Giada De Laurentiis Cuts Finger on Live Holiday Show (Video)

During Thanksgiving Live, a live holiday cooking special on Food Network, Giada De Laurentiis cut her finger badly, causing the beautiful television personality to leave the set and get stitches from an onsite medical team. De Laurentiis was filming the special with Alton Brown, Bobby Flay, and Ina Garten when…

Miami Book Fair International: Meet Your Favorite Cookbook Authors

The 30th Miami Book Fair International has been going on all week, but the fair really gets heated up today, Friday, November 22, when the fair turns a large part of downtown Miami around Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus into a bookworm’s dream, with hundreds of thousands of books for…

Batch Gastropub Nears Completion; Michael Reidt to Create Menu

Batch Gastropub is preparing for an early December opening, which is good news indeed for partners Kevin Danilo and Jerry Flynn, who have been working on bringing their vision of a true gastropub to Miami for years now. On a recent visit, Danilo and Flynn were putting the finishing touches…

Brooklyn Brewery Tour Brings the Borough to Miami

Brooklyn Brewery is taking a bit of the New York City borough with the most street cred on the road. What in hell does that mean, and how, exactly, do you bring Brooklyn to Miami, anyway? By delivering the best of Brooklyn’s art, music, parties, culture, and (of course) beer…

Grove Green Market: Local, Farm-Fresh Produce on Thursdays

Miamians will soon be able to shop for local, farm-fresh produce on their way home from work Thursday evenings without schlepping all the way to Homestead, thanks to the Grove Green Market. The market, which premieres December 5, will be open every Thursday from 2 to 8 p.m. in the…

Typhoon Haiyan Benefit Planned at the Local House Tonight

Though the Philippine Islands are about a 22-hour flight from Miami, South Floridians can surely empathize with the people of the area. After all, we are acutely aware of the deadly force of a monster storm, as evidenced by our experience with Hurricane Andrew…

Drinking Room: A Cocktail Pop-Up by Giorgio Rapicavoli at Hotel Astor

Back in March, Eating House’s Giorgio Rapicavoli announced he was planning a cocktail lounge named Drinking Room next door to his Coral Gables restaurant. Rapicavoli has decided to introduce his beverage concept the same way he did his wildly successful Eating House — with a pop-up. This time, the chef…

Kris Wessel Leaves Florida Cookery, Forms Consume Restaurant Group

Just a year after opening, Kris Wessel has cut ties with Florida Cookery, the restaurant based on old-Florida recipes. Wessel, who named the restaurant after his grandmother’s cookbook, leaves the restaurant, located inside the James Royal Palm Hotel in South Beach, to pursue other career avenues. See also: Kris Wessel:…

Julio Cabrera Is a GQ Cover Model

GQ Magazine has a lot of famous and talented men gracing its covers for the December “Man of the Year” issue. The rotating cover models have just been announced, and it’s an eclectic group of intelligent, talented, and dashing individuals that includes Matthew McConaughey, Will Ferrell, Justin Timberlake, Kendrick Lamar,…

Cheeses of France Free Art Basel Pop-Up: Eat Art, Drink Wine

Quick! What comes to mind when you think of art galleries? If you said “art,” you’d be right, we guess. But we go for the wine and cheese. That’s why we’re so excited about our kind of Art Basel event — a Cheeses of France pop-up in the Wynwood Art…

Bobby Flay to Attend Opening of Bobby’s Burger Palace at Dadeland Mall

Bobby’s Burger Palace (BBP), celebrity chef Bobby Flay’s version of a classic burger joint from days gone by, will officially open at Dadeland Mall on Friday, December 6, after months of anticipation. BBP will be located in Dadeland’s new wing, on the second level (directly above the Microsoft store). Fans…

Cavalli Restaurant & Lounge Opening in South Beach (Photos)

Fashion maven Roberto Cavalli is best known for his exotic prints and curve-hugging jeans, but the Florentine designer is also a restaurateur with restaurant/clubs in Milan and Dubai. Both locations offer glittering, Studio 54-esque experiences, Italian cuisine, and celebrity appearances by the likes of Mike Tyson and Paris Hilton. Miami…

Latin Burger & Taco Opening Restaurant in Coral Gables

Latin Burger and Taco, the hot pink-and-black roving burger joint, has finally found a permanent parking space after four years of driving around town. Oh, but don’t worry..the original truck will still be out and about. Latin Burger opening a brick and mortar space right on Miracle Mile in Coral…

Eden Roc’s 15 Steps: Farm-to-Fork Dining Is Back

15 Steps, a farm-to-fork restaurant will officially open at the Eden Roc Miami Beach on December 1, replacing the lauded 1500 Degrees that also featured locavore cuisine. The restaurant, which is named after the “15 steps necessary to grow a vegetable, catch a fish, or cook the perfect steak”, will…

Via Verdi Cucina Rustica: Rustic Italian Comes to Upper Eastside

Via Verde Cucina Rustica, a new restaurant by the twins behind Quattro Gastronomia Italiana, is set to open on Miami’s Upper Eastside. The place is a partnership between brothers Nicola and Fabrizio Carro and mixologist Cristiano Vezzoli. It is slated to open at the end of this month at the…

Lorenzo: Tony Mantuano’s SoBe Restaurant Opens Today (We Get a First Bite)

Lorenzo, chef Tony Mantuano’s casual-classic Italian restaurant opens for dinner today at the soon-to-open Redbury hotel on South Beach. Mantuano is the chef/partner of Chicago’s Michelin-starred Spiaggia restaurant, along with restaurateur Larry Levy. The team has partnered again with Lorenzo. The restaurant is located in the lobby of the Redbury…