Hedy Goldsmith

Juvia Wins James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant Design

Juvia, the stunning restaurant atop the Herzog & de Meuron-designed structure at 1111 Lincoln Rd. in Miami Beach, was recognized by the James Beard Foundation last night and received the Outstanding Restaurant Design award for spaces 76 seats and over. The restaurant, designed by Alejandro Barrios- ... More >>

Miami's Best Eats and Drinks This Weekend

While everyone else in Miami throws on their second pair of neon sequined tutus and triangle bikinis, foodies will be eating their way through the city. This week, James Beard Award nominees Jeff McInnis and Hedy Goldsmithadvanced to the finals, and the proper way to celebrate such pride in our ho ... More >>

Jeff McInnis and Hedy Goldsmith Finalists for James Beard Awards

The James Beard Foundation has announced its finalists for the 2013 James Beard Awards, and two Miami toques have made the list within the restaurant and chef categories. Jeff McInnis, executive chef and partner at Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, and Hedy Goldsmith, executive pastry chef at Michael' ... More >>

Hedy Goldsmith and Josh Wesson: Sex and Desserts at SoBeWFF

When it comes to indulgences, sweet treats are at the top of the list for most of us. Alcohol comes in a close second. But pair the two together and we get a sugary, sexy, buzz-inducing treat. We sat in on a Baking Out Loud seminar with Miami's dessert queen Hedy Goldsmith and wine guru Josh Wesson ... More >>

SoBeWFF's The Q: Paula Deen and a Host of Famous Faces

The 2013 edition of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival kicked off with Moët Hennessy's the Q, the bash that brings bubbly, barbeque, and famous faces to the beach.Thousands of guests converged under the SoBeWFF party tents to drink good Champagne and hand crafted cocktails and to eat barbeque ... More >>

Ten Twitter Handles to Follow During SoBeWFF

Can't make it to this year's South Beach Wine & Food Festival? We hear ya. Tickets are kind of expensive. Fret not. Luckily, Twitter allows complete strangers to pry into the lives of those who live publicly, like Cooking Channel and Food Network idols, for instance. This year, experience SoBe ... More >>

SoBeWFF: Hedy Goldsmith, Jeni Britton-Bauer, Paulina Naranjo Share a Love for All Things Frozen and Sweet

For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times' Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. Credit three ladies for making this year's South Beach Wine & Food Festival just a little bit, um, cooler: Hedy Goldsmith, James Beard award-nominated executive past ... More >>

James Beard Announces 2013 Semifinalists: Miami Gets Several Nods

The James Beard Foundation has just announced its semifinalists in the restaurant and chef categories for 2013, and South Florida has seven reasons to be very proud.This is actually the beginning of the long road to winning a coveted James Beard Award. The semifinalist list will be whittled down Mar ... More >>

South Beach Wine and Food Festival 2013: The Six Best Events Featuring Miami Chefs

If you haven't purchased your tickets for the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, we suggest breaking out the credit card because many of the more famous events, like Burger Bash, are sold out.Luckily, the four-day long festival is filled with seminars, dinners, and parties -- ensuring there's an ... More >>

Twinkie Withdrawal? Hedy Goldsmith Shows Us How To Make Red Velvet Twinks

The last batch of Twinkies has left the building. According to Fox News, the very last shipment of Twinkies was shipped to Chicago's Jewel-Osco grocery chain this week. 20,000 boxes of Twinkies, and 5,000 boxes of Ding Dongs, Zingers, and Orange Cupcakes were flying out of the store, in what was dub ... More >>

Miami's Best Cookies: Ten Places to Feed Your Sweet Tooth

​Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don't forget to check out the full Best of Miami® 2012 online at bestof.voiceplaces.com. Sesame Street's most relatable character, by far, was ... More >>

Hedy Goldsmith Hosting Dessert Party to Fight Children's Cancer

Miami foodies know Hedy Goldsmith as the Magic City's dessert queen, Michael's Genuine Food & Drink's pastry chef extraordinaire, and creator of mouthwatering twists on childhood favorites like chocolate peanut-butter brownie banana splits, s'more brownies, and buttered-popcorn gelato.Drooling y ... More >>

Miami's Best Eats and Drinks This Weekend

Are you ready for the weekend? Of course you're not (because you're not finished reading this list). As part of our loving devotion to you, we've put together the best food-related things to do this weekend and all of them are worth a shot. Oktoberfest is here, so we've got beer. Hedy Goldsmith g ... More >>

Who Wants a Copy of Hedy Goldsmith's Baking Out Loud?

