their clients. Their personalized design experience is what sets them apart. Large selections of invitations, holiday cards and customized gifts.

2200 Glades Road, Boca Raton | 561/750.2040 | partysmore@bellsouth.net

Barbara Katz

Since 1959, Barbara Katz has outlasted and outpaced other South Florida owned specialty retailers. Our merchandise selection of classic, European, casual, and special occasion collections reflects new designers from all over the world.

The Commons at Glades Plaza, Boca Raton | 561/391-1066 | barbarakatz.com

Featured gift:

MZ Wallace Metro Tote, $215

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Building Success Michael Kaufman’s work is all over Boca Raton— and he’s still at it.

Written by GARY GREENBERG

M I've lived here for 35 years and I still think it's paradise."

—Mike Kaufman

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ike Kaufman says that growing up in Hollywood, Fla., gave him all the tools he needed to be successful in the construction industry.

“My friends and I crossed all the boundaries,”recalls the founder and president of Boca Raton-based Kaufman Lynn Construction.“We surfed, fished, played football and baseball, did well in school and hung around with kids from all over the place.

“That experience gave me an inherent ability to communicate and adapt. One of the fundamental things of leadership is to relate to people of many different backgrounds, and that is one of my strengths.”

Kaufman also grew up in a house full of tools, which his handyman dad taught him to use. Young Mike helped put himself through the University of Florida by doing carpentry and even assembled his own crew. Still, his“grand plan”was to study physical therapy so he could be a trainer for a pro football team someday.

“Then I got to chemistry, and that’s when physical therapy ended and building construction started,”he says with a wry smile.

Now, Kaufman is 57, and his booming company reflects his knack for diversity by building just about anything: schools, storage facilities, multi-family dwellings, retail, senior living, health care and, recently, the iconic Pompano Beach parking garage, complete with a three-story fish mural and sails.

But the company’s breakthrough project was the Boca Raton Museum of Art in the late 1990s.“All the big guys went after it,”Kaufman says.“We were the smallest company, but the selection committee chose us because we had the most to gain, or lose.”

KL Construction finished the museum one day ahead of schedule on Kaufman’s 41st birthday. That was the same day he bought out Joe Lynn, his partner of 10 years, after their visions for the company’s future diverged.

These days, you can see Kaufman’s work all over town: Mizner Park Amphitheater, Boca Raton’s downtown and Spanish River libraries, and the University Commons shopping center near Florida Atlantic University.

Kaufman was actually doing cement-finishing work by FAU’s administration building when he got word that people were bidding on the University Commons project upstairs.“So I hosed off, went upstairs and got the job,”he says.

Kaufman started his company, initially called Michael I. Kaufman Construction, in 1989 after he found himself unemployed with a pregnant wife and two kids. Now he’s got a relatively new wife, Lisa, six blended family kids and 125 employees he calls “associates.” ››

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›› “I’m very focused on the culture of the company, to be ethical and committed to excellence,” he says.“I don’t make a decision without thinking about how it will affect everyone involved.”

Although he’s earned several honors for both business and community work, Kaufman seems proudest of KL Construction being named one of Florida Trend’s Best Companies to Work For in Florida. It also broke into

the nation’s top 400 contractors list this year.

Yet he’s not ready to throttle back. “The toughest thing about this job is you kill what you eat,” he says.“There’s no recurring income. You constantly have to find work, and you have to prove yourself each time.”

Meanwhile, his Raleigh, N.C.based wife Lisa is also a high achiever. She founded Scout & Molly’s Boutique in 2002, and

now there are franchises all over the country. “We spend about 20 days a month together,” says Kaufman.“It’s great, because we get a chance to miss each other.”

Despite the long-distance marriage, he doesn’t sound likely to leave Boca anytime soon.

“The city is committed to culture, and it has a great university in FAU and the best boating, beaches, restaurants, shopping … what more could you ask for?”

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For nearly two decades, Boca Helping Hands has assisted the city’s disadvantaged denizens.

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im Gavrilos basks in the glory of his job as executive director of Boca Helping Hands.

“I love what I do,” he says.“What’s more meaningful than feeding the hungry?”

A former Greek Orthodox priest, Gavrilos, 52, is a fount of positive energy and a hands-on leader who doesn’t hesitate to pitch in with the grunt work.

“Everyone here has a pair of sneakers under their desk, because they may have to lend a hand in the warehouse or hop in a truck to pick up some donated food,” he explains.

Boca Helping Hands, which was founded in 1998 by two local churches and a synagogue, helps the needy in five ways. Three programs offer food through hot meals at its Boca Raton facility, giveaway bags of groceries, and backpacks containing meals for freeschool-lunch kids to take home on weekends. Another program provides short-term financial assistance to help pay for rent, electric, water or other necessities.

The fifth offers training in service-industry jobs such as home health care and commercial driving.

“We’re here to give a hand up, not a handout,” says Gavrilos.“We help people cross the bridge from lacking basic needs to being self-sufficient.”

And he does it by running a tight ship.

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Boca Helping Hands is one of just 51 nonprofits in the country with a perfect 100 rating from Charity Navigator, an online guide to “intelligent giving.”

“We have a lot of support from the city and local businesses,” says Gavrilos.“And we have some 300 volunteers. We couldn’t do it without them.”

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ur country is going to pot— but that’s a good thing for Patrick Vo. Vo is the 33-year-old CEO, president and public face of BioTrackTHC, a company that’s starting to make a killing in the cannabis industry, pushing technology rather than drugs.

“For cannabis businesses to have long-term success, they need the tools to run effectively,”says Vo.“They can’t just wing it. They need to track data, not only for their own inventory needs and quality control but also to signal that they are in compliance with regulations.”

Fort Lauderdale-based BioTrackTHC offers software that tracks cannabis products from seed to sale, putting everyone from government officials to marijuana business owners to customers on the same page. The software even differentiates between smoking products that come from the plant’s flowers and edibles that are made using extract from other parts.

“So if you have a cannabis-infused brownie and want to know where it originated, you can track it back to the trim of a specific plant,” explains Vo. The benefits of such fastidious tracking are wide-ranging, helping to ensure that medical marijuana patients get the right strain and dosage, and that all users are assured of a safe product that is free of mold, pesticides and other contaminants. Meanwhile, government agencies can use the tracking software to verify that businesses are in compliance with the varied and still-evolving regulations.

Business is booming for BioTrackTHC, which was

incorporated in 2008 by two South Florida men, T.J. Ferraro and Steven Siegel. Initially, they produced a biometric to monitor prescription opioid users through their digital thumbprints. It was designed to quell the pill-mill crisis, but the company shifted focus after some medicinal marijuana business owners became interested in the software.

Ferraro and Siegel brought business whiz kid Vo—who is the son of Vietnam war refugees—aboard in 2012, and their customer base has since skyrocketed from less than 20 to nearly 2,000.

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Just a few extra pounds can increase your blood pressure. In fact, one study found that gaining just five pounds can increase your blood pressure.

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Beating the holiday bulge

Want to get through a holiday season without having to loosen your belt buckle or undo your bra strap? Stacey Silver, a dietician nutritionist and clinical nutrition manager at Delray Medical Center, shares her favorite tips.

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on’t let guilt and deprivation ruin your holiday gatherings. Let yourself have your favorite holiday foods and enjoy them—just think of reasonable portions rather than heaps. So, you want that piece of pecan pie? Have a sliver, not a quarter, of the pie. This lets you enjoy your favorite foods without overindulging or feeling like you can’t have something, which often leads to unhealthy eating behaviors.

Don’t skip meals to save calories. Never arrive to a holiday party starving.

Complement your meals with color! All those fresh vegetables and fruits are pretty and colorful. Don’t forget those nutritional beauties when preparing or indulging in appetizers and side dishes.

How about roasting vegetables like sweet potatoes, beets or asparagus? Simply put them in the broiler with a little olive oil, salt and pepper, and you have a healthy option among the naughtier holiday dishes.

Sneak substitutions (chances are

nobody will know). Substitutions can reduce calories without sacrificing taste.

Consider unsweetened applesauce, yogurt or pumpkin puree in place of oil; one-percent milk instead of whole milk; nonfat half-and-half instead of heavy cream; light cream cheese or Greek yogurt versus regular cream cheese; and part-skim mozzarella cheese versus whole milk mozzarella. Instead of serving nuts over the holidays, serve chickpeas or edamame, which offers the texture without the high fat. For that sweet tooth, dip fresh fruits, like strawberries, in nonfat Greek yogurt. (Psst … with some substitutions you’re adding fiber, which will help to fill you up.)

Don’t drink your calories. Instead of asking for beer or a cocktail, choose wine or spirits with club soda. And drink water in between bites and sips to stay well hydrated and avoid eating unnecessarily.

Avoid sitting near the food table.

Scope out the fixings, and sample the food you’d like to eat. Then, get out of there.

Weight, Weight, Don’t Tell Me …

Researchers have found the popular belief that people often pack on five to 10 pounds from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day is probably overblown, according to a government-funded study done years ago. It’s likely that Americans gain about a pound during the winter holiday season.

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egans and vegetarians aren’t the same. Vegans are the strictest diners: They don’t consume any animal byproducts. Vegetarians don’t eat meat or poultry, but vary in other ways. Lacto-ovo vegetarians are those who eat dairy products, including cheese, milk and eggs. Some are just lacto (meaning they eat dairy) or ovo (meaning they eat eggs). Pescatarians are vegetarians who eat fish and seafood and, perhaps, dairy and eggs, but no other animal products, according to Marci Sloane, a registered dietician and certified diabetes educator at Boca Raton Regional Hospital’s Outpatient Diabetes and Nutrition Center.

Sloane says these are common vegetarianism myths (and truths).

MYTH 1: They’re always healthy. Vegans tend to be healthy because they eat a balanced, high-nutrient diet, which can lower their risk for disease. But some vegans have diets high in sugar- and fat-laden processed foods like white bread, fries, chips and crackers. Even some forms of soy are processed and have too much sodium for a healthy diet.

MYTH 2: They’re always skinny. Just like everyone else, vegans can be thin or overweight. It depends on what they eat, the quantity they consume and how much they exercise.

MYTH 3: They’re vitamin- and protein-deficient. Vegans often eat nutritionally wholesome foods, with lots of vitamins and minerals. It’s important that they replace the vitamins, like B12, that come primarily from animal products. Getting enough iron also can be a challenge. But cashews, sesame seeds, beans or dark leafy green vegetables eaten along with foods high in vitamin C, like citrus fruits, tomatoes or red peppers, can save the day and increase iron absorption. Getting enough protein is fairly easy, thanks to grains, beans, nuts, seeds, soy and the many vegan protein drinks made from hemp or pea protein.

MYTH 4: Vegetarianism is pricey. The truth is, being a vegan does not have to be expensive. Grains, beans, fruits and vegetables can be purchased in bulk or at local produce stands at reasonable costs. It’s the processed, prepared foods that are likely to boost the monthly food bill. Even if you spend more on vegetarianism, think of what you might save in medical expenses by preventing heart disease or diabetes.

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Holiday stress busters Holidays are happy, right? Not always. The holiday season can be full of stress, anxiety and guilt. No worries.

These simple tips can help keep your holiday happy.

Longtime Boca Raton psychotherapist Susan B. Jacobson shares her top holiday stress busters. ü Buy gifts in advance. Make a list of everyone you’re planning to buy a gift for and start shopping as soon as you can. Store the gifts in a designated area in your home, with sticky notes of the recipients’ names on each package. Check off their names on your gift list. Done! One less thing to do last-minute. ü Let yourself be flexible.

Adapt to and plan on change.

Don’t sweat the small stuff. Tell yourself “things are perfect, even though it does not feel that way.” ü Be kind to yourself. Save time, each day, to soak in the tub, meditate, swim, read.

That little bit of alone time will recharge your batteries and keep things in balance. ü Don’t go it alone. No plans?

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Stay on schedule or ahead of it, and you’ll be much less stressed hosting the holiday party.

“Remember to enjoy. The holidays are a beautiful time of the year. Focus on what is going well in your life, and don’t forget to be grateful,” Jacobson says.

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Dave Barry

South Florida’s preeminent humor columnist explains why his gonzo state really is the best ever.

Written by JOHN THOMASON Florida is the home state of this longtime humorist, but it’s also, you could argue, his muse. For more than two decades as a Miami Herald columnist, he commented on, and satirized, our state’s reputation for social, geographic and legislative insanity, and he set his first two pulp-comedy novels, Big Trouble and Tricky Business, in a morally corroded Miami. He, and Florida, have grown up crazy together.

Only in his latest—and landmark 50th—book has Barry devoted every page to the Sunshine State.

Best. State. Ever. is a series of sometimes withering, sometimes affectionate reportage that sees Barry visiting such mothballed tourist attractions as Weeki Wachee and Gatorland, cavorting with the hedonistic seniors at The Villages, observing the underdressed throngs at Miami’s LIV nightclub and more. The book is a rapid page-turner studded with pithy bon mots (“Florida’s government is divided into three branches: the executive, the judicial and the criminal”) and wry observations: “Currently, the number one industry in Florida is attorneys on billboards asking if you have been in an accident, followed by tourism, reptile sales and buttocks enhancement.”

But the most radical thing about this book is that it dares not to be funny. A potentially amusing chapter

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on Skunk Ape hunter Dave Shealy offers a critique of Everglades development and its impact on communities, like the ghost swamp of Ochopee that used to thrive there. He likewise comes away from the allegedly oversexed seniors-only Villages community with a surprising appreciation for the residents of what he calls “Disney World for adults.”

Florida may have cultivated a public image as a “subtropical festival of stupid,” but Barry’s affection for his muse is genuine. I recently met Barry, 69, at Coconut Grove’s Peacock Café for a discussion of our wonderful and misbegotten state.

Is your level of celebrity such that you’re recognized at places like this?

It’ll happen maybe every other time. I’m not like the TV weatherperson everybody recognizes. I’m an extremely minor celebrity.

You don’t want the saturation level of Taylor Swift, anyway.

I would say I’m right up there with Taylor Swift.

Though she’s dated more people than I have.

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How did the idea for this book come to you?

Has that sponge you purchased for your wife gone to use?

Partly, it was the presidential election looming. It always seems that Florida ends up being important, which is a shame. We should just give up our electoral votes to other states—divide them up between Wyoming, Delaware, states that don’t get the attention we get. And then we could just drink, and whatever happens, we can say, we had nothing to do with it!

And with the tsunami of “Florida Man,”“Florida Woman”and “weird Florida”stories, it just seemed time. I’ve written a lot about Miami, but I’ve not written a lot about Florida. I got the idea of traveling around and looking at parts of Florida that, ever since the giant Disney Death Star landed in Orlando, we don’t see anymore.

I don’t think so. I think that sponge got put away somewhere under the sink. The sponge I see being used is the plain old Publix sponge. I told my wife that it’s the Cadillac of sponges, and here are the instructions. Usually when a sponge comes with instructions, it’s a little daunting.

The roadside attractions have gone by the wayside.

