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Hot Scoops On The SoBe Wine & Food Festival

Hot Scoops On The SoBe Wine & Food Festival

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Wine and Food Fest Pops the Cork

SoBe’s culinary extravaganza gets under way.

Food for Thought

Celebrity chefs set the stage for a show of sustenance

Crowe Flies Home

Elizabethtown is a mess, not that its director should care

Post-Easter Regression: The Triple-Pork Sandwich. With Peeps.

Peeps' Last Meal My friend Peggy Jean was in town over the Easter holidays. Peggy Jean is a real Southern cook, which means that just about everything she makes calls for many pounds of butter, cartons of heavy whipping cream, half and half, bacon fat, salt, and variations on the theme of sugar (tur ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Interview: Chef Brian Cantrell Gets the 10

Executive chef Brian Cantrell​Ever met Brian Cantrell, A Fish Called Avalon's executive chef and general manager? He's no stranger to South Florida, though he grew up hunting and fishing in the Blue Ridge Mountains near his farm home in Hendersonville, North Carolina. [Editor's Note: He still clai ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

South Beach Wine & Food Festival 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 >>

Emeril's offers a dash of New Orleans

​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 >>

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 >>

Lee Schrager: South Beach food genius speaks

​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 >>

Food Feat

​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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Marcel Vigneron's Quantum Kitchen: Molecular Gastronomy For Dummies

Marcel's Quantum Kitchen - part cooking show, part science experiment​Marcel Vigneron is best known as the Top Chef Season Two runner up and molecular gastronomy dweeb. On the popular television competition, his shtick was dipping things in liquid nitrogen and pissing off the other contestan ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

Pre-sale tickets to the SBWFF go on sale today for Amex cardholders​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 ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Anthony Bourdain's The Layover: Tony Turns Tepid Travel Guide

Travel ChannelAnthony Bourdain is your travel guide to Singapore in The Layover​Anthony Bourdain has been known to take pot shots of his fellow Travel Channel alum, Samantha Brown, and cheery people in general. The Tony I've come to be obsessed with snarks on the nicey-nice worlds of Rachael Ray, ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

The Year's Ten Weirdest Food Calendars

Amazon.comAwww penguin cupcakes...​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 flowe ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain Goes to Amsterdam and Doesn't Smoke Pot (A Recap)

The Travel ChannelAnd we thought chocolate and pizza were the best stoner foods. ​Last evening, I glued myself to the television in hot anticipation of Anthony Bourdain's newest episode of The Layover: Amsterdam. As Tony lands at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, I picture an hour of pot-smoking, hash ... More >>

Paula Deen Is Going Cruising and Y'all Are Invited

Paula DeenPaula Deen's on a boat, y'all!​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 ... More >>

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

Forbes.comEmeril Lagasse's New York townhouse is up for sale.​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 use ... More >>

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 >>

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

TodayPaula Deen tells Al Roker that she has type 2 diabetes.​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 ... More >>

South Beach Wine & Food Festival Cheap Seats: Tickets Under $100

Lesley ElliottAt $225 per ticket, The Grand Tasting Village requires a major financial commitment.​Although the South Beach Wine & Food Festival is still a month away, the time to get those tickets is now. Indeed, some of the more popular events are sold out. You've already missed the meaty Bu ... More >>

Priciest SoBeWFF Tickets and Cheaper Alternatives

Skip the tribute dinner -- wait for Bourdain at the Deuce.​Now that Super Bowl is over, we can concentrate on the next big event at hand - The South Beach Wine and Food Festival, which opens February 23. Like the big game, the Festival offers lots of opportunities to max out your credit card on pa ... More >>