Email Author Jen Karetnick

2004 Stories by Jen Karetnick

• Deli Dinner Delights

  published March 4, 2004

  Hit Bagels and Company on any given morning, at any given moment, and you'll find yourself waiting on line at the counter or for a table. Weekends... More >>

• In Pursuit of the Perfect Pizza

  published February 26, 2004

  The parameters that guide the making of a perfect pizza are pretty clear. A pie must have a good crust, whether it be thick or thin; vibrant... More >>

• Lunch Will Keep Us Together

  published February 26, 2004

  Birthdays are important in the restaurant business. Celebrating your first full year signals that you have a chance of succeeding in the long... More >>

• Blink and Ye Might Miss It

  published February 19, 2004

  In its old location, as an adjunct to the now-defunct Café Del Mar on Biscayne Boulevard and NE 86th Street in Miami, Ye Olde Boston Fish... More >>

• Restaurant Chefs Are Doing It for Themselves

  published February 19, 2004

  To paraphrase an old folk song: Where have all the pastry chefs gone? A decade ago, having a pastry chef on staff at a South Florida... More >>

• Side Dish

  published February 19, 2004

  Of course there was an elephant standing outside the new Fifteen O One Barton G., twirling rings on her trunk and trumpeting... More >>

• Don't Tempt Me, Argentina

  published February 12, 2004

  Sure, there's meat aplenty to be found at this Argentine gourmet market and café, which has a location in Aventura only several months old... More >>

• Mad for the Cow

  published February 12, 2004

  I had it as a chopped steak at Barton G., lying on a pillowy mattress of hash browns and smothered with mushrooms. I sampled it as short ribs... More >>

• Prima Pastabilities

  published February 5, 2004

  What a difference a decade makes. In 1993 Café Prima Pasta was a 28-seat noodle joint in a dilapidated mid-Miami Beach neighborhood,... More >>

• Side Dish

  published February 5, 2004

  In gastronomy, there are numerous prestigious awards, but none comes close to the celebrated status of being inducted in the "Choucroute Halles... More >>

• Polly Doesn't Want a Cracker

  published January 29, 2004

  Three ways to draw unwelcome attention to yourself at Parrot Jungle: Climb the monkey tower, yelling, "I am king of the primate world!" Teach the... More >>

• Chow Down Under

  published January 22, 2004

  Don't believe Disney or the Internet -- it's really not such a small world after all. If it were, surely in my critical life I would have tasted... More >>

• Roe Rage

  published January 15, 2004

  The blare of horns cut like sunlight through smog into the conversation I was having via cell phone. "Where are you?" asked the chef at the other... More >>

• Side Dish

  published January 15, 2004

  A new year and it's new times at New Times. If you skipped Lee Klein's review this week, allow me to be the first to tell you: The... More >>