Spice It Up Miami Brings Culinary Excellence and Sizzling Salsa Dancing to Little Haiti Cultural Complex
Laurean D. Robinson, MA May 2, 2017 4:03 AM EST I am a foodie. This fact has been very present in my life since maybe twenty years ago, when I tasted my first hot fudge sundae at a nostalgic Americana diner with my friends one weekend (or on a Sunday). The ingredients weren’t anything special – 50’s era glass ice cream container, two scoops of vanilla ice cream topped with a warm drizzling of chocolate fudge, whipped cream and a glossy red cherry. But there was something about its presentation that made the eating experience so romantic – if I had social media back then (and not its boring and uncool uncle, AOL), I would have taken a picture of it and framed it so I could gaze at it for all time. That’s when I learned to see food as more than just sustenance. It could be a time capsule, preserving the culture of a long-forgotten time. It could also art. And art is what was on display and on the menu on the inaugural installment of Spice It Up Miami (...