Almost a dozen food trucks will be out at the monthly Eat With the Heat food truck roundup today at the American Airlines Arena. From 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., food truck and Heat fans will be able to grab lunch and snag goodies and merchandise from Heat promotional staff.The…
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden wants to show you how to grow your own vegetables. At this weekend’s annual Edible Garden Festival, the botanical park will become a wonderland of edible delights. There’ll be lectures, workshops, and cooking demos so you can learn to plant, grow, and then enjoy the fruits…
The gorgeous, sprawling Deering Estate will host its tenth annual Wine on Harvest Moon Saturday, Otober 15, from 7 to 10:30 p.m. This year’s theme “Taste, Tango, and Toast to the Andes” will celebrate food and wine from that region. Chef Timon Balloo of Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill will demonstrate…
Sometimes it’s good to take a break from the things you love. Separate vacations, a girls’ night out, or a vegetarian meal every now and then will make your significant other (and bacon) look so much more attractive. Learn to love veggies during Ayesha’s Kitchen Vegetarian Delights cooking class Saturday,…
Beer will bombard Coconut Grove this Saturday for the first-ever Grovetoberfest at Peacock Park this Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m.About 100 beers will be available for your drinking pleasure, including the world premieres of Miami’s own Schnebly Redlands Winery’s Beach Blonde and Gator Tail Ales.Limited release beers and ales…
Art Clokey, the creator of Gumby and his horsey sidekick Pokey, would have been 90 today. Clokey spent more than 50 years perfecting claymation and stop-action film techniques.Kids just cared about Gumby and Pokey. Clokey died in January, 2010 at the age of 88. He asked that contributions be made…
New Times’ Fourth Annual Iron Fork at Ice Palace Film Studios in downtown Miami is October 20 from 7 to 10 p.m., which gives you a little more than a week to prepare to eat from more than 50 Miami-area restaurants and drink from an everlasting supply of libations.Iron Fork…
If you looked at the headline and thought that Short Order was in serious need of a spell checker, think again.According to the website Buffalo.com, there’s a food truck about to serve grilled cheese and soups in the football-obsessed city of Buffalo, New York — and it has nothing to…
The Pennsylvania-based company Kalan LP, a distributor of novelty items like inflatable beer pong games and shot glasses that say “You must be Irish because my penis is Dublin,” is now distributing a line of marijuana-shaped candies, and it’s blowing up a storm among the right. Which got me thinking…
Trucks on the Beach, the 2012 South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s new closing party, has announced its food truck roster. Though the Miami food truck scene has close to 100 trucks serving street food, we were surprised to see some trucks from outside the area on the final list.The…
The 2012 South Beach Wine & Food Festival comes to town February 23-26 and promises to once again be the premiere foodie event in Miami. Festival favorites like Burger Bash ($225) hosted by Rachael Ray and Paula Deen’s Sunday Brunch ($150) will be joined by some intriguing new events like…
More than 100 people at Red The Steakhouse were treated to a six-course meal (not including passed Hors d’oeuvres and Prosecco) at a dinner to benefit The James Beard Scholarship Fund.The theme of the dinner was Meet The Chefs South of Fifth, a tribute to the fact that SoFi has…
Paul McCartney, once member of the most famous rock band in history, has taken a wife for the third time.The ex-Beatle turned vegan is a known animal-rights activist. His first wife Linda McCartney started a line of meat-free foods. The line, Linda McCartney Foods, was purchased in 2006 by Hain…
In the past few years, we’ve all heard numerous Tiger Woods wiener jokes. In fact, The Somewhere in Augusta sports bar has a special Tiger Woods Homewrecker hot dog (it’s a foot-long, in case you were wondering).But at the Frys.com Open yesterday, a man threw a hot dog at Woods…
If you like flamenco dancing and discounted food, head to Tapas y Tintos Thursday for the restaurant’s weekly Spanish-inspired fiesta. Watch fast heels click, fingers snap, and skirts whirl while you enjoy a complimentary rebujito (Spanish wine with soda and a hint of mint) and some great tapas, including baked…
What do you get when you mix artsy Coconut Grove with a Bavarian Oktoberfest and then send the mashup to a frat house? Grovetoberfest. This Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m., head to Peacock Park to celebrate all things beer. What can you do with beer? You can drink it…
Eat St., the Cooking Channel show that features food trucks and the bloggers that love them, is filming season three in Miami this week. Three trucks will be featured for three different segments of the show, and Miami New Times bloggers will be out filming with the show. If you…
Ra Sushi is offering a deal in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month.For $15, get a glass of ONEHOPE Chardonnay paired with an RA Sushi pink roll. The pink roll features shrimp, kani kama crab mix, and sriracha combined with lettuce, avocado, and cucumber wrapped in pink soy paper and…
If anyone ever told you that you’re funny (or even if people pay you to not tell a joke), head on over to the Van Dyke Cafe tomorrow,, October 6th and every Thursday from 5 – 7 p.m. for Karajoky.What the heck is Karajoky, you say? Good question. It’s a…
Royal Caribbean has selected Michael Schwartz to create new menus for 150 Central Park, the upscale dining room on their Oasis of the Seas cruise ship.150 Central Park is part of the Central Park complex, which is the centerpiece of Oasis of the Seas, a wonderland in the middle of…
The Fresh Market, mecca for yuppies on a food bender, is having a job fair today in anticipation of its new store opening in Miami Beach.The Fresh Market is having a job fair today from 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. at the Miami Beach Resort and Spa. The company is…
Back in June, we were treated to the inner world of that most annoying breed of restaurant-goer — the Yelper. In Funny or Die’s parody, we’re treated to Tricia and Johanna Yelping about everything from the disappointing sunset to their own apartment (‘weird smell, cat not attentive”)…
