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George's Kitchen in Midtown Is an Open Book

Azul, Naoe Land on Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star List

Forbes Travel Guide recently issued its list of the top restaurants, hotels, and spas in the world, and Miami scored big this year with the addition of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Spa and its Azul restaurant to the list. This makes the Miami hotel a triple threat in the hospitality industry ... More >>

Berlin Discoveries: Greatness Emerges at the Year's First Major Film Festival

Georges in Midtown: Michelin Star Chef Steven Rojas Takes the Helm

We've been awaiting the opening or Georges-Eric Farge's eponymous new midtown establishment since we wrote about it almost a year ago. Though it was set to open last June, Farge has been holding the curtain for some time, hoping for an opening "that makes it out to seem like it's a re ... More >>

Exit 1: Too Many Blunders Overshadow a Rising Chef's True Potential

Step Up to the Plate: A Food Doc With Tension

Tertulia's Seamus Mullen Speaks at Book Fair Sunday: Spanish Fare for Your Health

Long before he was a competitor in the Food Network's culinary hazing extravaganza The Next Iron Chef, Seamus Mullen, chef and owner of Tertulia in New York City, was one of countless young cooks who bought a one-way ticket to Spain in hopes of landing a job as a free labor stagier in one of the cou ... More >>

Oktoberfest Features Pop-Up Bier Garden and Michelin Chef Wolfgang Ban

For the second year, Brickell is getting in on this Oktoberfest business and celebrating arguably the largest beer festival in the world. It all takes place this Friday, October 5. Part of this year's event is the Bier Garden Pop-Up Restaurant hosted by top Michelin-rated chef Wolfgang Ban. C ... More >>

Charlotte Bistro Returns As Mesa

Charlotte Bistro added something extraordinary to Coral Gables when it first appeared on Miracle Mile in 2009. Chef Elida Villaroel, a graduate of the Institut Paul Bocuse in Lyon, France, employed a light touch and a delicate vision to create refined Venezuelan and French-inspired cuisine. And the ... More >>

Scarpetta's Michael Pirolo and Nina Compton, Incoming & Outgoing Chefs, Cook Up New Menu Items (Part Two)

Two of the plates I tried while chatting with with Scarpetta's new chef de cuisine Nina Compton (who just took over the helms this week), and outgoing chef de cuisine Michael Pirolo (who is moving on to Macchialina Taverna Rustica) were new pasta compositions that chef Compton has created for the me ... More >>

Jiro Dreams of Sushi and Michael's Genuine: Dinner and a Movie

​Jiro Ono is an 85 year-old chef who owns a small 10-seat restaurant tucked away in a Tokyo subway station. This could be the beginning and end of the tale of a man who still works hard long after most people are already retired.What we didn't tell you is that Ono's tiny, unassuming sushi restaura ... More >>

Miami's Most Extravagant Valentine's Day Experiences

​They say money can't buy love. But "they" are obviously not from Miami, the "filthy rich old men driving around with 22-year-old wannabe supermodels sitting in the passenger seats of their red Ferraris" capital of the world. Let's put the anti-Hallmark bullshit aside and be frank: Valentine's Day ... More >>

South Beach Valentine's Day $100,000 Indulgence and More

Photo by Riki AltmanAzul's got the right idea.​Got a wad of cash just burning up your pocket? We found some ways to blow through that dough and maybe get a meal or two and a little lovin' in return.Top DollarHey Big Spender! We know you're just aching to find out where to drop a few hundred thou o ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain's The Layover: London's Pies and Pubs (A Recap)

The Travel ChannelAnthony Bourdain feeling like "ten ponds of s**t in a five pound bag".​In a meeting last week, someone mentioned that Anthony Bourdain might have "jumped the shark." That Bourdain has turned into a one-note singer -- go to a city, snark about it, get drunk, sop up hangover with g ... More >>

Mare Nostrum Officially Opens On Monday

Jonah GouinMare Nostrum's "wine cube."​The Romans used to call the Mediterranean Mare Nostrum (Latin for "our sea"), so it makes sense that most of the menu at this new restaurant in Brickell is inspired by the coastal regional cuisines of Italy, France and Spain. Mare Nostrum (1111 SW First Ave.) ... More >>

Joshua Gripper to Head Pastry Program at the Dutch

Joshua Gripper joins Andrew Carmellini at the Dutch.​The Dutch has snared pastry chef Joshua Gripper to head its baking operations in South Beach.Gripper's long resume includes Michelin two-star restaurant Oustau de Baumanniere, db Bistro Moderne, Butter, Cafe Boulud, and, most recently, Gotham St ... More >>

Chophouse Miami Reboots With New Chef, New Menu, and Whole New Vibe

JVSChef Jacques Van Staden, of the soon to be new and improved Chophouse Miami. ​Once upon a time, Manny's Steaks became Chophouse Miami, but nothing really changed all that much -- big hunks of meat, creamed spinach, and the expected steak-house vibe (leather banquettes, dark wood, white tableclo ... More >>

Kane's Young Executive Chef Takes His Steak Seriously

Photo by Andres Aravena​The addition of recently opened Kane Steakhouse to the SoFi restaurant landscape presented an opportunity for executive chef Daniel Ganem. When execs at the Glazier Group (Strip House in NYC, Michael Jordan's the Steak House) began searching for a head toque, they found th ... More >>

Simon Bowker's Chicken & Stuffing

Fontainebleau Miami Beach​In our interview with Chef Simon Bowker of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, we learned what's it like to work in a high pressure Michelin rated kitchen, and where he gets "naughty" in his down time. Today we present his formula for chicken and stuffing, a long-winded ... More >>

