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Stone Crab Season Ends Today: Six Places Offering Last Call For Claws

The 2012-2013 stone crab season closes tomorrow, May 16, with the last day of harvest today. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, traps must be removed from the water within five days. All restaurateurs and stores must obtain their stone crabs by May 16. It's been a ... More >>

Are You A Wine Snob? Find Out in Time for the Festival

For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times' Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. Think about the last time you shared a bottle of vino with friends. Unless you're a group of uppity wine connoisseurs or sommeliers, chances are the wine in your glass mean ... More >>

Sunny LaValle: Eat to Beat the Flu

Like an impending tornado, the flu is circling, looming and ready to strike. The CDC estimates that 128 million doses of the flu vaccine have already been administered as of this month, which is a whopping 95 percent of the total manufacturers planned to produce all year. Boston even declared a publ ... More >>

Norman Van Aken Cooks at Whole Foods Coral Gables Tonight

Norman Van Aken wears many "toques". He's been coined the father of New World cuisine and was one of the "Mango Gang", a group of chefs including Douglas Rodriguez, Allen Susser, and Mark Militello who turned Miami's culinary vista from diners and early bird specials into an interesting and cultural ... More >>

Olive Oil From Frantoia to Lucini. What's Your Favorite?

The first step in building a well-stocked pantry is selecting a good extra virgin olive oil. I've taken this step several times, thus leading to an over-stocked pantry. See also: - Buy Good Olive Oil: Cold Pressed, Extra Virgin, and Organic Are Only The Start In my cupboard, next to the oddball w ... More >>

Hurricane Sandy: South Beach Restaurants, Shops Feel Effects

Friends and family up north are preparing for Sandy's wrath as we enjoy a cool, sunny morning. But although Sandy mostly left Miami unscathed, there was scattered flooding and wind damage in various parts of south Florida.Alton Road on South Beach was particularly hit hard, with major flooding makin ... More >>

Edible Garden Festival at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden This Weekend

It's not fall in Miami until Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden hosts its annual edible garden festival and scarecrow contest.Read Also: Slow Food Miami Hosting Pies & Thighs Pie Contest & PicnicThe two-day family event features a host of talks, lectures, and garden tours that will show you h ... More >>

Ginnybakes, Miami-Based Organic Treat Sensation, Rolls Out Scrumptious Vegan Cookies and Bars

If you're a celiac, a vegan, a vegetarian, a nutritarian, lactose intolerant, oat intolerant, or if you do your damnedest to keep kosher, you may have had more than one opportunity to moan about how there's nothing delicious for you to eat in this world. For me, a plant-based vegan, the feeling has ... More >>

Hurricane Andrew Then, Isaac Now: Stock Up With Gourmet Goodies

It's only fitting that on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew, there's a storm brewing out in the Caribbean (with another one nipping at Isaac's ankles). It is fiercely debated whether Hurricane Andrew was the worst natural disaster in American history. At the time, the Category 5 hurricane tha ... More >>

Tropical Storm Isaac: Hurricane Parties, Restaurant and Event Updates, Closings UPDATED

Tropical storm Isaac is barreling toward the Florida Keys and you only have to look outside your window to see that feeder bands are already affecting Miami-Dade. Before you head out to a store, restaurant, or bar we suggest calling them ahead of time to make sure they're open. Some events (especial ... More >>

My Ceviche's Sam Gorenstein On Fish Pricing

Groupers have giant heads, which combined with neatly pressed white napkins and tasteful interiors, explain why a good piece of fish comes at a high price. Great seafood in South Florida is as ubiquitous as bad driving, and some of the best can be had at prices as low as few bucks. Keeping it cheap ... More >>

Whole Foods' Fill The Grill Competition: Alfredo Montero Wins Round Two

Read Also: Whole Foods' Fill The Grill Competition: Jim Heins Takes Round OneRound two of the annual Fill The Grill competition at Whole Foods Market in Coral Gables saw another two food truck chefs in a cook-off to see who had the superior grilling abilities. Eileen Andrade of CUBANCUBE and Alfredo ... More >>

Whole Foods' Fill The Grill Competition: Jim Heins Takes Round One

When Michael Jacobs, chef for the Miami Heat players, announced the two competitors for the first round of the Fill the Grill Challenge at the Coral Gables Whole Foods Market, one of the contestants asked for a slight change in title."Just call me Jim. Robyn's the chef around here," said Jim Heins, ... More >>

