About a dozen women have gathered in a loft house along Miami’s New River to attend Eleanor Hoh’s Wok Star cooking class. Hoh is a cooking instructor, actress, author of the Wok Star blog, and wok evangelist. Her mission is to spread the gospel of this technologically backward cooking tool that,…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 68…
Some of South Florida’s best chefs got together to serve food and wine pairings last night to 500 guests at the Kampong’s annual Bali Ha’i event. The party, located in the Kampong’s Coconut Grove bayfront garden, had a Bollywood theme, complete with fire dancers, sitar music, and a henna artist. The…
Twenty-year-old Miguel Pando is a tanning butler. His job: to stroll around the Ritz-Carlton South Beach pool and beach and offer tanning supplies to guests. Oh, and to also apply the tanning lotion on hard-to-reach body parts like backs, shoulders, and necks. Michelle Payer, the hotel’s public relations director, created…
Mil gracias to Burger Beast, who tipped up to Clarabelle’s Cupcakes. The pink truck looks like a confection itself as it rolls down the street. Owner Jessica Knopf already has a small shop on SW 77th Avenue in Miami, but after seeing trucks in Los Angeles and New York, she…
At most sporting events you can satisfy your hunger with a few hot dogs, some peanuts and a beer.But tennis is not like most sporting events. First of all, the spectators dress and resemble the players so much that sometimes it’s hard to tell them apart. Yes, football fans wear…
The beautiful Deering Estate turns into a fantasy of music, mollusks and other assorted seafood at the Seventh Annual Deering Seafood Festival this Sunday from 11 to 6 p.m. Guests will be greeted by stilt walkers and calypso bands as they sample seafood by South Florida restaurants Golden Rule Seafood,…
The New York Times Style section is the arbiter of fashion and trends for New York and, quite possibly, the world. So when a recent article issued a trend alert the fashion world seems to be following, I took notice. The strange thing is that the new trend isn’t a…
Food trucks are hitting the streets tonight in three different locations. Your choices include motorcycles and munchies down south, meals in Midtown Miami or surf-style tacos on South Beach. Peterson’s Harley Davidson South is hosting their Thursday food truck rally tonight from 6 to 10 p.m.. The showroom remains open…
Go West, food trucks. If you live in the Kendall area and you’re looking for some chow, hit up the food trucks that meet at Kendall Car Wash. Though it’s a smaller roundup, all your basic food groups are represented — seafood, burger, Asian, cheese and dessert…
Rumors began circulating yesterday about the closing of Miami Beach’s Miss Yip and Buck 15. A phone call to the restaurant in the morning yielded no answer, so I walked over there to see for myself. At first glimpse, I got the impression the restaurant was being vacated. The outside…
Marcel Vigneron is best known as the Top Chef Season Two runner up and molecular gastronomy dweeb. On the popular television competition, his shtick was dipping things in liquid nitrogen and pissing off the other contestants, much like a rabid weasel. After the show, Marcel worked at a few restaurants…
On Sunday, Joe D’Amico, the self-proclaimed McRunner, finished 29th at the Los Angeles marathon with a time of 2:36:13 (which translates into just under 6 minute miles on average). What’s so amazing about this feat is that D’Amico, a runner from Palatine, Indiana, has eaten only McDonald’s for the past…
Movie legend, late-in-life food fan and onetime Miami resident Elizabeth Taylor has died. Taylor, 79, was diagnosed with congestive heart failure six years ago. She was married eight times, won two Oscars, played footsie with Michael Jackson and was an AIDS activist. She was also a tabloid favorite who loved…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 70…
Jack in the Box has just rolled out a 34-foot-long food truck. The Jack in the Box Munchie Mobile cruised the streets of San Diego last Friday and will travel throughout Southern California in the next few months. The truck is wrapped in a ’70s-style mural depicting an airbrushed “Jack”…
Flipper is dead. Actually, the six dolphins who played him are. But that hasn’t stopped Miami Seaquarium from planning the Flipper’s Truck Stop food truck rally for this Sunday, March 27. A dozen trucks are scheduled to be there, including seafood-centric Fish Box and Jefe’s Original Fish Taco and Burger.You…
Joel and Leticia Pollock, the husband-and-wife team behind Wynwood’s Panther Coffee, will debut their “coffee trike” tonight at the Biscayne Triangle Truck Roundup. Panther specializes in small batch coffees, roasted and ground at their Miami headquarters. We could tell you to look for them on the grass, but you’ll probably…
It’s not exactly “soul food,” but Mr. Good Stuff’s food is certainly chow that feeds the soul. This brand new truck made its debut at Street Food Fridays at the Adrienne Arsht Center last week to long lines and satisfied customers. Mr. Good Stuff serves up lunas, a a Venezuelan…
The 60th Anniversary of the Miami-Dade County Fair kicked off this weekend with the usual games, rides, shows and attractions. What wasn’t usual this year was this food. Sure you could still get cotton candy or a hot dog, but the fair food was bigger and more creative. Call it…
Food trucks are all over the Miami area this weekend, which makes it easier to find a truck roundup close to home. New trucks rolling out this weekend include Mr. Good Stuff and Sakaya Kitchen, the second truck by Sakaya Kitchen’s Richard Hales. Check out this weekend’s lineup: Friday Street…
Miami Beach residents who love food trucks have had to trek to the mainland for their favorite delights, with a few exceptions. This Saturday, Beach residents can rejoice because food trucks will take over Miami Beach Botanical Garden from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the first Miami Beach Truck Stop…
