Subject: Jacob Katel

• The Rush Limbaugh Diet, Before and After Pictures

  Since when did Palm Beach County radio host Rush Limbaugh become a diet icon? Apparently, since yesterday. I like to think of the guy as a hard-drinking, meat-eating, pilled-out fat dude who smokes a lot. Yesterday, Google reported "Rush Limbaugh Diet" as one of the top 100 searches during the hour that I checked. Well, June 1, Rush reported a net loss of 58 pounds over his radio show thanks to his top secret diet. He refers to a jigsaw like 1,500-calorie menu including frittatas and portioned m

  June 2, 2009

• Weekly Wrap-Up: The Friday Cleanup

  Jacob KatelShort Order Does The Dirty Work For You What's it mean to scrub pots, wash plates, move silver, push glass, stock shelves, stand, walk, turn, dodge, burn, cut, sweep, mop, hose, flip, drop, rinse, ride, and repeat? Don't worry about it. Most people don't. But somebody's gotta do it. Here's our digital dishwash for last week.Hy Vong does timeless Vietnamese on SW 8th Street, Jackie takes pictures.Woop Woop pull over that ass too fat.Learn to beet your goat.Everybody's a critic, treat '

  May 29, 2009

• Burgers at The Standard on Miami Beach

  Jacob KatelCheeseburgers At The Bayside Grill Burgers at The Standard don't come cheap, but the Bayside Grill's waterfront, saltwater poolside locale is top notch Dade County lifestyles of the rich and famous type shit. A trio of sliders will run you $16.00. That means three charred grill burgers made from locally sourced beef, your choice of cheese, and a side salad. A big side of truffle sage fries costs another $6. The Bayside Grill hooked me up with a free meal, I didn't pay for it, but I at

  June 3, 2009

• Part One of Dining Out with Coral Gables Mayor Slesnick: A Top 10

  Jacob Katel No tax payer dollars were used, nor special favors called upon, in the making of this series"The New Times never calls me," Mayor Don Slesnick grumbled to a certain food writer one evening not long ago.  And if can I recall correctly, that same food writer quickly replied, "That probably means you're doing something right!"Well in case you didn't get the memo, it's Coral Gables Restaurant Week until June 14.  So we present a multimedia series of culinary escapades wi

  June 10, 2009

• Mayor Don Slesnick Talks Dope, Drinks Wine, Eats Huevos Por Fin in Coral Gables

  Don Slesnick from Miami New Times on Vimeo Don Slesnick, The Slesmeister, El Slesarino, The Slesinator, Slesny Snipes, Slesley Nielsen, whatever way you chop it up, Mayor Don Slesnick of Coral Gables is an alright dude. In the following video he tells Short Order he cannot legalize marijuana, talks Zinfandel, and explains why there's no drinking on the trolley. All this and more over a late lunch and drinks at Por Fin Restaurant and Lounge in Coral Gables.The Vietnam Vet, lawyer, former Dade Co

  June 12, 2009

• Behind the Line: BLT Steak Miami Beach at the Betsy Hotel

  Jacob KatelBLT Steak Miami Beach chef de cuisine Sam Gorenstein, 25, shows Off his meat's marbling. BLT Steak Miami Beach takes Chef Laurent Tourondel's formula for success and applies it to Dade County. Read Lee Klein's New Times review of the joint here and Victoria Pesce Elliot's Miami Herald review here.BLT Steak Miami Beach's Chef De Cuisine Sam Gorenstein says "I was born in Colombia and I went to Kropp High School in Miami. I started cooking at a young age, I'm 25 now, at 17 I decided to

  June 12, 2009

• Weekend Blog Watch - Happy As A Clam

  Jacob KatelMeanwhile back in subvert city Before the advent of the internet ocean creatures played cards shell to shell. Now they battle it out online. This weekend blog watch brought to you courtesy of superconnectivity. Be sure to inlude hand crank web access in your hurricane preparedness kit. Here's some weekend data that flowed across the internets.- South Florida Beer Blog adds an events calendar to the site. Drink up.- The Chowfather co-signs Sosta Pizzeria on Lincoln Road.- The South Flo

  June 15, 2009

• Robert Is Here - Homestead's Landmark Fruit Stand Still Rockin In 09'

  Jacob KatelLocal Rules Robert Is Here fruit stand has stood at the same location since 1960 and is a South Dade landmark. The place got its name from the sign a 6 year old Robert used to get folk's attention back when he started with a box of his dad's cucumbers and a tabletop. Check out RobertIsHere.com for the full history, here are images from a recent Short Order down south excursion.Jacob KatelBees Rule

  June 15, 2009

• Festival Food at Fruit And Spice Park

  Jacob Katel Ice Cream On A Hot Summer Day Over the weekend, the Redland Summer Fruit Festival at Fruit & Spice Park offered visitors a bounty of options for edible fulfillment well beyond the usual. Vendors peddled ice cream, Thai food, arepas, and more in an atmosphere that included craft booths and a music tent. Check out some more pictures....

