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  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    Bourdain: Short Order "Offended" Me and My "Sense of Pride"

    On Monday evening, the season eight premiere of No Reservations took Anthony Bourdain to Mozambique.The next morning, I blogged that the episode was a departure from most of Bourdain's usually snarky world view. A few hours later, Bourdain Tweeted the following:

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Paula Deen Sued for Sexual Harassment at One of Her Restaurants

    ​The undisputed queen of southern cooking, Paula Deen, is entangled in one big, 'ole legal mess. Deen, her empire, and her brother, are all being sued for sexual harassment amid charges of sexism and racism.This comes not long after the controversy surrounding her recent "coming out" as diabetic a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    SoBeWFF: "Nice Buns Here, and the Burgers Are Good Too"

    ​Al Roker, weather guy on NBC's Today Show, was munching on a juicy hamburger while some models in swimwear were showing off their tiny bathing suits. "We've got some really nice buns around here, and the burgers are good too."Jill Martin, also of the Today Show, was at the beach preparing for a c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Ten Strangest Things at the South Beach Wine and Food Fest

    ​The South Beach Wine & Food Festival wrapped up yesterday after a four-day whirlwind of dinners, brunches, parties, cocktails, and events.Each year we're delighted by the food, impressed by the cocktails, and amazed by the sheer number of celebrities that come to Miami to party and mingle.Dur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    SoBeWFF: Paula Deen's Sunday Brunch a Stylish Southern Affair

    ​The Loews Miami Beach Hotel's ballroom was filled with the good smells of Southern home cookin' yesterday at the annual Paula Deen Sunday Brunch. The room's crystal chandelier glistened as guests took their seats (most welcome after a weekend spent trying to juggle a plate and wine glass while st ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    SoBeWFF: Best Tips Ever For the Grand Tasting Village Experience

    ​The South Beach Wine & Food Festival opens today. One of the nation's premiere food events, it will draw around 70,000 people this year. The Whole Foods Market Grand Tasting Village, held Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Ocean Drive and 13th Street, is one of the most popular eve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    SoBeWFF: Robert Irvine Wants to Engage You at Party Impossible

    ​Robert Irvine is the buff star of Food Network's Restaurant: Impossible, taking miserably failing restaurants and turning them into success stories. He's also the subject of many photographs at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, most memorably last year when he provided his back as transpo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 23, 2012

    Get Stuffed

    ​Robert Irvine is the buff star of Food Network's Restaurant: Impossible, taking miserably failing restaurants and turning them into success stories. He's also the subject of many photographs at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, most memorably last year when he provided his back as transpo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    SoBeWFF: Paula Deen's Southern Charm and Other Big Names at the Festival

    ​Famous for cooking rich Southern cuisine, Paula Deen received mixed press after announcing she had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. "I've never recommended that people go into their kitchen and prepare these fattening meals every day," she said. "But I'm feeling a little vulnerable." Truth is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    SoBeWFF: Miami Chefs Talk About Their Favorite Events

    ​Chefs are busy people. When the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival comes to town, many of them are even busier than usual. Poor, poor chefs: They're either working so hard at the festival or working so hard because of all the extra foodies in town for the festival that they don't g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Bacon Stops Nosebleeds, and Nine Other Incredible and Inedible Uses for Tasty Fried Pig

    ​People love themselves some bacon. They idolize it. Worship it. Some would probably inject it into their veins, if bacon heroin existed. And we're positive that there's a growing minority out there who are mad jealous of Kevin Bacon solely for having the last name "Bacon."Think we're being as dra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Post Diabetes: Paula Deen Talks Sweet Tea, Miami Cruise and Ghosts

    ​This past Tuesday Paula Deen announced to Al Roker that she has been living with type 2 diabetes for about three years and that she and her family will become spokespeople for Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals' diabetes medication, providing healthy recipes and eating tips on the pharma's website.I in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Celebrity Chefs' Million Dollar Mansions: Look What Cooking Can Buy

    ​Nearly all celebrity chefs have one thing in common -- a fairytale-like rise from poverty and obscurity to fame and fortune.Paula Deen (who just announced she has type 2 diabetes), was a young bank teller in Savannah, Martha Stewart used to babysit for New York Yankees' kids, and Guy Fieri's big ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Paula Deen is a Liar and Anthony Bourdain Hates Her (Video)

    ​Well, well, well. Who woulda thought that the notoriously Southern Paula Deen was actually a Cuban-American in disguise? Oh, no wait -- she isn't. It just seems that way, since like many of our abuelitas, she has been suffering from diabetes while pushing sugar-laden goodies down our eager throat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Paula Deen Is Going Cruising and Y'all Are Invited

    ​Restaurateur, celebrity chef, and butter goddess Paula Deen is taking a little ol' Caribbean cruise, and y'all are invited to party with the lady herself.Paula Deen's Party at Sea sets sail aboard the Celebrity Eclipse from the Port of Miami January 21 for seven days of partying with Paula a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    The Year's Ten Weirdest Food Calendars

