Subject: Foods

• BLT Steak Bewitches

  June 4, 2009

• Friday Food Funnies

  This week: VegetablesVegetables are a must on a diet.  I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.  ~Garfield (Jim Davis)Large, naked raw carrots are acceptable as food only to those who lie in hutches eagerly awaiting Easter.  ~Fran LebowitzLife expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.  ~Doug LarsonVegetables are something God invented to let women get even with their children. ~P.J. RourkeCauliflower is nothing but

  May 15, 2009

• Scallop Recipe From Pascal's On Ponce

  Pan sauteed diver scallops with braised short ribsThis weeks recipe comes from one of Miami's elite chefs, Pascal Oudin of Pascal's On Ponce. Oudin has trained under Ducasse, Vergé, and Jean-Louis Palladin, who mentored the young Frenchman when he first came to the States in 1982. After a lengthy stint as executive chef of Grand Café in Coconut Grove's Grand Bay Hotel, Oudin premiered his own place in 2000 and has served the most elegant country French fare in Miami ever since.

  May 18, 2009

• The Critic: Musing On The Dock Of The Bay

  Hint on how to avoid bad Miami restaurants: Take a look at the dessert menu before taking a seat. If it's a compilation of Key lime pie, tiramisu, molten chocolate cake, and the other ubiquitous treats, politely excuse yourself and go somewhere else to eat. After all, there are hundreds if not thousands of recipes out there for fabulous desserts that are not currently being offered by other local restaurants. If the ownership/management/chef didn't spend five minutes to research and consider a s

  May 21, 2009

• Drink Up at Level 25, Luna Cafe, Meat Market and More

  It's going to be a long weekend, whether or not you plan to get all up in the Memorial Day craziness.  Here are some classy liquid opportunities to wind up before ....or down after... Jackie Sayet Keep the planet top of mind at Go Green Tuesdays, menu to be announced soonBody Mind and Planet: The Bar at Level 25 now has weekday happy hours that flaunt  culturally relevant rather than cheesy themes. Skinny Thursdays kicks off May 28 from 5 - 8 p.m. (1395 Brickell Ave, (305) 503-6

  May 22, 2009

• BBQ and Food Safety Guidelines From The USDA

  image via thebittenword.com's flickrLeave it to the nofunsters at the FDA to take a beautiful concept like BBQ, the most perfect cooking method in in the history of civilization, and ruin it with their salmonella this, and cleanliness that.What they think is so hard about doing it right, I just don't know. My method is grab a chicken leg, dip it in Everclear, light er up, blow, repeat, slather with ketchup, enjoy.But you amateurs out there who need the government tellin you how to do every

  May 22, 2009

• Burger Battle '09

  May 28, 2009

• Out of Season? Not at Michael's Genuine.

  Jackie SayetLeggo my lycheesIt's in between tropical downpours in the Design District as I wade through the humidity to Michael's Genuine Food & Drink. Summer's making its usual graceful entrance, and I'm curious about what happens to a restaurant with a menu that celebrates local foods when the local growing season ends. What's fresh on the mind and inside the walk-in of Chef Michael Schwartz and crew in his shrine to vines?  Like delivered today, pulled-off-the-tree-today fresh? Turns

  May 28, 2009

• New Chef at The Tides

  Gonzalo Rivera Jr. has been named as the new executive chef of The Tides South Beach. Rivera will be responsible for all culinary operations at the recently redesigned La Marea and Coral Bar, as well as the hotels' other catering functions. Rivera earned a Bachelor of Science in Gastronomy from the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco in 2003, then spent over five years at various restaurants within the acclaimed Mina Group. Gonzalo was born and raised in California, but the influen

  June 8, 2009

• Yard House Recipe for Ginger Crusted Salmon

  Yard House Ginger Crusted SalmonThe main claim to fame for Yard House, the new 12,000-square-feet Coral Gables resto-pub (Yard House, Village of Merrick Park; 305-447-9273) has been its' peerless beer selection -- 130 on tap, with a glass-enclosed keg room housing up to 5,000 gallons at a time. But executive chef and partner Carlito Jocson wants you to know that beyond the brews, plasma screens, loud music, and boisterous crowd is some serious food. Not all serious, mind you -- there are over 10

  June 10, 2009

• Kumquats and Jackfruit and Litchis, Oh My!

