A rather less traditional Passover dinner will be served at Rosa Mexicano in both South Beach and Mary Brickell Village. The meal will begin with a complimentary Mexican-style Sedar plate of pickled veggies with an Israeli-inspired sauce of cilantro, garlic and jalapenos. A la carte entrees ($18), sides ($5) and…

Whether your religion is organized, disorganized, or eggs Benedict, the prime brunching day of the year is on its way. That would be April 24, Easter Sunday, when the desire to stuff your pie hole with ungodly amounts of calorie- and cholesterol-laden grub will be gleefully fulfilled by a passel…

At posh Bizcaya at the Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove, they are indeed puttin’ on the Ritz, with a $65 prix fixe spread ($25 for the under-12 set) that’s good from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A quartet of salads is on the menu, as are assorted tapas, grilled and marinated veggies,…

Attention all roosters: For an evening of retro entertainment, grab your best hen (or best rooster. . . hell, who’s judging?) and wing it over to, well. . . Cha Cha Rooster at Lord’s SoBe, where singer Glenda Grainger caws all those hits of yesteryear at 8:30 and 10 p.m…

Things are heating up at 1500 Degrees, the farm-to-table with a carnivorous bent restaurant at Miami Beach’s posh Eden Roc, where Roc-star chef Paula DaSilva is putting together a four-course dinner (plus pre-meal munchies) featuring five wines from Napa’s superlative Mi Sueno Winery. The festivities begin at 6:30 p.m. on…

And speaking of rock-star chefs, nobody shreds a recipe like Miami’s own Michael Schwartz, whose Michael’s Genuine Food cookbook is putting his genuinely good eats in the hands of home cooks everywhere. You can learn to rock ‘n’ roll in your own kitchen when the chef does an interactive culinary…

Blues, brews and barbecue. Really, is there anything more a man needs in life? Well, you need five bucks to get into the first annual Blues, Brews and Barbecue bash, set for Saturday and Sunday, April 16 and 17, at Homestead’s Fruit & Spice Park. Gates open at 10 a.m…

Beer. It’s not just for breakfast any more. It’s also for Miami-Dade College’s Kendall campus, where on successive Thursdays from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., March 31 to May 5, suds expert “Good Beer Larry” Goeser will teach Beer 101. We’re not talking corporate piss-water either, but craft beer—their history, how…

First there was De Rodriguez Cuba, then there was De Rodriguez Ocean, and then there was De Rodriguez Cuba on Ocean. Now you could say there is De Rodriguez Cuba on Oceans of Botran Rum. Until April 15, anyway, because that’s how long Douglas Rodriguez’s newly reconstituted SoBe restaurant is…

If you don’t know much about history but you know you like the “Latin beat poetry fusion” of local musician Oscar Fuentes, not to mention an open bar and light snacks, then HistoryMiami,formerly known as the Historical Museum of South Florida has just the deal for you. It’s their Wine…

Okay, trendoids, don’t be letting any xanthan gum grow under your feet or you’ll miss “An Evening of Sweet and Savory Molecular Gastronomy: Room 4 Dessert Popup Miami.” If that sounds like the hottest thing since Parmesan foam, well, the Saturday, April 2, dinner does feature molecular gastronomist and chef…

A cook-off between Hell’s Kitchen alums and 1500 Degrees chefs Paula DaSilva and Ben Walanka, plus another culinary death match pitting chefs from Whole Foods against those of Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Academy, are just two of the events scheduled for the third annual Heart of a Chef bash set…

Girls just wanna have a really good meal. Those would be the Miami chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier, which is hosting its third annual alfresco Tropical Brunch in Homestead at Schnebly Redland’s Winery Sunday, April 10, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Food, wine, and a live auction are all…

If you know anything about Spanish wine, you probably know the appellations of Rioja and Rías Baixas. But Ribera del Duero? Eh, not so much. So an evening tasting and talking about the wines of one of Spain’s finest but underappreciated areas with former Café Boulud sommelier and Ribera aficionado…

Eat your way around the world without ever leaving North Miami at Johnson & Wales University’s “Around the World Dinner and Auction,” an evening of multiculti cuisine, complimentary wines and spirits, a whole bunch of desserts, prizes, and even a souvenir glass. Dinner costs $125 per person, $175 for the…

Add a little spice to your life (and maybe your sex life too) at the new “Indian Nights” dinners taking place every Thursday at Café Sambal at Miami’s posh Mandarin Oriental. Guest chef Jayaseelan Mariadoss will be serving a family style meal made up of dishes for all over the…

Drink your art at Miami’s Wynwood Kitchen & Bar, where the street artists who helped create the artsy restaurant’s interior and outdoor murals have inspired a new array of equally artful cocktails like the David Ellis (151 liquor, squid ink, hot sauce, olive brine and horseradish). On second thought, maybe…

Cool nights and hot jazz, plus World Tapas from Delicias Del Mundo, will share space with more than 1,000 rare and exotic tropical plants on Saturdayat the coming Jazz at Pinecrest Gardens. Director, arranger and composer Stephen Guerra brings his 16-piece big band to the event, which begins at 6:30…