*After years of my pooh-poohing parsley-speckled plate rims and
mindless squiggles of mango and raspberry purees on dessert plates, it
seems that both fads have faded into oblivion. Thank you, but please
hold your applause until after the column is finished.
*Norman Van Aken has laid low of late, no? I sniff a comeback in the
air -- or maybe it's just the overripe mangoes in my kitchen.
*The anti-foie gras movement has seemingly lost momentum, and virtually
every new Miami area restaurant has
Christine's runs away with a SpoonFlorida Trend's 2009 Dining Guide
is out, with a new editor in chief: Chris Sherman has replaced Robert
Toff as the dispenser of Golden Spoons. This year's guide cites plenty
of South Florida gems among the 20 Best New Restaurants. In Fort
Lauderdale: Christine's and Four Rivers (which has just closed, sadly); in Boca Raton, Morimoto (see John Linn's impressions here); in Miami, Fratelli Lyon, Brosia, Pacific Time, La Marea, and Sardinia; and in West Palm,
image via ralphunden's flickr
Petit Rouge is a French Bistro in North Miami headed up by Chef Neal Cooper. Lee Schrager, founder of the South Beach Food and Wine Festival recently tweeted during a dinner there "Lee_Schrager: Enjoying my dinner in Miami at Petit Rouge. Best profiterols I've ever had....... Mmmmm good!!!"I spoke to Chef Neal by phone. Here's what he had to say.
Charwei TsaiCover art meets the culinary artsYou won't find a food stylist in the credits for this cookbook. But there is eye candy, of a different kind.In Lovely Daze Special Edition Book: ROSE, pastry chef Angela Garcia explores the ingredient rose in dessert recipes paired with drawings and paintings by artist Cristina Rodriguez. The beautiful collection will be unveiled internationally this weekend at the Tokyo Art Book Fair and will be available for $15 online here in about two