And I think it’s kind of sad. I get it—if you have a carful of kids, and your choice is, we can go to Disney and Universal and see the Harry Potter ride and Space Mountain … or we can go to Weeki Wachee and see a woman in a rubber tail eat an apple underwater. It’s a tough call! But it’s kind of sad at the same time. Most of the attractions I went to, there was a wistfulness about them. They know their days are numbered.

You write about most of the attractions with a high degree of irony and gentle mockery. Did you offend anyone from Tarpon Springs or Cassadega?

I don’t know. For all I know, nobody at SpongeO-Rama [in Tarpon Springs] is ever going to read my book. They didn’t strike me as people who are excited about reading.

It’s hard to imagine another journalist spending time at both LIV nightclub and The Villages. Where did you feel most out of place on this odyssey?

I would say Cassadega. Usually I don’t go around with a notebook asking people questions; I’m just watching, for the most part, and if I interact with people, it’s a natural interaction. In Cassadega, to really experience it, I had to get a reading. And I had to talk to the spiritualists. So I felt a little weirder. Plus it’s just a creepy place.

The Skunk Ape portion of the book stands out to me [as] the most seriously considered chapter. Did you end up feeling a kind of affection for the Shealys?

I set out thinking there’s this ridiculous myth, and when I saw the Skunk-Ape Research Headquarters, it just reinforced it as a sketchy roadside attraction. Yet the more I talked to Dave Shealy and met some of the people in that tight little community, I began to see that, yeah, it’s a complete hoax, in my opinion, but there’s a reason for it. These people are surviving out there, and to them it was a wonderful place, and it’s being taken away from them now. You could argue there’s good reason it’s being taken away, but you could grandfather in all the people who lived in Ochopee, and it wouldn’t affect our ecological heritage. But

CAN YOU IMAGINE DAVE BARRY WITH A MACHINE GUN?

Neither can Dave Barry. Here’s an excerpt from Best. State. Ever., in which the trembling writer visits Lock ‘n’ Load Miami.

“These fears do not subside when we meet our firearms specialist, Nick Gulla. When Nick explains a gun to me, I’m nodding thoughtfully … but I’m not really understanding what he’s saying. To me, it sounds like this: Nick (displaying gun): OK, this is a Wacklestein-Frampler X-839 fully automatic strategic tactical death carbine, which is used by law enforcement, Coast Guard canine units and special Delta Attack Squadron Forces in SWAT raids, cliff assaults, field exorcisms and anti-submarine operations. It shoots four million rounds per second and has a range of 17 miles. You hold the magazine here, then all you do is pull this lever back, turn this knob a quarter turn counterclockwise, and slide this switch to the second notch while pressing this button and engaging this mechanism here, making sure you line up this triangle with the red circle and keep these two dots in the center of the hypotenuse, and whatever you do, don’t glob the fedelwink. Got it?”

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105 I don’t have a real job. It’s what I do. And they’re not long books; they’re not War and Peace. It’s not that hard. I was once at a writing seminar with Stephen King, and there were all these distinguished authors on a panel, and they were talking about the writing process. Most of them made it sound like a combination of coal mining and nuclear physics—it’s exhausting, hard, and this and that. And Steve goes, if you write 1,000 words a day, which is not that hard, you could finish a big long book in four months. So if you take a year, you’re not really working that hard. All down the table, you could see the looks of horror...I love that I can be a writer and make a living doing something that is not physically demanding and is usually interesting to do, and sometimes even fun.

I’ve never gotten a sense of your politics in your books.

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these guys, I really felt for them. The saddest I felt was watching Dave Shealy having to go through his Skunk Ape routine, which he’s gone through a million times. But that’s how he’s making his living out there, just like countless Floridians before him. He can’t catch an alligator, so he has to catch people like me.

I don’t put them in. I’m basically a libertarian. I’ve voted all over the place. I mainly want the government to just leave everybody alone, which is never going to happen.

I’ve always felt that if you want an opinion, there’s 19 billion columnists writing them. I didn’t feel the need to be one more. I’ll be the one you come to to just laugh.

If states were characters on ‘Seinfeld,’ Florida would be Kramer: Every time it appears, the audience automatically laughs, knowing it’s going to do some idiot thing.”

—Dave Barry, Best. State. Ever.

Does this divided landscape make it difficult to be a general-interest humorist?

It feels like you’re improving as a writer the older you get. Do you get a sense of that ?

Yeah...You cannot think of a topic to make a joke about anymore that will not get you a self-righteous, smug, angry response from somebody.

What I did in this book that was different from most of my books is that much of it was reported, rather than me sitting and pulling it out of my ass in front of my word processor. And I’ve written a lot of reported humor over the years, but it was usually magazine pieces for Tropic magazine at the Herald. My column was always yuks. I was a little nervous writing the book, because when I write a column, I’m thinking every sentence has to be funny. In this book, I knew there were sections on the Skunk Ape, and parts of The Villages, where I wanted to talk about what I thought about it, and what it felt like. But to do that, I had to talk about things that weren’t particularly funny. I was worried about that, but the response to the book has been very positive, so I felt good about it.

Have you ever tried standup comedy?

You’ve written 50 books, counting essay collections. How do you keep up this relentless schedule?

No. It’s too easy, and I enjoy it. What else would I do with my time? I guess I could take up golf, but if I did, I would write about it.

I do it all the time, actually. I do speeches, but they’re really comedy performances. The difference between that and standup is that the audience came because they know me and presumably care what I have to say. So I can be funny without the pressure to be constantly funny. Whereas standup comics, who are, as a group, the unhappiest people on the face of the earth, have to go out in front of random drunks and strangers ...and get them to listen and laugh and like them. And that’s brutal.

Do you foresee a time when you’re retired from writing?

WEB EXTRA: At BOCAMAG.COM, Barry discusses his gloriously bad rock band of fellow-authors, the Rock Bottom Remainders.

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They migrated here on a dream, and those dreams became the foundation of Boca Raton today. Meet a few of the founding families who cleared the way for one of South Florida’s most dynamic cities.

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Thomas Rickards, first citizen of Boca Raton.

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In 1925, native Ohioan Thomas Moore Rickards recounted how he came to settle in Florida, citing in a diary entry, “Wind northwest, snow four feet deep, temperature 20 below” in Kirksville, Mo., a few miles south of the Iowa line. He proclaimed to friends at that moment,“Boys, after several years’ experience, I have come to the conclusion that I have had enough of this. Let’s go south.”

Rickards and his friends ultimately made their way to North Florida, where the citrus and phosphate industries were booming. In the winter of 1894-1895, a freeze destroyed much of the citrus crop in Florida which prompted Florida East Coast Railway owner Henry Flagler to extend the rail line south from West Palm Beach to the new city of Miami. The coming of the railway opened up South Florida for development—a pivotal event in the state’s history.

Although quite successful in his North Florida home, Rickards saw great opportunity in South Florida. He began purchasing property in the area as early as 1892. In 1896 he was commissioned to survey and plat a new community called “Boca Raton” along the FEC Railway. The new town was actually named for Lake Boca Raton, the body of water which now empties at the Boca Raton Inlet.

By 1897 Rickards decided to permanently relocate his family to the new town and built a house for himself, wife Lizzy, sons Tom Jr. and James, and daughters Irene and Kate. It was a two-story wooden house with wraparound porches in what is now the Por La Mar neighborhood, on the east bank of the Intracoastal Waterway. Behind the house, to the east, was a beautiful jungle hammock filled with ancient low-growing oaks, some which still survive. It featured a commissary to serve the small but growing community of farmers as well as local Seminole Indians, who traveled between South Florida towns in their dugout canoes.

In 1902, the Rickards relocated to a nine-room, two-story wooden home close to the railroad tracks south of Palmetto Park Road and east of Dixie Highway.

Rickards managed the Model Land Company’s (FEC Railway) properties in the Boca Raton area and farmed his own lands. Rickards’ property was named “Black Cat Plantation,” supposedly after the Florida panthers he saw slinking along his land in the twilight hours. Black Cat lands included much of southeast Boca Raton, including what is now prime real estate in Riviera and Por La Mar. He experimented with a variety of crops including many varieties of oranges, grapefruit, guavas, pineapples, kumquats and even Surinam cherries.

In 1903, a Category 1 hurricane hit the area; the few local citizens, who had no way of knowing it was coming, made no storm preparations, and the winds devastated Rickards’ house and crops. By 1906, Tom and Lizzie gave up on Florida, moving to North Carolina with their son James. Tom continued to own property here, managed by his old friend (and Boca’s first mayor) George Long. Tom Jr. moved to the growing town of West Palm Beach, becoming Palm Beach County’s first county judge in 1909.

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Frank and Nettie Chesebro The Chesebros were the big landowners in Boca’s early days—and likely put it on the map for its farming potential.

In fact, Frank Howard Chesebro was a trained horticulturalist and successful fruit grower (who also owned the Evergreen Bluff resort on Lake Michigan) living in South Haven, Mich., in the late 1890s when he began dreaming of points south. In 1898, at the ripe old age of 49, he and wife Nettie decided to explore Florida to escape the cold winters, traveling via sailboat as far south as Fort Lauderdale.

In 1903, Frank made a trip to Florida again, traveling down the Intracoastal to identify a permanent home. The second time he visited the small community of Boca Raton he wrote in his diary: “I sailed along to Boca Ratone … Went over and talked with [Boca Raton founder and landowner [Thomas] Rickards some more and looked around an hour or two. Like it better…”

He ended up building the family homestead just east of Dixie Highway and south of today’s Camino Real. By Dec. 20 he had returned for good and was joined by Nettie, their adult son Harry and teenage daughters Esther and Ruth.

Chesebro became the largest property owner in Boca Raton’s pioneer era; he owned most of what is now southeast Boca Raton, including the property that became the Boca Raton Resort & Club and Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club.

Always industrious, Chesebro took full advantage of the year-round growing seasons with crops ranging from tomatoes and eggplants to cabbages, peanuts, citrus and “alligator pears” (avocados). But his principal cash crop was pineapples, or “pines,” as they were called by the locals. Chesebro also served as the major employer in the area, recruiting Boca Raton’s first African-American pioneers to the area from Deerfield and other towns.

Frank kept a daily diary from the day he arrived in 1903 until his death in 1936, which provides a glimpse into the everyday life of a real South Florida pioneer, from the mundane (“scuffled pines, doped onions”) to accounts of trips to take in a “picture show” in Delray Beach or to hear the great orator Williams Jennings Bryan lecture in Miami.

Chesebro reportedly worked six days a week and expected his employees to do the same. He usually took Sunday off to write to family or read.

In 1914, he acquired an “auto,” one of the first in town. He also witnessed some of the key events in South Florida’s history, like the devastating hurricane that hit South Florida on Sept. 18, 1926. He recorded, “A hurricane

From top, The Chesebro pineapple farm; Nettie Chesebro boating on the Hillsboro Canal; Frank Chesebro standing in his banana crop

Chesebro became the largest property owner in Boca Raton.

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Chesebro helped build area roads and served as liaison for prospective land buyers in the days before incorporation. He supported his African-American workers through illness and economic hard times. He was a mentor to the Japanese colonists at the nearby Yamato Colony; he assisted them to become successful growers of vegetables and “pines.”

He built the first Boca Raton School in 1908, on the site of the present Boca Raton Police Department headquarters. Nettie Chesebro died in 1928; Frank died in 1936. He wrote his own obituary, and his final message to Boca Ratonians was “Please pull out the weeds.”There are no Chesebros left in South Florida today.

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Top, one of the only pictures of Alex and Annie Hughes; Alex with his legendary amaryllis; right, Hughes Park, ca. 1984

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Boca’s never been known for its diversity, but its early African-American settlers, some of its unsung heroes, were critical to its growth as an agricultural giant. And one of the first of these was a man named Alex Hughes who moved to Deerfield in 1914 from Monticello, Fla., with his wife Florence. In those days, South Florida was a land of opportunity for many black pioneers, many the descendants of slaves. Hughes found work with Frank Chesebro, the largest farm owner in the area at the time.

Most of Chesebro’s employees had to walk to work from Deerfield, several miles away. In 1915, Boca Raton founder Thomas Rickards’ local agent George Long platted a new subdivision for African-Americans called Pearl City, a small neighborhood just south of today’s Glades Road between Dixie and Federal highways. Hughes recalled,“All that was here when I first came was a lot of palmettos, spruce pines, and mosquitoes. … The mosquitoes were so bad then you would see them coming in a ball about this big [balling up his fists].” Nonetheless, he became the first person to construct a house in Pearl City.

Hughes quickly became the anchor of the growing black community in Boca Raton. He started a Sunday school in his own home, and as attendees outgrew the space, he helped establish the first two oldest congregations in town, Macedonia African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church and Ebenezer Baptist Church, in 1918. He petitioned George Long to contribute land for a Methodist Church, which still stands at 128 N.E. 11th St. Alex also saw the need for educating the children of Pearl City in those days of segregation. By 1920, there were approximately 200 people living in Boca Raton—half white, the other half African-American and Japanese. When the white community received a new schoolhouse in 1920, it was Hughes who convinced Chesebro to relocate the old wooden schoolhouse on rollers to its new site; it became known as the Boca Raton Negro School, renamed Roadman Elementary in 1956. (Roadman closed in 1965, when desegregation rerouted the local students to newer, larger schools.)

Florence Hughes died in 1917. In 1930, Alex married Annie Dolphus Spain, from a Boca Raton pioneer family, and Alex adopted Annie’s six boys, serving as father and role model to them all. Together they

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kept a garden to help sustain themselves, and they raised chickens, hogs and cows.

The family would supplement its farm with fish, squirrel and rabbit, and would collect huckleberries for pies and preserves.

Doctors were virtually unknown in the black community at that time, which was firmly segregated and poor. Maybe that’s how Annie Hughes became known as a healer. Her son George recalled,“The whole neighborhood came to her with colds and tonsil trouble … She could do a lot of things that you’d go to a doctor for today.”

After Frank Chesebro’s death in 1936, Hughes became caretaker for Frank’s son, Harry, at his home and landscape nursery east of Dixie Highway between Southeast Fourth and Fifth streets. Hughes became known for his golden touch with the amaryllis and other specialty plants there. He was still working at age 92, two months before his death in 1977.

Throughout his life, Alex Hughes remained an exemplar of hard work and activism to both the black and white communities of Boca Raton. His determination and character overcame the obstacles of poverty and the bigotry of segregation in what was once a small Southern town. In 1972, Hughes Park on Glades Road was named in his honor.

Yamato Road and The Morikami Museum are just the vestiges today of what was once a unique chapter in Boca’s history: its colony of Japanese farmers.

It all began with a man named Jo Sakai who was born in Miyazu, Japan in 1874. He attended a Christian-based private school in Kyoto founded by a charismatic leader named Jo Niijimi. The latter’s influence encouraged young Sakai to journey to the U.S, where he received a degree in finance at New York University and was later drawn to Florida, where Henry Flagler’s Model Land Company was courting prospective settlers along the Florida East Coast Railway, which extended all the way to Miami in 1896.

