James Beard

11. Paula DaSilva of 1500° at Eden Roc

Paula DaSilva is one tough cookie. Working in kitchens since age 10, chef de cuisine at 21, Hell's Kitchen finalist at 28 and executive chef of a critically acclaimed restaurant by 31, this lady doesn't just take the heat: she brings it. As executive chef of 1500° at Eden Roc Renaissance in Miami ... More >>

Free Grilled Cheese Cooking Class With Allen Susser Tonight at Whole Foods Coral Gables

National grilled cheese month continues along its cheesy path tonight with a free cooking class tonight at Whole Foods Market in Coral Gables.Oh, and the class is taught by a James Beard winner. So, who's this top chef and what's he doing making a humble grilled cheese sandwich, anyway?See also:- Fi ... 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 >>

Cask Chronicles: Pop-Up Bar and Menswear in the Design District and Cocktails for SoBeWFF

Head to the Design District this weekend for the Miami premiere of the Cask Chronicles, a one-of-a-kind collaboration between high-end menswear designer Duncan Quinn and barrel-aged spirit Zacapa 23.Outfitted in a customized 1966 double-decker bus (that came from Miami's Churchill's Pub!), the Cask ... More >>

Swine Southern Table & Bar Prepares to Open: 50 Eggs Celebrates With Harlem Shake

Here's an update on Swine Southern Table & Bar. Though there's no "official" opening date yet, expect the pork-centrentic restaurant to open very soon.Eddie Acevedo, chief operating officer for 50 Eggs, the parent company of Swine, told Short Order that the restaurant is "very close" to opening. ... More >>

Seven Best New Restaurants of 2012 In Miami

If you were to look back at the restaurants openings of 2012 in Miami, you might notice a bit of a trend. Our epicurean vista has evolved and diversified. We are now home to more mid-priced, chef-driven eateries: Surfside gained a deli; South Beach has a ceviche joint run by a James Beard nominee; ... More >>

Monday's "Dinner with Friends" Will Be Last Of 2012

Dinner with Friends at Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill is an event that every foodie must experience at least once. Fortunately, this coming Monday, December 17, Sugarcane will once again delight a small group of diners to a gastronomic gala. Unfortunately, it will be the last DwF of the year.We attended a ... More >>

Toro Toro: Rodizio Grill and Crafted Cocktails in Downtown Miami (Photos)

Toro Toro opens tomorrow, October 25, at the InterContinental hotel in downtown Miami. The restaurant is part of a renovation of the hotel, which was once Miami's largest and finest convention property. With many new hotels opening in downtown, the InterContinental's facelift, which includes artwork ... More >>

Obnoxious Tourists Here: Brickell Oktoberfest, My Ceviche and Promotions Galore

Around October and through around April, those lovable tourists start flooding the streets of Miami wearing sun visors and holding flimsy Kodaks. Locals find themselves dodging groups of people speaking strange languages just to get to their favorite spots for a bite to eat. Thankfully, those same e ... More >>

My Top Ten NYC Restaurants: What I Ate This Summer, Part Two

It's such a challenge to select only ten little restaurants in a culinary mecca like New York City, but I don't want to overwhelm you (or embarrass myself by publicly declaring every item I consumed over the summer). If you didn't catch the first part of my back to school essay on 'What I Ate This S ... More >>

Marcus Samuelsson To Promote New Book at Michael's Genuine

"Stay invisible unless you're going to shine," is just one piece of kitchen advice from Marcus Samuelsson in his new memoir, "Yes, Chef." Samuelsson has always shined in restaurants, most notably at Aquavit in Manhattan. While cooking there he became the youngest chef to receive a three-star rating ... More >>

Lorena Garcia, Robyn Almodovar on Hell's Kitchen, Top Chef Masters

For decades, talent scouts and filmmakers have scoured our tropical city in search of beautiful faces attached to perfect tanned bodies. It's true that Miami has more than its fair share of perfection in human form. But we also have talent and brains to go with that beauty.Take local chefs, Robyn Al ... More >>

Memorial Day Weekend in Miami: Try These James Beard-Certified Dishes

Rain is forecast this Memorial Day weekend, so you might want to rethink those beach plans. Have a wonderful meal at one of Miami's best restaurants.As an incentive, seven Miami establishments are participating in Serving Up James Beard. Participating restaurants feature a signature dish, with one d ... More >>

Michelle Bernstein in Parade: "Put Down the Spoon, Pick Up a Carrot"

On yesterday's Sunday cover of Parade, (yes I still pick it up) three good looking chefs are laughing it up. The title of the story is "How Top Chefs Stay Slim" and follows with culinary wizards Art Smith, Cat Cora, and Curtis Stone share belly-busting secrets.Inside: eating rules of advice from Mic ... 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 >>

Barceloneta is the Pubbelly team's latest hip bistro

Barceloneta Gives Its Own Perspective on Spanish Cuisine

​Not so long ago, the South Beach dining scene was one big tourist trap of overpriced and overhyped restaurants. But then came the enterprising team of chefs Jose Mendin and Sergio Navarro and managing partner Andreas Schreiner, a crew that has been single-handedly filling the trendy zip code with ... More >>

Daniel Boulud to Host Wine Dinner at DB Bistro Moderne

​Jarrod Verbiak of db Bistro Moderne is a talented toque; his recent James Beard nomination as Rising Star Chef of the Year only serves as a prestigious confirmation of this. Dining at db Bistro, in other words, is always likely to yield a wonderful culinary experience. But it's not every day that ... More >>