  June 22, 2009

• Fruit and Spice Park's Redland Summer Fruit Festival In Pictures

  Jacob KatelMango Time The Redland Summer Fruit Festival evidenced momma nature's love for all us animals;sure she might throw us a Category 5 monster this year, but the mangos will be flying off the shelves regardless. Fresh and juicy, ripe and ready, hot and tempting, cool and refreshing, the harvest is on point, and fuckachainstore -- nothin' tastes better than fresh picked. South Dade is one of the greatest regions in the states for produce, at least until our historic agriculture zones get z

  June 22, 2009

• Behind The Line: Neomi's Grill For Paradigm Dinner at The Trump Sonesta In Sunny Isles

  Jacob KatelSay Cheese The weekly Paradigm dinner at Neomi's Grill in the Trump International Sonesta Beach Resort takes eaters on a culinary acid trip; blasting their flavor modulators (tongues) through outer space with alimentary combinations that taste like they came from the great beyond. A recent Paradigm dinner saw Chef Kurtis Jantz, Chef Chad Galiano, pastry Chef Fabian De Paolo, and Chef Chris Windus from the Blue Zoo in Orlando, along with a crack team of kitchenary science professionals

  June 23, 2009

• $7 Breakfast At The Daily Creative Food Co. on Biscayne

  Jacob KatelBacon, egg and cheese on sesame bagel with medium coffee, $7.06. The Daily Creative Food Co. is a newspaper-themed joint on 20th and Biscayne. They're a lunch rush type sandwich shop open seven days a week. Had breakfast there this morning, a bacon egg and cheese on a bagel sandwich and a coffee. Total came to $7.06.Let it be known, most latin cafeterias run a basic variation on the same combo (bacon, eggs, tostada, cafe con leche) for around half the cost, but that's a smaller coffee

  June 24, 2009

• Weekend Blog Watch - Waiter There's A Hydrogen In My Water

  Jacob Katelget money Short Order is always on the look out for Dade County voices talking food and drink. Here are some recent posts from other food blogs around town.Mango&Lime pulls public records info after seeing a "coming soon" sign in Coral Gables.The South Florida Punch serves up BBQ wine pairings for the 4th of July.I Shot The Chef fresh bakes pitas, from a couple weeks back, but if you missed it, you're missing out, great images.Grove Grapevine documents Alfest, a charitable bar cra

  June 29, 2009

• Be Organic Catering Company Launch Organic Takeover to Get Miami and the World Eating Healthy

  Jacob Katel Be Organic members show off samples of their finishing sauces Be Organic is a catering operation on a mission to spread the gospel of healthy food that tastes good. Founding members Chad Cherry, Roosevelt Desir, Kirk Nelson, and Andre Walker are on what they call a "takeover tour to go into places and educate people about the organic lifestyle." In September the group will begin a bicycle pilgrimage across the state of Florida that will take them on a 40 mile a day journey fo

  June 29, 2009

• Ceviche Parlor in Miami Serves Fresh Seafood, Salsas, and Mozzarella at Green Market

  Jacob KatelScallop Ceviche Juan Carlos Lopategui is the private chef and caterer behind the Ceviche Parlor brand. He's also a sales rep for Mozzarita, the maker of New Times' Best Mozzarella 2008. "I do corporate events, and I specialize in hordeurves parties. I went to the Culinary Institute of America at 19 years old, then I moved to Spain and cooked at a Michelin 3 star rated restaurant, after that I moved to Napa Valley and studied oenology and lived there for a few years and worked for Ster

  June 29, 2009

• Paellas R Us Serves Miami Up for 13 Years and Running

  Jacob KatelSeafood paella -- big fuckin' pot.Paellas R Us is a 13-year-old and running catering company started by Chef David Calavia and his wife Angelina Calavia. The company was born of the couple's desire to start their own business at a time when Chef David was working at Spanish restaurants around town.Angelina doesn't know how many parties they've catered, but she says they serve paellas of the "seafood, chicken, vegetable, meat, and all kinds," varieties. They are also equipped to handle