We love free stuff. And we know you love free stuff. That's why we're giving away a copy of Hedy Goldsmith's Baking Out Loud. With this giveaway you can guarantee that a copy of Goldsmith's dessert bible is yours before it even hits the retail markets. Your next batch of cookies might just be ... More >>

Hedy Goldsmith's Baking Out Loud: Book Parties and Video Previews

Baking Out Loud, Hedy Goldsmith's first book is finally coming out in about a month. The 224-page tome features 80 recipes by the talented executive pastry chef at Michael's Genuine Food & Drink and photographs by Ben Fink.Many of the treats featured in Baking Out Loud are upgraded riffs on the ... More >>

Miami's Top Ten Dog-Friendly Restaurants

​Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don't forget to check out the full Best of Miami® 2012 online at bestof.voiceplaces.com.They're everywhere. Four-legged fur babies are out and a ... More >>

Trans Fats: New York Bans It, Florida Lets Anybody Use It

Flickr CCShoppers entering the Fresh Market in Coconut Grove are greeted with vibrant flowers, elegant wooden fixtures and mellow classical music.The bakery section features organized stacks of sugar cookies, fruity pies and loaf cakes, all placed in a very sweet, delicious way.But, if you take a cl ... More >>

Hedy Goldsmith's Cookbook Available For Presale: We Have a Preview

2012 is turning out to be a good year, indeed, for Michael's Genuine Food & Drink pastry chef Hedy Goldsmith. The modest and talented chef is on her way this weekend to New York City for the annual James Beard Foundation Awards ceremony at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall on Monday, May 7, whe ... More >>

Hedy Goldsmith Talks James Beard, Cookbooks, and Tattoos

​On Monday, the 2012 James Beard finalists were announced, leaving Michael's Genuine Food & Drink pastry chef Hedy Goldsmith the last hope of Miami taking home a coveted Beard award this year. Her boss, Michael's chef/owner Michael Schwartz, received the Beard award for Best Chef South in 2010 ... More >>

Hedy Goldsmith is a 2012 James Beard Finalist

​The 2012 James Beard finalists were recently announced in Las Vegas. South Florida was shut out from most of the categories, with Hedy Goldsmith of Michael's Genuine Food & Drink the only south Florida chef (or restaurant) making it this far in this year's awards process.Chef Goldsmith was na ... More >>

SoBeWFF: Diamond Dishes Event is a Home Run (Photos)

​The Miami Marlins new ballpark was the venue for what had to have been the most striking (pun intended) event of the 2012 South Beach Wine & Food Festival.The moment guests stepped out of the elevator onto the field level Diamond Club area for cocktails and appetizers, cameras flashed and jaw ... More >>

Pears With Licorice, Manchego, or Almonds: Hedy Says Try It All!

Lesley ElliottSeckel pears with pistachio pear baklava, local honeycomb and Greek frozen yogurt.​We know she has sweet and salty sides, which is why her desserts are always such a delight. Even for food aficionados who embrace savory, saving room at Michael's Genuine for executive pastry chef Hedy ... More >>

Hedy Goldsmith's Macallan 12-Year-Old Sherry Oak Spiced Pecans Recipe

Laine DossHedy Goldsmith's spiced pecans taste like a crisp fall afternoon.​Earlier this week, we interviewed Michael's Genuine Food & Drink executive pastry chef, Hedy Goldsmith. If you missed the interview, read Part 1 and Part 2. As promised, we're bringing you a recipe from Hedy's kit ... More >>

Hedy Goldsmith Bakes With Love... And A Little Booze

Michael's Genuine Food & DrinkHedy Goldsmith is cooking up some lovin' at Michael's Genuine....​Hedy Goldsmith, the executive pastry chef at Michael's Genuine Food & Drink, brings new meaning to the term "take on the day." Goldsmith recently took time out of her busy schedule to chat with ... More >>

Hedy Goldsmith's Sweet and Salty Sides

Hedy Goldsmith has a yen for something salty.​The hardest part of interviewing Hedy Goldsmith, the executive pastry chef at Michael's Genuine Food and Drink is getting her to break away from the kitchen for a few minutes. She's a perpetual motion machine. Then again she has to be, because Goldsmit ... More >>

Chefs Against Cancer

Hedy Goldsmith On Cooking Channel's Unique Sweets This Sunday

​Tune in to the Cooking Channel this Sunday, April 24 to catch local pastry chef Hedy Goldsmith in the premiere episode of Unique Sweets, a show that profiles unique desserts in eateries around the country. Goldsmith will appear on the show talking about Momofuku Milk Bar's "crack pie," but that's ... More >>

