Norman Van Aken

Slow Food Miami Awards: Celeb Chefs, Grey Goose Cocktails, and the City's Best Sustainable Eats

Screw fast food and all its unhealthy connotations. Slow food is where it's at. Such is the aim of Slow Food Miami, an organization dedicated to embracing local growers and artisan food producers who focus on fair pay, sustainability, and local produce. Each year, they host the swanky Snail of Appro ... More >>

Sweet Eats

Miami Book Fair International 2012: Best Food Authors

It's your month, hungry literati. Tom Wolfe kicked of the Miami Book Fair last night and many great authors are in town. Some of them will speak about food during the event, which stretches from November 11 to 18 at Miami Dade College's Wolfson campus in downtown Miami. 2012 marks the 29th year the ... More >>

49. Oyster Pan Stew at Tuyo

It's that time of year when we count down to New Times' Best of Miami 2012 issue in June. Until then, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com.49. Oyster Pan Stew at TuyoTuyo sits atop the ... More >>

The Grind in a Bind: It's Hard to Judge With Smoke in Your Eyes, Mouth, and Nose

​Walking into the Miami Entertainment Complex at 5:30 this past Saturday, I knew something wasn't exactly kosher (and I'm not talking about the bacon burgers either). The building, a converted school warehouse, was smoky and warm. The show wasn't even open yet, many restaurants hadn't really begun ... More >>

Tuyo Delivers Classic Norman Van Aken New World Cuisine

​After a brief elevator ride to the top floor of the new Miami Culinary Institute, diners entering Tuyo are instantly captivated by the sweeping view afforded by dramatically framed floor-to-ceiling windows. The breathtaking vista brings the illuminated Freedom Tower and American Airlines Arena fr ... More >>

Visit Fairchild's Chocolate Fest Today Because Chocolate Can't Get You Pregnant!

Calling all chocoholics - Fairchild's sixth International Chocolate, Coffee and Tea Festival kicks off today and runs through Sunday. $25 admission gets you in on the 9:30a.m. to 4:30p.m. choco-scene at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables. There's something for everyone.​The Cho ... More >>

Calling All Herbivores

South Beach Dining 1991: A Look Back (Part One)

Greg SchneiderLeft to right: Aran Tantana (Thai Toni); Norman Van Aken; Johnny Circharo (Johnny's); Louis Leichter (Lucky's)​"The Beach is a trendy place," says Lee Brian Schrager. "Who knows what will be in vogue next year or even next month?""It's like Cannes and Nice in the Forties," adds Tony ... More >>

A Miami Chef Timeline (1986-2008)

Chef Allen helped launch the modern Miami dining scene in 1986The closing of Chef Allen's last week represented the end of an important chapter in Miami restaurant history. There was a time in the mid-'90s when the main restaurant debate at gatherings focused on whether Allen Susser, ... More >>

Miami Culinary Institute In Session; New Digs in April

​It seems everywhere you turn a new restaurant is popping up trying to get a foothold in a very competitive industry. Miami Dade College hopes to support this enthusiastic entrepreneurial spirit at the Miami Culinary Institute. A long awaited addition, the $22-million eight story building located ... More >>

Big Name Consulting Chefs Make Reputations Smaller

​It is neither unusual nor unseemly for chefs to provide their names and consulting expertise to restaurants when they ultimately won't play an integral role. Nobody, for instance, really expects to see Wolfgang Puck twirling pizza dough in the kitchen of one of his 50 Wolfgang Puck Express restau ... 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 >>

Cuckoo for Cocoa

Chocolate Dreams

Blog Watch: Mamey Ice Cream, Soul and Noodles

Photo via chadzilla​Time for the highlights from South Florida food blogs ...Food for Thought offers a first look at American Noodle Bar.Crepes on wheels over at Burger Beast.Tinkering with Dinner shows how to make mamey sapote ice cream.Chadzilla gives a behind-the-scenes look at the preparation ... More >>