  June 18, 2009

• Open Just One Week, It's Bustling At Puntino Downtown

  Jackie Sayet Mona's always watchingIt could be a sign of desperation for fuss-free neighborhood eats, priced right in the financial district, or merely a coincidence.  Either way, Puntino Downtown was filling to the brim quickly by noon yesterday with a power lunch crowd hungry for a taste of its new "Fine Italian Cuisine."  In addition to the area's white collar set, Goldilocks would approve of the menu here.  It's front-loaded with just the right amount of antipasti, insa

  June 17, 2009

• Redland Summer Fruit Festival This Weekend, Get Fresh, Local, Tropical

  image via fruitandspicepark.org Tomorrow and Sunday at Fruit and Spice Park, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree. Life's a mango, dig in at the Redland Summer Fruit Festival where exotic varieties of the plentiful bounties intrinsic to our tropical paradise will be featured and showcased on the grounds of South Dade's premier tropical botanical garden.There will be live music from the Strictly Business Blues Band, a petting zoo, a watermelon eating contest, 160 varieties of mangos for the t

  June 19, 2009

• Rosa Mexicano Ice Cream Festival Only Days Away

  Guacamole de postreGod it's hot outside. How hot? So hot the frigid, frostbite-inducing blasts of restaurant air conditioning actually feel good. Now is the perfect time for ice cream -- oh no, wait. Sorry. The perfect time for ice cream actually begins next Wednesday, June 24th, which coincidentally coincides with the return of Rosa Mexicano's annual Festival de Helados -- also known as the Spicy Summer Ice Cream Festival. The Mary Brickell Village restaurant will be featuring boldly flav

  June 22, 2009

• Silumtaneous Cool + Heat

  June 18, 2009

• A Chicago's Trifecta in Coconut Grove: Bakery & Deli, and Soon to be Steakhouse

  Jackie SayetCorned Beef, kraut and banana peppers, the guts of "The Chicago Fire," a twist on the Reuben sandwichThe new Chicago's Bakery & Deli has only been open one week, but its performance has already received rave reviews and even a few regulars.  There was such a fuss brewing on the Cracktwit and Faceboring, initiated by neighborhood insider Tom Falco (@GroveGrapevine), I just had to stop by to see what da big deal was.  So did about 10 others right before close last night.&

  June 24, 2009

• Michy's Launches Summer Wine Series, Updates Menu

  TwitterBoiling it down on the Twittermonster... you go girl!Michelle Bernstein knows not to mess with a good thing.  But it's nice to see that a busy bee who juggles ownership of three restaurants, her own TV show, a consultancy with Delta, and a leadership role with nonprofit Common Threads is still able to direct the necessary attention to her bread and butter -- being a great chef and finding time for her flagship gourmet neighborhood joint cum national media darling, Michy's. 

  June 25, 2009

• Mario Batali's Carne Machaca Taco Filling

  Last week, Mario Batali unveiled a new recipe at an event to benefit his equally new charity, The Mario Batali Foundation.The recipe was for machaca, which comes from the Mexican word machacado -- 'pounded' or 'crushed'. The preparation originated with the ranchers and cowboys of northern Mexico, who would air-dry beef with chile peppers and spices in order to preserve it. The meat would then be rehydrated and slowly cooked over an open flame until falling apart. "Machaca is easy to make, authen

  June 29, 2009

• Hakkasan's Haute Hong Kong Cuisine at the Fontainebleau

  July 2, 2009

• Yelp Restaurant Week: $25 Prix Fixe Dinners

  Jaguar ceviche spoonsYelp Eats Restaurant Week will take place starting Monday, July 20 and run through Sunday, July 26. Restaurants will offer a special 3-course prix fixe menu for $25 (does NOT include tax or tip) -- much better than that crummy Miami Spice deal.Here are the participants: 6601. Andalusian Gazpacho or Risotto & Mushroom Croquetas2. Pappardelle Carbonara or Half Chicken "Al Mattone" or Moules-Frites3. Liquid Center Chocolate Cake or Vanilla Bean Panna CottaAlta Mar1. P

