When Cheeca Lodge & Spa reopens in Islamorada this December 15th, its landmark Atlantic’s Edge restaurant will be under the creative direction of newly hired “Concept Chef” Dean James Max — who is known closer to home for his 3030 Ocean at the Marriott Harbor Beach in Ft. Lauderdale.The Edge…
The Chicago Tribune website last week printed a list of the ten worst dining trends of the past decade, as decided by various movers and shakers in the American food world. Miami’s own Michael Schwartz weighed in, his pet peeve being the communal table, which “assumes people who don’t know…
Ben Neji’s Wine 69 at Biscayne and 69th Street was a neat place to hang out over a glass of well-priced wine. Our loss.I ate at Badrutt’s Place, at 1250 S Miami Avenue about a year and a half ago, and haven’t had a worse meal since. Good riddance. It…
First, the answer: The sancocho pictured above and in last weeks’ Where It At? is taken from the specials menu at Grateful Bread.And now, the abbreviated sneak preview of the New Times restaurant review for next week:Our strongest recommendation from Grateful Bread’s regular menu is chicken Veracuzano, the tender breast…
Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine. ~Fran LebowitzIs Elizabeth Taylor fat? Her favorite food is seconds. ~Joan RiversMost turkeys taste better the day after; my mother’s tasted better the day before. ~Rita RudnerI come from a family where gravy is…
David Sax has been called “The M.F.K. Fisher of pickled meats” (A.J. Jacobs), and his just-published book, Save The Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye, and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) was referred to as “a voluptuous mitzvah for schmaltzophiles” (Jane and Michael Stern, authors…
Casale in Miami Beach is a pizzeria with hearth!
Nothing Spells Hip and Health-Conscious Like Plasma TVsNFL All-Timer Rudi Johnson and Dolphins running back Ricky Williams will be co-owners (along with the Hospitality Development Management Group) of PROOF, a “hip new health-conscious restaurant and lounge set within the inviting breezeway area of Z Ocean Hotel South Beach”. Set to…
Tickets for the 2010 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival go on sale this coming Monday, October 26. The festival is scheduled for February 25 to 28, and unlike past years there will not be a second block of tickets sold in early 2010. So Monday is, like,…
What it is: Tenderloin of beef presented Oscar-style on crouton, topped with crabmeat, asparagus, and béarnaise sauce. Veal cutlets are classically used for this dish, which is named after Sweden’s King Oscar II.Looks tasty, right? But where it at?Keep going for the answer…..
Last Thursday afternoon, Two Chefs Restaurant hosted a wine tasting of Sauvignon Blancs from the Loire Valley in France. Loire Valley Wines are produced over a wide swath of the country, and so of course as one travels from east (Touraine) to west (Sancerre, Pouily-Fumé) the characteristics change dramatically. We…
The team behind Jaguar Ceviche in Coconut Grove premieres its new Talavera Cocina Mexicana in Coral Gables today (2299 Ponce de Leon, on the corner of Giralda). Open for lunch and dinner, Talavera promises to serve traditional Mexican food “with a contemporary twist”. Menu items, which all fall below $18,…
Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza opens its Miami Lakes location today, making it the fourth in Miami-Dade County and the 20th nationally. ACFP uses authentic 800-degree, coal-burning ovens to create “well done pizzas.” The new restaurant is located at 15492 NW 77th Court in Royal Oaks Plaza (off the Palmetto Expressway…
Yesterday we wrote of Food & Wine magazine naming her cookbook Cuisine a Latina as one of the top 25 of the year. Earlier in the week we noted that her Sra. Martinez restaurant made Esquire’s list of 20 Best New Restaurants in America. Today’s Michelle news concerns an upcoming…
I don’t know what they are, but they’re deep-fried and you got twenty minutes to live after you eat one. ~Mel Brooks on the mini-latkes served at Junior’s Deli in West HollywoodPrices are just ridiculous. I went into a chicken place and spent ten dollars for a wing and a…
A teeny sneak preview of the New Times restaurant review for next week.Although this is a “pizzeria/mozzarella bar,” there’s plenty more going on gastronomically. In fact, it is the plethora of fresh vegetable offerings that set Casale apart from so many other places. The menu mentions some 45 meatless items,…
Talula turns ItalianTalula restaurant recently launched Buon Appetito!, also known as Wednesday pasta night. “We wanted to give our diners a special taste of the type of food we love cooking at home for our families,” says Andrea Curto-Randazzo, the Italian chef/co-owner who opened Talula in 2003 with her Italian…
What it is: Sancocho, a South American soup/stew usually comprising large pieces of meat and vegetables (often root vegetables). Here it is done up Colombian/Mexican style, a chicken broth chockablock with chicken, corn, sweet potato, yucca, plantain, cilantro, red onion, and a squirt of lime. The question, though, is Where…
“It is Brazil’s time,” an exuberant President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva exclaimed when his country won the bid to host the 2016 Olympics. A rowdy crowd at Botequim Carioca Brazilian Bar & Grill agreed, hoisting caipirinhas and cold drafts while celebrating news of Latin America’s first Summer Games. Botequim…
The wines of Tuscany, from Chianti to Brunello to Vino Nobile “and everything in between” will be poured at the sixth installment of Fratelli Lyon’s “Passport to Italy” wine tasting series tonight at 7:30 p.m. Chef Alex Pinero will prepare snacks to pair with the 6 to 8 wines that…
We all know instant coffee sucks, which is why Starbucks refers to its’ new line of VIA coffee powder as “Ready Brew”. Whatever you call it, both the extra bold Italian Roast (which I sampled in the store), and the mellower-but-still-potent Colombian (prepared at home) turned out to be startlingly…
Columbus Day Brunch, Kamen Wine DinnerBrunch is this morning at 10:00 a.m. and runs to 4:00 p.m. at Au Pied de Cochon. And on Wednesday, October 14 at 7:00 p.m., the French brasserie presents a five course dinner featuring the wines of Kamen Winery, a Sonoma County vineyard owned by…
