Nostalgic for the sights and sounds and tastes of Cuba? For three days in May — Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, the 20th through the 22nd — the 13th annual Cuba Nostalgia delivers a vision of the island before “The Beard,” with pan con lechón, media noches, croquetas, and other Cuban…

Five courses, five hot chefs, Roederer champagne, and support for the American Association for Cancer Research are all on the menu at Chefs for a Cure,a benefit dinner and silent auction scheduled to take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, at 1500 Degrees. Behind the stoves at the swank…

Smooth jazz and cool cocktails reign at the posh purple speakeasy in the basement of South Beach’s Betsy Hotel, as B Bar hosts a quartet of local vocalists and songwriters crooning the tunes every Thursday night in May. Nicole Henry kicks off the month’s festivities May 5, followed by Leesa…

“Food as art” is no lie at Homestead’s Fruit and Spice Park, where on Saturday, May 7, you can learn how to turn the humble carrot or melon into a blossom or cone or flower at a three-hour Thai Fruit Carving class. The class begins at 9 p.m. and costs…

Meet the chef of Meat Market and beef up your culinary skills when Sean Brasel leads an Interactive Culinary Demonstration at Coral Gables’ swanky Biltmore Hotel on Saturday. Compare your pathetic kitchen skills to the chef’s as you work alongside Brasel preparing achiote-marinated scallops with pineapple-macadamia nut salsa and sweet…

Snack like a king and sip King Cab when Morton’s hosts another of its wine master classes on Wednesday. The Miami Beach meatery will pour Cabernet Sauvignons from the U.S., Chile, Australia, France, and Italy, all for tasting and analysis. Morton’s Gee Emm Chad Lipson will lead the tasting, which…

Get the locals’ take on the local dining scene beginning at 7:30 p.m. Monday when Check Please! South Florida returns to WPBT 2 for its sixth season. The host, of course, is SoFla restaurant goddess Michelle Bernstein, who will shake up the show with the first episode, featuring a trio…

Celebrate the anniversary of the Mexican army beating the foie gras out of the French in 1862 and ensuring the victory of the taco over the croque monsieur on Thursday, May 5—aka, Cinco de Mayo—at the Rosa Mexicanos in South Beach and Mary Brickell Village. You and Mr./Ms./Mrs. can start…

De Rodriguez Cuba on Ocean, is now dishing a Sunday Sangria Latin Jazz Brunch. A complimentary glass of one of six custom sangrias is included in the $29.95 per person price ($17 for kinds from seven to 12), as well as munchies from eight stations, including ceviches and salads, omelets…

Show Mom the love this Mother’s Day, you ungrateful whelp. Or at least treat her to a meal out. And if you’ve forgotten the special day is Sunday, May 8, stand in the corner and don’t come out until you’re ready to behave. Then go clean your room. At the…

Essensia’s fresh, natural approach to the Big Day’s brunch should appeal to Mom, as should the complimentary mimosa. For $59 for adults and $19 for kids, everyone can pig out on made-to-order waffles and omelets, sushi and ceviche from the seafood station, plus pastas, carved meats, and a roster of…

The historic Deering Estate at Cutler is getting into the Mother’s Day Brunch act with a prix fixe ($70 for adults, $45 for children) brunch that runs from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. There is, of course, an omelet station plus brunchy-time dishes ranging from cinnamon- and Grand Marnier-infused French…

After watching Going Down in La La Land, the last film of the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, head on over to the Hilton Bentley South Beach for the after-party, where chef Doug Rodriguez of the mouthful-esque De Rodriguez Cuba on Ocean will be serving up mouthfuls of his signature…

Put the “daze” in your “Sundays” (and remind yourself how sweet life would be if you and your SO didn’t have to go back to work the next morning) at the new Sunday beach and pool party at the Oasis Beach Club at Brickell Key’s poshola Mandarin Oriental. Called—wait for…

Saying, “Work sucks” is like saying, “Water is wet.” But for two more weeks you can make work just a little less sucky, at least if you work within easy distance of Coral Gables Museum Plaza, where on successive Wednesdays, April 20 and 27, you can catch two hours of…

Texas de Brazil will put on a veritable suckfest of good booze and grilled meat, when beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 21, the SoBe churrascaria will pair Tequila Avion Silver, Reposado and Anejo with an all you can stuff yourself dinner from its 60-dish salad bar and array…

More rums than Johnny Depp could shake a cutlass at (more than 130-plus at last count), plus tastings, seminars, cocktail competitions, dinners, and plenty of VIP parties are all on the menu at the largest collection of rums (and rummies) in the Western Hemisphere: the annual Rum Renaissance at Miami…

It’s hard to eat out these days without at least a side order of guilt. Maybe you don’t want to dish out the cash, or maybe that tire ’round your belly is beginning to overinflate. Whatever the case, eating out is often less enjoyable than it should be. Thank goodness…

When someone says, “O, Miami,” you probably think what they really mean is “Oh, shit! Miami,” or “Oh, no, Miami” or “Uh-oh, Miami.” But if they care anything about poetry, what O, Miami really means is a monthlong celebration of rhythmic verse that runs from April 1 to Saturday, April…

At the newly Michael Psilakis-less Eos at Brickell’s swanky Viceroy Miami, a buffet-like brunch is being offered from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Among the dishes for your brunching pleasure: salads of tropical fruit, baby greens, and roasted beets; and sections dishing up poached salmon, omelets, seafood, eggs Benedict, and…

Passover meals are being dished up for the coming Jewish holiday. At Allen Susser’s Chef Allen’s in Aventura, the traditional Sedar dinner only will be served from 5 to 10 p.m. on Monday, April 18, while on Tuesday, April 19, both the Sedar menu and regular menu will be available…