Subject: Fruits and Vegetables

• Recession Era Chow: Ultimate Vegetarian Chili

  I'll put up my vegetarian chili against any meat-based recipe  -- this one is insanely flavor- and color-full, and it's so spicy it'll make you weep. It's ideal post-Thanksgiving eats, since it's cheap, criminally healthy from all the folic acid, B vitamins and lycopene, and loaded with fiber if you're feeling a bit, eh, blocked.I say "my" chili, because I pass it off as my own whenever I can get away with it, but this one's adapted from the Whole Foods website -- I just added the corn. The se

  December 4, 2008

• Karu & Y Tries Again

  I could never get it straight: Was Karu the restaurant and Y the lounge, or vice versa? No matter now, as the reopened venue's newly christened restaurant name is Seecomar's at Karu & Y, which I thought was a misspelling of Seacomber's until I saw that the new owner's name is Clive Seecomar. Karu's (or Y's) executive chef was Arturo Paz (pictured above), who returns in the same capacity at Seecomar's. The menu is different, although stylistically in sync with Paz' past work -- he tends

  January 8, 2009

• Soup is Good (and Warming) Food

  You may have noticed that it's colder than a witch's teet outside. I mean, I really enjoy these few months where flip flops and Bermuda shorts aren't required attire lest you suffer heat stroke, but come on... 40s? That's not what I signed up for, folks. So last night, feeling frosty and miserable on my way home from the office, I stopped into Gabose Korean & Japanese restaurant for some much needed warmth, and found it in a bowl of ultra-spicy blue crab soup, seen above. I knew I was on the

  January 22, 2009

• BLT Steak Bewitches

  June 4, 2009

• Gaia Ristorante: The Full Story

  As Short Order reported last week, Gaia Ristorante, the latest venture of seasoned restaurateur Tom Billante, has opened at 101 Ocean Drive (Hilton Bentley Hotel)-- which I erroneously cited as the site of Billante's last Ocean Drive venue, ViVi. In fact, Prime Italian has moved into that space, and Gaia is its' new neighbor. There is a whole lot more info about the place to impart to you now. For example, we can say with certainty that there is a "walking menu", which features a laminated piece

  February 9, 2009

• Deal or No Deal?

  Seems as though just about every restaurant is offering some sort of Miami Spice-type "deal" throughout this season. This is a good thing, but not always quite as good as it looks. Take I Corsini's recent offer for a three course meal, including a glass of house wine, for $33. We haven't yet been to this upscale Italian restaurant, which opened last month at 560 Washington Avenue in South Beach (where Baire's Grille had been), and so there is no reason to doubt that chef Beppe Galazzi's cuisine

  March 4, 2009

• Italian Soul Food Simmers at Scarpetta

  March 26, 2009

• Feeling 1 Bleu at The Regent Bal Harbour

  March 19, 2009

• A Cut Above

  March 12, 2009

• Cheap Eats at Four Downtown Miami Restaurants

  March 5, 2009

• Michy's Queen Scores with Sra. Martinez

  February 26, 2009

• Cast Your Line with Downtown Miami's Area 31

  February 19, 2009

• The Goods on Aventura's Grill on the Alley

  February 5, 2009

• Joey's Restaurant Is a Wynwood Winner

  January 29, 2009

• A Room with a View

  January 22, 2009

• Batty over Gotham

  January 15, 2009

• Mazie's Soul Food Shines in Liberty City

  January 8, 2009

• Thai Churos Thais Up Downtown

  December 18, 2008

• Joe the Restaurant

  December 4, 2008

• Asia de Cuba Wows in South Beach

  April 23, 2009

• Shallow Canyon

  April 30, 2009

• Sunday Bloody Sunday at 8 oz. Burger Bar

  A bloody good deal this is: From 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sundays, guests at 8 oz. Burger Bar can partake of unlimited Bloody Mary drinks for $20 per person. Best part:You customize it any bloody way you want. The base of the 8 oz. drink can be a shot of vodka, gin, or tequila. Accompaniments include V8, tomato juice, beefmato juice, Tabasco, garlic powders, variously flavored salts, spicy or regular horseradish, lemon juice, cooked shrimp, oysters, pickled onions, pickled asparagus, salami st

  April 28, 2009

• Mother's Day Restaurant Roundup, Part II

  via basyke's flickr some random picture I found on the internet on a "mother's day" image searchThis post is dedicated to the time I got arrested on Mother's Day when I was 15. Do not -- I repeat -- do not, get high with your friends on the roof of a parking garage in Coral Gables and throw rocks at the Metrobus, even if it's parked and nobody's in it and you think nobody's watching. It is a bad idea. A very bad idea. Especially because some people work on Mother's Day and they will watch

  May 1, 2009

• I Corsini Darwini

  May 7, 2009

• It's a Mango Tango for Brasel, Hoffmann

  Brustman Carrino PR The dynamic duo, muy delicioso at Meat MarketWhat could be sexier than two of Miami's hottest chefs cooking up original dishes for your pure and utterly unadulterated indulgence?  When they do it together, of course.That's what you have to look forward to this Wednesday night if you partake in Meat Market's first ever guest chef dinner.  Celebrity chef Ingrid Hoffmann, the adorable Latina whose signature flare has catapulted her from hometown sweetheart to st

  May 12, 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Hakkasan's Haute Hong Kong Cuisine at the Fontainebleau

  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

• 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

• 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

• Sandwich Slingers and Zingers

  August 20, 2009

• Brunch Bonanza

  August 27, 2009

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

  September 24, 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

• The Biltmore's Palme d'Or soars

  October 8, 2009

• Casale in Miami Beach is a pizzeria with hearth!

  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