Choosing from the cream of the crop
Michael Mayo lists eats he’s grateful for in 2018
I pinch myself every day that I get paid to eat. It is a fantasy life. Consider, for example, last week. I nibbled on 40 tasty plates while judging two food events (John Offerdahl’s Gridiron Grill-Off and the Boca Bowl Chefs’ Tailgate Party), ate a review meal at Thomas Keller’s new restaurant in Surfside, lunched at the new Del Frisco’s Grille on Las Olas Boulevard, indulged on a white-truffle dinner at the venerable Casa D’Angelo in Fort Lauderdale and celebrated my daughter’s 13th birthday with pizzas in the backyard gazebo at Louie Bossi’s.
So, yeah, I’m more than a little thankful, not just on Thanksgiving but every day of the year. What else am I grateful for? Health, family, friends and …
Morning coffee at the Alchemist in Fort Lauderdale, or Blue Bottle Coffee in the Aventura Mall.
Chef Keith Freiman’s cremebrulee doughnuts and blueberry pancakes at Bake Shack in Dania Beach.
An everything bagel, still hot from the oven, at Sage Bagel & Deli in Hallandale Beach. (But, oy, that
House of Representatives in 1992 and reelected in 1994, 1996 and 1998. He was elected to the Broward County Commission in 2000 and served until 2009, when he resigned after pleading guilty in a federal corruption investigation.
He had given a sworn statement admitting he accepted a $3,200 golf club membership and $25,000 in cash from developers Bruce and Shawn Chait in exchange for favorable votes for their Prestige Homes of South Florida projects.
Eggelletion was sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison on a federal conviction of money-laundering conspiracy and filing a false tax return. He also was convicted at the state level for taking bribes from developers.
He pleaded conspiring to $900,000 he guilty to launder thought was dirty money through the Bahamas and U.S. Virgin Islands. He received about $23,000 for helping set up the deal, prosecutors said.
Eggelletion started his prison sentence in May 2010 but received time off for good behavior and for completing a substance-abuse program for his alcohol addiction. He was released in 2012.
Under his plea agreement with state prosecutors, Eggelletion served both prison terms at the same time in the federal system, and both sentences ended at the same time.
Information on survivors was not immediately available. James C. Boyd Funeral Home in Fort Lauderdale is handling arrangements, spokeswoman Avis Boyd said. She said the family would have further information about the funeral on Friday.