A Vegan in Vegas: Thai Basil Salad, Beautiful Beets, and More

See also Vegans Can Carbo Load in LA, Beet Reporter Finds Vegan Glory in LA Yesterday, my friends and I were walking up the Las Vegas strip in desiccating 115-degree heat. My skin felt deflated, dehydrated and stretched to my bones. I looked to my left and to my right and saw nothing but i ... More >>

Memorial Day Grilling Tips From Miami's Top Chefs at Edge, Meat Market, Tudor House and More

What's Memorial Day without the barbecue? Millions of us will fire up the charcoal and throw some steaks on the grill, beer in hand, as celebration of the unofficial start of summer (and in remembrance of our troops). But how many of us can successfully navigate our way around the fire pit without r ... More >>

Parking at South Beach Wine & Food Fest Stinks; Maybe Worth It, Though

​There's a reason many Miami-Dade County residents avoid South Beach. Parking has become practically impossible. But if you do get caught in traffic, you can always pass the time, by observing the intriguing things tourists do in cars other than watching the road, such as: phone-a-friend, check te ... More >>

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 >>

Beet Reporter Hustled into Breaking Vegan Diet with $2 Taco Bell Burrito

​​As I stood in line at a Taco Bell on NE 36th Street and Biscayne Boulevard, I was not comfortable or hopeful. It had been a long time since I'd been in a fast food joint, and the proximity of all the nutritionally bankrupt white flour tortillas, preservative-packed foodstuffs, and grade D meat ... More >>

Thanksgiving Quinoa Loaf: Soy-Free Vegan Turkey Alternative

​Holy crap, this thing is delicious. And unlike some wheat gluten- and soy-based turkey stand-ins, it's unequivocally good for you.The vegetable flavors harmonize lusciously and the quinoa, chickpeas, and walnuts give it a nice protein lift -- without soy. Whatever you do, don't skip the sun-dried ... More >>

Fill The Grill Bloggers Competition: A Grill-Like Recipe For Apartment Dwellers

​Last month I chronicled the winding road that was Whole Foods' "Fill The Grill" competition, where we watched chef Timon Balloo (from Midtown's perpetually crowded Sugarcane), go up against chef Michael Jacobs, (who cooks up our Miami Heat player's creative fare) for the championship title. As on ... More >>

Graham Garnos, Health Machinist, Makes Homemade Silver Colloid

Camille LambGraham Garnos, seen through a murky glass of silver colloid, drinks and serves about 50 times the recommended dose.​We're standing in the kitchen, watching ghostly trails ooze off sticks of silver in a jam jar filled with distilled water. The kitchen, the jar, the silver, and the machi ... More >>

Tomatoland: Barry Estabrook Describes Why Florida Sucks at Agriculture

Apparently, when it comes to agriculture and civil rights, Florida just can't do anything right. In the new book, Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit, journalist Barry Estabrook traces the history of the tomato and discusses the ecological and human co ... More >>

O.N.E. Coconut Water Recalled Over Mold

​ONE World Enterprises announced this morning that they are recalling their O.N.E. Coconut water in 11.2-ounce packaging due to mold. According to a statement posted on the Food & Drug Administration's site, product affected was shipped to several retail outlets in Florida. Consumers are asked ... More >>

South Beach Wine & Food Festival Tickets Still Available

Food Network Party with Guy​Every 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 >>

Thanksgiving Wines Under $25

Photo by Randy Larcombe The wine press at Torbreck Winery.​If you have no desire to spend Thanksgiving gulping beer like a Pilgrim and would prefer to swirl and sip some vino, here are some great suggestions we discovered while out tasting with fellow oenophiles. All of the choices are unde ... More >>

Miami's Vegan Pizza Options Are Limited

​The coolest thing I heard this week is that Bill Clinton is now eating a mainly vegan diet. Not only that but he's doing it right -- vegan protein shakes in the morning and a eating well-balanced, colorful range of foods. You go, Bill, the whole vegan community is rooting for you.The second best ... More >>

Floridian Beer Evolution, Part Two

​As we learned last week in the Floridian Beer Evolution Part 1, the regular beer drinker is familiar with Heineken, Corona, Budweiser and Presidente. But what he or she likely doesn't know is that Florida brewers are chipping in on the beverage side and creating fun, whimsical brews full of c ... More >>

Win A Free Kitchen Makeover!