  June 30, 2009

• South Dade's Own Robert "The Mango Man" Got That Rambutan

  Jacob KatelGee whiz, got damn! It's rambutan! Robert The Mango Man is a carpenter turned tropical fruits dealer. He got the idea while plying his carpentry trade on the fruitful grounds of South Dade. "I was working and saw that these people got all these trees in their backyard that they weren't doin' nothin' with, so I said 'let's make a deal I take the fruit off your hands and whatever sells I'll pay you for and if they don't sell I don't pay.' Turns out it can be very lucrative."Pictured abo

  June 30, 2009

• Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sally Heyman Opens Coffee Brake - A Mobile Cafe On Wheels

  Jacob Katel Powered By Java What do you get when you cross a politician and a dream? No, the answer isn't a sleeping liar. If you're talking Sally Heyman, you get Coffee Brake, a motorized coffee shop on wheels. Sally says "I've been talking about doing this since I was in the legislature. I had two sick parents I had to take care of, then I had back surgery, but I finally did it, and I'm so happy, it's so much fun."

  June 30, 2009

• The Ladies of Guacamole House Make Healthy, Natural, Peruvian Foods

  Jacob Katel Can't Knock The Guac Guacamole House has made natural food products for sale at local markets for about a year now. The food is all prepared by Alejandra Cruzado and Vilma Montoya and their motto is "Tu propia comida es tu propia medicina," which roughly translates to "your food is your medicine."Vilma explains that "Guacamole has the vitamin A, the good cholesterol, and the natural acid from the avocado that detoxifies the body and is good for the skin. The olive oil is good

  July 1, 2009

• Lawyer By Day Launches Harmony Kettle Corn, Makes Gourmet Popcorn For The People

  Jacob KatelKettle Corn, The New Batch Brian Moore Esq. is a land use and development attorney by profession, but in his spare time he owns and operates Harmony Kettle Corn. "Handmade popcorn is usually treated as a gourmet concept and I think it should be available to everybody. It's like anything, if you really believe in it, the mission is to take it as far as it can go. I'd like to see Harmony Kettle Corn in grocery stores, but most importantly I'd like to see it in urban inner cities at an a

  July 1, 2009

• Shantel Lounge Sunday Fish Fry With Live Blues and R&B

  Jacob KatelNW 7th Ave Suited and BootedShantel Lounge, winner of our Best Barbecue Chicken and Best Open Mic Night awards also deserves recognition for their fried fish. Find out why for yourself this and every Sunday as they host their Sunday Fish Fry featuring live blues and real R&B. This past Sunday featured the music of former Harlem South (a.k.a. Overtown before the 95), Sir John Nightbeat (a.k.a. the hottest club in town) house band guitarist Treetop. He was followed by "Honey, Honey"

  July 1, 2009

• Behind The Line: Coopertown Airboat Rides and Restaurant Fries Gator Tail and Frog Legs

  Jacob KatelDoes a frog's ass bump ground when it hops? Coopertown Airboat Rides and Restaurant has stood on the Tamiami Trail (a few miles west of Miccosukee Resort & Gaming, or 11 miles west of the turnpike) since 1945. Captain Jesse Kennon the proprietor says "This is the oldest original airboat tour in the Everglades. I've been here permanently since 1981, but off and on since childhood. Our specialties here are alligator tail and frog legs, but we got burgers, dogs, breakfast and lunch.W

  July 2, 2009

• County Soda Systems Makes Cola, Restaurants Sell It To You as Coke or Pepsi

  Jacob Katel Mike Barba - County Soda Systems According to Mike Barba, a boss in the family-owned County Soda Systems, most of the time when you go to a bar, club, or restaurant and order a Coke, Pepsi, or any name brand soda, what you're actually getting is an offbrand knockoff that tastes just like what you're looking for but costs the business owner significantly less.Mike says: "We do exactly what Coke does, manufacture our own Classic Fountain brand in every flavor they do. We have a

  July 2, 2009

• Session Photos: Comping Tracks at Studio 71 with Bobby Macintyre and Gil from Endo

  Photos - Jacob KatelCome on in. Bobby Macintyre's Studio 71 in the City of Miami is where he writes and records music. He's got sessions between sessions, projects on top of projects, and on this day he's working with Gil from Endo on what he called "comping," going through 20 or so takes of the same vocals and picking the best versions of each line of the song to create the record out of. Here are some pictures.