  July 2, 2009

• Tiny Confucio Express Packs Big Flavor, Talks Franchising Chinese Takeout

  Jackie SayetVegetable lettuce wrapBummed out that our 2009 "Best of" pick for Chinese may also come with a nose bleed?  Or that Hakkasan, Lee's review this week, may be best reserved for a special occasion?  Here's a wise pick for those further south that won't burn a hole in your wallet and proves one should never underestimate the little guy.  It's Confucio Express Chinese Gourmet Cuisine, and don't let the "to go" concept fool you.  For all intents and purposes, this takeo

  July 6, 2009

• Intercontinental Hotel West Miami's Chef Darren Lee's Experimental Locally Sourced Menu

  If locally sourced agricultural products don't immediately come to mind when you hear Intercontinental Hotel West Miami it's no surprise to Executive Chef Darren Lee. That's why he's working on an experimental menu to integrate locally grown products into the Doral hotel's repertoire.The hotel recently invited Short Order to their Armillary Grill restaurant to guinea pig the beta phase of the menu. Here's what we learned and what we think...

  July 14, 2009

• Home and Abroad: Jonathan Eismann Dishes on Steel Drum Squid, White Russians and Spaghetti

  Jonathan Eismann, Chef/Owner Pacific Time and Pizza VolanteBest Squid in Ho Chi Minh City, cooked over a fire in a old steel drum in the street, Best Pork Chops in history there, too.  Saigon Killer Pork Chops!Best Chinese and Dim Sum at a place right next to the Mandarin Oriental in Bangkok.Best Sorbet at Chez Berthillon, Isle. Saint Louis, Paris.Best Hot Chocolate is Jacques Torres: Holy Shit! this stuff is crazy!Best Pizza... Mine! Pizza Volante in Miami!  Pizza Neapolitan in NYC i

  July 16, 2009

• Plato Royal: Casale Pizzeria Mozzarella Bar vs. Pizza Volante

  Jackie SayetTop to bottom: Margherita at Casale, Margherita at Volante Do you sometimes feel like you live in Pizzami? Well, if you've been following the munchings and musings of local food bloggers and Twitterites lately, it's hard not to. But I can't blame 'em.  There's been a flood -- er, fireball -- of new, gourmet pizza joints opening up across town, and I have to say, not a moment too soon. For so long a good pie meant hauling hulking, par-cooked Vito's down from God-knows-where to be

  July 16, 2009

• Weekly Wrap Up - Back To The Future

  Jacob KatelIn the future Short Order will feature 3d holographic food modeling technology. For now we're stuck on the screen, but life moves fast, don't get left behind. Here's what you might have missed last week.B & M Market's landmark Caribbean kitchen on NE 2 Ave and 79th St.Dade County dragon fruit, when will it hit the menus of your favorite restaurants.Free fruit trees, avocado, tamarind, lychee, and mango, for city of Miami residents on Saturday, July 25th.Foie Wars solved by the alm

  July 24, 2009

• Killer Triple Tail Tacos at Fish Shack Market

  Jackie SayetThree times is a charm​Heavenly fish tacos have arrived on the stretch of Red Road between Bird and Flagler at Fish Shack Market.  First, thick pieces of the daily Triple Tail catch are seasoned and seared a la plancha and land on crunchy  strips of julienne green cabbage inside a flash fried corn tortilla.  Then, each crisp bundle is topped with freshly-made pico de gallo, bunches of chopped cilantro and finely diced fresh jalapeno.  A steamed corn tortilla sle

  August 3, 2009

• Full Moon Parties Tomorrow Night on South Beach at DiLido Beach Club and The National

  image via DiLido Beach Club​ Howl, hoot, holler, eat and drink like a coyote, not the kind that transports contraband, the kind you can find with their eyes to the sky. Tomorrow night is a full moon and that means the beach is one of the best places to enjoy it in South Florida. Sure you can pack a couple bottles and some sandwiches and do it up yourself, but if you're more inclined to relax plush cabana style and enjoy the telescopic accoutrements and culinary finery of the DiLido Beach Club