Sakai had a concept for a new agricultural colony, and he arrived in Boca Raton on Christmas Day of 1903. Jo’s host and facilitator was Florida East Coast Railway agent Thomas Moore Rickards. Sakai wrote to Rickards from Kyoto in March of 1904,“How I love U.S. … Hope your kindness to our colony will remain forever…”

By the summer of 1905, Sakai was able to establish Yamato, a romanticized name for Japan, west of the Florida East Coast Railway near today’s Yamato Road in Boca Raton. Initially the colony consisted of about 20 young men, many from Japanese Christian families in a time of great nationalism in Japan, when to be Christian was to be “un-Japanese.” Most of the men lacked agricultural experience but were quickly embraced by the people of Boca Raton. They learned local farming techniques from Frank Chesebro and were quickly growing winter vegetables, alfalfa and the popular local cash crop, pineapples.

Sakai intended Yamato to be a permanent community, however, and wanted families to populate his experiment. Sada Kawashima Sakai followed Jo to Florida after they were married in 1907, forming the first of many families at Yamato. The Japanese women underwent a profound change from their comfortable lives in Japan, learning to adapt to the heat, bugs and endless sunshine of the raw south Florida scrubland.

The children, however, more American than Japanese, became embedded in Boca Raton society. They attended the white school and the local Methodist Church; they played with local youngsters. They thought of themselves as Floridians.

Yamato never housed more than about 50 families at its peak; during the 1920s land boom, many families sold their properties for a good profit and returned to

From top, Jo and Sada Sakai; the Yamato stop on Flagler's Rail Road; George Morikami on his farm

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Japan or relocated to other American cities. After Jo died in 1923, Sada returned to Japan with their five daughters. By the 1920s only a few disparate Yamato families remained in Boca Raton, and by the start of World War II, only about 15 people remained on the former Yamato lands.

One of the original bachelors, George Morikami, became the former colony’s best-known success story. He acquired prime real estate between Federal Highway and the Intracoastal Waterway in Boca Raton, which he sold at great profit in later years. He also donated one of his pineapple farms west of Delray Beach to the county for the establishment of a Japanese cultural center. Today it is the site of Morikami Museum & Gardens.

Max and Nettie Hutkin

Top, Max and Nettie Hutkin; Old Town Hall

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He was “Mr. Boca Raton” and they were the center of the thriving little town; they were also its first Jewish residents.

Florence and Harry Brown (the family’s original name was Boguslavsky) arrived in 1931 from St. Louis. They operated one of the few restaurants in town with help from their sons George and Herb.“Brown’s Sundries,” a drug store and soda fountain, was on Federal Highway just south of Palmetto Park Road, where Flanigan’s is today.

Nettie Hutkin was Harry Brown’s sister. She and husband Max had attempted several unsuccessful businesses in Missouri when they decided to come to Boca Raton in 1936, after Harry’s death in 1935. They came not only to support Mrs. Brown, but because they found rent-free living in an oceanfront mansion originally built by a snowbird named Dr. Robbins. They remained as caretakers for the house until 1938.

The enterprising Max wished to establish his own business in Boca Raton, still a small farming town numbering about 300 residents. He purchased the contents of a store and moved into an already aging wooden structure on Dixie Highway, to the west of what is now the old Town Hall building. Unfortunately, it was rat-infested—and Max couldn’t rid himself of the rodents. Finally, he purchased a six foot black snake from a local teenager for $1 (a lot of money at the time).

He cut a hole in the ceiling of the store and pushed the snake through into the attic.“Within minutes it sounded like the walls were coming down…”Then he put seven cats on the payroll. Problem solved.

Max was well-known as a great storyteller. He recalled the hardships of the Great Depression in Boca Raton as well as the thrilling times of World War II. In 1942, he was working in his store when he heard an explosion. He and his customers jumped into his car and rushed to the beach. He wrote: “We could see with the naked eye, without the use of glasses, a German submarine sinking our cargo ships…” He recalled a massive alligator which camped on the lawn of the old Town Hall, and he spoke of the old days when pranksters would borrow chairs from Brown’s and sit on the center line of Federal Highway for 15 to 20 minutes before a car would go by.

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113 Max became such a town booster that he was known as “Mr. Boca Raton”— and he joined everything. He served as a volunteer fireman and helped found the Chamber of Commerce, the Lion’s Club and the first local Boy Scout troop.

He played Santa Claus for the city’s Christmas program and Grand Marshal of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. He was a founding member of the Boca Raton Hebrew Congregation in 1967 (now Temple Beth El) and paid for the city’s first Christmas lights for downtown. Max even gave the inaugural speech for the Boca Raton Historical Society in 1972.

The couple had no children, but its legacy remains. As Nettie said in 1980, “We’ve celebrated our silver, golden and diamond anniversaries in Boca Raton. I can’t think of living anywhere else, because this is home.” Max died in 1987 and Nettie in 1995; their contributions helped make Boca Raton a more livable and welcoming community.

Floy and J.C. Mitchell The Mitchells capitalized on South Florida’s early land boom—and likely charted the course of what would become a sought-after resort community.

In the 1920s, Florida experienced an epic real estate boom. Motivated by postWorld War I economic prosperity, people from all over the country saw opportunity in a “gold rush” toward Florida’s beaches.

Alabamans LaFayette and Elizabeth Cooke were Miami snowbirds in 1922 when they decided to get in on the boom. They met Boca Raton realtor Harley Gates in his Miami office and purchased 500 acres in what is now the Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club. They then asked their daughter Floy and her new husband J.C. (Joe) Mitchell to come to develop their new property. The Mitchells arrived Oct. 1, 1923.

The massive construction and development projects in other parts of South Florida had not yet extended to little Boca Raton, population circa 200 at the time. The Mitchells were forced to rent very primitive accommodations: Their first home was equipped with only a small oil stove, ice box, an oil lamp for lighting—and no indoor plumbing.

J.C. asked,“Are you sure you want to stay?,” to which Floy replied,“Wild horses couldn’t get me away from here.” Floy recalled,“I had hoped and prayed that we could live in Florida someday, and here we were. That was my first really big answer to prayer.”

Floy and J.C. began a successful real estate and insurance business, and constructed the first large commercial building in town, the Mitchell Arcade on Dixie Highway, a block south of Palmetto Park Road. Later the building housed Calico Corners and Lily Pulitzer. Many recall the giant banyan tree outside the building being cut down in 1987 for the widening of Dixie Highway. It was just a stripling when the Mitchells planted it in the early 1930s.

By 1926, the Boom had collapsed and the IRS started to sniff around dubious property deals. Northern newspapers uncovered dicey investment schemes throughout Florida.

The Boom was doomed. The Great Depression arrived in South Florida years ahead of the rest of the nation.

But the Mitchells persevered (as real estate dropped back to pre-boom values), managing to make it through the Depression years by surviving on $5 a week. They were eyewitnesses to both the 1926 and 1928 hurricanes from the windows of their arcade building,

Left, Floy and J.C. Mitchell; from top, portraits of the Mitchells, the Mitchell Arcade, ca. 1920s, debris after the 1928 hurricane

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watching freight cars blow off the railroad tracks and telegraph poles snap like toothpicks.

In 1938 Joe Mitchell was elected to his first term as mayor of Boca Raton. He was successful in bringing the Army Air Force Technical Training Command’s top-secret radar training to Boca in 1942. The Boca Raton Army Air Field was one of the largest in the area, bringing thousands of men and women to a town of a little more than 700 residents. BRAAF stretched from Palmetto Park Road on the south to north of Yamato Road, and from Dixie Highway on the east to what is today I-95 on the west.

The runways and hangars of the field are today occupied by Florida Atlantic University, Palm Beach State College and the Boca Raton Airport. After suffering through the Great Depression, the base continued operations until 1947, when a hurricane destroyed most of the buildings on the base.

In 1950, J.C. and Floy worked to bring Bibletown, an active Christian ministry, to some of the grounds of the former Boca Raton Army Air Field just north of Palmetto Park Road and east and west of Northwest Fourth Avenue. Bibletown served as a Christian resort, and it brought many new residents to Boca Raton.

Today it survives as the Boca Raton Community Church.

Floy Mitchell lost her husband and partner in 1955; he had served as mayor until 1950. Mrs. Mitchell continued to live in the community she had grown to love until 1989, when she died at age 90.

The Mizners

Wilson and Addison Mizner with actress Marie Dressler

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He was the man with the “look,” the dream, the vision of Boca. And we’re still under the spell.

“Society architect”Addison Mizner was born in 1872 in Benicia, Calif., and traveled extensively in his early years, working as an apprentice under San Francisco architect Willis Polk. He spent roughly a decade as a country house architect on Long Island before coming to Palm Beach with sewing machine heir Paris Singer.

At the time there were no Mediterranean-inspired palaces there; Palm Beach featured shingle-style cottages and bungalows.

Mizner’s Mediterranean design for Singer’s 1918 Everglades Club became all the rage in the young resort town, leading to commissions for the mansions of the elite of Palm Beach society on toney Worth Avenue.

At the same time, the great Florida Land Boom of the 1920s was getting underway. Although his practice was highly profitable, Mizner decided to join Florida’s favorite pastime of the era— land speculation. Along with his brother, New York playwright Wilson Mizner, he formed the Mizner Development Corporation in early 1925 and bought three-quarters of a mile of oceanfront property in the nearby farm community of Boca Raton.

Mizner’s impressive list of backers for the “Boca Raton” project included people like Coleman DuPont, Elizabeth Arden and William and Harold Vanderbilt.“Boca Raton” became a symbol for the land boom era, with its impressive plans and equally persuasive marketing campaign. Mizner’s goal was to create the “world’s greatest resort community” with golfing, polo and entertainment, residential communities, a grand hotel, train stations and other amenities inspired by historic European spa resorts.

Many of Mizner’s “Boca Raton” projects never made it past the design stage, but some still stand as community landmarks, including a100-room hostelry on the western shore of Lake Boca Raton, the Cloister Inn, now part of the Boca Raton Resort & Club. The Mizner Development Corporation headquarters build-

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ing, known as the Administration Building, is today an event venue known as The Addison. And 29 homes in the Old Floresta and 10 in the Spanish Village neighborhood all originated in Mizner’s offices. The MDC planners replatted much of the town, creating the basic layout of southeastern Boca Raton still in place.

The “Boca Raton” project was a terrific overnight success, putting the small farming town on the front page of newspapers all over the country. The company took in over $2 million on the first day of sales and an additional $2 million at the second offering of lots. Unfortunately, by the end of 1925, the great Florida land boom was beginning to unravel. Despite the elaborate plans and infrastructure already in place for the development, Addison’s major backers began to withdraw, and sales eventually decreased.

By 1927, the assets of the Mizner Development Corporation were sold to original investor Clarence Geist for $72,000. The principal asset of MDC at the time was the Cloister Inn. Geist had it dramatically enlarged and reopened it as the Boca Raton Club in January of 1930.

Although the failure of the Mizner Development Corporation devastated his finances, it didn’t end Addison’s career. He moved on to other projects in other parts of the country but never quite regained his domination of Palm Beach architecture. Addison died in Palm Beach on Feb. 5, 1933; Wilson died two months later.

Though Addison and Wilson were part of Boca Raton history for only two years, their glorious plans for the “dream city of the western world” captured the imagination of Americans far and wide, giving the very name “Boca Raton” a cachet it still enjoys.

Clockwise, from top, the flyer for the Mizner Development Resort, ca, 1925; Addison Mizner, Mizner drawing, Cloister Inn

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There are few flowers that inspire the propietary zeal common to orchid growers. Here are a few people who go blooming crazy over this iconic Florida plant.

Orchids & Their People

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Mysterious, exotic and sensuous, orchids have represented passion and desire for eons. Millions of years before they adorned debutantes’ wrists and best-selling book jackets, orchids were coveted by their pollinators, according to fossil evidence. Some 15 to 20 million years ago, a member of a now-extinct species of stingless bee was trapped forever in amber, its wings dusted with orchid pollen. At least the hapless insect died happy, or so we’d like to think. Humans have found orchids no less captivating. Here are just a few of their stories.

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118 Robert Fuchs’ grandfather used to take him on Everglades orchid hunts with a rope tied to his belt to keep the little boy from getting lost or falling into a gator hole.

As a teen, Robert spent summers on orchid-collecting expeditions led by his father in South and Central America. Collecting orchids like this is banned now, but back then, they just needed a simple permit—and, on one occasion, a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken as an impromptu peace offering for the heavily armed soldiers who greeted their plane in Santo Domingo.

Fuchs, who founded R.F. Orchids on the site of his grandfather’s nursery in Homestead, says one adventure stands out among the others. Walking through a Nicaraguan jungle, he spotted a mass of lavender amid some boulders. He realized this was a natural hybrid, unique in the world, with characteristics of two different orchid species growing nearby. It would’ve required unusually ideal conditions for its seeds to germinate and several decades to grow to its size of about 5 feet around.

He carefully removed some divisions of the plant to bring back to South Florida, leaving the original orchid in place.

On a return trip to Nicaragua a couple of years later, Fuchs looked for that orchid, but the jungle had been cleared for farming.“Here was a plant that had been there over 50 years, and now it was gone forever,”he says—except for the specimens of Schombolaelia fuchsii that thrived at his nursery.

Fuchs is legendary in the orchid world. His orchids have won more American Orchid Society Awards than any others. He’s exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show, where he met the royal family.

Yet those days in the jungle remain precious.“Those were some of the greatest times of my life.”

Orchids Decoded

Common names may differ, but scientific names of plants do not. Here’s a sample glossary of native orchids.

Dendrophylax lindenii—Ghost orchid Calopogon tuberosus—Grass pink orchid Encyclia tampensis—Florida butterfly orchid Prosthechea boothiana—Dollar orchid Prosthechea cochleata—Cockleshell orchid Cyrtopodium punctatum—Cigar or cowhorn orchid

This page: A type of Vanda Orchid; opposite page, Robert Fuchs

Orchid Basics LIGHT—Give orchids as much light as they will take without burning, says the American Orchid Society. Too little light, indicated by dark green foliage, will hinder blooming.

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VENTILATION—Orchids require gentle airflow and potting media with exceptionally good drainage.

WATER—Orchids should be watered just as they dry out. Water copiously to soak potting medium and flush naturally accumulating salts.

Allow water to flow out through drainage holes.

FERTILIZER—Water plant before applying balanced fertilizer (such as 20-20-20) typically once a week during summer and every two weeks in fall and winter.

Check the American Orchid Society’s website (aos.org) for more details.

Good Facebook sources include Florida Orchid Growing and Newbie Florida Orchid Growers.

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FLORIDA’S ROCK STAR: The Ghost Orchid In early July, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary officials were confirming that their “super” ghost orchid had at least 12 buds, with estimated bloom time in 1.5 to two weeks.

Officials have kept a daily online log for the last several years, recording bud sightings, and sometimes seed pods!!! They do not spare the exclamation points. Why the hysteria? The ghost orchid is white with elongated lower petals that shimmer against the swampy darkness.

Blooms are actually rare among the estimated 2,000 plants.

