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May 11, 2012
Swine Southern Table & Bar to Open in Coral Gables
Run, piggy, run is the phrase we'll be hearing in Coral Gables when Swine Southern Table & Bar opens at 2415 Ponce de Leon Blvd. in the former Les Halles space this fall. The restaurant will be helmed by Top Chef alum Kenny Gilbert, who is working in the kitchen at Yardbird Southern Tab ... More >>
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April 18, 2012
Today: United Way Miami Wine & Food Festival Kicks Off 17th Annual Edition
It might not have the swag or bravado of its nationally-recognized cousin the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, but the 17th annual edition of the United Way Miami Wine & Food Festival definitely has a lot to offer. Best of all, and unlike SBWFF, proceeds go to a charity that strengthens the ... More >>
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February 27, 2012
SoBeWFF: Trucks on the Beach Crowded, Energetic
View photos from Trucks on the Beach here.The South Beach Wine & Food Festival's Trucks on the Beach closing party proved once and for all that people will wait on line for 45 minutes for food.Lines were the name of the game at this event, as trucks turned out food as fast as humanly possible ... More >>
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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 >>
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January 30, 2012
Free Tickets: Harry's Pizzeria Hosting Jonathan Waxman Pop-Up (Updated)
Jonathan Waxman, chef/owner of Barbuto in New York, Top Chef Masters alum, and author is taking over Michael Schwartz's Harry's Pizzeria Wednesday, February 1.Waxman is hosting a pop-up dinner event, featuring dishes from his book, Italian, My Way: More Than 150 Simple and Inspired Recipes That B ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
NYC Marathon: Chefs Richard Blais, Nate Appleman, and Joe Bastianich Bite From the Big Apple
The New York City Marathon is the weekend and for the first time in years, I didn't make the uber competitive lottery and won't be running it (here's my not-too-swift race history).There's something life changing about the marathon that extends far beyond the simple fact that one has run 26.2 mil ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
Michelle Bernstein and Jeremiah Bullfrog on the Closing of El Bulli
The Kitchen at El BulliLast Saturday, El Bulli, former world's best restaurant and trailblazer for culinary creativity, served its last meal. El Bulli is not dead, however; it will become a private culinary think-tank which plans to catalogue its findings and disseminate the information at chef's co ... More >>
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July 27, 2011
Five Accessible Cookbooks to Elevate Your Cooking Game
How's your cooking game? Sure, your eating game is up to snuff, but food tastes even better when you know how it's made. The key to mastering the art of cooking at home is to become well-rounded, and that means tackling your weaknesses. In the words of Mr. Miyagi, "first learn stand, then learn fly. ... More >>
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July 22, 2011
Chef Marco Ferraro No Longer at Wish
Will Chef Ferraro wish to stay in Miami? Only time will tell.We suspected something was up when Chef Marco Ferraro was replaced at Wynwood Kitchen recently (though, truly, we felt the caliber of his food was markedly better at Wish), but it still came as a surprise when an insider told us he h ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Shrimp, Tang and Urine: Ten Crazy Astronaut Food Facts (video)
Astronauts chowing down at zero gravityAccording to NASA, the last Space Shuttle Launch of STS-135 will take place at 11:26 a.m. this morning (be sure to put on the TV). Just as space flight has evolved, so has the Astronaut's diet of what used to be Tang and tubes of ham salad and c ... More >>
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March 10, 2011
Top Chef's Fabio Viviani Invites Me To Eat His Pork
Laine Doss Fabio loves his pork.Last month, I wrote about how Top Chef's Fabio Viviani wanted me during a phone interview. What started out as a typical phoner with a celebrity chef turned into a session that made the angels weep and the earth move. Our romance was made in foodie heaven. W ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
12 Top Miami Chefs Who Were Not Too Big To Fail, Part Two
Ben FinkIt was a genuine struggle to the topIn yesterday's installment, we listed six chefs, in alphabetical order, who at one point or another in their careers encountered a flop. We continue with the remaining half-dozen:7. Chef: Andrea Curto-Randazzo and Frank RandazzoFlop: Water ClubTalula fo ... More >>
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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 >>
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February 24, 2011
Claire Robinson Describes Cooking on a French Barge and Chopped All-Stars, Her Next Project
Claire Robinson,the vivacious and spirited host of Food Network's 5 Ingredient Fix, combines her love for cooking and education to bring you infotainment at it's best. This Florida native started her career behind the camera but quickly found her groove after attending NYC's The French Culinary I ... More >>
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February 21, 2011
South Beach Wine & Food Festival Tickets Still Available
Food Network Party with GuyEvery year the South Beach Wine & Food Festival Rolls out its tents on the beach off Ocean Drive and every year you procrastinate, waiting to see if somehow some business associate or rich benefactor will bestow on you a complimentary golden ticket. If you ha ... More >>
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January 20, 2011
Did Chef Andrea Curto-Randazzo Leave the Water Club? (UPDATE)
Has ACR left the building?Miami New Times was alerted to a Twitter post announcing Chef Andrea Curto-Randazzo has bailed on her latest venture. "Former Top Chef contestant Andrea Curto-Randazzo is no longer part of The Water Club," @Miamitude reports.There's no announcement on the restaurant's websi ... More >>
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December 24, 2010
Bacon Love Recipe for Curto-Randazzo's Roasted Tomato and Smoked Bacon Bisque
via cherrylet FlickrYesterday we promised you a recipe from Jayne Rockmill's new hardcover book I Love Bacon! ($19.99) so, yet again, we're delivering. Chef Andrea Curto-Randazzo, now at The Water Club and formerly of Talula and Top Chef fame, contributed her recipe for roasted tomato and smoked ... More >>
