Nuts and Edible Seeds

Nutribullet: the Real Low-Down on This Glorified Blender

When the company first sent me a Nutribullet for review, I unpacked it with excitement and immediately started loading the tall, bullet-like plastic cup with kale, carrots, ginger, berries, and a bunch of other produce I had in the crisper. Instead of reading the instructions, I followed the lead of ... More >>

Great Finds at Brickell's Oriental Bakery & Grocery, but Don't Tell Them You're With New Times

The wafting smell of shawarma and freshly baked pita bread greets customers as they mosey into Oriental Bakery and Grocery. It's one of just a handful of Middle Eastern specialty markets in Greater Miami. In fact, it was the first of its kind in South Florida, having opened 41 years ago. It's ... More >>

Hummus, Almonds and Ginger: A News Brief, Not a Recipe

The world of food and beverage has become so huge that each and every day brings forth a slew of industry-related news stories. Some make national headlines, especially if they involve E. coli or the First Lady. Others land on obscure food-industry websites, where they may or may not be brought to l ... More >>

Veganism Safe for Kids, Says Lisa Dorfman, Director of University of Miami's Nutrition Program

Last week, I reviewed Vegan Is Love, a children's book that explains the reasons behind the choice to go vegan. It contains a page dedicated to the health aspect of the lifestyle, but most of the book is devoted to outlining the ethics of veganism -- how animals are treated on the dairy farm, at the ... More >>

Nick Valencia's Sexy (and Spiritual) "Plant-Based Body"

​During many of my workouts at CrossFit Miami Beach, I've noticed Nick Valencia, a tanned and shredded little guy, smiling, sweating, and tearing up the black rubber floor with his aggressive approach to the W.O.D. (CrossFit speak for "workout of the day"). Until a mutual friend tipped me off this ... More >>

Almond & Sea Salt Chocolate From Brooklyn for V-Day: Yo! Eat Me!

Laine DossMast Brothers Chocolates -- Wynwood just got sweeter.​Mast Brothers Chocolate is a small boutique factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, that makes artisan chocolate.The chocolate is made in small numbered batches from beans specially selected by the brothers who own the company, Rick and Mi ... More >>

Dining Out on Christmas in Miami, Part One

Kyle TaylorDoes your XMas plate usually look like this? It may be best to go out to dinner this year.​If you will be spending several days cooking for relatives, good for you (and best of luck on that), but for the rest of us slackers, here's an early round-up of which restaurants will be open, wh ... More >>

Barceloneta, Pubbelly's New Tapas Spot, Is a Goldmine for Miami Beach Veg Heads

​In this series, the Beet Reporter aims to see whether Miami's tastiest restaurants are prepared to feed vegans with something more than boring garden salads.Barceloneta, the Pubbelly crew's newest gastro-enterprise on 20th Street in South Beach, opened its doors less than a month ago. So, perhaps ... More >>

Hedy Goldsmith's Macallan 12-Year-Old Sherry Oak Spiced Pecans Recipe

Laine DossHedy Goldsmith's spiced pecans taste like a crisp fall afternoon.​Earlier this week, we interviewed Michael's Genuine Food & Drink executive pastry chef, Hedy Goldsmith. If you missed the interview, read Part 1 and Part 2. As promised, we're bringing you a recipe from Hedy's kit ... More >>

Fighting Cocks and 4,000 Coconuts Get Three Miami Men Arrested

​Three Miami men were arrested after their van was pulled over in the Keys and police found the vehicle stuffed with tons of cocks and nuts. Not only had the men stolen about 4,000 coconuts, they also had two roosters that appeared to be used for cockfighting locked in crates.

Miami Communes at Alex Cuevas' Vegan Potlucks (Video)

Camille LambThe entrance fee for a vegan potluck is an animal product-free dish, like this "fruits of the forest quinoa."​At 7 p.m. Sunday, Short Order pulled up to the quiet block near Brickell where Om Garden used to be. It was a little dreary outside, but we followed some smiling, healthy looki ... More >>

Richard Hales, Part 3: Sakaya Kitchen's Dae Ji Grilled Baby Back Ribs

Richard Hales, chef and owner of Midtown hotspot Sakaya Kitchen, spoke with Short Order about his love for Thailand and about the trials of food trucks. He then was kind enough to share with all of us a recipe for a dish worth trying to make at home. Dae Ji Grilled Baby Back RibsDry Rub Sp ... More >>

Top Five Worst Edible Stocking Stuffers

ariesmale1978 via FlickrA case of ashy, 100-year old chocolate.​According to tradition, bad kids receive coal in their Christmas stocking. But what's worse? How about these five items?NutsNo message from Santa quite communicates that you're a lousy lad better than a bag of nuts: almonds, walnuts, ... More >>

Hedy Goldsmith's Chocolate Cremoso Recipe

Ben Fink​As reported yesterday, pastry chef Hedy Goldsmith will be hosting a cooking demo at the Coral Gables Whole Foods this Thursday. Goldsmith will show participants how to make her popular chocolate cremoso. To help you prepare in advance, here's Goldsmith's recipe. If you plan to attend, rem ... More >>

Prime One Twelve's Hawaiian Tuna Poke

yumsugar.comThis poke is truly pokable.​As promised in our interview with chef Mike Sabin yesterday and Friday, here's the recipe for Prime One Twelve's Hawaiian Tuna Poke. Take this bit of advice--don't use a cheap quality fish. If you can't go all out, just have Sabin make you some, instead. May ... More >>

Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce and Krispy Kreme Bread Pudding: Cracker Thanksgiving Recipes

Courtesy of Janis OwensAuthor Janis Owens's great aunts Annie Lou and Ethel in Georgia in the 1940's​These recipes are courtesy of Janis Owens, author of The Cracker Kitchen: A Cookbook in Celebration of Cornbread-Fed, Down-Home Family Stories and Cuisine.  These are from her Cracker Kitchen ... More >>

Horchata Recipe From Authentic Mexican Cookbook

Lee KleinHorchata: aerial view​Yesterday we praised the 1987 cookbook Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking from the Heart of Mexico by Rick Bayless and Deann Groen Bayless. At the end of the exciting column, we promised a recipe for horchata from its pages. It follows this preface about the beverag ... More >>

Food for Sex: Top 10 Foods to Help Get It On

Ever been on a first date, thrown a suggestive look to the person across the table, and sensuously ordered a dozen or so raw oysters? If so, you are a douche bag. But you're also aware of the critical connection between food and fornication. So if you have any desire to take the skin boat to tuna to ... More >>

Hialeah Products Company, not just for the nut lover.