Fontainebleau's Bowker Plates A Mean Banquet

Fontainebleau Miami Beach​Chef de Cuisine Simon Bowker technically has the biggest job at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. He oversees the banquet program, which encompasses more than 220,000 square feet of event space (and you thought your two thousand square foot apartment was impressive). H ... More >>

Geoffrey Zakarian To Helm Dream Hotel South Beach's F&B Operations

Laine Doss Geoffrey and Margaret Zakarian -- poised to storm South Beach.Geoffrey Zakarian, restaurateur, Michelin star winner and Food Network celebrity is overseeing food and beverage operations for the soon-to-be-opened Dream South Beach hotel. According to his PR rep, Zakarian will spearh ... More >>

Interview With Christopher Lee, Executive Chef at Eden South Beach

​As a teenager, Christopher Lee became fascinated with food. "I always knew that I wanted to be a chef. In high school, I used to ditch classes just to watch cooking shows on TV."He went on to study at the California Culinary Academy and sharpen his knife at some of the nation's most renowned rest ... More >>

Eden doesn't tempt

Vino & Olio disappoints

The New Blue at the Delano (is Blue Door Fish)

​Rename. Redecorate. Re-conceptualize. That's the blueprint for the new Blue Door -- now Blue Door Fish. As we reported last week, the Delano's Mediterranean menu with French-Brazilian twists is focusing more on pure Mediterranean -- not just the region, but the seafood. Chef Claude Troisgros will ... More >>

Vino e Olio Opens This Saturday Night

Chef Menichetti has Michelin in his blood.We've been looking forward to this one more than most. For one thing, Vino e Olio is a beauty. The 5,600-square-foot space looks very cool with glass-lit walls and all, plus there are 200 seats on a 2,500-square-foot outdoor terrace too. As owner Alessandro ... More >>

Zuma's Chef Bjoern Weissgerber Brings German Precision to Miami

photo by Christina Staalstrom​When we first met Bjoern Weissgerber, executive chef at Zuma Miami, he wasn't what we expected. The young, charismatic German with Swedish roots is more reminiscent of a hip, energetic artist than a top toque at one of Miami's finest Japanese restaurants. Then ag ... More >>

Tuscan Restaurant Slated For Design District This Fall

Dining area​Vino E Olio, an Italian restaurant specializing in Tuscan fare, is slated to debut at 139 NE 39th Street in Miami's Design District sometime in September. News of a new Italian restaurant opening doesn't exactly set hearts aflutter around here, but the chef of Vino E Olio, Andrea Menic ... More >>

Celebrity Chef Curtis Stone: Interview, Part Two

Here's Part Two of our interview with celebrity chef Curtis Stone. You can read the first part He works hard. We'll let him sit through this line of questioning.​of the interview here.Who was the most impressive celebrity or dignitary you've ever cooked for/worked with, or the one person who ... More >>

Interview With Pastry Chef Crystal Cullison of Altamare, Part One

Paula Niño​If you haven't heard of pastry chef Crystal Cullison, you might begin hearing more about her now. Her milk chocolate and salted caramel semifreddo and other desserts on the menu of the recently opened AltaMare are already gaining fans.Cullison, a 27-year-old Orlando native, got her sta ... More >>

Handicapping the James Beard Awards

Consider it March Madness for gastronomic geeks: This Monday, March 22 the esteemed semifinalist nominees for the James Beard Awards 2010 will be whittled down to the even more esteemed finalists. In the combined spirit of great cooking and great bookies, we are offering the betting odds for who wil ... More >>

Peking Turkey at Philippe Now, Family Day at Pacific Time Tomorrow, Q and Fin on Monday, Tuscany in Spring

Photo by Lee KleinPalm Beach Spanish Mackerel at Fin​Support Miami's Schoolchildren The Design District will be celebrating Family Day tomorrow, December 12, and proud daddy Jonathan Eismann will be taking part by: Exhibiting beautiful artwork by the talented students of South Pointe Elementary sc ... More >>

Interview: Marco Ferraro Gets the 10

Photo by Mia NuñezChef Marco Ferraro of Wish.​There's something about Wish that seems to make culinary dreams come true, and its latest superstar, Executive Chef Marco Ferraro, appears to be skipping along the same path as a long line of extraordinary talent. First was Gary Robins, who eventually ... More >>

Executive Pastry Chef Antonio Bachour Shines Sweetly at W South Beach Hotel: Pistachio Semifreddo and Olive Oil Ice Cream

Jackie SayetUnusual trio delights the palate.​During a complimentary press dinner Tuesday night at Solea, we were treated to a dip in humidity and a pistachio semifreddo that signaled talent was making pastries in the W South Beach Hotel kitchen.  The man behind this cooling and creamy lime g ... More >>

Arts & Eats Guide 2009

A year-round feast of food and culture in the Magic City.

Get Caught in Charlotte's Web: Chef Elida Villaroel Dishes on Her New Bistro and the Beauty of Imperfection

Jackie SayetMarie Antoinette's gaze beholds the dining room. Behold, Villaroel's muse?​The question is not, is three Michelin star restaurant-experienced Chef Elida Villaroel ready for Coral Gables, but rather, is Coral Gables ready for her?Pensive and profound, yet uncomplicated.  Calculate ... More >>

Asian Home Cooking Demystified, One Wok Star at a Time

Angie ChenWokking it out​What do three accountants, two food bloggers, a planning director at Macy's, a college student and his mom, and a special events associate at United Way have in common?  Don't feel bad if you're stumped, because last week, the answer would be not much.  Not even ... More >>

Eos Dazzles

The new benchmark for Miami's hotel restaurants.

Hakkasan's Haute Hong Kong Cuisine at the Fontainebleau

These Cantonese crowd pleasers can't be beat.

South Beach's Wish Restaurant

Good food at high prices.

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Escopazzo breaks all the rules, irresistibly

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