  July 2, 2009

• The Pit Bar-B-Que Adds Latin Flavor To 44 Years Of Miami Country Style Cue

  Jacob KatelThe Pit Bar-B-Q's pickup window. The Pit Bar-B-Que in West Dade is an 8th street landmark, literally, it's either the first or last restaurant stop on the Miami side of the Tamiami Trail depending on if you're entering or leaving Miccosukee country. Incidentally, the Tamiami Trail gets it's name from the fact that it used to be a dirt road into the everglades, that's back when civilaztion ended at sw 42nd Ave. This is all according to Michael Gonzales, who with his wife Sonia bought T

  July 2, 2009

• Las Delicias Fruteria y Nursery is Juan y Jose "Los Locos De Las Plantas"

  Jacob KatelJose y Juan, "Los locos de la plantas." Las Delicias Fruteria y Nursery has been open only 30 days, but owner Juan Hernandez is optimistic. "If the business no good, we go, if the business okay, fine," he says in a heavily accented Miami Cuban english. Juan has lived in the U.S. for 41 years "right here in Florida," and is an American citizen. "I have more years in the U.S. than you do, that makes me more American. You speak better english, I speak better spanish" says Juan in his nat

  July 2, 2009

• Gerbaud Bakery Serves Up Market Fresh Baked Goods at Jackson Market

  Jacob KatelGerbaud's Rugeleh. Gerbaud's Bakery has stood in Hollywood for "about 15 years" according to Johanne Cyr who has worked there for around ten months. Johanne works the Jackson Memorial Foundation Green Market every Thursday and sells fresh baked danishes, sweet potato pudding, rugalach's, coconut candy, poppy seed rolls, walnut rolls, a coconut drink called Kremas and more of what she calls "European and Caribbean goods." Here are some pictures to prove it.

  July 3, 2009

• Lamoy's Living Food is Raw, Vegan, Organic, Alive

  Jacob KatelLamoy's living eggplant salad. Lamoy Andressohn is a dedicated raw food lifestylist. Her specialty is preparing all raw, vegan, organic meals from scratch. She says "the idea behind my food is health, wellness, and simplicity. It's all my own creation. I've been raw for 9 years and I thank God everyday for it, I feel like it's my gift from the universe. I think about my Caribbean culture, the spices and herbs they use in Jamaica. It's just a matter of substituting meat with nuts. I al

  July 3, 2009

• Sozen's Organic Farmers Market of South Florida

  Jacob KatelJackson Hospital Volunteer Buys Lunch Hakan Sozen's Organic Farmers Market is a storefront operation located in Oakland Park, Fl that also sells out of booths at outdoor farmers markets to drive customers to their store. Hakan says, "I do the vegetarian food from the Middle East, organic of course. I usually carry eggplant salad, lantil burgers, grape leaves, zucchini pancakes, it's all vegetarian."I've been doing this about 3 years. I happened to drive by a market place, and at the t

  July 6, 2009

• Top Ten Alleged Health Benefits of Lychees - Buy Local, Support Dade County Lychee Growers

  Jacob KatelLychee, lychee, they're good for your self; the more you eat 'em the better your health. The better your health the better you feel, so eat some lychee with every meal. The lychee is a fruit native to China that grows well in humid, subtropical climates free of frost. No wonder that a simple drive around Miami-Dade County reveals many "Lychees for Sale" signs at roadside stands, outdoor markets, and grocery stores. Tropical fruit season is here, so now is the time to get 'em fresh, ju

  July 8, 2009

• Weekly Wrap Up: The Friday Sauce

  Jacob KatelThis week, the cover of our print product depicts hand sewn, plush, homemade Star Wars dolls. On the web front, Short Order wrote a week's worth of hopefully entertaining, informative, insightful, and humorous posts that had almost nothing to do with the grim realities of life in Miami in the Summer of '09. Here's what you might have missed last week: Crying about the economy? Want some cheese with that whine? A slideshow of the 14th annual International Mango Festival. Breakfas

  July 17, 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

• National Tequila Day Presidential CoSign, JFK On That Sauza - Top 5 Miami Destinations

  photo parody Jacob Katel. Original image via Presidential Archives Just so you know, this image is from May 3, 1963, six months before tragedy, happy times, a good day for a motorcade, a great day for a drink and a backseat romp with the old lady. Short Order knows what you probably think when you see a picture of JFK and Jackie O in a convertible, this ain't the one.Today is national tequila day. Here are some important things to remember. Don't drink and drive. If it's not "100% puro de a