The Weekly Wrap-Up: Noisy Sun Chip Bags and Rare Bananas

Trina Sargalski​This week in Short Order ...Are those Sun Chip bags really that noisy?Chef Paula Da Silva talks about her new job at 1500 Degrees RestaurantWho has the best bandeja paisa?David New of Ability Explosion talks madeleines and dining in the dark.Food writing luminaries are headed to Ke ... More >>

A Preview of Norman's 180 in Coral Gables

​As Lee Klein reported earlier today, chef Norman Van Aken's new restaurant, Norman's 180, will open in Coral Gables tonight. It's a homecoming of sorts for Van Aken, whose return to the neighborhood has been highly anticipated. And he's very happy to be back. Short Order got a peek of the restaur ... More >>

Opening Dates for Norman's 180, Burger & Beer Brickell Announced

Photo by Jacquelynn D. PowersNorman Van Aken (pictured with Emeril Lagasse) is all set to open Norman's 180 at the end of the month. ​Two new anticipated restaurants are debuting in the next few weeks in Miami.Norman's 180, from famed chef Norman Van Aken, officially launches in Coral Gables on Tu ... More >>

Let's Talk Chef Shoes, Part 2: What The Pros Wear

Friday's opening shoe post was mostly about my own experiences with kitchen footwear. Today we find out what Miami's real chefs wear when they're working -- and why.Michelle Bernstein, Michy's, Sra. Martinez: Clogs, as they not only help me from falling on my back side but they also give me those co ... More >>

Chef Brandon Benack Jumps From Emeril's to Norman's

Lee KleinEmeril's BBQ Shrimp, prepared by...​A call to Emeril's Miami Beach confirmed that executive chef Brandon Benack left the establishment in mid-April in order to go work for Norman Van Aken's restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando. They are currently in search for a replacement; the webs ... More >>

Tickets Still Available for South Beach Wine & Food Festival 2010

​If you thought it was too late to score tickets to the delicious South Beach Wine & Food Festival, think again. Several marquee events still have room for all the foodies out there. Most exciting is the fact that there are general admission tickets for the Perrier-Jouet BubbleQ for sale for $ ... More >>

Miami Dining 2009: Online for a better future

Interview: Norman Van Aken Gets the 10

Chef Norman Van Aken​In some ways, it's all about the new when it comes to homeboy and Chef Norman Van Aken. The guy who spawned New World Cuisine is back on the scene again, this time with a new restaurant on the way and a new hosting gig.But his restaurant -- now pay attention, especially if you ... More >>

Norman's 180 Update: Blueprints and Van Aken's Moving Plans

Twitpic.comArchitect Malcolm Berg with some pointers, via @normanvanakenBlueprints and drawings for Norman's 180, Norman Van Aken's forthcoming Coral Gables restaurant slated to open at 180 Aragon in the Colonnade Hotel in November, are now on his architect's website.  At first glance, the desi ... More >>

Norman Van Aken: "The Best Thing I Ever Ate"

Foodnetwork.com Our turn!Norman Van Aken, chef/owner of Norman's at the Ritz-Carlton, Orlando (and soon-to-be Norman's 180 in Coral Gables) A war might break out in the family if I decided on one barbecue dish, but I feel safe recalling a fried treasure.  We went up to Charleston, South Caro ... More >>

Weekend Blog Watch

image via willjogforfood.com image via burgerbeast.comimage via dailycocaine.blogspot.comimage via tinkeringwithdinner.blogspot.comAs Ali G would say, "Respec. Booyakasha." All you blogsters out there are stepping your game up and taking your craft seriously. Photos are looking better and better eve ... More >>

The Friday Imperative Weekly Wrap Up

Thanks for reading and leaving comments, we do this for you, so tell us what you think Hey, you feel that? Stop whatever you're doin for a second and tell me, you smell somethin? Is it hot in here? Hey what's goin on? We're cookin dammit, that's what. The melting pot is heating up and Miami's ... More >>

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