Of all the promotional swag I collected during the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, one was particularly handy. The magnet containing the recipe for Mercadito’s guacamole de mango was handed to me as we sampled the soon-to-be-open restaurant’s carnitas tacos during the Grand Tasting Village. Being a lover of…
Ready for culinary boot camp? Former One Ninety chef Alan Hughes will be teaching eight three-hour classes in his kitchen starting March 14. The classes, limited to five students, will cover a range of topics starting with the basics. In the first class, students will learn knife techniques, kitchen organization…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival wrapped up last night with a beach party hosted by Guy Fieri at the Gansevoort’s Beach Club, appropriately themed “Moon Over Miami,” since the full, orange moon began to dip just as the party began. At 6 p.m. a line had already started…
We spent Sunday afternoon at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Whole Foods Grand Tasting Village, walking around the massive tents around 13th and Ocean tasting mostly liquor. It’s no secret that this event has become less about the bites and more about the booze — well, and the…
Female fans rushed Scarpetta’s Scott Conant at yesterday’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival Barilla Interactive Lunch at the Biltmore Hotel. They wanted to snap his picture. “I haven’t gotten this much attention since my wedding,” he told an audience of about 200. Some jumped on stage as Conant prepared…
Chef Michael Schwartz took top honors at the 2010 Amstel Light Burger Bash last night, earning the Allen Brothers Golden Grill Award – the judge’s choice for best burger. Twenty-seven patties were battling for this and three other awards inside a smoky tent on the beach outside the Ritz-Carlton. Schwartz…
Aracataca, a restaurant promising to serve “Colombian chic cuisine,” opens its doors tonight in Key Biscayne. Named after the town in Colombia famous for being the birthplace of novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the restaurant replaces French bistro Le Croisic. The locale and owners are the same. “We’re going to be…
We love easy recipes. Preferably ones that require little to no cooking. Who has the time, anyway? That’s the beauty of this appetizer by chef Maggie Jimenez, Mexican native and host of Telefutura’s ¡Que Sabor!. Jimenez will be preparing this and other recipes at the Carbonell Olive Oil display at…
The tortilla de patatas (Spanish tortilla) is a simple but tasty and versatile dish from Spain. Made with fried potatoes and eggs, you can eat it as a tapa, as a meal, in a sandwich, for breakfast. In its simplest form, it is like a thick potato omelet. In some…
The festive ambience that characterizes Tap Tap starts outside, where a colorful, painted bus usually sits welcoming you to the restaurant. Inside the restaurant, everything serves as a canvas. From the bright blue floors decorated with yellow motifs, to walls that depict bright, colorful scenes of Haitian life…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
This breakfast casserole was introduced into my kitchen by my husband. For him, it’s a dish that evokes memories of home in North Carolina. His mom traditionally prepares it the night before Christmas and leaves it in the fridge overnight so it’s ready to be baked in the morning. I’ll…
The iPhone is annoying for some, addictive for others. Love or hate it, the phone has won over a lot of us. And it’s only natural that among the thousands of applications made for it, there would be many catering to cooks and food lovers. Though you might not be…
Food Network personalities, high-profile chefs, and food fans from all over the world will descend over Miami next week for the 2010 South Beach Wine & Food Festival from February 25 to 28. You locals should consider yourself lucky: In years past, you’d be hard pressed to find a ticket…
Food Network personalities, high-profile chefs, and food fans from all over the world will descend on Miami for the 2010 South Beach Wine & Food Festival February 25 through 28. You locals should consider yourselves lucky: In years past, you’d be hard-pressed to find a ticket to any of the festival…
You wouldn’t expect the interior of a restaurant housed inside an Italian home design showroom not to be cool. Fratelli Lyon’s décor is sleek and industrial with clean-lined furniture, flatware and decorative accents from the Driade store.Orange place mats and tables and chairs provide a pop of color against the…
For the past three months, executive chef Simon Stojanovic, has been working in the kitchen of longtime local favorite AltaMar developing dishes for the restaurant’s sister, AltaMare, expected to open next week. Claudio Giordano’s AltaMar will close its doors the day AltaMare’s doors open, just half a block from the…
Staying in this Valentine’s Day? How about breakfast? It’s easier than dinner and will probably earn you just as many points with your significant other. We tried a recipe for Nutella French Toast Sandwiches from Katie Lee’s most recent book, The Comfort Table: Recipes for Everyday Occasions. In the book,…
If you’ve recently driven past the billboard on the corner of South Dixie Highway and SW 27th Avenue — you know, the one that typically tells you that if you lived in the Grove, you’d be home — you might have noticed it now advertises a restaurant. “Lulu,” it reads, “coming spring…
What makes a hot dog Colombian? These days, it seems like the more outrageous the toppings the better. Whipped cream and plum sauce, anyone?A Colombian hot dog is typically topped with chopped onions, crushed potato chips, and generous squirts of ketchup, pink sauce (basically a mix of ketchup and mayo),…
Charlotte Bistro’s chef/owner, Elida Villaroel, describes the décor of her Coral Gables restaurant as homemade. The work of she and her husband, the small, homey space could very well have been taken out of the pages of Design Sponge.Black and white tile floors contrast against mismatched chairs, some in bright…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