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December 8, 2010
Miami Food Scene Wish List: A Citywide Service Intervention
Photo by Sarah TylerPut the bottle down, Santa, and bring Miami better restaurant service.Starting today, some of the bloggers at Short Order are creating a holiday wish list for Miami's food scene.Dear Santa,Anyone who's known me longer than a week gets to hear me crow about how much better thin ... More >>
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October 8, 2010
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 >>
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August 5, 2010
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 >>
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July 12, 2010
Mango Mania at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Paula NiñoFor Indian actress and cookbook author Madhur Jaffrey, the best thing to do with a mango is simply eat it. Her favorite way to enjoy them doesn't involve a knife or perfectly cut dice. Instead, she pierces the top of a soft, ripe mango with her nail, puts the fruit to her mouth, squeez ... More >>
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June 18, 2010
Top Chef's Andrea Curto-Randazzo's Video Rant
Top Chef's Andrea Curto-Randazzo. Miami Top Chef contestant Andrea Curto-Randazzo has taken to YouTube to vent some frustrations (you hear that, Padma!), give her fellow reality stars some shout-outs and throw out the word "cock." The Talula and Water Club chef's "I'm Just Sayin' " video rant is ... More >>
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June 11, 2010
Cupcakes Nouveau to Star in Food Network's Cupcake Wars
courtesy of Cupcakes NoveauCristina Valdes and Shayrin BadilloIt seems like Miami will have a lot of talent to follow on TV this summer. We have Andrea Curto-Randazzo on Top Chef, Aria Kagan on The Next Food Network Star, and now the girls behind Cupcakes Nouveau will be starring in the new Food ... More >>
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April 15, 2010
Carmen Gonzalez Wins in Second Episode of Top Chef Masters Season 2
The only chef with a Miami connection in the second season of Bravo's Top Chef Masters won last night's episode. After a bout of unlucky events, Carmen Gonzalez seemed an unlikely winner in an elimination challenge that required the chefs to put their twist on soul food for actor Mekhi Phifer's bir ... More >>
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March 1, 2010
SBWFF 2010: Sunday Afternoon at the Grand Tasting Village; Bourdain, Ripert Face-Off
We spent Sunday afternoon at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival's Whole Foods Grand Tasting Village, walking around the massive tents around 13th and Ocean tasting mostly liquor. It's no secret that this event has become less about the bites and more about the booze -- well, and the celebrity ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2010
Burger Bash Sneak Peek at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach
As the host chef of South Beach Wine & Food Festival's Burger Bash, Thomas Connell has a leg up on the competition. Not only are all of the 27 burgers in contention prepared on-site at his kitchen at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach, but he also helps the contestants with their culinary needs. As 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
October 30, 2009
Weekly Wrap Up: The Friday Pumpkinhead
Via flickr wxmomHappy Halloween!Don't rot your teeth out eating too much candy this weekend. Here are our highlight posts from this week.Local takes on worst dining trends of the year. Communist tables.Renzo's of Boca, Miami Dolphins Football Meatball video.Doral Farmers Market starts tomorrow.Wh ... More >>
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October 6, 2009
Food News Roundup: Lee Schrager, Top Chef, and Bacon Camp
Man wants tacos so bad he's willing to kill for them.....maybe he'll like the ones in prison...if they find him. [Herald]Mayor Daley from Chicago says "I'm moving to Miami, where there are no taxes on food and no state income tax." [ChicagoTribune]Lee Schrager talks about getting asked to unclog toi ... More >>
Culture
October 1, 2009
Arts & Eats Guide 2009
A year-round feast of food and culture in the Magic City.
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June 18, 2009
The Piano Man's Sugar Baby Went Sour in Miami
via minds-eye's Flickr/CCGawker is reporting that Billy Joel and wife, the 27-year-old Katie Lee, are separating and that some lies and deception may have been involved. And you know that where there's L & D, there's Miamiiiiii! Apparently, Miss Katie, former (and booring, compared to Padma) hos ... More >>
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February 23, 2009
Top Chef and Barilla: For the Foodie in All of Us
Whitney RouxProduct Placement at its finest. "You have to respect your ingredients. You have to respect the food." This according to Top Chef Ilan Hall is the recipe for success. Other advice to amateur foodies included the typical "start at the bottom, even if it means peeling garlic." And then kee ... More >>
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December 15, 2008
An Interview With Ted Allen
C. StilesNectar Lounge at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek was host to the Christmas-ey dessert party, Sweet Dreams, this weekend. The event featured a huge spread of sugary cakes, candies, flash-frozen ice cream, and dessert sushi, which you can check out by viewing our slide show. But it also fea ... More >>
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November 14, 2008
All the Nasty Bits from an Evening with Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali
Elyse Wanshel Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain at the Miami Book Fair International Thursday night. Although former junkie/gutter chef, Anthony Bourdain claims that his life is “all rainbows and unicorns” ever since the birth of his baby daughter, many of his random comments during last night ... More >>
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August 5, 2008
Must See (Public Access) TV – Will Rudy Crew Survive?
Elyse Wanshel Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain at the Miami Book Fair International Thursday night. Although former junkie/gutter chef, Anthony Bourdain claims that his life is “all rainbows and unicorns” ever since the birth of his baby daughter, many of his random comments during last night ... More >>

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