UK: In a recent article in Healthy and Organic Living magazine, celebrity chef Antony Worrall “Black Widow” Thompson (pictured above), advised readers to scour their yard for fresh henbane as an excellent addition to a whole foods diet. When an interviewer asked Thompson if he uses any wild foods, Thompson…
One of our very favorite restaurants has rolled out a summertime prix fixe Chef’s Tasting Menu for the second year running. This is The Four Rivers (1201 N. Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale), an extremely classy fine-dining Thai joint so warm, so friendly, so designed to make you feel welcome and…
Brazilian Fish Stew. This is a great recipe for us Floridians because of the availability of gulf shrimp and snapper
OK, I almost got booted out of the store trying to photograph these this week: …evidently management doesn’t look kindly on paparazzi skulking around the produce aisle. Pictured above, not exactly the Nicole Kidmans of the botanic world, these have a face only a mother could love. But they taste…
Mystery as man vanishes on tour of Michelin restaurants Telegraph.co.uk Man vanishes into thin air after dining at El Bulli! Weirdest story ever. Maybe Adria’s kitchen had him vaporized? FDA recalls green beans on botulism concern WBIR.com The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat French-cut green…
Cash Cow: Bargain Menus Are Moooving Your Way Getting our dining fixe at a reasonable prix has never been easier than it will be this fall, when Flavor Palm Beach rolls out the roster of Palm Beach County restaurants serving three-course dinners for $30, and three-course lunches for $20, for…
The Gumbo Be Gone According to South Florida Menupages, Lauderdale’s oldest and best beloved Cajun restaurant, Creolina’s has closed. It was at this Himmarshee landmark that we sampled our first gator tail nugget, met the city’s happiest waitress, and wooed our loving spouse into etoffee-splattered submission. RIP, baby. Read about…
Above: Looks like the Ritz to us So Ritz-Carlton is taking over the St. Regis on Fort Lauderdale Beach. This is good for somebody, but it might not be good for those of us who love Cero, very likely the best restaurant in Broward County. Says our critic: “The interplay…
You all know the Proustian tale: French guy, now pretty old and sad, bites into butter cookie and is suddenly and viscerally transported back to a childhood room at teatime. We all have our own madeleine. Short Order wants to hear your earliest food memory. The gnosh that woke you…
Rarest of the Rare Every year around this time, I get an email from a friend obsessed with a fruit that, until recently, I’d never seen or tasted. He claims that the halcyon summers of his youth were saturated with the sugary tartness of this sublime edible. Since my friend…
One of the best things about New York is the food signs. I love the happy pig carrying a sausage outside this charcuterie, like pigs think a butcher shop is just the best fun they’ve ever had. I guess our equivalent would be a picture of a jolly fat guy…
DINING | What McCain and Obama’s favorite restaurants say about the candidates Chicago Sun Times “We believe that a candidate’s taste in food is a more reliable indicator of character than the carefully strained statements issued in this atmosphere of gotcha and gotcha back.” KFC’s “Vegetarian Sandwich” Isn’t, Stop Kidding…
Improve your vocabulary while you feed the hungry. This game’s addictive. A new U.N. campaign donates 10 grains of rice for each question you answer correctly at http://www.freerice.com. It’s already generated enough rice to feed 50,000 people. FreeRice offers players multiple-choice definitions of a word, and each correct answer generates…
One quarter of the world’s people are hungry. Want to know why?
Still from Israeli artist Sigalit Landau’s video installation “DeadSee” currently at New York MoMA. I’m posting from New York City this week, on a determined binge, ready to inhale my way across Manhattan and swallow everything in my path, from art installations to fancy martinis. I’ve already had a dozen…
Whoa, here’s a new one for me. After a luscious dinner at Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink last month, our delicious waiter handed us his business card and urged us to request, next time we booked, specifically that he wait on us. I have no problem with starting a fan…
Pictured above: Common microbes causing food poisoning. Ain’t they cute? From www.healthinspections.com: The most dangerous states for eating out are Florida, California, Minnesota, Ohio, and New York according to the most recent federal data. Restaurants in these five states spread bacteria such as E.coli and salmonella, making nearly 3,000 customers…
Johnny V’s Kicks BBQ Up a Notch Don’t try this at home. On Fort Lauderdale’s Las Olas, on the last Thursday of every month, Johnny V is staging Barbequlooza for $4 per person. Oops, must have mis-read – that’s $40 per person. Sound a little dear for barbecue? Maybe not,…
I’ve seen this in two separate markets this week. At one, an elderly Filipino couple stopped me to oooh and ahhh over the plant in my cart. They told me they grew it back home and loved it. So here’s your 2 billion dollar question: WTF IS IT??? Here’s the…
rats, shar-peis, The New Yorker, passive-aggression, hors d’oeuvres, catfish, McDonald’s
CENTRAL FLORIDA: More Citrus Growers Make the Switch to Organic From Florida Trend: Matt McLean, founder and chief executive of Uncle Matt’s Fresh, the organic-produce side of Uncle Matt’s Organic citrus-juice business in Lake County, said Wednesday the number of organic growers and the amount of acreage dedicated to organic…
If it’s one thing we Americans know how to do, it’s fry up a perfect burger. The French oughta take a page from the Brass Ring’s cookbook.