SoBeWFF: Hedy Goldsmith and Diet Pepsi Team Up at Trucks on the Beach

​Hedy Goldsmith and Diet Pepsi have teamed up for a trucking excursion to the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival. You can catch them at Sunday night's "Trucks on the Beach" event, where Hedy's signature chocolate chunk cookies (with a hint of Maldon salt on top) will be handed out - ... More >>

James Beard Semifinalists Announced: Miami Gets Several Nods

​The 2012 James Beard semifinalists have been announced and several Miami chefs and restaurants got a much-needed nod.  Semifinalists can bask in the glory until March 19, when the finalists are announced in Las Vegas. The South Florida semifinalists are: Best New Restaurant Yardbird Southe ... More >>

Top Chef Texas Recap: Motherf**king Snakes and a Quinceañera

Photo by Virginia Sherwood/BravoUnfortunately, Padma wasn't the quinceañera.​The dust of more than a dozen would-be cheftestants hauling it back to where they came from has finally cleared, and now it's time to really start the new season of Top Chef: Texas. The show promises to move around the s ... More >>

Sam Gorenstein Leaving BLT Steak To Join Forces With Michael Schwartz

Is there more to this story than meats the eye?​Is there a chef-leaving-South-Beach-steakhouse epidemic going on or what? First Ralph Pagano announced that he was leaving STK Miami, then days later we learn that Daniel Ganem is on his way from Kane Steakhouse, and now Sam Gorenstein has informed S ... More >>

Eat Red for a Good Cause

SBWFF 2011: Food Porn from Wine Dine Design

Photo by Riki AltmanThe Blue Group started with this green dish. And that was the beginning of the confusion.Wine Dine Design was held last night in the ever-growing Design District, home to a handful of our city's most popular eateries. Here's how the event worked: Ticketholders gathered in fro ... More >>

Top Chef's Gail Simmons on Miami, Just Desserts

Courtesy South Beach Wine & Food Festival​Gail Simmons, of Top Chef and Food & Wine, returns to Miami in a few weeks for the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. This year, she'll host the sold out Dolce Brunch at Blue Door Fish. She co-hosts with James Beard winner Michael White (of Mare ... More >>

Ten Things Dewey LoSasso Needs to Know Before Visiting The James Beard House

Chef Dewey LoSasso​We got word that Forge chef and former North 110 owner Dewey LoSasso will be doing his thing at the James Beard House on October 30 for the first time, so we thought we could share some tips we learned from our visit there with Biltmore's Philippe Ruiz a few months ago:

IIzabela Wojcik of the James Beard Foundation Talks About Beard House

Izabela Wojcik from The James Beard Foundation​Before we begin describing the amazing Bastille Day dinner the Biltmore's chef, Philippe Ruiz, created for the esteemed James Beard House this week, first we thought it best to inform those of us who are willing to admit ignorance what this honor was ... More >>

Best of Miami 2010: Best Restaurant Comeback

In anticipation of the upcoming Best of Miami issue hitting newsstands June 17, here is a sneak peek at one category and its winner.Chef Marc Vidal​Solea at the W South Beach2201 Collins Ave.Miami Beach 33139305-938-3111starwoodhotels.comAll comebacks are impressive by dint of courage to change a ... More >>

Ruth’s Got Issues

Interview with Marc Vidal of James Beard Semifinalist Restaurant Soleá

​In his brief time at Soleá, Marc Vidal has captured the palates of critics and diners with what he describes as classic Spanish flavors with a modern touch. Now the restaurant with the 32-year-old at its helm has earned a James Beard nomination for Best New Restaurant. Vidal started young, help ... More >>

Kris Wessel talks James Beard and more

Kris Wessel Interview, Part One

​Kris Wessel, a tall, lanky New Orleans native, is Miami's blue-collar superstar chef. He looks and acts it -- a laid-back demeanor, a hard work ethic, and a no-nonsense, populist approach to dining. His acclaimed Red Light Little River was carved from a ruinous space wedged in a formerly seedy mo ... 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 >>

Time Honors A Village Voice Media Food Critic

​That would be Jason Sheehan, whose Dirty Cooking made Time Magazine's just-released list of ten best nonfiction books of the year: "A great tell-all by the Anthony Bourdain of greasy-spoon kitchens." Sheehan, a James Beard winner, just this week moved from being the restaurant reviewer for Westwo ... More >>

Sister Paper Takes Beard Award for Pig Story

Michelle Hudginsimage via Riverfront Times Congratulations to Kristen Hinman from our sister paper in St. Louis, The Riverfront Times, for her James Beard award for best Newspaper Feature Writing Without Recipes, for her article "The Pope of Pork."The James Beard Awards are like The Oscars for the c ... More >>

Save The Date: Cooking with Michelle Bernstein

Bernstein: Cooking by the bookMark Tuesday, March 10th in indelible ink and reserve now if you fancy the chance to cook with Miami star chef Michelle Bernstein: Bernstein will be demonstrating recipes from her new book Cuisine a Latina that night for a Miami Slow Food event sponsored by Whole Foods. ... More >>

OLA At Sanctuary Sommelier Albert Omahen Talks Wine & Food 2009

I cold-called OLA at Sanctuary to find out if they got anything going on for the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival 2009. I spoke to a real cool dude, sommelier Albert Omahen about fish tacos, wine, and the smoker's palette. Here's what he had to say:

Two Americas

The rich get richer foods, the poor get poorer foods.

Pure and Demure

Food talks, good food shouts, and great food whispers

Closed Doors

Who's Blue Door's new chef?

Moving On

Celeb chefs are giving the old house the heave-ho and getting cooking elsewhere

Suddenly Sushi

Nobu, as in no business?

Best Fine-Dining To Do Take-Out

Allen's 2 Go

Bun Baby Bun

Med Fly in the Ointment

We're Cooking

Hail to the Chef