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Ingrid Hoffmann: Latin Dish Goes Big Time

Snapshots From Last Night's Signature Chefs & Wine Event

Last night's Signature Chefs and Wine Extravaganza at Jungle Island to raise money for the March of Dimes is deserving of some commentary, so without further ado: Photo by Riki AltmanThe award for the most unexpected dish goes to Michael Bloise from American Noodle Bar (ETA early November) for his y ... More >>

Alton Brown at Lincoln Theater Tonight

​The Food Network's beloved nerdy scientist, Alton Brown, will be at the Lincoln Theater tonight at 7:30 p.m. to read from his latest book, Good Eats 2: The Middle Years. Tickets are still available and you get two of them when you buy Brown's book at any Books & Books location or at the door ... More >>

South Beach Wine & Food Festival Tickets on Sale October 25

​Get your wallets ready! Tickets for the 2011 South Beach Wine & Food Festival go on sale Monday, October 25.The festival, which takes place February 24 to 27, 2011, will be celebrating 10 years. Ten years since Lee Schrager took over the one-day wine festival that started at FIU, moved it to ... More >>

The Weekly Wrap-Up: Chicken Wings, Weird Vodkas and Cheese

​This week in Short Order ...Ten Weird Vodkas: From Root Beer to Bacon and Bubble GumLee Klein likes the cheese plate at The Cheese CourseIt was a matter of time: Rachael Ray makes it to the Cooking Channel (aka Food Network 2)Meatless in Miami: Vegans won't find many good pizza options in townChe ... More >>

Nobu Matsuhisa: A True Top Chef

These dishes didn't come easy.This interview with Nobu Matsuhisa, as told to Maggie Overfelt for Fortune Small Business, just came to my attention. It was first published back in 2009, but is so interesting as to be worth repeating for the many who missed it first time around. We've become accustome ... More >>

Sunny Anderson Talks About Journalism and Korea

Sunny Anderson​This is part two of our interview with Sunny Anderson from the Food Network's Cooking for Real. Read the first part of our interview with Sunny Anderson here.Your dad was in the military, right? How did all those moves influence your cooking style?The cool thing about being a milita ... More >>

Sunny Anderson Talks Real Food

Sunny Anderson​Some reasons we adore Sunny Anderson, host of Food Network's Cooking for Real:She admitted to watching Tom & Jerry cartoons when we called her at home in Brooklyn.Her show teaches us about food from all over the world instead of relegating us to the same region season after seas ... More >>

Sneak Peek at the SoBe Wine & Food Cookbook

The new cookbook from the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. ​Short Order got our hands on an advanced copy of the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Cookbook: Recipes and Behind-the-Scenes Stories from America's Hottest Chefs. Penned by Festival guru Lee Brian Schrager, the 256- ... More >>

Royal Caribbean Gourmet Series Features Local Chefs

Michael Schwartz will be hosting a foodie cruise onboard the Freedom of the Seas in early January. ​Royal Caribbean Cruise Line is offering a special gourmet series aboard its Freedom of the Seas with some of the top chefs in the country. Guests will participate in a cocktail reception with a cele ... More >>

And Scott Conant Hosts New Food Network Show Tonight

Contestants might want to take design tips from Scarpetta​At 10:00 p.m., on the Food Network, the Miami-praising chef will be hosting a new competition series called 24 Hour Restaurant Battle. This is how the show is described:"Each one-hour episode features dueling teams who must conceive, plan, ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain Talks Medium Raw, Illegal Ortolan, and Evil Cake Maker Sandra Lee

Melanie Dunea​If you know Anthony Bourdain from No Reservations and nothing else, perhaps you're under the impression he's just some cuddly middle-aged curmudgeon. Newsflash: You're wrong. Sure, he can be a friendly, engaging, and gracious dude. But for a full, uncensored view of Bourdain's too-ho ... 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 >>

Fresh Pasta a la Mexicana at Laurenzo's Italian Specialty

Photo by Christina Staalstrom​Norma Vargas-Matus is not exactly what you would expect from a pasta maker. She's a "Mexicana" from the beautiful town of Acapulco who grew up working at her family's bakery located in the hip Condesa district of Mexico City.  Today, this latin lovely finds herse ... More >>

Time To Stop Glorifying Gluttony

​Charlie: How do you like your steak?Diane: Sitting in a pool of its own blood. Diane and Charlie Levine were on their "fourth or fifth date" when this conversational snippet took place. On the couple's website yourmeattooth.com, it is noted that this "marks the moment they realized that ... More >>

Anthony Bourdain, Steven Raichlen Making Appearances at Books & Books

Anthony Bourdain will be hosting an event for Books & Books on June 30. ​Books & Books is Miami's best independent bookseller with an emphasis on quality literature and author-driven appearances. Books & Books has always been supportive of the local foodie community, as a longtime spon ... More >>

The Return of Julia Child

No, it's not another movie starring Meryl Streep. It was announced today that cooking legend Julia Child will return to the airwaves. Child, who passed away in 2004, will be resurrected via the new Cooking Channel. Beginning June 1, Julia's informative and oft-imitated show will be paired with ... 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 >>

Photo Preview of Area 31 SBWFF Wine Dinner

Photo by Lee KleinSeared Yellowtail with salsa verde and caramelized chestnuts​Area 31, which has quickly established itself as one of Miami's best seafood restaurants, will be hosting a Fish Wine dinner on Thursday, February 25 during the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Execu ... More >>

Start the Year With a “Bam!”

