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14. Suzy Batlle of Azucar Ice Cream

You won't find tostones at Azucar on Calle Ocho. Nor will you turn up flan, at least not in its usual form. Suzy Batlle's ice cream shop, inspired by the memory of her abuela -- hand-makes ice cream and yogurt every day. The flan comes in three different flavors; pumpkin, caramel and coconut. Yet B ... More >>

SoBeWFF: Now That It's Over, Mixologist Tony Abou-Ganim Offers Tips For Making a Great Cocktail at Home

Cocktails took a spotlight at this year's South Beach Wine & Food Festival, with a host of events revolving around the art of mixology. Indeed, there's a nationwide revival of the art of making a beautiful cocktail, with bartenders and restaurants working together to form classic cocktails tha ... More >>

Yardbird's Pappy Van Winkle: Does This Beach Eatery Have Best Bourbon?

Pappy Van Winkle is undeniably the "it" spirit. Distilled in Frankfort, Kentucky, these America spirits are rare, expensive, and the drink of choice of celebrity chefs like Anthony Bourdain, Sean Brock, and Mario Batali. The bourbons, which are rated near perfect by Wine Enthusiast magazine and T ... More >>

Celebrity Chefs Celebrate Christmas: Anthony Bourdain's Easy Bake Oven, Guy Fieri's Puppy, Mario Batali's Speedball

After the usual anticipation and rushing around, Christmas 2012 has come and gone. Santa is relaxing with an eggnog and the reindeer and elves have the day off after a job well done.It looks like our favorite celebrity chefs celebrated the holidays in style as well, and Tweeted about their Christmas ... More >>

Superstorm Sandy Chefs: Tweets From The Front Line of the Storm

We've all been watching the shocking reports from New York that show the damage that Superstorm Sandy did to the the northeast. Many of us have been up all night, glued to the television and thinking of friends and family riding out the storm.ABC News is reporting that over seven million people have ... More >>

Miami vs. Seattle Food Scenes: The Magic City Falls Short

Seattle Dining In Photos, Part One

How well can a person get to know a city in one week? Let me answer by saying this: Seattle is one of the sunniest places I've ever been; I doubt folks living there even know what a cloud looks like. And the reuben sandwich I ate at the shop pictured above? Best sandwich in Seattle! Or at least as g ... More >>

Hostess Twinkies, Going the Way of the Dinosaurs?

Can we all agree that TV Daily World News is horrific? 2012, according to the Maya culture and numerous other civilizations are predicting the end of humanity, as we know it.. this year! The economy, global change, earthquakes...what else could possibly go wrong? Well, here comes le coup de grace. H ... More >>

Chopped: Ronnie Vincent, Past Contestant, Loves Food, Football and Bench Presses 275

​On a past episode of Food Network's Chopped, Ronnie Vincent lost out in a closely matched dessert round. The executive sous chef at Joe's Stone Crab comes from Overtown. Despite the loss, his appearance has since brought him many accolades.Raised by a single father who worked three jobs to suppor ... More >>

Miami food scene 2011: food trucks, great chefs, and real coffee continue the culinary ascent

15 Dining Predictions For 2012

​Earlier this week, I mentioned that I'd be dusting off my Ouija board in time for the annual predictions post, but of course I was just kidding; obviously one cannot accurately foresee the future solely by sliding ones hands over some letters. That's why the Ouija board only accounts for par ... More >>

SushiSamba offers more Peruvian/Japanese/Brazilian substance than meets the eye

View a slide show of SushiSamba.

