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A shot of the massive tornado that tore through Moore, Oklahoma.

If you're going to tonight's Miami Beach Food Truck and Music Fest, stop by Latin Burger and Taco to dine for a cause.

The truck is donating ten percent of the evening's proceeds to help the family of eight year-old Nicholas McCabe who was killed during the devastating tornado that ripped through a suburb of Oklahoma City this past Monday.

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Ms. Cheezious via Twitter

Kelly and Michael meet Ms. Cheezious!

Ms. Cheezious is in the house -- or, more accurately, in the studio.

Miami's favorite cheesy food truck, Ms. Cheezious, was named one of the ten finalists in the Live With Kelly and Michael's Truckin' Amazing Cook-Off, beating out dozens of other food trucks across the country to make it as one of the 20 semifinalists.

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- Miami Food Trucks Featured in Live with Kelly and Michael Contest
- Ms. Cheezious Opening a Restaurant
- Tastemaker: Brian Mullins of Ms. Cheezious

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Bill Wisser

Celebrate the burger at Magic City Casino.

If you haven't yet found time to celebrate National Burger Month, Burger Beast invites you to attend his burger-themed food truck roundup this Saturday, May 18, at Magic City Casino.

From 5 to 10 p.m., this special edition of the Wheelin' Dealin' Street Food Festival will feature 20 different trucks -- each highlighting a special burger for the occasion (even non-burger specific food trucks). It's also the third annual celebration of the burger, no surprise considering Sef Gonzalez is coordinating the affair.

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- Miami Food trucks Featured in Live With Kelly and Michael Contest

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Live With Kelly and Michael via Facebook

Kelly and Michael want a bite out of Miami food trucks.

If there was any doubt that south Florida food trucks are the best in the country, check out how many of our own local munchmobiles are vying for the title of top food truck in the Live With Kelly and Michael Truckin' Amazing Food Truck Cook-Off contest!

Three local food trucks (out of 20 in the entire country) are finalists in the contest. The winning food truck chefs get flown to New York City to cook on-air for Kelly and Michael!

Out of hundreds of entries, only 20 were chosen to make a video for Kelly and Michael. Now's your chance to show the country that Miami has the absolute best food truck by voting for your home town favorite now through 8 p.m. tomorrow, May 18.

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- Will Smith and Jaden Smith: After Earth and Miami Food Trucks

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Will Smith arrives at Miami Science Museum for After Earth party.

Will Smith and his 14-year-old son, Jaden, were in Miami to promote their new film, After Earth, a summer blockbuster set for a May 31 release.

The dynamic duo hosted an After Earth party at the Miami Science Museum for nearly 1,000 friends and fans, who schmoozed with the celebrity family and chowed down on food provided by some of Miami's most beloved food trucks.

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People living in the area of Flagler Street and NW 37th Avenue hung out of their windows in disbelief as a parade of 62 colorful food trucks -- flanked by a police escort -- rolled through their neighborhood.

The trucks were part of caravan to set a Guinness World Record for "largest food truck parade."

According to Susy Ampuero, director of marketing for Magic City Casino, an adjudicator for the famed records company was flown in to officiate the event. She told Short Order: "We had to have a minimum of 50 food trucks. We had a record number of 62."

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Burger Beast's Sef Gonzalez

Ever wanted to be part of a Guinness World Record? How about making history while stuffing your face? The time has come my friends, prepare for battle. Tomorrow, April 20, at Magic City Casino, Burger Beast plans to break the record for "World's Largest Food Truck Event."

Free admission? Yes. Free parking? Yes. Free stretch pants? Maybe...

We sat down with the Beast and asked him all the burning questions that were on your mind.

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Travel Channel's George Motz eats a Latin Macho.

When burger aficionado George Motz ate at Miami's Latin Burger and Taco about three years ago, the owner of the popular pink-and-black food truck, Jim Heins immediately recognized him.

Motz, after all, is the man behind the documentary film Hamburger America and author of a book and blog of the same name. "Having George Motz try one of my burgers was an honor," Heins told Short Order, adding that after Motz finished chowing down on the truck's signature Latin Macho burger, made with caramelized onions and Oaxaca cheese, he asked if that burger was a "special," made to impress him. Heins recalls replying, "Nope. That's just what we make every day."

Motz must have really loved that sandwich because a few years later, Heins was asked to appear on the burger impresario's new Travel Channel show, Burger Land.

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Duncan Quinn

Head to the Design District this weekend for the Miami premiere of the Cask Chronicles, a one-of-a-kind collaboration between high-end menswear designer Duncan Quinn and barrel-aged spirit Zacapa 23.

Outfitted in a customized 1966 double-decker bus (that came from Miami's Churchill's Pub!), the Cask Chronicles is cruising coast-to-coast to demonstrate the intricacies and attention to detail prevalent in both men's bespoke fashion and trendy brown spirits that are making headlines these days. By day, the bus will host a pop-up men's tailoring boutique open to the public; by night, it will transform into a unique mobile speakeasy that serves Zacapa cocktails to a select few.

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Andrew Zimmern and Aarti Sequeira.

For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times' Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21.

By the time 2012 was upon us, more than 100 food trucks were rolling around Greater Miami. It seemed only natural some of them should feed the gastrophilic masses of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, and so its first truck party, Trucks on the Beach, was launched to close out the fete.

Some changes are afoot this year. The truck gathering is the second-to-last fete of the festival after closing things out in 2012, and are rolling across Biscayne Bay to the ever-trendier midtown area. Take the opportunity to visit an art gallery or a hipster dive bar to warm up for the party. America's favorite bug-eater Andrew Zimmern is still the host and has selected a sampling of trucks from across Florida that dish out everything from Hong Kong-style waffles to wood-oven-baked pizza.

See also:
- AZ Canteen: Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Food Truck Rolling Through Town

"We only invite the best of the best to the event," Zimmern said, but noted it's impossible to get every truck he would want there. He's also got a different perspective on the food truck business -- figuring how best to serve different markets and how to jump through red tape -- after starting his own cart, AZ Canteen.

Here's the rundown of the featured trucks:

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