  August 5, 2009

• Chef de Cuisine Brandon Benack's Fried Shrimp Po' Boy with Creole Tartar Sauce and Truffled Potato Chips at Emeril's Miami Beach

  Jackie SayetBenack and his larger than life hogie​If there ever was a po' boy rich enough for our girl Gwen Stefani, this is the one. Not too fancy, but with a sizable amount of midriff-bearing sass."We had this po' boy on the Miami Spice Menu last year," explains Benack. "I think we're going to bring it back for lunch this time around."This New York native knows a thing or two about authentic po' boys.  He lived in New Orleans for six years.  That's equivalent to 312 of the iconic s

  August 6, 2009

• Shiso Cool

  August 13, 2009

• Kosher Subway Restaurant Set To Open at North Miami JCC

  via brandi666's flickr95 South​What do you get when you cross kosher meats, non dairy cheese, and the largest buyer of Florida tomatoes in the world? Kosher Subway, that's what.According to the Jewish Tribune, Ghazi Faddoul, a Lebanese Christian, opened the first kosher Subway in Cleveland in 2006. Later this month, the Michael-Ann Russel JCC of North Miami will follow suit with a franchise opening in their space. The man responsible is Maurice Lichy, a Cuban Jew who spent 19 years in the "sho

  August 13, 2009

• The Fish Shack is Back

  Heavenly fish tacos have arrived on the stretch of Red Road between Bird and Flagler at Fish Shack Market. One of the best dishes: the daily Triple Tail catch. Thick pieces of fish are seasoned and seared a la plancha. They land on crunchy strips of julienne green cabbage inside a flash fried corn tortilla. Then, each crisp bundle is topped with freshly-made pico de gallo, bunches of chopped cilantro and finely diced fresh jalapeno. A steamed corn tortilla sleeve, true to Mexican custom, is

  August 18, 2009

• Sandwich Slingers and Zingers

  August 20, 2009

• Brunch Bonanza

  August 27, 2009

• New Allen Brothers Catalogue Is Out

  Baseball strip steak, potatoes not included.The fall 2009 Allen Brothers catalogue has just been released. For those not familiar with the mail-order meat company, Allen Brothers has been America's leading source of USDA Prime beef since 1893. The company has also been one of the main sponsors of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival and has provided most of the meat for the festivities, including the very meaty Burger Bash and BubbleQ events. The big news coming out of this edition is t

  September 9, 2009

• Rosa Mexicano Celebrates Mex Independence Day

  Mexican Independence Day takes place this Wednesday, September 16, and Rosa Mexicano is celebrating all week. Starting today and running through Sunday, September 20th, the Mary Brickell restaurant will be offering a three-course prix-fixe dinner menu "inspired by the patriotic holiday celebrated in plazas throughout Mexico and by Mexicans all over the world". Chef David Sloane's menu looks mighty tempting. Patrons get to choose one of each:Appetizers: Guacamole en Molcajete; Chicken Raviolis wi

  September 14, 2009

• Top Ten Old Time Vintage Candy Brands That Are Still Relevant and Some That Aren't

  ​ Old people like to talk about "way back when," and how everything was different, and better. Like "Way back when I was a kid a candy bar cost a nickel, and that's when a nickel meant something."Looking at the ad to the left we can't figure out why if a nickel meant so much that they're telling people to shoplift. Look at that thief, that candy bar booster, that low down, rotten, smug face, red hat, jacker getting her "shopping lift" off shoplifting.Fuhgeddaboutit. Point is, that's an old ass

  September 17, 2009

• Mr. Yum serves fresh Thai and Japanese on Calle Ocho

  September 24, 2009

• No More Raw Milk at Florida Whole Foods, the Company Explains Their Decision, Kind Of

  via wikimedia​Cooked milk, get your cooked milk.Whole Foods Market has officially dropped raw milk from its shelves in Florida.Raw Milk is milk that has not been pasteurized or homogenized. Pasteurization is a heating process meant to kill bacteria, and homogenization is the process of making the milk one consistency throughout. The fat of non homogenized milk collects as cream like head on beer.Some people swear by the alleged health benefits of raw milk, a problematic sentiment for Floridian