Anthony Bourdain's NYC Layover: Short Order Style

All photos by Laine DossNew York Hot Dog cart with Chrysler Building​In last week's episode of The Layover, Anthony Bourdain showed us what to do in New York City with only 24 hours in the Big Apple (read our recap here). We wanted to do something similar, but with a twist.We landed in New York ye ... More >>

Simpsons Top Secret Food Blog Photo Leaked (Photo)

Courtesy FoxThe Three Mouthkeeters break bread with bloggers​Last night's Simpson's episode, "The Food Wife", had Marge, Lisa, and Bart blogging about food (including the best places to eat in Springfield).The episode was jam-packed with foodie references, including a don't-blink-or-you'll-miss-it ... More >>

Daphne Oz and Our Impression of ABC's The Chew

Photo by ABC/Ida Mae AstuteDaphne Oz​If you haven't heard of Daphne Oz, we're pretty sure she'll be a household name in a month or so. She's the 25-year-old author of The Dorm Room Diet and daughter of the famous Dr. Oz.And, she's a host on ABC's newest View spin-off, The Chew, which incorporates ... More >>

Top Three Celebrity Food Products

Food, chef, and celebrity all in one tomato sauce.​Celebrity food products are all over the shelves of supermarkets these days. Some bear labels with Hollywood names such as Paul Newman and Paul Sorvino; others derive from TV chefs like Lidia Bastianich, Emeril Lagasse, and Giada de Laurentiis. Ce ... More >>

Santana, Pharrell, and Lil John: Celebrities With Liquor Brands

​These days it's not enough to have just one job. In this economy, you have to be a hustler to get by. If you're lucky, maybe you'll even be successful.Celebrities are no different; they like to have their hands in the cookie jar too. It's easy to criticize stars -- say they're sellouts. We say th ... More >>

Portale, McInnis, Gorenstein, and More: Is The Classical Chef Dead?

C. Stiles Jeff McInnis​It was while watching the PBS show Point of View about the Un des Meilleurs Ouvriers de France pastry competition (Kings of Pastry) -- in which classically-trained pastry chefs undergo intense training and pressure to vie for the honor of being one of France's finest ... More >>

Mario Batali is Hiring on Monster.com

Mario Batali wants you (if you speak Italian and know Microsoft Office)​Back in the day when I was unhappy with my previous 80-hour-a-week job, I submitted my resume to Monster.com. This morning, I received a rather curious email stating "Celebrity Chef Mario Batali is looking for a motivat ... More >>

Mystery Solved (Sort Of), Cinco Coming, and The Chew on TV

We found out the mystery café that had it's soft opening earlier this week will be called Crumb on Parchment. Michelle Bernstein's momma is making the baked goods. Stay tuned for an interview with her soon.Coral Gables is getting a new eatery: Cinco. Cinco is due--wait for it--on May 5 (uh, yeah, t ... More >>

Five Dumb Halloween Apps

BrianBoyd via Flickr​From a $4.99 Mario Batali recipe app that'll inevitably result in a greasy screen, to the Hipstamatic indie-cam for a $1.99, the iTunes store offers thousands of apps to suit every demographic imaginable. And like a strip mall welcoming a temporary fly-by-night Hallo ... More >>

Sneak Peek at the SoBe Wine & Food Cookbook

The new cookbook from the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. ​Short Order got our hands on an advanced copy of the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Cookbook: Recipes and Behind-the-Scenes Stories from America's Hottest Chefs. Penned by Festival guru Lee Brian Schrager, the 256- ... More >>

DeVito South Beach tip scandal

Let's Talk Chef Shoes, Part One

Lee KleinCool, comfy, colorful.​Through the early years of my career in professional kitchens, I wore ankle-high, steel-toed, Velcro-strapped, taupe-colored leather chef shoes made by the esteemed French chefwear company Bragard. They looked like nurse shoes in a straightjacket. Regardless of wher ... More >>

Cooking Channel is the Food Network Minus the Annoying TV Hosts

​You've seen it, the commercial on Comcast or DirecTV announcing the launch of the Cooking Channel May 31. First thought that probably ran through your head is we already have a cooking channel called Food Network. Don't worry then, this channel doesn't seem like its going to cater to you.In f ... More >>

South Beach Wine & Food Festival highlight reel

Sneak Review: The Unofficial SBWFF Highlight Reel

​Next week, in place of our restaurant review will be an overview of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Here's a taste:"The most motherfucking stars of any Spanish restaurant in the U.S.," bellowed Mario Batali from the stage in describing what he thought to be an overly generous rating. Th ... More >>

Miami Dining 2009: Online for a better future

How Does Cork Tenderize Octopus?

