Email Author Bill Citara

2011 Stories by Bill Citara

• Morton's at Macy's

  published August 18, 2011

  If Miami Spice threw any more chef events, we'd have to call it Miami Spice Cabinet. Still, for free cooking tips from some of the area's best... More >>

• Dish and Drink at De Luca

  published August 11, 2011

  Spend a couple of hours in Italy without being molested by pervy TSA agents or spending 14 hours in an aluminum sausage. Get to SoBe's More >>

• Where There's a Will There's a Grill

  published August 11, 2011

  The heat is on at the Coral Gables Whole Foods Market come... More >>

• Wines of the World

  published August 11, 2011

  Wine, cheese, meats... High school was never like this. One of the few advantages of being all grown up is that now you can attend classes like... More >>

• A Handsome Pour

  published July 14, 2011

  Every serious wine drinker loves a generous pour, so you might want to be showing a little love to More >>

• Faiveley With Fava Beans?

  published July 7, 2011

  The wines of Domaine Faiveley, the almost 200-year-old Burgundy vintner now in it sixth generation of family ownership, will be paired and... More >>

• Independent Tastes

  published July 7, 2011

  Wave the flag and eat well at Coral Gables’ cozy Angelique Euro... More >>

• No Knuckle Sandwiches

  published July 7, 2011

  If you think cooking is a tough business, try boxing. Former WBA light-heavyweight champ and chef-restaurateur Marc Randazzo won’t... More >>

• The Drink Challenge

  published June 30, 2011

  Four hundred wines. Fifteen countries. Two days. That's the deal at this year's Florida International Wine Challenge, where a panel of... More >>

• The Last Fourth

  published June 30, 2011

  If you and your honey ever spent an evening whispering sweet nothings over a brace of stone crab claws while taking in the Miami skyline across a... More >>

• Mango Madness

  published June 23, 2011

  Nothing says summer in Miami better than mangos. Year after year, More >>

• Beached at Lester's

  published June 23, 2011

  Those guys over at Beached Miami blog are a creative bunch and they certainly know how to throw a party. To celebrate the launch of... More >>

• Rusty Pelican Celebrates 1972

  published June 23, 2011

  Isn’t embracing things of the past the new thing? In Key Biscayne, the More >>

• Give Me Five

  published June 23, 2011

  At Miami Beach’s De Rodriguez Cuba on Ocean, things... More >>

• Wine Meets Meat Market

  published June 23, 2011

  Treat your favorite person to a meal fit for a queen – or king – at the swanky More >>

• Uncook Raw Foods

  published June 16, 2011

  It's alive! It's alive! Your food that is. Or at least it's raw. Learn how to, uh, uncook raw foods at the South Beach More >>

• Don't Whine About Wine

  published June 16, 2011

  Spit in the eye of that snobby sommelier at Chez L'Attitude and intimidate your friends with your new-found wine knowledge by taking the Wine... More >>

• Mediterranean Drinking Game

  published June 16, 2011

  Sample the drinking man's Mediterranean diet at Aventura's More >>

• Bulldog at Hog's Breath

  published June 9, 2011

  You might think every day is a bacchanalia in the Southernmost city in the United States, but there actually is an official Key West... More >>

• In th Kitchen with Paula DaSilva

  published June 9, 2011

  Get the goods from chef Paula DaSilva of hot-hot-hot 1500 Degrees at an interactive culinary demo and luncheon set for Saturday, June 18,... More >>

• Chillin' and Grillin' at Conrad

  published June 9, 2011

  Tourist season might be over, but grilling season is here in full force, so take the grrr out of grill with a few tips from one of Miami's... More >>

• Get Happy at Sambal

  published June 9, 2011

  Combine stunning views of Biscayne Bay at one of Miami swankiest hotels with the last day of the workweek and ridiculously inexpensive mixological... More >>

• Love that Chicken at Michy's

  published June 9, 2011

  Take everybody’s favorite fowl (chicken), prepare it everybody’s favorite way (fried) and serve it in everybody’s favorite manner... More >>

• Sippin' at Essensia

  published June 9, 2011

  Stressed? Don’t distress, de-stress. Treat your honey to at least one night’s freedom from the soul-numbing pressure of the daily grind... More >>

• Evening Sips

  published June 9, 2011

  More than 40 wines from all over the world, plus gin, single-malt Scotch, and haute hors d'oeuvres make up the Gourmet Experience at the More >>