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Cooper’s Hawk arrives at Fort Lauderdale

Where: 2568 E. Sunrise Blvd., The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale Phone: 754.755.9463 Website: chwinery.com [image_with_text image=”22935″ title=”Bigger and Better”] The 10th Florida location for the ever-expanding food and wine franchise is the largest Cooper’s Hawk yet, a 17,000-square-foot space at The Galleria that can accommodate up to 530 people. A sprawling Napa-inspired tasting room sets

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Cooper's Hawk Candied Bacon Artisan Cheeses
Darius Daughtry speaks truth to power

Think back to when you were 5: You might have been able to walk safely to school, unaccompanied by your parents; perhaps you were free to run around the neighborhood or play in the backyard until Mom called you home. Darius V. Daughtry also has memories from that time. One is seared into his mind.

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Darius Daughtry
A Grandmaster Returns

He is the grandmaster of his destiny, and Jean Phoenix Le Grand believes anyone can be the master of their own fate, too. “It’s about respect, values, consistency, integrity, obedience, and learning what your life’s purpose is,” he says. That’s what Le Grand teaches in his program, Lost Legacy Systems, in addition to martial arts

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Jean Phoenix Le Grand
It’s all in the name at Elisabetta’s

It started with one of the random conversations that partner/corporate culinary director Lisabet Summa has enjoyed countless times with Big Time Restaurant Group partner/co-founder Todd Herbst. Summa was sharing the story behind a first name that’s been butchered much of her life, often as “Lisa Beth” or “Eliza Bet.” Summa’s half-Italian father had a different

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Margherita pizza from Elisabetta's
Behind the curtain with Broward Center CEO Kelley Shanley

Though numbers only begin the tell the story of Kelley Shanley’s tenure at Broward Center for the Performing Arts, they’re also impossible to ignore. During his decadelong run as president and CEO (he’s celebrating 20 years overall), the Coral Springs resident has been involved in two major capital campaigns. A $60 million effort, completed in

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Kelley Shanley Broward Center
5 Questions with Johann Zietsman, president and CEO of Adrienne Arsht Center

South African-born Johann Zietsman remembers growing up around his mother’s singalongs, where friends and family—musical or not—would stand around a piano and sing together, sometimes for hours at a time. Zietsman found his own musical niche by high school, becoming a drummer in the school’s marching band. He later transitioned to the trumpet and French

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Jadyn’s Ice Cream Emporium has the scoop

When the tropical temperatures and humidity become too much, there’s a place in Coconut Creek to cool off with some cold treats. Jadyn’s Ice Cream Emporium, which opened in July, transports patrons to Artic climates with wall art featuring a vast snowscape with penguins. At the family business run by Lenore Green with her daughter,

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Apple pie from Jaydn's Ice Cream Emporium
5 Questions with Betty Alonso, president and CEO of ConnectFamilias

When Betty Alonso’s colleague and Neighbors 4 Neighbors creator Nelly Rubio nominated Alonso for a leadership award, the president and CEO of ConnectFamilias was working too hard to think much about it. It wasn’t until Alonso got a call informing her she was selected as one of 13 Hispanic Women of Distinction that the honor

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Artist Josh Lawson’s pet project

When online pet supply retailer Chewy had its opening day on the stock market in June, CNBC host Jim Cramer held up paintings of his two dogs, Nvidia and Marley, on his investment/finance show, “Mad Money.” It just so happens those two paintings were the work of Coconut Creek artist Josh Lawson, whose custom pet

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Josh Lawson
South Florida Small Plates

Florida has helped to promote its share of inventions out of necessity, like sunscreen and air conditioning. But another phenomenon for which the Sunshine State can be thanked is all about desire—culinary desire. “Florida [kitchens] are the pioneers of small plates,” says Mike Mayo, the award-winning local food critic who writes for Fort Lauderdale’s Sun-Sentinel,

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Hand-cut Prime Steak Tartare from Bourbon Steak
Justin Comparetto has the right stuff

From South Florida to rural Oregon, households are adding new flavors to their Italian-inspired kitchen adventures—all because a young Pompano Beach entrepreneur refused to accept insults as truth at home in Minnesota. As Justin Comparetto tells it, the story of his multimillion-dollar business, Just Ryt Foods, begins right after high school, when he overheard comments

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Justin Comparetto
Space Invaders

Two of Fort Lauderdale’s most recognizable arts promoters—Andrew Martineau and business partner Evan Snow—have launched yet one more venture to take art to the streets through a new partnership with Las Olas Company. It’s an arts pop-up concept called Zero Empty Spaces. Las Olas Company CEO Mike Weymouth saw immediate value in Zero Empty Spaces

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