Bill Telepan, chef at Telepan on New York’s Upper West Side, dedicates his time outside the kitchen to Wellness in the Schools, an organization focused on inspiring nutritious eating and fitness in public schools across the country. You might have seen Telepan, alongside the organization’s cofounder, Nancy Easton, featured in a…
John O’Connell studied classic French cuisine at the Culinary Institute of America, but it’s his zeal for Mexican fare that led to John’s Tacos, a nighttime co-op with Joshua Marcus, owner of Josh’s Deli in Surfside. O’Connell, who moved to Miami from New York three years ago, takes over the…
Florida Cookery: Great Food, Poor Service
Michael Shikany’s resumé lists a rare combination of experiences. The chef, who graduated from the French Culinary Institute in New York, completed stints at fine-dining restaurants such as Le Bernardin, Gramercy Tavern, and Babbo in Manhattan. In South Florida, he worked as a general manager at SushiSamba and Ortanique on…
Florida Cookery’s manager, an unflappable and poker-faced woman dressed in an austere black-and-white uniform, set a heavy spiny lobster dish on our table. Around her, the dining room lit up with that unique razzle-dazzle that South Beach restaurants often possess Saturday nights. It had been 25 minutes since we inquired…
The Miami Fine Chocolate and Food Show will debut this year at Pinecrest Gardens March 9 through 10. Founder Mario Pi hopes the event — which will feature small-batch chocolates, artisan cheeses, exotic spices, and charcuterie — will fill a void in Miami’s burgeoning culinary scene. Part of that, he says,…
On Sunday evening in the courtyard of the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, there were more than 19 stations serving caja china roast pork, mojitos, and wine. A live band took the stage, and songs such as Rosario’s “Meneito” filled the air. As the night wore on, a light drizzle…
The word interactive could mean a lot of things. When describing an event at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, it could indicate dialogue — a conversation on the subject of food and drink. It could signify a gathering, the kind where attendants hobnob with glamorous, celebrity chefs. At…
Wynwood Farmers’ Market will debut today, Saturday, at The LAB Miami, the entrepreneurial community campus for technological and social innovation. The campus has partnered with member Erin Healy, the founder of Youth L.E.A.D, an organization centered on creating healthy, environmentally sustainable, and equitable schools and communities throughout Miami-Dade County. The…
Zak Stern is an enigmatic man. He wears suspenders, raises baby Alpine goats, and bakes organic sourdough bread — Miami’s best sourdough bread, to be exact. He also enjoys listening to Taylor Swift, but more on that later. In February 2012, Zak the Baker installed an oven in his Hialeah…
Miami’s Best Fish Markets
It was a warm Sunday afternoon, and Brickell’s high-rises loomed on the hazy horizon beyond the nearby Miami River. Quaint fishing boats bobbed on the water’s rippling surface, and rays of sunlight glimmered upon the soft waves. But a few steps from these quiet waters, dozens of shoppers elbowed each…
For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times’ Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. Credit three ladies for making this year’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival just a little bit, um, cooler: Hedy Goldsmith, James Beard award-nominated executive pastry chef for the…
MC Kitchen: Chef Dena Marino Is the Design District’s New Queen
On a cool Saturday evening, Dena Marino, a petite toque with a dimpled smile and starched chef’s coat, overlooks the humming dining room at MC Kitchen. She stands in the open kitchen, surrounded by its massive white marble counter. At the restaurant’s entrance, a party of ten lingers over glasses…
Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine do not curse on-air. They don’t film extended reels of themselves, eating late-night street food across Japan. While shooting in India, they don’t murmur hyperbolic “mmm’s” between bites of panipuri. And they definitely don’t ramble about the nuanced flavors in a well-executed bhel puri. In…
Ramen Mania Sweeps Miami Restaurants
At his Brickell noodle house, Momi Ramen, which opened in December, Jeffrey Chen ties a black bandanna printed with white skulls tightly across his scrunched forehead. He works silently behind a glass panel. Around him, Miami’s food cognoscenti, huddled about wooden tables, hover above bowls of soup. For years, these…
Waribashi are wooden, disposable chopsticks — the kind available in just about every Japanese restaurant in Miami. The tapered eating utensils are packaged in white paper, which is typically printed with instructions for use. But most patrons skip these instructions. They already know where to place their thumbs and index…
Ni.Do. Caffe Charms With Laid-Back Italian on the Upper Eastside
To understand biodynamic agriculture, consider egg labeling. “Free-range” stamps previously suggested eggs laid by chickens raised on pastures. Then, it turned out, they were laid by chickens with access to the outdoors. Whether they spent time outside was (and still is) arguable. As demand for sustainable eggs increased, farmers evolved the lexicon…
Matteo Paderni leans with one hand on a chocolate-brown bentwood chair and makes a lively gesture with the other. At his Upper Eastside eatery, Ni.Do. Caffé, he speaks in rapid Italian to a 50-something patron, a gentleman wearing a starched white button-down shirt and his brunet hair slicked back like…
