By the time Iron Maiden takes the stage later this May in Croatia for the continuation of its “Legacy of the Beast” world tour—which started in 2018 before being sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic—it will have been nearly three years since the heavy metal band last played live. It’s the longest stretch of inactivity for
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Back in the Game Lauren’s father had bought her brother tickets to a New York Rangers hockey game for his birthday. And she was not happy about the male-bonding thing. “I must have been 6, and I said to my dad, ‘Excuse me, do you think because I’m a girl that I don’t want to
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The irony, Lauren Brill will tell you, is that English never revealed itself in school as an entrepreneurial path, let alone the life-altering off-ramp in her healing journey. As a youngster growing up in Rockland County, New York, math was her academic jam, a subject easily digested by her logical, incisive mind—although, given Lauren’s opinionated,
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It’s been more than 30 years since The End of Nature was published. Can you contrast the interest, awareness and pushback you encountered then compared to now? This is a crazy story. In 1989, when I published that book, people were like, “Yes, let’s get on this.” And I don’t just mean environmentalists. The Republican
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The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference didn’t exactly have Bill McKibben doing a happy dance. The man who literally wrote the book on climate change—The End of Nature, published in 1989, introduced people around the globe (it’s appeared in 24 languages) to the subject 17 years before Al Gore’s film, An Inconvenient Truth, won
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1. Follow the Tao: After spending nearly two decades in Michael Mina’s culinary orbit—including the past 13 years as executive chef at Bourbon Steak inside JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort & Spa in Aventura—Gabriel Fenton understands that with great expectations comes great responsibility. But if he’s learned anything from Mina, whose empire totals more than
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Devin Braddock Corporate pastry chef, Ariete Hospitality Group Back story: The prodigious talent that has made Braddock a household name in Miami pastry circles runs in the family. Her grandmother was an elaborate cake decorator in Tampa, where Braddock grew up; she cooked out of a baking kitchen inside her house. “I’d see her forming
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Luis Vasquez Executive pastry chef, Miami Beach Edition Back story: The native of Caracas, Venezuela recalls cooking in the kitchen with his father and decorating cakes with his mother at a young age. But, early on, it was his love of painting and sculpting that fueled his creative energy. But the worlds of art and
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Deborah Williams Owner, Chewy Suz Back story: Though Williams ultimately took the road likely never before traveled to achieve notoriety as a pastry chef, it didn’t start out that way. The South Florida native has loved baking since she was a youngster. In particular, she was immensely fond of the peanut butter cookies that her
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For the better part of 30 years, one of the original Not Ready for Prime Time Players has been hiding out in plain sight as a monkey astronaut, a fun-loving vampire, a talking telescope—and countless other characters in cartoons that children watch every day of the week. It’s a second act as an esteemed voice
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Devin Braddock couldn’t have been a more gracious hostess. The ridiculously talented corporate pastry chef for Miami-based Ariete Hospitality Group had created a special coffee-flavored ice cream cake for our February feature celebrating sweet treats. She rearranged spaces inside the restaurant so we had a clear place to photograph. And she later made our day
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Dallas Wynne Corporate pastry chef, Groot Hospitality; executive chef and partner, Toothfairy Back story: Though still a few years shy of 30, Wynne has won over Miami time and again with her original pastry concoctions and infectious enthusiasm for all things sweet. As the Palm City native tells the story, she might have tossed a
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