    ​Buying calendars is a kind of a new concept. Growing up, we usually got a calendar from some local shop. Dad got a calendar filled with either babes in bikinis (or less) or cars from the local tire shop, mom placed one on the kitchen wall filled with either flowers or mountain streams -- a gift f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Great Christmas Gifts for the Food-Obsessed Woman

    Uwe Hermann/Creative CommonsIt's the present - not the thought that counts.​Santa Claus is due for his yearly breaking and entering campaign, and you're worried that you're not going to be able to find the perfect present for the female foodie in your life.Let Short Order do the shopping for you. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Nadia G's Bitchin' Christmas (Video)

    Nadia G. FacebookIt's Christmas Time...show me your ding dong!​Everyone loves to get into the act for Christmas.  For some reason, snowmen and brightly lit trees make everyone want to record a song. Adam Sandler, Paul McCartney, and David Bowie among those who have felt the need to share the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Regis Philbin with Nigella, Hosea, Paula Deen, and More: Farewell, Sweet Flirt

    Photo by Marguerite Gil​One of TV's most adored entertainers is leaving. No one knows exactly what his future plans are but if you've checked out his syndicated morning show lately you know he's not really retiring, just "moving on."Regis makes his final exit on November 18 leaving co-host, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Heinz Unveils New Flavor, SBWFF Tix On Sale, and Tap Water Rules

    ​​​​​A look back at some food-related events that transpired over the past week:South Beach Wine & Food Festival 2012 tickets went up for sale on Monday. The three-day event runs February 23 to 26, and tickets tend to go fast. Very fast. Paula Deen's Sunday Brunch and the Anta Banderas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Tebowing Is Your Latest Internet Craze

    ​Not since "Paula Deen Riding Things" has a scene in Miami taken the Internet by meme storm. After defeating the Dolphins in his first NFL career start last weekend, Tim Tebow got down on one knee, clenched a fist, and proceeded to take a quick prayer break while the rest of the Broncos ran around ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    South Beach Wine & Food Festival Tickets Go On Sale Today

    Laine DossBourdain will be back at the 2012 SBWFF​Tickets for the South Beach Wine & Food Festival go on sale today.If you attended last year's event you might recall Anthony Bourdain's Wheel of Death, Paula Deen riding Robert Irvine, or Guy Fieri making pizzas for one thousand of his closest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    South Beach Wine & Food Festival Opens Ticket Presale For Amex Holders

    ​The 2012 South Beach Wine & Food Festival comes to town February 23-26 and promises to once again be the premiere foodie event in Miami. Festival favorites like Burger Bash ($225) hosted by Rachael Ray and Paula Deen's Sunday Brunch ($150) will be joined by some intriguing new events like Con ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    SBWFF 2012: Antonio Banderas, Andrew Zimmern, and Plenty of Food Carts

    Lee KleinWe spoke by phone with Lee Schrager this week about upcoming new events at the 2012 South Beach Wine & Food Festival (February 23 through 26). Monday was part one; today we talk about BubbleQ losing its Bubble, the one-of-a-kind affair at 1111 Lincoln, and the grand closing party that l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Paula Deen Hawks Chicken and Furniture

    Paul Deen chicken - not yet at a Publix near you.​Paula Deen, the drunk delightful host of three Food Network shows and owner of The Lady and Sons restaurant in Savannah, Georgia, is quite the entrepreneur. Besides the restaurant and television gigs, Deen is the author of almost two dozen cookbook ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    What to Buy at Oriental Bakery & Grocery in Brickell

    ​Wandering off the street, you may expect Asian goods at a place named Oriental Bakery & Grocery, but this place is pure Middle East, offering a great selection of Syrian, Greek, and Armenian grocery items, cheeses, breads, and desserts. Come for lunch, grab some goods, and don't forget to hit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Garbage Burger, Taco in a Bag Featured at Miami-Dade County Fair

    The 60th Anniversary of the Miami-Dade County Fair kicked off this weekend with the usual games, rides, shows and attractions. What wasn't usual this year was this food. Sure you could still get cotton candy or a hot dog, but the fair food was bigger and more creative. Call it the year of the "tras ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Paula Deen Riding Things Is Your Brand New Internet Meme

    via PDRT​The South Beach Wine & Food Festival came and went, and for those of us who only eat Ramen noodles huddled over our laptops it's usually not a major event. Yet, because Paula Deen was in town (every time she's in Miami something magical happens) the internet masses have a shiny new me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    SBWFF 2011: Craziest Moments From The Festival

    Laine Doss Paula Deen mistakes Tyler Florence for a honey glazed ham.The South Beach Wine & Food Festival is over for another year and all across South Beach workers are furiously tearing up the giant tents, chefs are soaking their feet and people are guzzling Alka-Seltzer. The festival a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    SBWFF 2011: Paula Deen's Gospel Brunch Soaks up the Sins of Saturday Night

    David SamayoaPaula Deen and Maryel Epps ​Some folks live by "sin on Saturday, repent on Sunday." Paula's Down Home Cookin' Gospel Brunch soaked up the sorry effects of hard living during Saturday's SBWFF events. They were absorbed by the sheer volume of pork, beef, cornbread and pie and by the for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Broke? Get to The South Beach Wine and Food Festival For Free