Top Ten of the Decade: Defining Moments in Miami Culture

Yesterday's list on pop culture showcased how the mass media and the world see Miami, but today's list of cultural moments of the decade focuses on the artistic forces that help Miami see the world. Few cities on any map saw such a dramatic growth spurt in culture in this decade, so let's take a loo ... More >>

American Idol for Amateur Cooks: Casting Call in Miami Announced for New Gordon Ramsay Series, Master Chef

Fox BroadcastingDo you have the bollocks?​First there was the original kitchen battle from Japan, Iron Chef.  Then came Food Network's Iron Chef America, Fox's Hell's Kitchen, and Bravo's Top Chef series; Top Chef Masters soon followed.  You would think the pot has boiled over, but no!&n ... More >>

Ingrid Hoffmann Shares Latin Burger and Taco Truck Menu Preview, Serves the Streets in More Ways than One

Latin Burger and Taco Truck's FacebookBienvenidos a Miami, food trucks.You'd have to be a Smurf living under a Hen of the Woods mushroom to not know that our country's culinary epicenters are consumed by street food mania. Dessert Truck in New York City and Kogi Korean BBQ in Los Angeles were among ... More >>

Ingrid Hoffmann Gets the 10 Questions

Ingrid Hoffman​Now here's a chef who knows the meaning of caliente. For those of you who may not recognize this hometown girl (which rock have you been living under, huh?), she's the host of Food Network's Simply Delicioso, as well as Galavision/Univision's hit series, Delicioso, and she's authore ... More >>

South Beach Wine & Food Fest Preview

​Tickets for the 2010 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival go on sale this coming Monday, October 26, 2009. The Festival is scheduled for February 25 to 28, and unlike past years there will not be a second block of tickets sold in early 2010. So Monday is, like, the day to buy. A comp ... More >>

Lee Brian Schrager knows show biz and the South Beach Wine & Food Fest

Arts & Eats Guide 2009

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

Good luck lurks at Scully's Tavern in Kendall

The Hangover: Brian Antoni and Nick D'Annunzio's Totally '80s Birthday at Club 50

Photo by Jipsy​Rewind your Walkman to Friday's totally '80s birthday party for aged-to-perfection Brian Antoni and Nick D'Annunzio at the The Viceroy at Club 50. This duo teamed up on a mission to resurrect their '80s glory days. One of the headline names was enough to drag me across the bridge ∠... More >>

Taste of the Nation's Tasty Freshman Class, New VIPish Room, and the Ritz on the Key is Practically Giving Rooms Away to Celebrate

Share Our StrengthThe children won't go hungry and neither will youLet the chowdown countdown begin!  The 21st annual Share Our Strength Taste of the Nation is just four weeks away today in Miami, but event organizers already have a healthy crop of 19 restaurant newcomers confirmed for the Jul ... More >>

It's a Mango Tango for Brasel, Hoffmann

Brustman Carrino PR The dynamic duo, muy delicioso at Meat MarketWhat could be sexier than two of Miami's hottest chefs cooking up original dishes for your pure and utterly unadulterated indulgence?  When they do it together, of course.That's what you have to look forward to this Wednesd ... More >>

Hide Out While You Still Can at Lake Worth's Havana Hideout

If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Cafe Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach, here's a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe.Some secrets South Floridians like to keep to themselves. Lake Worth hole-in-the-wall Havana Hideout has a few of them. Like its choc ... 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 >>

OLA At Sanctuary Sommelier Albert Omahen Talks Wine & Food 2009

I cold-called OLA at Sanctuary to find out if they got anything going on for the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival 2009. I spoke to a real cool dude, sommelier Albert Omahen about fish tacos, wine, and the smoker's palette. Here's what he had to say:

Sushi SoBe at Loews

Sushi SoBe landed in the lobby of Loews Miami Beach Hotel with less razzmatazz than one might expect -- especially in light of the menu having been developed by one of just six Master Sushi Chefs in the United States. That would be Fuji Fujita, executive sushi chef for Loews Hotels. Execution of the ... More >>

Chafing Dishes

Inside The Surf Club Kitchen

Inside The Surf Club Kitchen

The Great List Swindle

Dick Manitoba's new book of punk rock lists.

Axing the Property Tax

Potamkin’s homestead has a market value of $21 million.... Raul Masvidal owes $33,639 in taxes for his four-bedroom residence.

Naked Chef to Headline 2008 Wine & Food Fest

Naked Chef to Headline 2008 Wine & Food Fest

Battle of Who Sucks the Most

A Glorious Feast

Rejoice! The South Beach Wine and Food Fest is here

Bourgeois Binge

The gastronomic caravan known as the South Beach Wine & Food Festival has pulled into town

Oriental Treasure Trove

Spaghetti Star

Forget Rocco's; try Randazzo's

Flower Power

Orchids tease, titillate their legions

Fifteen Years of Bibliomania