  July 24, 2009

• Angry Rodeo Bulls Hurt Cowboys Over Churrasco At Bullriding Championship In Davie, Florida

  Jacob Katel​ The weekend's International Bullriding Championship presented by Joana Bueno at the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds in Davie, Florida taught us many important lessons. For one, we learned that Brazilian cowboys, against whom a U.S. team were pitted for bullriding supremacy, take the sport quite seriously. We also saw that standing too close to the fence is dangerous, a bucking bronco may smash his horns through and knock your beer out your hand. But why were the bulls so angry? Short O

  July 27, 2009

• Bengal Modern Indian Cuisine's All You Can Eat Lunch Buffet In Pictures

  Jacob Katel​Bengal Modern Indian Cuisine (2010 Biscayne Boulevard) serves up authentic Bangladeshi and North Indian cuisine with a modern twist 7 days a week. And from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. they have an all you can eat lunch buffet for $11.95. Short Order has been to it before, yesterday we went again. Here are the pictures.

  July 30, 2009

• Weekend Blog Watch: Food That Rhymes

  Jacob Katel​Welcome to another edition of Weekend Blog Watch, where Short Order links to recent posts from other Miami food blogs. This week we present our roundup in a rhymeup, but to kick things off, here's a food haiku:Some eat just to liveOthers simply live to eatMe, I photographHere's the blogwatch:Pizza crawl, coffee roast, mango mojo, chinese post. Cats and cocaine, pints of brew, joys of life in drink and food. Get it cheap, look for truth, monkfish liver, twitter too. Eggdrop quail, g

  August 3, 2009

• Larry Dogg Films Disco Rick Telling Local DJs to Start Breaking Records, Stop Sweating Celebrities

  Jacob Katel​If you've never seen or heard of Larry Dogg, he claims the title of "Underground King of Comedy in South Florida." He's also got a website that documents his interactions with white families in massage chairs at the mall, big girls getting freaky at the club, rappers, singers, and celebrities. A recent upload to Larry's web site features a diatribe against DJs from the legendary Disco Rick (the hitmaker behind "Wiggle Wiggle," and "Yo Momma On That Crack Rock"). Click here to watch

  August 3, 2009

• Patty King's Gas Station Jamaican Patty

  Jacob Katel"Red Dot" Jamaican patty, that means spicy beef.​Plastic cube, metal tongs, yellow pies with colored dots. Gas station patties are a South Florida staple. We picked this one up at an Amoco on 34th and Biscayne. It is a Patty King meat pie. Their product is pretty much everywhere and we trust and enjoy it.  Sometimes we stop to consider what the pattie's gone through since it hit the market place, then we get one anyway. Those tongs are there for a reason, and if we're buying fr

  August 11, 2009

• Behind The Line at DiLido Beach Club on South Beach With Top Chef Jeff McInnis

  Jacob Katel​ The Ritz Carlton South Beach's DiLido Beach Club (One Lincoln Road) is an oceanfront restaurant that serves food inspired by South Mediterranean and North African cuisine. Top Chef Jeff McInnis runs the kitchen. He is shown above filling up on liquid nitrogen. What could he possibly need that for? Check it out, we'll show you.

  August 17, 2009

• Video: P.A.T.H. Hip-Hop Summer Camp at the Miami Light Project

  Two weeks ago, Crossfade video master Jacob Katel and I dropped in on the last day of the second annual P.A.T.H. hip-hop summer camp run by Brimstone127 and Amit Regev. The week-long workshop was held down the street from the Miami New Times offices, at the Miami Light Project. was like a conscious hip-hop version of Fame. In one corner, there were kids working on paper murals of urban art. In another, a couple girls (yay, females!) were messing around mixing old school breaks on a set of turn

  August 21, 2009

• Weekly Wrap Up: The Friday Philosophy

   Jacob Katel​Everyone has to eat to live, some out there live to eat, Short Order lives to eat what other people are eating after they've already eaten it, or get there before them and eat it first. Here's what you might have missed throughout the week.The cult of Ikea extends to their food court. Ready for Crayfish Season?Fish tacos on Red Road between Bird and Flagler, Mexican style.The U.S. government doesn't seem to care if you eat shit and die.Archive Diver listens in on the Bagelber