The long answer:An acquaintance of mine recently raved about a Mediterranean-style octopus dish she had at Talula. It was called "cork-braised" octopus, so her natural question to me, Mr. Restaurant Reviewer, was what effect the cork had. I answered confidently and forthrightly, as reviewers are sup ... More >>

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 an ... More >>

Dewey LoSasso Gets the 10 -- Questions, That Is...

Dewey LoSasso​Where, oh where did Dewey LoSasso go? After recently closing his beloved North One 10, some suspected that perhaps this "Mango Gang" co-founder tossed aside his skillets for a stint as a guitarist, but fans will be thrilled to know they will find behind the line as executive chef at ... More >>

Michelle Bernstein Wins in Food & Wine's 25 Best Cookbooks 2009

​Congratulations to Michelle Bernstein for winning a spot on Food & Wine's top 25 cookbooks of 2009.According to Publishers Weekly, "Every year, about 24,000 new cookbooks hit bookstore shelves." Michelle Bernstein's book Cuisine á Latina is available at all major retailers and online.Big ups ... More >>

Mario Batali's Carne Machaca Taco Filling

Last week, Mario Batali unveiled a new recipe at an event to benefit his equally new charity, The Mario Batali Foundation.The recipe was for machaca, which comes from the Mexican word machacado -- 'pounded' or 'crushed'. The preparation originated with the ranchers and cowboys of northern Mexico, wh ... More >>

Why Was Batali Even Up There?

We're referring to Mario Batali being "up there" on stage at the SBWFF's Wines and Food of Spain dinner. You've probably heard that he dropped a couple of F-bombs in front of the royal company. And speaking of F-bombs: What the fuck was he even doing on that platform welcoming the King and Queen of ... More >>

Food And Wine 2009 - Chef De Cuisine Jason Smith Talks Table 8

Food & Wine 2009 is almost upon us. You know what that means. The culinary throngs descend on South Florida, feast on its tropical flesh in a media-driven frenzy, and hopefully dump enough money on our shores to keep us goin til next year. Aaron J. Michaels from Culinary Convenience told me C ... More >>

An Interview With Ted Allen

C. StilesNectar Lounge at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek was host to the Christmas-ey dessert party, Sweet Dreams, this weekend. The event featured a huge spread of sugary cakes, candies, flash-frozen ice cream, and dessert sushi, which you can check out by viewing our slide show. But it also fea ... More >>

All the Nasty Bits from an Evening with Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali

Elyse Wanshel Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain at the Miami Book Fair International Thursday night. Although former junkie/gutter chef, Anthony Bourdain claims that his life is “all rainbows and unicorns” ever since the birth of his baby daughter, many of his random comments during last night ... More >>

Last Night: Anthony Bourdain at the Arsht Center

This man loves Mac's Club Deuce. (Reason No. 293 why we love this man.) Better Than: Pounding cheap beers between a soul-crushing double on the saute station. The evidence, plainly, is undeniable: the best-selling books, the top-rated Travel Channel Show, the Top Chef judging gigs. Hell, even t ... More >>

Miami Book Fair Preview: Edna Buchanan

Wine and Food Fest Pops the Cork

SoBe’s culinary extravaganza gets under way.

The Great List Swindle

Dick Manitoba's new book of punk rock lists.

White on White: An Iconic British Chef Dishes It Out

White on White: An Iconic British Chef Dishes It Out

Sardi Hearty

Sardinia is a welcome newcomer in a crowded field

Tin Chefs

The disconnect between a culinary student's white-collar dreams and the restaurant world's blue-collar reality

The Mysteries of Parioli

Not everything is better left to the imagination

Sommelier Dynamite

Bad Boy Bourdain

Henri and Me

The King and I taste everything that money and Food & Wine magazine can offer

Fifteen Years of Bibliomania