    Food Network Paula Deen needs her chicken!​The South Beach Wine and Food Festival is coming this week and you can't even pay your FP&L bill, let alone shell out the $225 for a ticket to the Grand Tasting tents. Hell, you can't even ask your boss if he has an extra ticket because you wer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Frozen Iguana Videos are the Future of The Miami Herald's Website

    ​You may or may not care about the future of the struggling newspaper industry and how they (or, well, we) hope to put a greater emphasis on online multimedia features, but perhaps you would like to know that "The number one video on MiamiHerald.com last year got about 26,000 views and was a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 18, 2010

    Food Feat

    ​You may or may not care about the future of the struggling newspaper industry and how they (or, well, we) hope to put a greater emphasis on online multimedia features, but perhaps you would like to know that "The number one video on MiamiHerald.com last year got about 26,000 views and was a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    Anthony Bourdain Sends a Bloody Valentine to Celeb Chefs

    ​Look out Paula Deen and Rachel Ray, Anthony Bourdain has it out for you. In his latest foodie diatribe, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook, he attacks celeb chefs, saying there are about as many real chefs on the Food Network as there are music videos on M ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 13, 2010

    Emeril's offers a dash of New Orleans

    ​Look out Paula Deen and Rachel Ray, Anthony Bourdain has it out for you. In his latest foodie diatribe, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook, he attacks celeb chefs, saying there are about as many real chefs on the Food Network as there are music videos on M ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 25, 2010

    South Beach Wine & Food Festival highlight reel

    ​Look out Paula Deen and Rachel Ray, Anthony Bourdain has it out for you. In his latest foodie diatribe, Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook, he attacks celeb chefs, saying there are about as many real chefs on the Food Network as there are music videos on M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Looking to Attend the SoBe Wine & Food Fest? You Still Can

    ​Food Network personalities, high-profile chefs, and food fans from all over the world will descend over Miami next week for the 2010 South Beach Wine & Food Festival from February 25 to 28. You locals should consider yourself lucky: In years past, you'd be hard pressed to find a ticket to any ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Looking to Attend the SoBe Wine & Food Fest? You Still Can

    ​Food Network personalities, high-profile chefs, and food fans from all over the world will descend over Miami next week for the 2010 South Beach Wine & Food Festival from February 25 to 28. You locals should consider yourself lucky: In years past, you'd be hard pressed to find a ticket to any ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Top 10 Hypothetical South Beach Wine & Food Fest Media Disasters

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/london/ / CC BY 2.0Ze paparazzi will be out in force.​The South Beach Wine & Food Festival is almost here, and that means an orgiastic horde of mostly out-of-town drunks on the shores of Miami Beach concerned with nothing but food, drink, sex, celebrity, their ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Exclusive Interview With Katie Lee

    One of the stars of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Katie Lee is heading to Miami in two weeks to start whipping up some of her signature Southern-flavored recipes. The gorgeous cookbook author (she has two tomes out) and former wife of crooner Billy Joel, Katie Lee is a culinary force to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Watch the Injury of the Year: Panthers Goalie Bashed in the Face by His Enraged Teammate

    The Panthers aren't exactly having the finest season on ice. They choked away their third game in a row last night, dropping to 10-12-4, good for the third-worst record in the Eastern Conference.But it wasn't the 4-3, last-second loss to the Thrashers last night that stung like a Paula Deen ham to t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Food News Roundup: Paula Deen Ham, Kardashian Bikini, Celebrities Eat, Sobe Wine & Food, Ricky Williams and BK

    Paula Deen hit in face with flying ham, "another bout of public humiliation after the Wine and Beach Festival at Miami, when her pants fell off in public." Yeah, we broke that story, but we can't find video of this one that's as good as that one. [ThaIndian] [HamVideo] [PantsFallDown]Kim Kardashian ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    Liquor at the Wine & Food Festival

    The South Beach Food & Wine Festival offered more than cheese trays and grape juice. What are we talkin' 'bout? Booze, glorious booze, and there was plenty of it. I saw brandy, absinthe, vodka, tequila... it was like that scene in The Warriors where every gang in the city shows up for the big ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    Video: Paula Deen's Pants Fall Down on Stage

    I heard the sound of an excited crowd and saw Paula Deen get introduced onstage at Sunday's South Beach Wine and Food Fest. In a tent at 13th and Ocean, I maneuvered as close I could get for an angle to shoot video.Paula Deen is a funny lady. I don't own a tv and I'm not familiar with her work, b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    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 >>

  • Dining

    February 21, 2008

    Wine and Food Fest Pops the Cork

    SoBe’s culinary extravaganza gets under way.

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2007

    Hot Scoops On The SoBe Wine & Food Festival

    SoBe’s culinary extravaganza gets under way.

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2007

    Hot Scoops On The SoBe Wine & Food Festival

    SoBe’s culinary extravaganza gets under way.

  • Culture

    February 23, 2006

    Food for Thought

    Celebrity chefs set the stage for a show of sustenance

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