Options this week for food-centered fun in South Florida range from the highbrow (swanky fundraising tastings) to the not-so-highbrow (deep-fried butter and the Tilt-a-Whirl) and choices in between.

Hiaasen will appear at the Book Fair alongside former Miami Herald colleague and longtime friend Dave Barry, whose memoir "Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years ...

Do you really need 101 reasons to attend the 101st South Florida Fair? No. You don’t. Of course, we could all use a few good excuses as to why we’re about to spend a whole lotta dough on tickets, ...