Pollination is even rarer. That’s because only one pollinator, the giant sphinx moth, has a proboscis, or tongue, long enough to reach the orchid’s nearly 6-inch nectar spur. The ghost orchid is also fa-

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mous thanks to Susan Orlean’s best-seller The Orchid Thief, about the 1993 arrest of John Laroche for poaching 92 orchids, including three endangered ghost orchids, from the Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve Park. Laroche got six months’ probation.

The orchids weren’t so lucky. Park biologist Mike Owen returned them to the swamp, but only one survived.

Owen says the ghost orchid for him is “the Cinderella of orchids.”

As he describes it: “It’s basically leafless, just roots with chlorophyll.

And for about one week, it is this ghostly white flower just hanging in the swamp, suspended on a very thin spike, bouncing up and down in the wind, raindrops touching it in a rain shower.”

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“Growing orchids is addictive,”says Doris Happel.

“I have more than 600.”

Now serving as president of the Orchid Society of the Palm Beaches, Happel had always enjoyed gardening in her native New Jersey. After retiring and moving with her husband to South Florida, her passion primarily was begonias. She also was busy landscaping their acre lot in Palm Springs.

But three different friends moved away and left her their orchid collections.

Happel took master gardener classes and joined orchid societies and a couple of Facebook groups dedicated to orchid growing. She coveted those gorgeous flowers she saw online. After learning more about the proper conditions needed—light, water and a regular balanced fertilizer—she saw the fruits of her labors. One thing led to another.

Happel maintains a spreadsheet to keep track of her orchids, including their names, locations in her garden, when they bloomed, etc. She keeps another document with their photos. She still has those begonias—they’re the understory. Her orchids are in the trees. And she also has Phalaenopsis orchid “trees.” She buys the Phalaenopsis by the dozen, attaches them to 6-foot (or longer) sections of buttonwood that a landscaper-neighbor gives her, and secures them upright in the garden. The blooms are long-lived and spectacular.

Happel’s husband does not share her passion, but that’s OK. He has a sailboat.

“The best thing for an orchid addict is to have a spouse who has a sailboat, because you can never spend as much as he does on the boat. But what does it matter as long as there’s food on the table?”

Opposite page, R.F. Orchid’s award-winning Crownfox orchid; above, Doris Happel

Growing orchids is addictive...

I have more than 600.”

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Tracking the Wild Orchid

When early settlers arrived more than a century ago, they were amazed by the masses of vibrant, fragrant orchids that cloaked the trees in South Florida’s native hardwood hammocks.

Today, it’s rare to see an orchid in the wild, but it is possible. Just don’t touch!

• The Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve Park north of Everglades City is home to 47 native orchid species, the largest collection in North America. Because of poaching, the park had to discontinue ghost orchid tours in summer when the plant is in bloom. But visitors may see six or more other species of blooming orchids on guided swamp walks from November through February. floridastateparks.org/park/ fakahatchee-strand • During winter months at Big Cypress National

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Preserve, rangers lead one-mile walks through the swamp where visitors can see terrestrial grass pink orchids and the epiphytic (tree-growing) cowhorn orchid that blooms in March and April. More than 30 species of orchids are found in the preserve. nps.gov/bicy • Everglades National Park is home to 39 native orchid species, and some grow within view from trails and roadways, but park officials decline to provide specific locations because poaching has

Antonio Romani remembers the orchid that changed his life. A 10th-grade dropout, Romani made his living finishing furniture. He was selling his products at a Mounts Botanical Garden plant sale when he saw it: a big blue vanda.

Romani shelled out $50 for the plant,“a lot of money for something you don’t even know if you’re going to kill,” he says. His only gardening experience had been with strawberries he purchased from a catalogue and killed after planting them upside-down.

He planned to give the orchid to his girlfriend as a“take-me-back gift”after an argument. Before he could give it to her,“I fell in love with it,” he says.“It was kismet.”

When he got it home, a neighbor told him to enjoy the blooms now, because they’d probably be the last.

Romani would show that guy.

About three weeks later, Romani noticed a little green spike emerging from the plant. His vanda was going to bloom again.

Romani’s girlfriend never received the orchid, but she did take him back. They’re married now and have four children.

And his furniture finishing days are long past. He’s known as The Vanda Man at the West Palm Beach GreenMarket, and his R&R Orchids has four greenhouses in Loxahatchee Groves. His orchids adorn corporate campuses and wealthy estates.

But Romani’s also given them away.“When I see someone who’s having a bad day and I give ‘em an orchid, their face just lights up.”

been such a problem. nps.gov/ever/learn/ nature/orchids • Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables has two orchid species that occur naturally: the Florida butterfly orchid and the cowhorn orchid.

Fairchild’s Million Orchid Project is propagating four native species— butterfly, dollar, cockleshell and cowhorn— and reintroducing them throughout the Miami area, including the most densely populated urban settings. fairchildgarden.org

Top right, A rainbow of hanging orchids; above, Vanda; opposite page, Antonio Romani

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Brunch,what might have been considered the

final foodie frontier, is now, for some, the first frontier.

Block off the calendar from 11 to 5 on Sunday. Maybe 6. Go easy Saturday night so that you’re fresh. Pick up your LBD and grab your crew.

Game on. It’s brunchtime.

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Building your own mimosas (above) and the famous veggie omelet with peppadew peppers

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127 MAX’S HARVEST Vibe: Garden chill When: Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Why? We like Max’s Harvest because it’s kind of the equal-opportunity brunch place. You can come here with your boo. You can come here with your crew. And you can come here with your mom. Of course, it helps if your mom has an affinity for bottomless mimosas to which you add your own accoutrements. We’ve noticed that novices tend to go dainty and add fruits to their champers (raspberries and strawberries are popular choices). But that’s a rookie mistake. Go straight for the gummy bears. Then just keep adding the mimosas to the same glass. Do not let them give you a new glass. By the end of your brunch, the bears transform into a delightful, pudgy little Pooh Bear of Champagne joy (#champagnejoy). Trust us on this.

As far as the food goes, there are so many options that chef Eric Baker whips up, it’s hard to pick a fave. We like how shareable (and delicious) the house “jerk” bacon with guava glaze and brioche doughnuts with custard and everyberry preserves are. The French toast with everyberry preserves, candied almonds and buttermilk caramel is super-popular, as well as the short rib and shrimp fried rice with sunny-side-up eggs, kimchi stir-fry and spicy mayo.

And finally, the vegetable omelets—super-simple but made with farm-fresh vegetables—shouldn’t be ignored.

Don’t miss: Gummy bears + mimosas. ‘Nuff said.

Patrons: Laid-back locals and out-of-town Yelpers

Clockwise, from top: smoked salmon toast with scrambled eggs, decadent brunch drink disguised as coffee, French toast, and duck and waffles with a sunny-side-up egg

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Think ceviche of the moment, eggs Benedict, seasonal smoothies and a carving station.

Why? Let’s be honest, we’d go to any scene where James King does the cooking. Lucky for us, it now includes 75 feet of oceanfront buffet.

Holla! Think ceviche of the moment, eggs Benedict, seasonal smoothies and a carving station.

Latitudes wins our heart because we don’t always want a brunch with a side of recovery time.

And sometimes brunch in Florida should include an unimpeded view of the ocean.

Don’t miss: Oysters on the half shell Patrons: Super-lucky hotel guests and James King groupies

Latitudes is all about seasonal fare, from sweets to oysters on the half shell.

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THE REBEL HOUSE Vibe: Crowded and filled to the brim with classy hipsters and scene-y foodies When: Sunday mornings at 11 Why? For cutting-edge food combinations, we always look to the Rebel House. Its most popular item is the Smoking Hash, made with smoked short rib, corned beef and roasted potatoes, topped with a fried egg and garlic aioli and served with housemade cheddar biscuits. The towering portion is more than enough for two people. For a slightly sweeter approach, dare to take on the Food Coma: Nutella and marshmallow stuffed French toast with macerated blueberries and savory bacon maple syrup. The House draws a banging, well-heeled crowd, and we applaud their efforts.

Don’t miss: The Old-Fashioned Cart that makes its way around the room for tableside Old-Fashioneds. You’ll want one at home (with bartender, of course).

Patrons: Hipsters, brunch aficionados and foodies

Above, the popular Smoking Hash and the lively Sunday brunchers

The House—and the Old-Fashioned cart—is drawing a banging, well-heeled crowd.

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SALT7 Vibe: You know that point on a Saturday night when everyone’s had about four drinks and it’s the craziest/best night ever right before someone throws up/calls an ex/bursts into tears/loses her wallet? Put that vibe in Salt7 on a Sunday morning, black out the windows and you have an idea what I’m talking about.

When: Sunday. It starts at 11 a.m. It starts raging at 2 p.m. I’m not sure when the hangover concludes.

Why? Let’s be super-honest: Where else can you dance on tables on a Sunday morning?

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Don’t Miss: Dancing on the tables (see below). Wearing a version of a little black dress from Thursday through Sunday. Giving South Florida the reputation for partying it deserves.

Drinks. I hear there’s food, but I didn’t see any when I came at 2 p.m.

Then there’s the Fish Bowl Drinks such as the uber-popular Quaalude—made with Russian Standard vodka, Malibu rum, blue Curaçao, pineapple juice, club soda, Swedish fish, gummy bears and orange slices. It will set you back $195 and serve eight to 10 people. It might also lead to that dancing on the tables.

From left, shrimp and grits, red velvet waffles with fried chicken, and the red kale enchilada skillet

Patrons: The most beautiful in the world

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Sometimes when you wake up hung over, there’s nothing that sounds as good as Asian food.

KAPOW! Vibe: Perfectly posh—it’s a scene and it’s Boca, but you’re among friends. And occasionally Robodolls.

When: Every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Why? For the perfect combination of a fun scene, great food and flowing booze, enter Kapow’s #NotMondayYet brunch. Featuring DJ Misha Samson, a $5 Bloody Mary Bar with Tito’s vodka, and the kind of standard but much-appreciated $15 bottomless mimosas with fresh-squeezed OJ. And let’s be honest: Sometimes when you wake up a little bit, oh, hungover, there’s nothing that sounds as good as Asian food, so they’ve got that going for them. Which is nice.

Don’t Miss: Bacon, egg and smoked Gouda spring roll with Sriracha ketchup. Honestly, everything on its brunch menu reads like a food porn fantasy, and there’s nothing better than eating outside in South Florida during winter. We all know that.

Patrons: Cute hats. Cute pups. Cute patrons.

From top, bacon, egg and smoked Gouda spring roll with Sriracha ketchup; Shakshuka made with eggs, peppers and a Harissa tomato stew

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South Florida’s top culinary event celebrates its ninth year on Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach.

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ne of the hallmarks of South Florida’s high season is its most celebrated culinary event: Savor the Avenue. Savor the Avenue was launched nine years ago by Delray and Boca magazines with Delray’s Downtown Development Authority and is based on a concept magazine staff members“borrowed” from Park City, Utah: an epic al fresco dinner table seating hundreds of people who dine on a scrumptious multicourse dinner in the middle of downtown Park City.

What at first seemed to be a wildly improbable idea to execute in busy Delray Beach has now become a highly successful annual tradition, attracting guests from all over the country. The elegant dining table now stretches for five blocks down the middle of picturesque Atlantic Avenue. It seats more than 1,000 people, and there are typically 18 participating restaurants. There is a friendly competition among restaurants to outdo one another when it comes to table décor—and prizes are awarded for the top three winners of this effort.

The event also benefits a local charity; this year a percentage of all tickets sold will benefit the Delray Beach Public Library.

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This event would not be possible without the ingenuity and can-do attitude of the city of Delray Beach and its innovative Downtown Development Authority.

Mix in several visionary chefs and a magazine staff who regards it as a signature event—and you have a winner.

As of this writing, the following restaurants will be participating in this year’s Savor the Avenue, which is scheduled for Monday, March 27. Prices vary according to restaurant, and menus will be available February 1 at downtowndelray.com.

For more information, please call 561/2431077. However, to reserve your seat at Florida’s longest dining table, you must call the restaurant at which you want to dine directly. Reservations will be open as of February 1. In the meantime, get to know some of the brilliant chefs and restaurants that will be helping this year’s lucky guests Savor the Avenue.

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32 East

32 E. Atlantic Ave., 561/276-7868 32 East is considered the granddaddy of Delray’s fine dining.

When the restaurant opened, Atlantic Avenue was a slightly more subdued town.

Thanks to its partners and former executive chef Nick Morfogen, 32 East put Delray on the map. (Morfogen, chef in residence for 17 years, moved to Pine Tree Golf Cub in Boynton Beach this fall.) Known for its menu that changes daily, 32 East provides options for everyone, from seafood to poultry, steak to vegetarian.

Aside from the menu surprises, 32 East has an exceptional wine list hand-selected by Butch Johnson, the restaurant’s co-owner.

Wines range from bold cabernets and refreshing rosés to creamy chardonnays, and that’s only a small start. Take a seat at a café table outside or one of the many wood tables inside, grab a menu and enjoy.

50 Ocean

50 S. Ocean Blvd., 561/278-3364 Imagination becomes reality at 50 Ocean, where meals are served overlooking the dazzling Atlantic.

Before taking a seat, stop by the Hemingway Lounge, where the American author’s story lives on through vintage pictures

105 E. Atlantic Ave., 561/274-9090 Cabana El Rey is authentic Cuban food at its finest. Choose from crispy plantains, chicken wings, fried shrimp and more to begin a meal. Or jump into the extensive menu with originals such as the Coco Cabana, which combines yucca, yautia and vegetables with a signature coconut milk and habanero curry reduction seasoned to perfection. Cabana has great cocktails, too, especially the sangrias and mojitos. With its spicy Latin ambiance and friendly atmosphere, it encourages patrons to relax and have a good time.

notorious for crowds because, yes, the breakfast/ brunch options really are that amazing, and the portions are generous.

Dinner is noticeably different—the extensive menu covers veal, chicken, fish and vegetarian plates. The wine list exceeds 200 options, and the staff is trained in wine presentation and service.

No matter when the craving for a homemade Italian meal strikes, Caffé Luna Rosa will be ready and waiting.

City Oyster & Sushi Bar

213 E. Atlantic Ave., 561/272-0220 City Oyster is a local see-and-be-seen hang out and if there’s room at the bar, find a spot near one of the bartenders,

There is friendly competition between the restaurants to see who can out out-do who in terms of table decor. mounted on the walls.

As the name suggests, 50 Ocean has plenty of seafood options to please any palate.

The mussels, octopus or lobster bisque are good places to start.

Follow up with a Napoleon or wedge salad, then decide on an entrée. The swordfish, salmon and the Kurobuta Porterhouse are all winners.

Caffé Luna Rosa

34 S. Ocean Blvd., 561/274-9404 Directly across from the Atlantic Ocean, Caffé Luna Rosa is undeniably a local favorite—all day long. Chef Ernie DiBlasi and his staff prepare each dish with precision and prestige, and guests are treated with utmost respect and care. Mornings at Caffé Luna Rosa are

who are practically as famous as Sam Malone.