  October 2, 2009

• Make This Tonight: Orange Gazpacho with Crunchy Vegetables Salad and Grilled Garlic Ciabatta Bread

  ​Inspired by the Late Summer Vegetable Salad dish recently devoured at Sra. Martinez, (soon to be named one of Esquire magazine's 20 best restaurants of 2009,) we whipped up this tasty take in about an hour.  Suffice to say that mere minutes after that hour, a crumb and a puddle were about all that remained!The dish is comprised of three parts that come together in a bowl for service: an orange gazpacho made with yellow and red tomatoes, a crunchy salad of roughly-chopped radish and fenne

  October 5, 2009

• 2 Girls and a Cupcake: October Monday Free Cupcake Specials

  via 2 girls and a cupcake facebook​Azucar!2 Girls and a Cupcake bring gourmet cupcakery to Downtown Miami.Today is their official grand opening, and the first ten customers get a free Oye Como Va. That's a vanilla cupcake with guava filling and cream cheese frosting.Every Monday for the month of October, they'll be doing cupcake giveaways including a freebie for anybody who buys six cupcakes.The store opens at noon today and will be open until 8 p.m. Short Ordered dialed up the shop and spoke

  October 5, 2009

• Bogus beef: Miami restaurants say it's Kobe, but it's not

  October 8, 2009

• The Biltmore's Palme d'Or soars

  October 8, 2009

• Botequim Carioca brings gutsy, affordable Brazilian fare to downtown Miami

  October 15, 2009

• Stone Crab Season Is Open - Top 10 Stone Crab Trivia Facts

  via wikimedia commonsJoe's​Today, October 15, 2009 stone crab season officially opens and runs through May 15, 2010. We have assembled some trivia you may find useful around the dinner table, at a bar with friends, or if you ever end up on a quiz show. Enjoy.10. Stone crabs are found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts but are commercially harvested almost entirely in Florida. [FoodReference]9. Stone crabs are a good, low-fat source of protein, vitamin 6, selenium and magnesium. [NOOA]

  October 15, 2009

• Casale in Miami Beach is a pizzeria with hearth!

  October 22, 2009

• Interview With David Sax, Author of Save The Deli

  Photo by Lee KleinPastrami at Ben's​David Sax has been called "The M.F.K. Fisher of pickled meats" (A.J. Jacobs), and his just-published book, Save The Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) was referred to as "a voluptuous mitzvah for schmaltzophiles" (Jane and Michael Stern, authors of Roadfood).David ate his way across America (and other countries, too), sampling the fare at hundreds of Jewish delicatessens in order

  October 22, 2009

• Grateful Bread and Moises Bakery: One serves hearty fare, the other tasty empanadas

  October 29, 2009

• Deals & Squeals: Salsa Fiesta, Sushi Maki, Coral Gables Thursdays

  ​Salsa Fiesta Debuts TodayOwners Cesar Olivo and Adriana Pérez Benatar are hosting the grand opening of their Salsa Fiesta Urban Mexican Grill today. The fast casual eatery is located on 29th Street and Biscayne Boulevard, just a block north of the New Times offices. The modern industrial-style restaurant has indoor and outdoor seating and "a mostly muted color scheme differentiating this innovative eatery from the traditional Mexican greasy spoon". Other differentiating factors might include

  October 28, 2009

• Whisk Gourmet Food & Catering whips up a crowd in Coral Gables

  November 19, 2009

• The Cheese Course, Open in Midtown, Selling Gourmet Sandwiches

  Peppered Roast Beef - with blue cheese, raspberry cranberry relish, and greens. $8.45.​ They've got stank cheese, foreign cheese, mild cheese, and bold cheese, cheese with meat, cheese with friends, and more cheese than you can shake a cheese at. That's right, The Cheese Course (3451 NE 1st Ave, suite 100) is open in Midtown Miami, right next door to the new Primo Pizza. In addition to selling cheese, The Cheese Course also makes gourmet sandwiches, salads, and quiche, serves beer and wine, ma

  November 18, 2009