Photo by Christina Staalstrom​If you've ever been to a bar in Miami, chances are Noah Lesser had some say in the snacks you ate.  Stayed in a hotel room and devoured the candy and dried fruits from the mini-bar? Thanks Noah. The second generation owner of Hialeah Products, Inc, started workin ... More >>

New Chef at A Fish Called Avalon

Avalon dining room​The veteran Ocean Drive seafood establishment has hired Kal Abdalla as new executive chef. Kal, who replaces long-time Avalon chef Brian Cantrell, is best known for his lengthy stint as top toque of The Forge; he also helmed the kitchen at Prezzo Restaurant & Martini B ... More >>

Home Cooking: Baboutie Recipe

Photo by Christina Staalstrom​Try your hand at this dish, it's simple and delicious.Ingredients2 lbs ground beef or lamb, or a mixture of the 21/2 stick of butter1 onion chopped1/2 tsp crushed garlic1 tbsp curry powder1 tsp turmeric2 slices bread crumbled1/4 cup milkzest and juice from 1 small lem ... More >>

An Escopazzo Mother's Day at The Farm

Lee KleinParadise greens​Chef Giancarla of Escopazzo will be cooking up a special Mothers Day Luncheon Buffet at Paradise Farms this Sunday, May 9th. A driver will pick up the guests at Escopazzo at 11:30 a.m., lunch begins at 1:00 p.m., and includes Schnebly organic wines, live music, a complimen ... More >>

Pumpkin Pesto Cheese Recipe for the Raw Foodists out There

Michael Schott​If you haven't been to Lifefood Gourmet, its food is all organic, raw, and vegan. You'll find familiar staples such as burritos, burgers, lasagna, and tacos, but prepared with nuts, seeds, grains, and other nonprocessed ingredients that are good for you. The Mexican hard-shell tacos ... More >>

For the Super Bowl, Sideline Shrimp Dip and Touchdown Trash

Tony Chachere's is the only pre-made seasoning a Cajun will use, a friend told me when I mentioned I was testing one of the Louisiana company's Super Bowl recipes. Chef Kelly Williams​Tony's corporate chef Kelly Williams, a CIA grad and Louisiana native, shared a few Super Bowl-inspired recipes an ... More >>

Top Ten Hurricane Foods You Need When The Storm Hits

via Wikimedia CommonsHurricane Andrew bout to fuck shit up.​Back in 92' I spent the duration of Hurricane Andrew laying on a blanket in a hallway with the family dog Harry and a skateboard Pro Tec helmet on my head. I was 10. Three weeks later when South Miami got power back our fridge stopped bei ... More >>

Meatless in Miami: Vegan on the Down-Low

It's a fun fact that Oreos have long been so fake that they are in fact completely free of egg and dairy. A lot of meal ideas are either likewise  vegan or easily made so with the slightest tweak. Some surreptitiously vegan everyday items include guacamole, salsa, portobello burgers, pasta pri ... More >>

I Corsini Darwini

In this fiercely competitive market, a new Italian restaurant in SoBe will have to try harder.

The Goods on Aventura's Grill on the Alley

So consistent, so reliable, so comforting in its predictability.

More Peanut Recalls: That health bar could kill you

A hail of darts to the Peanut Corporation of America, which it now turns out KNOWINGLY shipped products that had tested positive for salmonella. The worst of it is, so many of these peanut-infested foods went to schools and nursing homes -- they couldn't have done a better job targeting at-risk popu ... More >>

Girl Scout Cookies Hit Streets, Scared of Salmonella?

Cookie junkies across the nation simultaneously erupted in joy and floundered in despair when '09 Girl Scout cookie shipments hit the streets and salmonella peanut butter reports hit the airwaves. But don't despair, according to MSN Health & Fitness:"The drum roll for recalls of peanut butter p ... More >>

Bengal Modern Indian Cuisine Opens on Biscayne Boulevard

This newcomer is more kitten than tiger.

Raw Deal

Nothing much is cooking at this midtown joint.

Suspicious Minds

30 years gone, Elvis is still king of commercial tie-ins

Happy Food Allergy Awareness Week

Happy Food Allergy Awareness Week

Uncertain Smile

Peanut Butter Wolf's return is overshadowed by Jay Dee's death

Bask in the Glow of Excellence

BEST SALADS

Grass Restaurant & Lounge

Quietly Classy

Graze Merrick Park

Walk around the mall flowers and taste these tapas daisies

Bulli For Broche

A culinary Spanish revolution comes here

Delhi Fare

Decent food, good prices, but slow slow slow service

Fit For a Moghul

Treat the maharajah in you to a good old-fashioned Indian feast

Middle Eastern Pleaser

Maroosh aims to make friends, and does

Basic Basque

Phillipe Restaurant

Mexican to Dine For

Best Indian Restaurant

Kebab Indian Restaurant

Not Just Another Pretty Fez

Bite and Switch

Fruit of the Loin