They’re happy to serve up their best Old Fashioned or the perfect Rob Roy alongside excellent service and conversation. It’s an ideal spot for a power lunch or dinner, too.

Start with a salad, then dive into fish tacos, fish ‘n’ chips or a bento box while sitting comfortably in one of the nautical striped booths.

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Cut 432

432 E. Atlantic Ave., 561/272-9898 Brian Albe, Brandon Belluscio and Anthony Pizzo are part of Delray’s infamous restaurant owner troika.

Together, they own and operate three cherished restaurants, the oldest which is Cut 432 (Park Tavern and El Camino are the others). Cut 432 is a brilliant steakhouse with arguably the best happy hour in town.

The happy hour menu includes $5 snack and cocktail selections, $4 house spirits and $3 house wines, all available at the long white modern bar.

Delve a little deeper for a selection of iconic steaks, seafood and time-honored American staples such as the Delmonico steak, Chilean sea bass or double-cut pork chop. Don’t forget

to pair the meal with a glass (or bottle) of wine—Cut 432 provides more than 300 options.

Dada

52 N. Swinton Ave., 561/330-3232 In the historic Tarrimore House, Dada is one of Delray’s most unique restaurants and is a tribute to the 1920s art and literature revolution. Seating is available outdoors on the front patio and side yard, as well as indoors. Take a stroll on the creaking floors toward the very back of the house, where a projector screen plays movies on the wall. An herb garden on premises supplies the necessary greens for handcrafted cocktails (the restaurant is known for its mojitos), and other ingredients are local and seasonal.

Try the famous Seven Cheese Grilled Cheese

with a cup of tomato bisque, or the grilled Brie appetizer, served with fruit and bread toasts. For the main course, shaken-bake pork chops with balsamic butterscotch onions are an absolute must. Save room for the s’mores dessert.

Farmhouse Kitchen

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Look for twists on classics, such as Sweet Pea + Avocado Guacamole and Bison Meatloaf, and standard favorites, including seared scallops and skirt steak.

door tables presided by a friendly, reliable staff.

Stop by for appetizers and sake or stay for the evening.

What at first seemed to be a wildly improbable idea has now become an annual tradition. vibe—with a healthy menu. The indoor-outdoor bar provides a great view of the Ave, with plenty of witty painted signs along the walls to read for entertainment.

Unlike Rack’s other more traditional hit restaurants, Farmhouse Kitchen focuses on“clean”eating, a trend that has become prevalent in the foodieverse for the last couple of years and eschews culinary staples like fat, butter or cream.

Farmhouse Kitchen relies on a menu packed with seasonally fresh and locally sourced ingredients.

Lemongrass Asian Bistro

Max’s Harvest

420 E. Atlantic Ave., 561/278-5050 We love Lemongrass for its consistency—and the fact that it offers such a wide variety of top quality Asian cuisine under the same roof. Lemongrass is a modern, contemporary bistro where Thai, Japanese and Vietnamese influences flourish. It’s popular with locals and visitors alike, and the menu spans sushi wraps to curries, small plates to nigiri. Seating options include indoor and out-

169 N.E. Second Ave., 561/381-9970 Tucked into Pineapple Grove, Max’s Harvest is renowned for its signature menu items and quality handcrafted cocktails. Chef Eric Baker, who joined the restaurant in 2013, continues to stretch the limits of farm-to-fork cuisine with his impressive entrées, appetizers and sides. Every dish is bright with flavor and seasonal additions.

Bring friends, sit at the bar and watch drinks as they’re made—the

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Indulge in the confit of lamb, pierogie or scallop “cassoulet” and take the leftovers home, if any remain.

Rocco’s Tacos & Tequila Bar

110 E. Atlantic Ave., 561/808-1100 Start off with guacamole prepared tableside with warm tortilla chips. It’s a necessary staple alongside a refreshing margarita (there’s 425 tequila options) or an ice-cold cerveza. Find a chair at one of the tables under the neon sign and red awnings, or dine indoors.

The casual, relaxed atmosphere is great for groups big and small. Rocco’s Tacos prepares all orders from scratch, including the chips. Try a few tacos, the flautas or a quesadilla—the menu is afford-

able. Can’t decide? There are multiple combination choices for those who want a taste of everything.

Salt7

32 S.E. Second Ave., 561/274-7258 “Brunch”and“Salt7” are famous for being inseparable—mention one, mention both, and for good reason. After 2 p.m., Salt7 turns into a nightclub­—with blackout curtains and DJs. As beloved as brunch is, there’s also a serious dinner menu. The tuna poke appetizer is on trend, and the raw bar selections are plentiful. But steak is what Salt7 does so confidently and deliciously. With three signature steaks and five prime steak and chop options, making a decision is considered a feat. Add Nueske’s smoked bacon and gorgonzola on top, or savor sans toppings.

The mac ’n’ cheese side, a Salt7 signature, is a must.

With its sleek atmosphere and menu offerings, Salt7 is on the cutting edge of culinary innovation.

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Taverna Opa

270 E. Atlantic Ave., 561/303-3602 Take care of that Greek food craving at Taverna Opa on the Ave. Begin with a traditional cold meze—the Opa Cold Pikilia Sampler provides an assortment of cheese, dips, roasted eggplant and olives. Move on to a hot meze, such as the saganaki kefalotiri (flaming cheese with brandy) or a seafood or vegetable appetizer. For the main course, try the lamp chops, Athenian shrimp or moussaka (eggplant with potatoes and ground beef).

Watch for various forms of entertainment while dining—there’s bound to be a DJ, belly dancing or even some plate throwing.

The Office

201 E. Atlantic Ave., 561/276-3600 The Office, with its sleek sidewalk bar, is a great hangout spot after work or on the weekend. The outdoor bar and seating area is perfect for casual conversation with friends or family. When the menu arrives, take note of its whimsy: Maine lobster hush puppies, fresh burrata salad, Chicago hot dog.

Arguably, The Office has the best burgers in Delray—splurge on a veggie burger, Prime CEO Burger, or the Prime Office Cheeseburger. No meal is

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complete without a beverage, and The Office’s drink menu won’t disappoint. Try one of its handcrafted cocktails or draft beers. The Water Cooler is light and refreshing, and the Pineapple Grove is on the sweeter side.

Local, domestic and international brews are on tap. Even Dwight K. Schrute would approve.

Tryst

4 E. Atlantic Ave., 561/921-0201 Inspired by the bar culture in Europe, Tryst is a modern gastropub that serves fare in a laid-back, easygoing atmosphere. Belly up to the magnificently long bar or stake claim to a bistro table on the patio lit by festive string lights. Although the menu changes every so often, its long-famous fish tacos are legendary, and another one of its staples is the Tryst Burger: beef, Beemster Gouda cheese, butter lettuce, onion and the house sauce served with a pickle and fries.

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one of the many beers available on tap or in bottles—the choices are endless.

Vic & Angelo’s

290 E. Atlantic Ave., 844/842-2632 Classic Italian meets American cuisine at Vic & Angelo’s corner location near Delray’s railroad tracks—and features the best outdoor bar on the street.

Surrounded by exposed brick, colorful accents and an aroma of baked bread, guests will feel as if they’re lost in Italy.

Ths popular comfort food spot opened several years ago, and it is a staple on the Ave. One favorite local dish is John’s Mom’s Sunday Gravy: pork, sausage and meatball meet rigatoni pasta, San Marzano sauce and ricotta cheese. The spaghetti and meatball entree is another Vic & Angelo’s tradition. On Saturdays and Sundays, stop by for brunch and a bottomless Bloody Mary bar that starts at 10:30 a.m.

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2016 - 2017 CONNOISSEUR CONCERT SEASON Roberts Theatre at St. Andrew’s School, 300 Jog Road, Boca Raton, at 3 p.m.

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Tickets online at thesymphonia.org / by phone at 561-376-3868 / 866-Music-01 Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Depart. of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.

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Take 5: Andy Levine The chairman of Sixthman Cruises always rocks the boat.

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s the successful businessperson will tell you, it’s all about who you know. Back in the early ‘90s, future Sixthman Cruises Chairman Andy Levine shared a band with guitarist Ryan Newell and bassist Jett Beres. The group never went anywhere, but Beres’ and Newell’s follow-up project, alt-rockers Sister Hazel, earned Platinum status for its sophomore album.

Levine promoted concerts for Sister Hazel and, in 2001, responded to a message-board chat proposing a weekend getaway with the band and its closest fans. Levine spoke to a travel agent and organized a Labor Day cruise called Rock and Roll at Sea, which became The Rock Boat the following year. The journey required some learning on the job: The first Rock Boat ran out of beer, forcing Sixthman to borrow some from a Carnival ship nearby.

Always headlined by Sister Hazel, The Rock Boat has been sailing for 15 years, and for Levine, it was his first of many 50,000-ton babies. By 2007, he was producing three cruises in the span of a month, and this season he’s bidding bon voyage to 10. The cruises feature formidable headliners like Gregg Allman and Emmylou Harris, leaving from either Miami or Tampa. After a decade and a half at sea, Sixthman has produced 95 floating festivals for nearly 900 artists and 20,000 passengers.

Levine, who grew up partly in Boca Raton, discusses the ins and outs of anchors and amplifiers.

You don’t get a dress rehearsal on a ship. ... If you can imagine having five stages, it’s kind of like having five runways with planes backed up on all of them.

Why have music cruises become so popular?

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It made artists realize, we need to figure out other ways to engage them. So there was this shift to shore up your core fan base—find the loudest fans that were

always there in the front row, and get to know them better. [Cruises] turned out to be a great way to do that.

What’s the difference between seeing Kid Rock on a boat versus a giant music festival?

The biggest thing is that instead of 20,000 people, you’re with 2,500 people. It’s a lot more intimate. The other thing is that everyone there really likes Kid Rock.

The people who come on a cruise [have a lot more in common with each other], and the stranger effect is gone.

And the third thing is that the artist is usually overwhelmed by this sacred environment, and they tend to let their hair down. They get more vulnerable with the song selection.

Is it possible to see a member of your favorite band in the casino or the dining room?

Every band is different with how they like to engage, but all of them engage in some way.

Some will sit at the craps table—Kid Rock will do that for sure.

This year he got up at 7 in the morning and sat out on the deck and had coffee with people for a few hours.

What’s it like coordinating 30 bands on a boat?

I always joke with people that unlike a land festival, where you can get there the week before and start testing everything, you don’t get a dress rehearsal on a cruise ship. The ship shows up at 8 in the morning, and you’ve got to have a show going at 4:30 in the afternoon.

It’s a lot of pressure, so you can imagine the logistics of getting through customs and getting all the gear to the right stages. It’s kind of like having five different runways with planes backed up on all of them.

Do you feel concerns about cruise-borne viruses in your bottom line?

With norovirus, we’ve been lucky. We’ve produced almost 100 cruises without incident. It seems like when you hear about those things, they’re usually on long sailings—10- or 15-day cruises, where there won’t be a lot of fresh air. With Zika, obviously if anyone is concerned, we’ll give them their money back, but we haven’t seen anything measurable.

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Boats leaving Miami this season include the “Walker Stalker Cruise” (Feb. 3-6), featuring cast members from “The Walking Dead,” and “Pitbull After Dark Party” (March 10-13), showcasing the Miami rapper and special guests. Other Sixthman cruises depart from Tampa; for the full lineup, visit sixthman.net.

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at FAU’s Parliament Hall, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton; $25-$35; 561/2976124, fauevents.com. In its

second full production, FAU Theatre Lab presents the Southeast premiere of this Steven Dietz comedy about how serendipity and missed opportunities affect three generations of a family.

“TRU” at Palm Beach Dramaworks, 514 Clematis St., West Palm Beach; $66-$81; 561/514-4042, palmbeachdramaworks. org. Award-winning actor

Rob Donohoe plays Truman Capote in Jay Presson Allen’s discomfiting monologue, in which the great author muses about his life and career over a turbulent night.

Dec. 3

Dec. 3

“POKEMON: SYMPHONIC EVOLUTIONS” at Arsht

CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT at Outdoor Pavilion

Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 8 p.m.; $46$126; 305/949-6722, arshtcenter.org. We won’t

at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave.; 7 p.m.; $5-$100; 561/243-7922, oldschoolsquare.org. Little

pretend to understand the Pokemon thing, but fans of the addictive video game franchise will want to “catch” this symphonic confab, in which enthusiasts can catch, battle and trade Pokemon with like-minded players while enjoying orchestral compositions from nearly 20 years of Pokemon titles.

River Band will perform holiday, pop and country music alongside other national and local bands in the Delray premiere of this concert series, which began in San Diego in 1990.

Proceeds will benefit local children’s programs.

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Dec. 4

Dec. 4

THE SKIVVIES at Broward Center, 201 S.W. Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale; 7 and 9:30 p.m.; $35-$45; 954/462-0222, browardcenter.org. Adding

“I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE!” at

CRAIG MORGAN at Parker Playhouse, 707 N.E. Eighth St., Fort Lauderdale; 7:30 p.m.; $27.50-$57.50; 954/462-0222, parkerplayhouse.com . This mili-

at Outdoor Pavilion at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave.; 7 p.m.; $15-$25; 561/243-7922, oldschoolsquare.org. For

new meaning to the term “stripped-down arrangements,” this talented duo of multi-instrumentalists performs scantily clad interpretations of hits on cello, ukulele, glockenspiel and melodica, in a show that has been described as “Broadway meets burlesque.”

Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 N.W. Ninth St.; $30; 561/272-1281 ext. 4, delraybeachplayhouse.com.

This durable musical, which ran for 5,000 performances off-Broadway, is composed of comic vignettes about modern relationships, exploring topics such as first dates, dating services, gender differences and sex between married couples.

tary veteran and chart-topping country singer will bring his soaring vocals to hits like “That’s What I Love About Sunday,” “Redneck Yacht Club” and “Bonfire.”

SHANGHAI ACROBATS

more than 55 years, these award-winning government-funded entertainers from the People’s Republic of China have been dazzling fans around the world with a show combining acrobatic gymnastics, balancing, silk spinning, twirling, contortionism, world music and dance.

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JILLIAN MICHAELS

“AN AMERICAN IN PARIS” at Kravis Center,

“NOISES OFF” at Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University, 3601 N. Military Trail, Boca Raton; $10 or free for Lynn students; 561/2379000, events.lynn.edu.

“JIM CARUSO’S CAST PARTY” at The Field-

One of the most enduring farces of the 20th century, Michael Frayn’s comedy is a door-slamming look at the calamities that arise during the rehearsals and production of a play within the play.

Cast Party, a musical variety show hosted weekly at New York City’s legendary Birdland jazz club, tours Delray Beach. Talented South Florida professionals will join up-and-comers onstage, with Caruso emceeing and his musical director Billy Stritch tinkling the ivories.

at Parker Playhouse, 707 N.E. Eighth St., Fort Lauderdale; 7:30 p.m.; $26.50-$300; 954/4620222, parkerplayhouse. com . In this interactive

701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; $27$78; 561/832-7469, kravis.org. The Broadway

tour of this acclaimed work by director-choreographer Christopher Wheeldon integrates iconic songs by George and Ira Gershwin into a story about an American soldier and an enigmatic French girl who meet in the City of Light in the aftermath of war.

multimedia performance, the wellness coach from NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” will show audiences how to maximize their levels of health, success and happiness.

