If space aliens turned on a television to Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods, they would think that humans lived on a diet of bats, scorpions, brains, eyeballs and testicles. And most humans do — just not humans in the United States. Which is why Andrew Zimmern is trying to change the…
Ask someone to play a word association game with various neighborhoods in Miami and you’ll likely get “beautiful” for South Beach, “arty” for the Design District and “weird” for Coconut Grove. The Grove has always had a reputation for being a hippy enclave and has lately been known as a…
Emeril Lagasse has created quite an empire for himself. Lagasse began his love of food growing up in Massachusetts (that’s right folks, he’s not originally from Louisiana). Emeril’s connection with New Orleans began when he accepted the position of Executive Chef at the legendary Commander’s Palace. Emeril went on to…
The South Beach Wine and Food Festival’s premiere events have a lot in common with a White House State Dinner — both are nearly impossible for us average schmucks to get into and both don’t release their menus before the event. Take Burger Bash, for instance. On the event page…
Chubby radio ranter Rush Limbaugh called out First Lady Michelle Obama for eating ribs with her daughters while on a ski break in Vail, Colorado. Rush said that while the nation’s number one mom wants everyone to “basically eat cardboard and tofu. No calories, no fat, no nothing — gotta…
Scott Conant is the charming and handsome executive chef and owner of Scarpetta in New York, Miami Beach (at the Fontainebleau), Toronto, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Conant and his restaurants have won almost every distinction imaginable, including a James Beard award for his restaurant L’Impero and rave reviews from…
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. 85…
If the Beatles were still around, we bet they’d be singing “I’m Back in the BTTR,” instead of that other song because the Biscayne Triangle Truck Roundup is tonight, and it’s featuring more than 25 food trucks, live music, free parking and porta-potties!From 5:30 to 10 p.m., the trucks will…
The South Beach Wine and Food Festival starts Thursday. This is the big time — when us mere mortals can brush up to the likes of food superstars like Martha Stewart, Anthony Bourdain and Emeril Lagasse. Walking through the tents, we’ll thrill at the sight of these men and women…
No doubt, the South Beach Wine and Food Festival is the premiere event for foodies in Miami and around the world. Each year, tens of thousands of well-coiffed foodies and oenophiles swarm South Beach for a chance to sip wine, nibble on the finest foods and chase down Rachel Ray’s…
The South Beach Wine and Food Festival is coming this week and you can’t even pay your FP&L bill, let alone shell out the $225 for a ticket to the Grand Tasting tents. Hell, you can’t even ask your boss if he has an extra ticket because you were laid…
Legend has it that long before George Washington became the first President of The United States, he chopped down a cherry tree. When his father saw the ruined tree he asked George if he did it and George said “yes father, I cannot tell a lie”. George’s father then proceeded…
Every year the South Beach Wine & Food Festival Rolls out its tents on the beach off Ocean Drive and every year you procrastinate, waiting to see if somehow some business associate or rich benefactor will bestow on you a complimentary golden ticket. If you haven’t yet been added to…
Latin Burger & Taco , Miami’s first gourmet food truck, is setting another trend with the roll out of a second vehicle. LB2 will be a twin brother. Jim Heins, owner of both, is expected to take delivery of the second black and pink wonder in mid-March…
If you think food truck roundups are a passing craze, take a drive over to the Tamiami Truckers Food Court tomorrow evening and see for yourself the future for food trucks in Miami. It looks freaking peachy keen. More than 40 food trucks will converge on the Lexus of West…
Sustain opened its doors in the Design District in December 2010, serving sustainable cuisine but, sadly, no booze. Now, to celebrate the fairly new liquor license, Sustain’s Beverage Director Daniel Toral has introduced a collection of cocktails that come straight out of a 1930s classic Hollywood film — take one…
Miami Beach police have arrested a suspect in a series of blazes over the past week in Miami Beach’s Collins Park neighborhood.Joel Paul Williams, 33, was booked Thursday morning and charged with two counts of arson in the first degree, two counts of carrying a concealed weapon, burglary of an…
Food Truck fans have their choice of two roundups in Miami this evening. One location even offers cheap booze and bathrooms. The Biscayne Triangle Truck Roundup Head over to the American Legion Post #29 at 6445 NE 7th Avenue, Miami from 5:30 to 10 p.m. and grab a craft beer…
Anthony Bourdain is better known for being a snarky wise ass who drinks like Hemingway on a bender than for being a great chef – which is perfectly fine by him and a major reason why we love him so much. Tony (as his friends in rehab like to call…
This week we featured a two-part interview with The Rolling Stove’s owner and chef, Troy Thomas. Check out the other parts here and here. Troy agreed to share his recipe for apple cider bignets with Short Order readers — perfect since Mardi Gras is only a few weeks away…
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. 91…
The theme at yesterday’s Street Food Fridays at the Arsht Center was Flamenco Friday in honor of the performing art center’s upcoming Flamenco Festival. There was music, flamenco dancers and tables set up as local business people, tourists and locals all enjoyed the food and atmosphere.Eighteen food trucks participated in…