  August 21, 2009

• Raul Hurtado Catering at Univision's Viva El Sueño Party

  Jacob Katel​ What do you feed a bunch of hungry Latin American tv executives celebrating the launch of a new reality tv mega show? That's what Raul Hurtado's gourmet catering company must have asked themselves while planning their service for a launch party for Univision's new Sunday night show Viva El Sueño.From what little information I could glean by jumping in the middle of their operations behind a set of heavy black curtains, and walking a couple times around the party, the answer was h

  August 31, 2009

• Weekly Wrap Up: The Friday Inevitable

  Jacob KatelStay tuned. Next week Short Order goes Behind The Line at MIA at Biscayne.​Did you know that there's a Miami Police Department Café...and that back in 08' they caught a restaurant inspection violation for "identity of food product misrepresented?". According to WPLG10 it was for mislabeled fish. Something funny about that. Here's what you might have missed this week:Jackie Sayet goes in on the Kobe controversy. Are restaurants violating "truth in menu" for the sake of designer meat

  September 11, 2009

• Top 5 Reasons To Work In a Strip Club Kitchen

  Jacob KatelAmire - a former strip club cook.​Short Order has always thought highly of strip club kitchens. Not necessarily the food they produce, just the fact that there is an entire staff of people working them whose job it is to cook at a place where girls dance naked for money.Late last year we brought you our first ever South Florida strip club dining guide. Today, we're breaking down our top 5 reasons to work in a strip club kitchen. Each number corresponds to a story told to us by Amire

  September 11, 2009

• McDonald's Guerrilla Art In Wynwood

  Jacob Katel If I find one more fucking eyeball in my cheeseburger....!​ This eyeballed up cheeseburger bus poster was seen this morning in Wynwood. We look forward to seeing more of this type of art work. Not that we endorse it. It's illegal, and wrong, very, very, wrong.We're gonna have to look into whether the county got rid of the budget for graffiti cleaners like they were planning on. This could be a new era of street art leaving a lasting impression. Here's to seeing it go food re

  October 15, 2009

• Weekly Wrap Up: The Friday Angus and Brangus

  Jacob Katel Stay tuned. Next week Short Order tries to buy a walking hamburger.​Like beef? We do. So stop by next week -- we're gonna try to buy us some. Here's what you might have missed over the last week. From the people who made Jaguar a cash cow, Talavera, now open. Two Chefs, still impressing critics after all these years. $7 Dirty Martini at Chicago's in the Grove is a "cheese-infused booze bomb." Crouton, tenderloin, crab meat, asparagus, béarnaise sauce, where it at

  October 23, 2009

• Kitchen Prank: Server Gets A Red Hot Spoon For Breaking Cook's Demi Glace

  Jacob KatelA Halloween kitchen.​Kitchen pranks go back to the days when cave people pissed on each other barbecues for laughs, and they haven't gotten any less funny with time.Long time sous chef Kyle Foster from Talula (23rd and Collins, Miami Beach) tells this funny story:"We cooks joke around a lot in the kitchen, but there was this one server who thought he could joke with us too.He took some mashed potatoes and put em' in this cook's demi glace, if you don't know what that is it's a sauce

  October 30, 2009

• Short Order Samples World's Strongest Beer, Survives

  Doesn't the dude above (video by Jake Katel) just look-and sound- like the human embodiment of a Boston-brewed beer with a whopping 27% alcohol content? All he needs is one of those colonial get-ups and, like, a drunk horse by his side.Sam Adams brewmaster Bob Cannon invited Short Order to a "beer dinner" at the Upper Eastside eatery Michy's. This was a lot different than the beer dinners we usually treat ourselves to, which usually involve malt liquor and a peanut butter cracker. Chef Michelle

  November 4, 2009

• Monster Energy's Java Monster Drink Reviews

  Jacob KatelMonster in the parking lot.​Yesterday we exited the New Times building and saw a raised up Monster Energy truck pulling up. We figured it meant free drinks in our future so we stopped and asked what they had for us.One of the broads handed me a couple of cans while the other took a picture. We got a can of Java Monster Mean Bean and Java Monster Russian. Here's what we think.

  November 5, 2009

• Weekly Wrap Up: The Friday Lord's Prayer

  Jacob KatelWhen life gives you lemons....go to a restaurant, enjoy a meal, and have lemon curd for dessert. ​Though work's not gone, thy week is done, in the city, the suburbs, and rurals. Give us this our daily blog. And go get us some wings, as we go get us some pitchers. And lead us not into another belligerent drunk, but deliver us some pizza when we get like that. For Dade is the county, money is power, and the Heat are the glory, for ever. Amen. Here's what you might have missed this wee

  November 13, 2009