Dec. 9 KIM RUSSO at Broward

Center, 201 S.W. Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale; 8 p.m.; $35-$50; 954/4620222, browardcenter. org. This self-described

“Happy Medium” and host of LMN’s “The Haunting Of …” will provide a night of readings, helping audience members connect with loved ones who have crossed over.

house at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave.; 9 p.m.; $50; 561/243-7922, oldschoolsquare.org. Caruso’s

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Dec. 9-11

Dec. 9-10

Dec. 11

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MARLON WAYANS

“THE OTHER MOZART”

DELRAY STRING QUARTET at The Colony Hotel;

at Parker Playhouse, 707 N.E. Eighth St., Fort Lauderdale; 7 p.m.; $20.50$26.50; 954/462-0222, parkerplayhouse.com.

The Radio Disney teen pop sensation and star of “The Goodwin Games” and “Girl Meets World” will showcase her triple-threat talents in support of her sophomore album “EVOLution.”

at Palm Beach Improv, 550 S. Rosemary Ave., West Palm Beach; $30; 561/833-1812, palmbeachimprov.com. This wiry

member of the Wayans Brothers comedy dynasty has written and starred in groundbreaking projects like “In Living Color” and the “Scary Movie” franchise, and has been plying the standup trade for the past five years.

at Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; 7:30 p.m.; $32; 561/832-7469, kravis.org. This one-woman

play, written by and starring Sylvia Milo, explores the life of Maria Anna Mozart, sister of Amadeus, whose prodigious career of performing alongside her brother was cut short when she turned 18.

7:30 p.m.; $35; 561/2134138, delraystringquartet.com. The international

quartet’s second program of the season features Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 8, Haydn’s Quartet in E flat and Dohnanyi’s Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor.

Marlon Wayans

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WILL & ANTHONY: “SHOWSTOPPERS”

“RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA” at

“AVENUE Q” at Crest The-

brothers Will and Anthony Nunziata trained in improvisation with Upright Citizens Brigade, combining humor with powerful tenor voices in this combination of Broadway revue and comedy routine. Expect to hear show tunes from “The Impossible Dream” to “Some Enchanted Evening.”

classic fairy tale receives a contemporary reboot thanks to iconic composer-lyricists Rodgers & Hammerstein and an updated book by Douglas Carter Beane, re-imagining the pumpkin, masked ball, glass slipper and more in a fresh, socially conscious context.

Dec. 16 -18

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Dec. 26

PETER LONDON GLOBAL DANCE COMPANY at

ITZHAK PERLMAN

“WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE AT SHINNECOCK”

THE STATE BALLET THEATRE OF RUSSIA at Out-

This contemporary dance outfit celebrates its fifth anniversary with “Spring to Light,” a program inspired by simple gestures of love, light and spiritual awakening, set to Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” and Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 2 in C minor.

both his irrepressible joy and his virtuosic talent, the affable violin maestro has won 16 Grammy Awards and a Presidential Medal of Freedom.

at Crest Theatre, 51 N. Swinton Ave.; 8 p.m.; $44; 561/243-7922, oldschoolsquare.org. Twin

Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; various show times; $40; 305/9496722, arshtcenter.org.

at Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; 8 p.m.; $35$125; 561/832-7469, kravis.org. Admired for

Broward Center, 201 S.W. Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale; $35-$70; 954/462-0222, browardcenter.org. The

at Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach; free; 561/832-5196, norton. org. This exhibit spotlights

a masterpiece from this American Impressionist’s series of landscapes painted in Shinnecock Hills on Long Island, with Chase’s free-paint technique suggesting, rather than re-creating, the land, sea and sky around him.

Elayne Boosler, in “Catskills on Broadway”

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atre, 51 N. Swinton Ave.; 8 p.m.; $42-$52; 561/2437922, oldschoolsquare. org. Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx’s Broadway sensation won the Tony “Triple Crown”—Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book—for its exploration of adult themes such as homophobia and economic hardship through the style of witty puppet theater.

door Pavilion at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave.; 7:30 p.m.; $20-$30; 561/243-7922, oldschoolsquare.org. Fifty of

Russia’s top ballet stars will perform “The Tchaikovsky Christmas Spectacular.”

Expect exquisite selections from “The Nutcracker” and more.

The Reverend Horton Heat

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Dec. 27-31

“CATSKILLS ON BROADWAY” at Kravis

“FORBIDDEN BROADWAY” at Kravis Center,

Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; 8 p.m.; starting at $15; 561/832-7469, kravis. org. Freddie Roman, the

first comedian to bring Borscht Belt humor to Broadway, performs on the latest incarnation of his “Catskills on Broadway” tour, alongside standup veterans Elayne Boosler and Sarge.

701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach; starting at $39; 561/8327469, kravis.org. The Broadway satirists celebrate 35 years of skewering the Great White Way with a new tour featuring riffs, rewrites and parodies of musicals from “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Cats” to “Wicked” and “The Book of Mormon.”

Dec. 29

Dec. 31

THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT at

“SALUTE TO VIENNA” at Coral Springs

This psychobilly trio has arguably been its genre’s most successful act since The Cramps, merging tent-revival theatrics with rockabilly swing, scorching guitars and nihilistic lyrics. Punk icon Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys) and The Legendary Shack Shake will open the show.

year in Coral Springs, this New Year’s Eve tradition features a new program of Strauss waltzes and sweeping melodies from select operettas, performed by a full orchestra, accomplished European singers and ballet and ballroom dancers.

Respectable Street, 518 Clematis St., West Palm Beach; 8 p.m.; $30-$35; 561/8329999, sub-culture.org/ respectable-street.

Center for the Arts, 2855 Coral Springs Drive; 8 p.m.; $51.94-$94.34; 954/344-5990, coralspringscenterforthearts. com. Celebrating its 16th

NEW YEAR’S BIG BAND BLAST at Eissey Campus Theatre, 11051 Campus Drive, Palm Beach Gardens; 8 p.m.; $35; 561/207-5900; palmbeachstate.edu. The Indian River Pops will usher in a symphonic new year alongside the New Gardens Band and The Dreamers Swing Band.

EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC OF AMERICA’S #1 HOLIDAY TRADITION! Ft. Lauderdale Dec. 9 - 11

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Cabana El Rey 105 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561/274-9090 Written by LYNN KALBER

T From top, ceviche, New Zealand lamb chops and fresh salad from Cabana; right, Cabana’s homemade sangria

HOURS: Serves lunch, dinner.

Mon-Thurs 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri. 11:30 a.m.-midnight; Sat. noon-midnight; Sun. noon-10 p.m.

PRICES: Entrees: $15-$30 WEBSITE: cabanarestaurant.com

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he modern dining room and bar of Cabana El Rey is awash in colors. Streaks of neon red and blue lighting, orange walls, yellow and green accents, white tablecloths and movement. And music, talking and laughing.

The 12-year-old restaurant sits on a busy corner of Atlantic Avenue, right next to Old School Square, with a street-side bar that’s perfect for people-watching. On a recent visit, the tables were full, it was noisy and nobody seemed to care. We took our volume up a notch and dug in.

We asked about the Cuban empanada appetizer, not on the menu, and were assured the kitchen would be happy to make it. One order contained four small empanadas. Inside were entire Cuban sandwiches, including the

mustard. Each equals about three perfect bites. It’s a ship in a bottle—how did they get the entire sandwich in there? We could have made a meal of them.

The Churrasco steak was thin, tender and cooked perfectly to the medium temp ordered. It arrived with a chimichurri sauce and cebollitas (grilled onions) with rice on the side. The paella marinera featured flavorful Valencia rice simmered in saffron and garlic. It was advertised as having shrimp, octopus, calamari, clams and mussels. Ours arrived sans clams, but the rest was tender—no rubbery calamari here.

The wahoo special was panseared with cilantro, tomato, calamari, shrimp and rice with yucca chunks. Although nicely plated, the wahoo proved dry and tasteless; it should have been firm

but moist with a delicate flavor.

The calamari and shrimp, at least, were cooked just right. Another special, the Cordero a la parrilla, offered five grilled baby lamb chops with cilantro, rice and peas.

The chops were succulent and perfectly grilled.

Cabana El Rey does many things well from drinks to food to ambience. It’s a Cuban-Spanish-Caribbean delight, with an electric—albeit noisy—salsa-like vibe that mirrors the street scene outside and the cultural flair of South Florida.

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uge, bright flowers dance over the black walls. You feel like Alice in Wonderland after she got small. But the food here is the center of attention.

Chef/owners and husband/wife team Jordan Lerman and Stephanie Cohen opened Jardin (translates to“garden” in many languages) in the spring, and it quickly became a go-to place during the dog days of summer, prized for its romantic backyard garden. The chefs flit like butterflies among the giant, painted blooms and their customers: They are everywhere,

overseeing the food, smiling, playing hosts at the party.

Both have degrees from the Culinary Institute of America, with Cohen’s in baking and pastry. Both have previous restaurant experience in New York and Florida, at some top places. The melding of tastes is Lerman’s specialty, and he works like a maestro in the kitchen. He composes the masterpieces, and Cohen creates the sweet codas at the end of the meal.

The dinner menu is compact and changes according to the season. For our dinner, it included steak (we tried the tender, savory

strip) with house harissa, zucchini, crispy yolk, roasted eggplant puree and shishito. Our steak lover raved about the veggies, and he’s not a veggie guy. The roasted chicken with herb brioche stuffing was a perfect pairing—light and juicy, with subtle seasonings that enriched the chicken. The seasonal fish was a flaky black grouper whose chorizo coating added a sprightly, not overpowering zing, earning raves from our fish fanatic.

The dishes were as attractive as they were tasty, but you had to look quickly, because this food disappears.

From top, Hot Toddy chocolate Crème Brûlée; Owners Stephanie Cohen and Jordan Leman; Donut tower

HOURS: Tues.-Sun. Happy hour 4-7 p.m., lunch Mon.Fri., 11 a.m.-3 p.m., dinner 5-10 p.m., Sunday brunch 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

PRICES: Entrees $16-$36 WEBSITE: jardinrestaurant.com

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13 American Table —451 E. Palmetto 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 pricey, 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. $$

Boca Landing—999 E. Camino Real. Contemporary American. The Waterstone Resort & Marina’s signature restaurant, Boca Landing, offers the city’s only waterside dining—and shows off its prime 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 nightly. 561/368-9500. $$

Abe & Louie’s—2200 Glades Road. Steak-

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. 561/483-4949. (Other Palm Beach County locations: 1880 N. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach, 561/732-9142; 9897 Lake Worth Road, Lake Worth, 561/965-2663; 11658 U.S. Highway 1, North Palm Beach, 561/799-2965) $$

house. All Americans are endowed with certain inalienable rights, among them the right to a thick, juicy, perfectly cooked steak. At this posh, comfortable (and expensive) meatery, the USDA Prime steaks are indeed thick, juicy and perfectly cooked, also massively flavorful and served in enormous portions. Don’t miss the New York sirloin or prime rib, paired in classic steakhouse fashion with buttery hash browns and uber-creamy creamed spinach. Chased with an ice-cold martini or glass of red wine from the truly impressive list, it’s happiness pursued and captured. • Lunch/brunch Sun.-Fri., dinner nightly. 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 nightly.

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

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both, as well as an excellent selection of two-dozen beers on tap and the same number by the bottle. The food is 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. $

Bonefish Grill—21069 Powerline Road.

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 Italian-esque 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 nightly. 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. Steakhouse/Contemporary American. This casual steakhouse with a Mediterranean twist and a local, seasonal, sustainable ethos gives the stuffy old-fashioned

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hef/proprietor Ron Weisheit and his chef wife, Rhonda, opened TwentyTwenty Grille in 2014, after owning Pralines Bakeshop and Catering in Newburyport, Mass., for eight years. Prizing the provenance of its ingredients as well as the careful preparation of its food, the contemporary American seasonal menu changes often and combines the usual with the unexpected, such as a licorice-glazed Maine lobster appetizer.

TwentyTwenty has made for an elegant addition to the Royal Palm Place restaurant scene.

I change the menu every six to eight weeks. But there’s one appetizer and one entrée that’s been on the menu since day one. The appetizer is the duo of duck tacos made with duck confit . The entrée is the rack of lamb.”

The toughest thing about being a South Florida chef and restaurant owner: “It’s hot in the kitchen to begin with, [and] the heat here compounds that. As for owning a restaurant, I’d have to say the produce seasons down here are a lot quicker. Staying on top of what the farmers are producing is one of the tougher things.”

His most popular dish, and why: “I change the menu every six to eight weeks.

But there’s one appetizer and one entrée that have been on the menu since day one. The appetizer is the duo of duck tacos made with duck confit. We make our own corn tortillas with oven-dried pico de gallo and orange margarita gastrique. That’s very popular. The entrée is the (Silver Oak-brined New Zealand) rack of lamb. I tried to change that dish one time, and I got in trouble from the customers—[and] from my wife—so now I just trust faith, and away we go.

—LYNN KALBER

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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 palate-pleasing 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 nightly. 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 chargrilled 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, 561/802-3838; Downtown at the Gardens, Palm Beach Gardens, 561/776-3711) $$

Chops Lobster Bar —101 Plaza Real S., Royal Palm Place. Steak, seafood. Steaks are aged USDA Prime—tender, flavorful and perfectly cooked under a 1,700-degree broiler. There’s all manner of fish and shellfish, but you’re here for the lobster, whether giant Australian tails flash-fried and served with drawn butter or sizable Maine specimens stuffed with lobster.

• Dinner nightly. 561/395-2675. $$$$

Cuban Café —3350 N.W. Boca Raton Blvd.

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.

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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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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. $$

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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 entrees 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 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. $$$

Jimmy’s Fries to Caviar —6299 N. Federal Highway. Contemporary American. Going one better than soup to nuts is Jimmy Mills’ latest endeavor, an easygoing, affordable bistro in the old Darbster space that really does offer fries, caviar and more. Four varieties of fish eggs are shown off nicely crowning a quartet of deviled eggs, while the thick-cut fries complement a

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Sweet’s Sensational Cuisine

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weet’s Sensational Cuisine smells terrific even before you walk through the front door. Open for two years, this brightly colored restaurant just off Atlantic Avenue is home to authentic Jamaican food.

Inside, the bright green and yellow walls are home to the tantalizing smells that draw you in from outside.

On the menu is a wide array of dishes such as rice and peas in coconut milk, roasted oxtail, jerk pork and chicken, curried chicken, beef patties and sweet plantains. The day’s specials can include curried conch and shrimp, okra, ackee saltfish, calloloo (vegetable dish), escovitch (fish that’s seasoned, fried and marinated with a peppery vinegar-based dressing) and more.

This small shop promises “A Taste of the Island,” and it definitely delivers.