Go Gaga for Chocolate at Fairchild Tropical Garden's 5th Annual Chocolate Festival

courtesy Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden​For as long as it's existed, chocolate has been revered. Rich, smooth, creamy; however you like to consume it, it sooths and stimulates, comforts and warms. How does one not like chocolate? For three days starting Friday, about 12,000 people will show th ... More >>

Chocolate Dreams

Ten Best Desserts of 2010

Lee KleinHedy's dynamo doughnuts at Michael's Genuine​These are the desserts I enjoyed most during the past year. Looking over my list, I can't help but note that three contain bananas, and only one is chocolate-based. I love chocolate desserts, but so often the only restaurant menu choice is the ... More >>

Hedy Goldsmith's Chocolate Cremoso Recipe

Ben Fink​As reported yesterday, pastry chef Hedy Goldsmith will be hosting a cooking demo at the Coral Gables Whole Foods this Thursday. Goldsmith will show participants how to make her popular chocolate cremoso. To help you prepare in advance, here's Goldsmith's recipe. If you plan to attend, rem ... More >>

Hedy Goldsmith To Give Cooking Demo at Whole Foods

​Who doesn't love pastry chef Hedy Goldsmith's chocolate cremoso? The creamy, rich chocolate topped with sea salt and olive oil has conquered many palates at Michael's Genuine Food & Drink, and Thursday is our chance to learn how to prepare it.Goldsmith will make her signature dessert at the ... More >>

Foodies With Questions

Short Order Award winners

Blog Watch: Food Trucks, Tostones and Sweets

via Sugar CaveHedy Goldsmith's cookies​Food for Thought reviews Dim Ssam a Go Go and Jefe's Original.Kitchen Interviews builds a meal around Vietnamese prawn crackers.Tostones! Get a recipe by chef Michael Schwartz at The Genuine Kitchen.Foodalogue throws an African-themed dinner party.Redland Ram ... More >>

Free Dessert Day Tomorrow!

Photo by Scott Schafer/BravoThe judges of Top Chef Just Desserts: Johnny Iuzzini, Gail Simmons, Hubert Keller, and Dannielle Kyrillos.​This just in: Tomorrow is Free Dessert Day, sponsored by Bravo and OpenTable in honor of the show Top Chef Just Desserts premiering at 11 p.m. What does this mean ... More >>

Essensia Restaurant & Lounge: Clean cuisine in a breezy outdoor setting

James Beard Award Semifinalist Interviews: Michael Schwartz and Hedy Goldsmith

Jackie SayetMichael's Genuine talent.​This week we're interviewing our local culinary superstars up for James Beard Awards. This is the first year that the Foundation has released its "long list" of semifinalists, stretching out the waiting period one more month. On March 22, restaurant and chef f ... More >>

The Genuine Kitchen: Roses Are Red... These Cupcakes Are, Too

Jackie SayetHedy Goldsmith's Red Velvet Cupcake​The Genuine Kitchen column features recipes and tips for your home cooking by James Beard Award-nominated Chef Michael Schwartz and his team at Michael's Genuine Food & Drink. For this installment, Executive Pastry Chef Hedy Goldsmith guest blogs ... More >>

Weekend Blog Watch: Zen, Ice Cream, Bullets, Burgers, Dirt, and Power

Food philosophy, simplicity, culinary Zen. [Chadzilla]Eating ice cream in Tel Aviv. [AllPurposeDark]Kitchen Inquisition with Giancarla Bodoni of Escopazza. Cooking osso buco for Gorbachev. [NBCmiami]Six-year-old boy, Italian tourist, catches stray bullet while eating with family at Mai Tardi in Desi ... More >>

Where it At: Pecan Pie

​What it is: Pecan pie.Sure looks good. Is this the work of Hedy Goldsmith? Does it come from one of our top steak houses?  Where it at?.

Hedy Goldsmith's Winning Pear Granita Recipe

Courtesy of the Pear Board​Hedy Goldsmith, executive pastry chef of Michael's Genuine Food and Drink, has been recognized by Pear Bureau Northwest as its December "Pear Panache" chef of the month for her Pear and Cardamom Granita with Pistachio Pomegranate Biscotti."Chef Goldsmith's granita is a s ... More >>

Nemo Is Still Swimming on South Beach

This local stalwart has been afloat since 1995.

BEST DINER

Big Pink

Lunch Will Keep Us Together

But dinner could tear us apart

Restaurant Chefs Are Doing It for Themselves

There's less of a hunger for sweets makers

BEST DESSERTS

Hedy Goldsmith

Nemo/Shoji Sushi/Big Pink

BEST FINE DINING TO DO TAKE-OUT

Shoji Sushi

Poise in the Hood

Nemo

Go Fish