Email Author Bill Citara

2010 Stories by Bill Citara

• Brunching at the Setai

  published December 9, 2010

  The Restaurant at the Setai aims to please both carnivorous and vegetarian holiday revelers with a four-course Christmas Eve menu. From 7:30 to... More >>

• Christmas Feast

  published December 9, 2010

  No, not the jolly old fat man, the guy at the reservations desk. Give yourself the present of not having to cook. But you’d better make those... More >>

• Tea for the Bambinos

  published December 9, 2010

  Get wired for a good cause at the Italian “tea” slated for Saturday afternoon at the Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove. The swanky, Italian... More >>

• Food Paradise in Homestead

  published December 2, 2010

  You might not have known this, but paradise is as close as Homestead. Or at least Paradise Farms, which supplies flavorful organic produce to some... More >>

• Foodies With Questions

  published December 2, 2010

  At the Whole Foods in Coral Gables, you have one last chance this year to check out the kitchen action of one of our hot local chefs to be... More >>

• Dine with Pals

  published December 2, 2010

  At La Marea, in the über-luxe Tides South Beach, the restaurant's Dinner With Friends series continues with guest chefs Giancarla... More >>

• Art Basil

  published December 2, 2010

  You say, “Art Basel”; Miami Independent Thinkers say, “Art Basil.” That Basil would be the co-op farmers' market featuring... More >>

• Brunch with a Senorita

  published December 2, 2010

  If you're one of those people who can actually haul their ass out of bed and out of the house Sunday morning, you might want to check out the new... More >>

• Giving Your Date Crabs

  published December 2, 2010

  If you're re really in love, you'd take your sweetheart out for a swanky dinner at a swell restaurant, like stone crab at some place on the beach,... More >>

• Tasting the Garden

  published December 2, 2010

  It’s not too early to snag one of 300 tickets to the sixth annual Taste of the Garden, an outdoor food-fest featuring 20 of SoFla’s best... More >>

• Knocking Them Back with Saint Nick

  published December 2, 2010

  He’s making a list and checking it twice to see if you made rezzies for the Christmas Eve blowout at The Water Club in North Miami... More >>

• A Market Grows in Overtown

  published December 2, 2010

  Think roots in the city and the image of some huge-ass weed growing out of a crack in the sidewalk probably comes to mind. Think Roots in the City... More >>

• A Listing at the B Bar

  published December 2, 2010

  Party like an A-lister at The Betsy Hotel’s B Bar, when the uber-swanky watering hole with its black vinyl ceiling and hand-cut Parisian... More >>

• Delicious Dessert Preparation

  published November 25, 2010

  Why consume store-bought calories for the holidays when you can create your own. Learn how at the Holiday Desserts class at Culinary... More >>

• Go Get Cooking

  published November 25, 2010

  At Bloomingdale’s in Aventura, the “Go Get Cooking” series of cooking demos continues on Saturday, Dec. 4, with Jennifer... More >>

• Cuisine of the Sun

  published November 25, 2010

  The secrets behind chef Cindy Hutson’s “Cuisine of the Sun” are up for grabs at her interactive cooking classes. Classes cost $90... More >>

• Setai Thankgiving

  published November 11, 2010

  For something completely different, The Restaurant at The Setai is offering an Asian-style holiday dinner—four courses for $85 per person,... More >>

• Ciao Turkey!

  published November 11, 2010

  Quattro Gastronomia Italiana puts the boot (as in Italy) to the traditional holiday meal, dishing up three courses for $70 per person.... More >>

• Bird Stuffing

  published November 11, 2010

  The new 1500° at SoBe’s Eden Roc Renaissance is offering an all-American buffet from 4 to 10 p.m. On the menu are butternut squash soup,... More >>

• A Taste of Mexico

  published November 11, 2010

  Literacy is such hard work, so reward yourself for your learned sophistication, you little culture vulture, you, with a pair of Twilight... More >>

• November Wine

  published November 11, 2010

  Thanksgiving isn’t the only celebration in November, though. The third Thursday of the month (Nov. 18 this year) marks the annual release of... More >>

• Thanksgiving Day Entertaining

  published November 11, 2010

  Leave it to the South Beach Whole Foods Market to give you a hand in with your Turkey Day entertaining. On Friday, Nov. 19, from 6 to 7 p.m., the... More >>

• Golden Rule Party

  published November 11, 2010

  You know the Golden Rule: He who has the gold, makes the rules. Well, here’s another one: He who has $35 in gold (or the equivalent in... More >>

• Weekend Brunch at Sugarcane

  published November 11, 2010

  One of Midtown Miami’s sweetest new restaurants sweetens its culinary pot with the addition of weekend brunch. Whole wheat pumpkin pancakes... More >>

• Turkey Day Cruise

  published November 11, 2010

  If you really want to put the thanks in Thanksgiving, thank the folks at Island Queen Cruises for doing all the work (and clean-up) for... More >>