There are a few tables set up for dining; takeout and catering are available. Hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.

—Lynn Kalber

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read pudding is one of those it’sthe-end-of-the-week-so-let’s-use the-stale-bread recipes. Just like Italy’s panzanella salad or ribollita soup.

This dish usually uses stale bread, milk or cream, eggs and butter and can be sweet or savory, warming cockles from India to Argentina. Ah, warm bread pudding on a cool night …

We went for the sweet side. Did we mention that alcohol is frequently incorporated into this sliced, bowl-shaped or in-a-dish dessert? And we are glad local chefs have put their“what else can I use?” hats on to create the flavored dishes we tried.

Ratings are dispensed on bread presence, toppings (if any), taste and value, and averaged to arrive at a total.

—LYNN KALBER

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TOTAL THE DISH: A slice of Bailey’s Almond Chocolate Croissant pudding. This 2-inch slice of flaky crust featured dense spots of bread and larger chunks of chocolate topped with melted chocolate. You could taste the chocolate with every bite. $6/Almond Chocolate Croissant Pudding.

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THE DISH: Made from buttery brioche bread with butterscotch custard, this was buttery butterscotch to the extreme. It won over the “I don’t like bread pudding” crowd and worked well as a leftover, but it bordered on too much of a good thing. $9/Butterscotch Bread Pudding.

PINON GRILL

THE DISH: Brioche bread with a white chocolate/vanilla custard sitting on a warm blackberry and raspberry compote and topped with vanilla ice cream. The whipped cream on the side wasn’t needed. No leftovers here: We practically licked the dish. $9/White Chocolate Bread Pudding.

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massively flavorful, almost fork-tender hanger steak in the classic steak frites. Lobster bisque is indecently rich and luxurious, ditto the Grand Marnier-infused chocolate mousse. Dinner Tues-Sun. 561/617-5965 $$

Josef’s Table —5030 Champion 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; panseared hogfish with orange beurre blanc; or the richly decadent half-moon chocolate tart. • Dinner nightly.

Lunch Mon.–Fri. 561/353-2700. $$$

Josephine’s —5751 N. Federal Highway. Italian.

Jimmy’s eponymous Fries to Caviar

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

That’s amoré

Feel like regional Italian comfort food? Chef Maria’s recipes at La Villetta originate in Caserta, Italy—and have been nurtured for 25 some years.

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

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he Food Network’s “Cutthroat Kitchen” star Clayton Carnes recently opened Cholo Soy Cocina (3715 S. Dixie Highway) in the Antiques Row district of West Palm Beach in the fall. This cozy restaurant offers a solid selection of tacos and other Andean-inspired street foods, all using locally grown ingredients. Carnes worked at Ecuador’s revered Mansion Alcazar as an executive chef, as well as at Cucina Dell’Arte in Palm Beach.

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 finer points of elegant 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, cookbook-perfect rendition of steak frites and an assortment of desserts that range from homey apple tart to bananas Foster with chocolate and Grand Marnier. • Dinner nightly.

561/338-3003. $$$ La Rosa Nautica—515 N.E. 20th St. Peruvian. Expect no ambience, no pretensions, low 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. $$ 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. $$

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o many, it’s almost an afterthought: “… and an order of fried rice,” mostly with Chinese takeout.

At the Rebel House, it’s a meal in itself. “It’s basically five recipes in one,” says Mike Saperstein, co-owner and executive chef. While one of Rebel House’s prominent slogans is, “Life tastes better against the grain,” this dish takes the grain and adds taste and texture—and a whole lotta ingredients, from a tater tot to fried onions to its house-made Yum Yum sauce—to elevate what once was a leftover idea.

For those who see fried rice as a comfort food, this one may set you back on your recliner. Use the mayobased sauce sparingly.

Chef Danielle Herring

—LYNN KALBER

CHEF’S TIPS A kitchen secret is using a wok for cooking the rice. It holds the higher temperature and helps crisp up the rice.

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We prefer to use a short-grain rice instead of a longer grain like jasmine or basmati. We use a rice like a sushi rice. It provides a better texture and a chew

that you’re not going to get from a longer grain.

Don’t shortcut on the Yum Yum sauce. The homemade version tastes way better than anything you’d find in the store.

The garlic and ginger will burn incredibly fast, and the taste of burned garlic will ruin

the taste of the dish.

Have all of your mise en place (ingredients) ready to go at the beginning—that way, when you’re cooking, you don’t have to walk away from the pan, and the vegetables are less likely to burn.

We use a blend of soybean and canola oil, which have a

higher smoke point and you can achieve the texture you’re looking for with the fried rice.

Don’t be afraid of high heat with this one, as long as you’re prepared to make the dish in one shot. If you use low heat, it will be soggy.

Rebel House makes its own tater tots. Home cooks can top the rice with something like a latke, or anything that’s equivalent to fast-food hash browns.

Use good-quality bacon, a kind that’s not overly smoky.

Otherwise that’s all you’re going to taste.

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Time to reflect on what has been. And time to look ahead at what is yet to come. Max’s Grille will celebrate the season as we have for over two decades… with our loyal patrons, who turn to us year after year to provide holiday tidings—with quality and class.

We’d like to extend our thanks to all who have made us a local institution… we’re proud to have been a part of your dining memories and look forward to serving you for another 25 years.

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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. $$ The Little Chalet—485 S. Federal Hightway.

Continental/Steakhouse. This clubby faux chalet touts both its pricy pedigreed beef and that once-hip culinary staple of the 1950s and ’60s, fondue. The latter offers a unique taste experience, especially if you go for the three-course prix fixe fondue dinner for two. It starts off with a choice of cheese fondues; we suggest trying the Parmesan, cherry tomato and fresh basil. Entrée fondues feature beef, chicken and shrimp cooked in a burbling consommé, to be dabbed with any of seven different sauces. Dessert fondues are all about the chocolate; try the decadent chocolate-peanut butter. • Dinner nightly.

561/325-8000. $$$

Madison’s—2006 N.W. Executive Center 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. Italian.

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Do as the Italians do and order family-style, 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. The menu also includes lighter takes on staples like chicken parm, fettuccine alfredo and chicken piccata.

• Lunch and dinner daily. 561/361-8244. $$

Mario’s Osteria—1400 Glades Road. Italian.

This popular spot is swanky in its reincarnation, but the rustic Italian and Italian-American 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 nightly. 561/392-0773. $$ bocamag.com

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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 nightly. 561/368-0080. $$ Morton’s The Steakhouse—5050 Town Center Circle. Steakhouse. There’s seemingly no end to diners’ love of huge slabs of high-quality aged beef, nor to the carnivores who pack the clubby-swanky dining room of this meatery. While the star of the beef show is the giant bone-in filet mignon, seasonally featured is the American Wagyu New York strip. Finish off your meal with the blueberry white chocolate bread pudding. • Dinner nightly. 561/392-7724. $$$

New York Prime —2350 N.W. Executive Center Drive. Steakhouse. 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 nightly. 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 of 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. $

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peaking of TV celebs, in September noted chef Lindsay Autry opened The Regional Kitchen & Public House (651 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach). This collaboration with restaurateur Thierry Beaud specializes in locally sourced, seasonally inspired dishes. The Regional Kitchen includes a large indoor dining area as well as an outdoor patio. Beaud is well versed in area restaurants, with a résumé including Pistache French Bistro, PB Catch and Paneterie Café.

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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 nightly. 561/361-8688. $$

Pellegrino’s—3360 N. Federal Highway. Italian.

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The bold, brash flavors of New York-style 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) $$ Piñon Grill—6000 Glades Road. Contemporary American. The menu seemingly lists every recent trendy dish to come out of modern American restaurant kitchens, but Piñon succeeds with spot-on execution, mammoth portions and reasonable prices. Try the lobster and crab ceviche, the chicken paillard or the chocolate and “cherried” waffle with ice cream, which is the irresistible definition of lusciousness. • Lunch and dinner daily. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/391-7770. $$

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402 Plaza Real. Contemporary American. 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. $$

Rafina—6877 S.W. 18th St. Greek. If you find the ambience of most Greek restaurants to be like a frat party with flaming cheese and ouzo, this contemporary, casually elegant spot will be welcome relief. Food and decor favor refinement over rusticity, even in such hearty and ubiquitous dishes as pastitsio and spanakopita.

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mildly citrusy avgolemono soup and the precisely grilled, simply adorned (with olive oil, lemon and capers) branzino. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/409-3673. $$

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—225 N.E. Mizner Blvd. Steakhouse. Not only does this steakhouse favorite emphasize its New Orleans roots, it also distinguishes itself from many of its competitors by just serving better food. The signature chopped salad has a list of ingredients as long as a hose but they all work together. And how can you not like a salad topped with crispy fried onion strings.

Steaks are USDA Prime and immensely flavorful, like a perfectly seared New York strip. The white chocolate bread pudding is simply wicked. • Dinner nightly.

561/392-6746. $$$$ Sapphire Indian Cuisine —500 Via de Palmas. Indian. Raju Brahmbhatt’s modern, sophisticated restaurant will smash any negative stereotypes of Indian cuisine or the restaurants that serve it. It’s sleek and stylish, with a well-chosen wine list and a staff that’s eager to please. The food is elegant and refined and alive with the complex blend of spices that makes Indian cuisine so intriguing. Try Bagarey Baigan, plush-textured, thumb-sized baby eggplants in a lush coconut-curry sauce. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/362-2299. $$

Seasons 52—2300 Executive Center Drive.

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

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

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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. For dessert, try the Almond Basket, which includes fresh berries and your choice of a trio of sorbets. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner nightly. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/922-6699. $$$

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hugely popular nouveau-Industrial gastropub is not for the faint of eardrums when packed, but don’t let that discourage you. The kitchen here executes the hell out of a short, simple all-day menu. Grilled salmon chopped salad with tomatillo ranch dressing is delightful, as is guacamole studded with fat chunks of bacon and charred corn. Same goes for decadent shrimp mac-n-cheese. The wicked-good chocolate bread pudding with salted caramel sauce would be the envy of any Big Easy eatery. Lunch Mon.–Fri. Brunch Sat.–Sun. Dinner nightly. 561/235-5819. $

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.

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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 spe-

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n August, chef James Strine moved from his noted position as executive sous chef at Café Boulud on Palm Beach to become executive chef at Grato (1901 S. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach), which opened to resounding acclaim in early 2016. Strine spent nine years at Daniel Boulud’s tony outpost, focusing on bold dishes with seasonality. Now he’s leading Grato’s staff and putting his touch on the place, which included the prompt launch of a new happy hour menu. Grato was the brainchild of chef Clay Conley and his partners, who also operate Palm Beach’s Buccan, Imoto and The Sandwich Shop.

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cials, especially if it includes impeccably done langostini oreganata and the restaurant’s signature jumbo shrimp saltimbocca. • Dinner nightly. 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 softshells 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 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 nightly. 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 Hunan-style 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. $$$

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. An impressive wine list of some 200 bottles (all available by the glass) offers a multitude of choices, especially among Italian and California reds. The menu of “Italian tapas”

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includes roasted red peppers with Provolone, as well as ricotta gnocchi with San Marzano tomatoes. • Dinner Tues.–Sat. 561/869-0030. $

WEST BOCA 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, impeccably fresh fish and shellfish cooked with care and little artifice. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Dinner nightly. 561/487-1600. $$

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, #C112. 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 nightly. 561/470-0112. $$

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BOYNTON BEACH Bar Louie—1500 Gateway Blvd., #100. Eclectic.

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. $

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Prime Catch—700 E. Woolbright Road. 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. $$ December 2016 Bolay_brm1216.indd 1

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

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DELRAY BEACH 3rd and 3rd—301 N.E. Third Ave. Gastropub.

This 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. $$

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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, sun-dried figs and mozzarella. • Lunch Tues.–Sun. Dinner nightly.

561/381-0037. $ Apeiro Kitchen & Bar —14917 Lyons Road.

Mediterranean. West Delray diners have another reason to stay in their neighborhood with this stylish, contemporary Mediterranean eatery. Apeiro’s menu spans the entire Mediterranean, with dishes like Moroc-

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American. There are trendier, flashier, more celebrated restaurants than this beacon of vibrant modern American cuisine in downtown Delray, but there are no better restaurants anywhere in South Florida. The menu changes daily, but still look for items like the sublime black truffle-Gruyère pizza and the venison-wild boar sausage duo, which is the stuff of carnivorous fantasies. For dessert, the chocolate-peanut butter semifreddo is truly wicked in its unabashed lusciousness. • Dinner daily.

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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 crisp-tender 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 nightly. Brunch Sun. 561/278-3364. $$

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can-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 nightly. 561/501-4443. $$

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. 561/665-4900. $$

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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 nightly.

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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 nightly. Sunday brunch. 561/638-6380. $$$ Cabana El Rey —105 E. Atlantic Ave. Cuban trop-

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ical. 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. Try the restaurant’s famous avocado fries with garlic and cilantro, and finish off with Captain Crunch deep-fried ice cream. • 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

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Chef Paul Collange offers a selection of timeless French classics in a warm and friendly environment, which is sure to delight your senses and your palate.

center-cut 14-ounce veal chop lightly breaded and served with San Marzano tomato sauce. For breakfast, indulge in a crab meat benedict, and for dessert, you can’t go wrong with the cheesecake imported from the Carnegie Deli. • Dinner nightly. Brunch Sunday. 561/274-9404. $$

Cena—9 S.E. Seventh Ave. Italian. Like death and taxes, heat and humidity, Italian restaurants are a certainty in these parts. Most prize comfort and satisfaction over feats of culinary derring-do, as does this small but stylish restaurant in a space once occupied by one of Angelo Elia’s stable of eateries. Tender artichoke bottoms bathed in garlicky olive oil are a worthy starter, as is a salad of peppery arugula with figs and mild, creamy goat cheese. Sun-dried tomato-crusted halibut with Chianti sauce is a break from the familiar. Tiramisu, though as familiar as apple pie, is exceptionally well-done. • Dinner Tues.-Sat. 561/330-1237 $$ City Oyster —213 E. Atlantic Ave. Seafood. This

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stylish mainstay of Big Time Restaurant Group serves up reasonably priced seafood that never disappoints, such as shrimp and grits with jumbo crab cake and jalapeño cheddar grits. • Lunch Mon.–Sun. Dinner nightly. Outdoor dining. 561/272-0220. $$

Cut 432—432 E. Atlantic Ave. Steakhouse. Hipper decor, a more casual vibe and an inventive take on steakhouse favorites make this sleek restaurant just different enough to be interesting. Starters such as ceviche (prepared Peruvian style) and ultrarich oysters Rockefeller are first-rate, while the wet-aged beef is appropriately tender and tasty. • Dinner nightly. 561/272-9898. $$$ 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 sweet-savory butterscotch onions, and a brownie-vanilla ice cream sundae with strips of five-spice powdered bacon. The wittily decorated 1920s-vintage house-turned-restaurant is, as they say, a trip. • Dinner nightly. 561/330-3232 $$

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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

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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 stellar 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 nightly. 561/665-8484. $

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to the world-class 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. $$

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American. Since 1989, this upscale tavern has been a Delray favorite. The straightforward menu focuses on entrées like lamb osso buco and tenderloin brochette teriyaki. Add a lobster tail for good measure. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/265-0122. $$

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 nightly. 561/330-9191. $$ Il Girasole —1911 S. Federal Highway. Northern Italian. This South Florida classic is not trendy, but it offers a level of comfort and consistency that has been bringing people back for more than three decades. The food is fine hearty Italian, with excellent service. Try the veal Kristy or the calves brains. • Dinner Tues.–Sun. 561/272-3566. $$

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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 forget to inquire about the stunning array of 10 specials—every night. • Lunch and dinner Tues.–Sat. 561/272-3390. $$

Jimmy’s Bistro —9 S. Swinton Ave. Eclectic.

