You might not have known this, but paradise is as close as Homestead. Or at least Paradise Farms, which supplies flavorful organic produce to some of the best chefs and hottest restaurants in South Florida. If you want to get in on one of PF’s wildly popular Dinner in Paradise…
You say, “Art Basel”; Miami Independent Thinkers say, “Art Basil.” That Basil would be the co-op farmers’ market featuring organic fruits, veggies, and herbs plus other cool products from local designers and artists, scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday to coincide with the rather more famous Basel…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here’s a taste of what you’re missing. Click here to subscribe.If you really loved him/her you would take her/him out for a swanky dinner at a swell restaurant, like stone crab at some place on the beach, instead…
The secrets behind chef Cindy Hutson’s “Cuisine of the Sun” are up for grabs at her interactive cooking classes. Classes cost $90 per person are limited to 18 students who split into groups of six to prepare a meal, each group led by one of the chefs at Hutson’s acclaimed…
At Bloomingdale’s in Aventura, the “Go Get Cooking” series of cooking demos continues on Saturday, Dec. 4, with Jennifer Behar, chef-proprietor of Jennifer’s Homemade in Miami, maker of assorted biscotti, breadsticks and flatbreads. All cooking sessions are free and begin at 1 p.m. Sat., Dec. 4, 1 p.m., 2010…
Why consume store-bought calories for the holidays when you can create your own. Learn how at the Holiday Desserts class at Culinary Academy at the Biltmore Hotel. Taught by the hotel’s executive pastry chef Olivier Rodriguez, the class takes place on Saturday, Dec. 4, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m…
One of Midtown Miami’s sweetest new restaurants sweetens its culinary pot with the addition of weekend brunch. Whole wheat pumpkin pancakes with housemade vanilla bean ricotta, steak ‘n’ eggs Benedict and waffles with duck confit and mustard maple syrup are just some of the tapas-style brunchables at Sugarcane Raw Bar…
If you really want to put the thanks in Thanksgiving, thank the folks at Island Queen Cruises for doing all the work (and clean-up) for you, while you and your honey chow down on the traditional buffet-style T-Day dinner with all the fixin’s, then lounge around in a state of…
The new 1500° at SoBe’s Eden Roc Renaissance is offering an all-American buffet from 4 to 10 p.m. On the menu are butternut squash soup, DIY salad, selection of meats and cheeses, assorted small plates and side dishes, carving station with turkey and roast beef, and quartet of desserts. Oh,…
Quattro Gastronomia Italiana puts the boot (as in Italy) to the traditional holiday meal, dishing up three courses for $70 per person. Feasting begins at 4 p.m. and runs until no one can eat any more. Among the choices are pumpkin strudel with foie gras; turkey breast stuffed with focaccia,…
For something completely different, The Restaurant at The Setai is offering an Asian-style holiday dinner—four courses for $85 per person, plus another $30 for specially paired wines. After an appetizer course, choose from steamed double-boiled turkey soup, Thai-style Chilean sea bass and five-spice apple tart tatin. Thu., Nov. 25, 6…
You know the Golden Rule: He who has the gold, makes the rules. Well, here’s another one: He who has $35 in gold (or the equivalent in spendable cash) gets to rule over an array of seafood and wine, plus goodie bag and live entertainment, at Palmetto Bay’s Golden Rule…
Leave it to the South Beach Whole Foods Market to give you a hand in with your Turkey Day entertaining. On Friday, Nov. 19, from 6 to 7 p.m., the market’s fromage expert (otherwise known as Cheese Whiz or Morgan) will teach a free class in Easy Entertaining so your…
Thanksgiving isn’t the only celebration in November, though. The third Thursday of the month (Nov. 18 this year) marks the annual release of Nouveau Beaujolais, the simple, fruity, easy to like wine that’s as much a triumph of marketing as it is wine-making. Check out the new vintage at a…
Literacy is such hard work, so reward yourself for your learned sophistication, you little culture vulture, you, with a pair of Twilight Tastings that are part of the Miami Book Fair, held at Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus. Beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 18 and 19,…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here’s a taste of what you’re missing. Click here to subscribe.It’s not the humidity, it’s the heat.Miami Heat, that is. At the Oasis Pool Bar at the posh Mandarin Oriental on Brickell Key, that is. Well, okay, it’s…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here’s a taste of what you’re missing. Click here to subscribe.Who needs a Festival of Lights when you can have a Festival of Chefs? Disney’s smarmy little rodent, perhaps. But for the rest of us, a festival of…
Photo by Jacob KatelThe bar at the Setai.If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here’s a taste of what you’re missing. Click here to subscribe.Champagne, Asian-style tapas, Sunday brunch and all that jazz are part of the five-year anniversary celebration at SoBe’s uber-luxe Setai.After a…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here’s a taste of what you’re missing. Click here to subscribe.”Tacos for Strength” might sound like Miami’s own version of Popeye and his can of super spinach, but it’s actually Mercadito Midtown’s bid to help put a dent…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here’s a taste of what you’re missing. Click here to subscribe.Chef Howie KleinbergHowie Kleinberg’s Bulldog Barbecue makes worshipping at the church Howard Cosell built more convivial with an economical roster of hearty, masculine comestibles.Translated into English, that means…..
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here’s a taste of what you’re missing. Click here to subscribe.Photo by Natalie MolinaGood news from The News Lounge! Getting happy just got easier and cheaper with the advent of what has to be one of the more…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here’s a taste of what you’re missing. Click here to subscribe.Well, things are certainly sexing up at Solea, the über-posh Spainiterranean eatery at the tony W South Beach. Slurp your way through a menu of new cocktails devised…
