THE REAL SOUTH BEACH DIET

iami Beach, Fla., just across Biscayne Bay from Miami, was once nothing more than a refuge for shipwreck surviviors. In the the early 20th century it was home to a coconut plantation, but then real estate developers saw its potential. It was incorporated as a city in 1915 and had grown into a bustling metropolis by the 1920s, when Miami Beach’s South Beach area first became a playground for the rich, attracting titans like the Firestone family, J.C. Penney, and Albert Champion,