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• Dinner nightly. 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. $$ Lemongrass Bistro—420 E. Atlantic Ave. PanAsian. 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). $

Max’s Harvest—169 N.E. Second Ave. Contemporary American. Dennis Max, instrumental in bringing the chef and ingredient-driven ethos of Califor-

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Max’s Harvest soars with dishes like savory bourbon-maple glazed pork belly. • Dinner nightly. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/381-9970. $$

The Office —201 E. Atlantic Ave. Contemporary American. Your office is nothing like this 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. $$ Out of Denmark—2275 S. Federal Highway.

Danish/Continental. Reprising the restaurant he closed in 2006 to care for his ill wife, chef-owner Jorgen Moller is back with his signature brand of Danish-inflected and continental dishes. The look, feel and menu remain very old school, the way his loyal patrons like it. The restaurant is perhaps best known for its Danish koldt bord, an array of small bites served on a three-tiered stand.

Entrées are more familiar; both rack of lamb and Wiener Schnitzel are well-prepared and flavorful. • Dinner Tues.–Sun. 561/276-2242. $$$

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 nightly. Brunch Sat.–Sun. 561/265-5093. $$

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 nightly. 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. 561/450-6718. $$$

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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 threewood smoker is good, but his competition-style ribs are porky-smoky-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. $$

Taverna Opa—270 E. Atlantic Ave. Greek. Yes, you can order a side of belly dancing and napkin tossing with your moussaka and baklava at this chain. But the moussaka and baklava are very good; so is the rest of the food at the downtown Delray outpost. Also worth your while (and appetite) are appetizers like melitzanosalata, whipped eggplant with orange zest and roasted red pepper, and tarama, a creamy emulsion of bread, olive oil and salmon roe. Whole grilled bronzino is finished with lemon and orange juices for a citrusy flavor boost, while tongue-tying galaktoboureko goes baklava one better by adding vanilla-scented custard to golden, flaky phyllo. • Dinner nightly. 561/303-3602. $$

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• Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner nightly. 561/272-1944. $$$

Tryst—4 E. Atlantic Ave. Eclectic. It’s tough 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. 561/921-0201. $$

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Vic & Angelo’s—290 E. Atlantic Ave. Italian.

Giving old-school Italian eateries a modest jolt of more contemporary cuisine and more youthful ambience has proved a winning formula for V&A. Best bets include succulent little baked clams, lusty and hugely portioned rigatoni with “Sunday gravy,” and lemon and caper-scented chicken cooked under a brick. Tiramisu is delicious, as is the Italian version of doughnut holes, zeppole. • Lunch Mon.–Fri. Brunch Sat.–Sun. Dinner nightly. 844/842-2632. $$

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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 energetic dining areas, while the menu is by turn familiar (wood-grilled burgers) and more adventurous (truffled steak tartare with crispy egg yolk, squid ink orrechiette). • Dinner nightly.

561/833-3450. $$

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Café Boulud—The Brazilian Court, 301 Australian 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 nightly. 561/655-6060. $$$

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). 561/585-0320. $$ Paradiso Ristorante —625 Lucerne Ave. Italian. A Tomasz Rut mural dominates the main dining room, and there is also a pasticceria and bar for gelato and espresso. Chef Angelo Romano offers a modern Italian menu. The Mediterranean salt-crusted branzino is definitely a must-try. Plus, the wine list is a veritable tome. • Lunch and dinner daily. 561/547-2500. $$$

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 tempura-fried rock shrimp or calamari cloaked with a lush-fiery “spicy cream sauce.” Among the newer items are panang curry and duck noodle soup.

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. $$$

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Jové Kitchen & Bar —2800 S. Ocean Blvd.

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. $$$

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. $$$

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 nightly. 561/533-3750. $$

Chez Jean-Pierre —132 N. County Road.

French. Sumptuous cuisine, attentive servers and a seeand-be-seen crowd are hallmarks of one of the island’s premier restaurants. Indulgences 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. $$$

Cucina Dell’ Arte —257 Royal Poinciana 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. $$

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 nightly. 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 nightly.

561/833-5522. $$

Leopard Lounge and Restaurant—The Chesterfield Palm Beach, 363 Cocoanut 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. Steakhouse.

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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 nightly. 561/3549800. $$$$

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. Keep your wallet happy with five-dollar dessert specials. • Lunch and dinner Mon.–Sat. Breakfast Sun. 561/655-3319. $$

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. $$$

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nental flair. This most romantic hideaway 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-honey-glazed salmon fillet with crab and corn flan. • Lunch Mon.–Sat. Dinner nightly. 561/655-9752. $$$

porary 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-Dijon-mustard 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 nightly. 561/627-2662. $$

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. $$

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Grato —1901 S. Dixie Highway. Italian. “Grato” is Italian for “grateful,” and there is much to be grateful for about Clay Conley’s sophisticated yet unpretentious take on Italian cookery. Anyone would be grateful to find such delicate, crispy and greaseless fritto misto as Grato’s, ditto for lusty beef tartare piled onto a quartet of crostini. Spinach gnocchi in porcini mushroom sauce are a revelation, so light and airy they make other versions taste like green library paste. Don’t miss the porchetta either, or the silken panna cotta with coffee ice cream and crunchy hazelnut tuille. • Dinner nightly, Sunday brunch. 561/404-1334. $$

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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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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) $

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Broward County COCONUT CREEK NYY Steak —Seminole Casino Coconut Creek, 5550 N.W. 40th St. Steakhouse. 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 nightly. Brunch Sun. 954/977-6700. $$$$

Chanson —45 N.E. 21st Ave. Contemporary American/French. A little bit of Palm Beach, a little bit of France come to Deerfield Beach in the form of this elegant, sophisticated restaurant in the oceanfront Royal Blues Hotel. Service is as stellar as the views from the cozy, modestly opulent dining room, notable for the 1,500-gallon aquarium embedded in the ceiling.

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FORT LAUDERDALE 15th Street Fisheries—1900 S.E. 15th St. Seafood. 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. $$ 3030 Ocean—Harbor Beach Marriott Resort, 3030 Holiday Drive. American. Now led in the kitchen

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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 nightly. 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.

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 nightly. 954/561-2554. $$

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. $$ Casablanca Café —3049 Alhambra St. American, Mediterranean. The restaurant has an “Arabian Nights” feel, with strong Mediterranean influences. Try the peppercorn-dusted filet mignon with potato croquette, Gorgonzola sauce and roasted pepper and Granny Smith relish. • Lunch and dinner daily. 954/764-3500. $$

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: thick strips of fresh pasta coated in a light red sauce and bursting with slices of porcini mushrooms. • Dinner nightly. 954/564-1234. $$

Chima—2400 E. Las Olas Blvd. Steaks. The Latin American rodizio-churrascaria concept—all the meat you bocamag.com

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can eat, brought to your table—is done with high style, fine wines and excellent service. The sausages, filet mignon, pork ribs and lamb chops are very good. • Dinner nightly. 954/712-0580. $$$

Eduardo De San Angel—2822 E. Commercial Blvd. Mexican. Try master chef Eduardo Pria’s pan-sautéed Florida blue crab and yellow corn cakes. As far as soups go, there’s the pasilla-chile-flavored chicken broth with fresh “epazote” (fried corn tortilla strips, sliced avocado, sour cream and homemade cheese). The panseared beef tenderloin filet mignon is sublime. • Dinner Mon.–Sat. 954/772-4731. $$$ Il Mulino —1800 E. Sunrise Blvd. Italian. This modest, unpretentious Italian restaurant doesn’t attempt to reinvent the culinary wheel. Instead, it dishes up big portions of simple, hearty, flavorful food at extremely reasonable prices. Zuppa de pesce is a wealth of perfectly cooked seafood over linguini in a light tomato-based sauce. • Lunch and dinner daily. 954/524-1800. $

Indigo —Riverside Hotel, 620 E. Las Olas Blvd.

Seafood. Enjoy delightful al fresco dining while sampling fresh seafood and exotic specialties. Dependable choices like ahi tuna are joined by more intriguing seafood dishes; landlubbers will enjoy a selection of steaks and chops. • Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. 954/467-0671. $$ Johnny V—625 E. Las Olas Blvd. American.

Johnny Vinczencz made his mark at Boca’s Maxaluna and Max’s Grille and (the former) De La Tierra at Delray’s Sundy House. Now in his own restaurant on Las Olas Boulevard, Vinczencz has evolved. As for the impressive wine list, Johnny V has more than 600 selections. • Lunch and dinner daily. Outdoor dining.

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Sea Watch—6002 N. Ocean Blvd. Seafood. For a right-on-the-beach, welcome-to-Florida dining experience, there’s Sea Watch. Decked out in a pervasive nautical theme, this is definitely tourist country, but it’s pretty and on the beach. The perfect entrée for the indecisive: The broiled seafood medley brochette, with lobster tail, jumbo shrimp and scallops, yellow squash, zucchini, mushrooms and pineapple. • Lunch and dinner daily.

954/781-2200. $$

Sublime —1431 N. Federal Highway. Vegetarian.

Not only does the menu offer an alternative to animal agriculture, the company’s profits support animal welfare. The haute vegetarian cuisine delivers with dishes like mushroom ravioli. • Dinner Tues.–Sun. 954/615-1431. $

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LEFT TO RIGHT: GIL MARTINEZ, JUSTIN WILLIAMS, DENNIS MARTINEZ JR., FORMER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PITCHER DENNIS MARTINEZ AND JOHN PETERS

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YOUNG AMBASSADORS FOR HOPE WHAT: The Young Ambassadors for Hope, a volunteer group through Place of Hope at the Leighan and David Rinker campus, threw a party to help foster children. On August 20, with the theme, “Havana Nights,” guests raised funds for food, clothing and educational support for children in need.

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PLACE OF HOPE FOUNDATION WHAT: The Dr. Leighan Rinker Cottage at Boca’s Place of Hope was ceremoniously opened Sept. 9 and welcomed six foster girls.

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ABIGAIL MARSICANO, PLACE OF HOPE, 2016

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TOASTS, TASTES & TROLLEYS GUESTS GETTING READY FOR THEIR FIRST TROLLEY STOP LOCATION PHYLLIS AND FRANK LACONTO

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TOASTS, TASTES & TROLLEYS WHAT: The Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum held its fifth annual Toasts, Tastes & Trolleys event September 16. Guests enjoyed a unique downtown tour of venues in Boca Raton and sampled dinner by the bite with specialty drinks at each location.

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more density in return for efforts to reduce traffic, hasn’t been tested. Both cities allow conditional uses, which provide helpful flexibility if officials don’t abuse them.

Obviously, development brings costs. Boca Raton’s new budget adds firefighter/paramedics for residents in new northwest communities. Delray Beach devotes police officers to the entertainment district and nearby residential complexes.

Yet there is no comparison between the controversies in Boca Raton and Delray Beach with the recklessness behind those county projects.

One reason is the system by which Palm Beach

County elects its commissioners.

All seven run from single-member districts, with voting restricted to that district. Commissioners don’t have to fear retribution from districts they don’t represent. Voting in Boca Raton and Delray Beach is citywide.

Steven Abrams, the former Boca Raton mayor who represents the southeast portion of the county, voted for Westlake and Indian Trails Grove, over the objections of neighbors. With Indian Trails Grove, West Palm Beach, Royal Palm Beach and the small town of Loxahatchee Groves also objected. Yet Abrams voted against development of the former Mizner Trail Golf Course in Boca Del Mar. Abrams represents those residents, who protested that approval as

WARNING NOTE

A report released in September by the state’s leading growth-management group validates the development policies of Boca Raton and Delray Beach.

1000 Friends of Florida predicted that in 2070 the state would be home to 33.7 million people, an increase of 15 million from 2010. For perspective, only four states that year had a total population of 15 million.

The report said Florida has two choices: Concentrate growth near existing development, or allow sprawl to cover agricultural and rural lands, harming natural resources and threatening the water supply.

Boca Raton and Delray Beach have adopted the better approach. Palm Beach County hasn’t.

strongly as neighbors opposed Westlake and Indian Trail Grove.

Boca Raton and Delray Beach are putting development where it belongs. The Palm Beach County Commission is putting it where it doesn’t belong. That will mean loss of natural habitat and higher bills. If residents in either city believe that they can ignore what’s happening elsewhere in the county, that’s outrageous.

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A little homemade love Rethink your host and hostess gifts this holiday season.

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can’t believe the holidays are upon us—Thanksgiving followed four weeks later by Christmas and Hanukkah. My God, where does the time go? Where do the years go? Today, that’s a question we’re all asking, but there’s no answer. It makes me think of Einstein’s quote that “the only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.”

Too late, Einstein. When it comes to our jam-packed holiday season, everything does happen all at once.

But the holidays wouldn’t be complete without those cheerful holiday parties and events. Who doesn’t love being invited to one? I love connecting with old friends and meeting new ones. But the age-old quandary is what do you take to the host and hostess as a thank you? Usually

A homemade goodie prepared with your own two hands is simply a nice way of letting friends know how much you care.”

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Even before Halloween is over we’re body-slammed with an avalanche of advertising and promotions for Christmas. Black Friday gets earlier and earlier.

Rabid shoppers camp out Thanksgiving Day, claiming squatter’s rights at Walmart and Macy’s. These salivating bargain hunters have waited all night to lead the crush of shoppers into stores, creating an onrush of people that rivals Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls.

it’s a last-minute decision, one that is made at the spur of the moment—like when you are leaving for the party.

Most of us slackers choose the line of least resistance by taking the old standby—a bottle of wine— to their host’s home as an appreciative gesture. Mind you, it’s usually the carefully chosen “vintage” bottles that have been been gathering dust in our basements. But we’re not fooling anyone.

The discerning host will

smile and thank you, but he or she knows the closest that bottle of wine will ever get to the table is via the crock pot—when it’s used for cooking the next coq au vin or the perfect one-dish beef bourguignon.

This holiday season, be a little more imaginative when you’re invited to a party. Break the habit of picking up the nearest bottle of wine before heading out the door. Instead, take a gift prepared in your kitchen.

They’re inexpensive, can be prepared quickly and, most importantly, add a personal touch. A homemade goodie prepared with your own two hands is simply a nice way of letting friends know how much you care.

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