Win 1 remodeled kitchen, 1 year of groceries, 2 "celebrities"​Panda Kitchen & Bath, in cahoots with Whole Foods Market (and Miami New Times, among others), is offering a total kitchen makeover plus one year of free groceries -- the two worth over $14,000 combined! Here's how it works:You visit ... More >>

Meatless in Miami: A Master Cleanse Diary, Part One

​After years of tossing the idea around I've decided to stop being a nancy and do the damn Master Cleanse.  You may be asking...what is this Master Cleanse?  Well, it's a 10-day (minimum) detox developed in the 1941 that's still being used today.  Also called the "Lemonade Diet", yo ... More >>

There's Nothing Funny About Sushi Maki's New Menu Items

Photo by Riki AltmanSushi Maki's CEO is all about chopstick character-making at the table​Realizing it was time to shake things up a bit at the quickie sushi place that doesn't take itself too seriously, 36-year-old local boy Abe Ng, the CEO/president/chief sushi officer of the South Miami-based c ... More >>

Bubbies Mochi Ice Cream a Hit in Miami

Courtesy of Bubbies Homemade Ice Cream and Desserts​During a recent visit to Whole Foods, Short Order discovered Bubbies Mochi Ice Cream. We purchased a package despite the slightly expensive $7.99 price tag for a package of eight. Bubbies is produced by a Hawaii-based company and comes in ... More >>

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 >>

Better Halves: Interview with Ottavia Busia Bourdain

Ottavia BourdainOttavia and her husband, Anthony Bourdain, relax with some banana daquiris at the Raleigh Hotel pool on South Beach.​If you're familiar with food porn, Ottavia's last name should ring a bell. Her husband is print, television, and most recently Martha Stewart Living radio food porno ... More >>

Weekly Wrap Up: The Friday Carnita

Jacob KatelThe entire menu at Carnitas Estilo Michoacan.​It worked in L.A. with Mexican/Korean food, so when's somebody down here gonna open a Caribbean Taco Shop. We're talkin' jerk pork with pickled cabbage and sweet plantain. Or, how 'bout fried goat chunks, and Honduran farm cheese. Here's wha ... More >>

Letters from the Issue of December 3, 2009

Food News Roundup: Cuban Coffee, Allergies, Low Fat, Ice Balls, Super Brawl, and Local Milk

According to organizers, attendance at Americas Food & Beverage Show up 10%. [Herald]Australian reality-tv star Tabatha Coffey loves Cuban food and Cuban coffee. [NBCmiami]This blog beat the Herald on the Natural Choice Vending interview by over two months. [Herald] [ShortOrder]Miami company rel ... More >>

More of Iron Fork 2009 in Pictures, People and Restaurants

Jacob Katel​Another year, another Iron Fork. Were you there, did you have fun, what would you like to see there next time that would make it better. We think there should have been more water. Rum and Presidente are not always the answer.Here are some pictures representing for the restaurants that ... More >>

No More Raw Milk at Florida Whole Foods, the Company Explains Their Decision, Kind Of

via wikimedia​Cooked milk, get your cooked milk.Whole Foods Market has officially dropped raw milk from its shelves in Florida.Raw Milk is milk that has not been pasteurized or homogenized. Pasteurization is a heating process meant to kill bacteria, and homogenization is the process of making the ... 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 >>

Meatless in Miami: The (Next) Best Things

Most of you readers have probably experienced fake meat or a veggie food item. It might've been a mouth-watering, paradigm-shifting experience or something you tossed after one bite.  The point is, veggie food is just like all other food - some of it's awesome and some of it sucks horribly!The ... More >>

Maynard James Keenan Appearing in Miami and Boca in June ... at Whole Foods

Obsessive followers of Maynard James Keenan -- the elusive brains behind Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer -- know that beyond Bill Hicks and artsy heavy music, his other passion is wine. Indeed, recent magazine profiles on Keenan have usually found him in rural Arizona, where he lives on a remot ... More >>

Miami Restaurant Musings

*After years of my pooh-poohing parsley-speckled plate rims and mindless squiggles of mango and raspberry purees on dessert plates, it seems that both fads have faded into oblivion. Thank you, but please hold your applause until after the column is finished. *Norman Van Aken has laid low of late, n ... More >>

Miami's Dining Scene Goes Big League

In 2008, our city's gastronomic curve trended sharply upward.

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