Looking for something to cool you down on these hot summer days? Real Sorbert, a new cart debuting this week, may be just what you need. Husband and wife, Nick and Tessa Mencia, moved to Miami six months ago to start the cart. It was a learning process, says Nick,…
Do you have jars and jars of your delicious homemade pesto or your famous mango salsa? On June 1 you can trade your homemade edible goods for those of other talented home cooks at the first South Florida Food Swap. Bookkeeper and mother-of-two Marie Castro is organizing the swap. She…
In February, Short Order reported chef Micah Edelstein was working on opening a new restaurant in downtown Miami. She has been documenting the transformation of the place — called NeMesis Urban Bistro — on Facebook. The former Top Chef contestant and her business partner, Harald Oechsner, have been working hard at…
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. 31…
Melissa Camero has been chronicling her home cooking on her blog, Bitchin’ Camero, for four years. Her homey recipes — the guava and cream cheese French toast she prepared recently is just drool-worthy — and beautiful photos will make you want an invite to her home or at least to…
Is it palate or palette? Gourmet or gourmand? Those are some of the style questions that are clarified in the 2011 version of the AP Stylebook released today. “If we’re going to do food seriously we need to have a style,” Associated Press food editor, J.M. Hirsch, said in a…
Biltmore Culinary Academy director and author, Lourdes Castro, will talk about her third cookbook, Latin Grilling, tonight at Books & Books in Coral Gables. “I really love grilling. When you’re up north and you don’t have that luxury [year-round], you really appreciate it that much more, so I’ve been obsessed…
This Saturday, May 14 a group of Miami bloggers (disclosure: I’m one of them) will bring their baked treats to Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden for the National Food Bloggers Bake Sale. For the campaign, food bloggers around the country hold sales in their cities to raise funds for Share Our…
Chat Chow TV sprung onto the web in mid-April, bringing weekly video interviews with the people behind Miami’s restaurant industry. The site is run by Giovanny Gutierrez, a local web developer, his fiancée Lauren Bernat – who became a hit on YouTube a few years ago when Gutierrez posted a…
This Sunday is Mom’s Day. Plan on eating out? Here’s a list of Miami restaurants offering Mother’s Day brunches and dinners this May 8. (All prices exclude tax and gratuity.) BLT Steak1440 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach; 305-673-0044 On the menu: Dinner starts with your choice of diver sea scallop en…
After more than a decade, Joe Allen has closed its Miami Beach doors.Managing partner Mario Rubeo confirmed the news by phone saying that the bottom line was that the restaurant wasn’t “financially feasible” anymore. The restaurant, which also has outposts in New York, Paris and London, opened on Miami Beach…
Quite a few restaurant doors opened and closed in April. We had some surprises like the quiet opening of Michelle Bernstein’s new cafe/bakery in the atrium of the building across from Sra. Martinez and the arrival of La Sandwicherie to Brickell. In closings, chef Allen Susser closed his namesake Aventura…
In part one of our interview, Miami Culinary Institute director John Richards talked about what sets the school apart. In Part 2 of our conversation, Richards speaks about how the school plans to handle enrollment, the school’s food truck, and its upcoming restaurant, which is housed on the eighth floor…
The Miami Culinary Institute, the culinary arts school of Miami Dade College, celebrated the opening of its 34,000-square-foot green building April 14. The school, which took its first group of students in January, will try to change culinary education by training students to meet industry needs.It also has a strong…
Have you been keeping up with your South Florida food blogs? No? Here are our favorite posts from last week. Since National Burger Month is May, the Chowfather takes the opportunity to give us his top burgers. Bourbon Steak, Burger & Beer Joint, and Shake Shack are in the top…
There’s a new place opening in Coral Gables this week, and it’s not another chain. Located in the old Randazzo’s space on Giralda Avenue, the Local Craft Food & Drink is the idea of high school friends Jose Mallea and Mauricio Lacayo. “We wanted somewhere where people can get a…
Tune in to the Cooking Channel this Sunday, April 24, to catch local pastry chef Hedy Goldsmith in the premiere of Unique Sweets, a show that profiles unique desserts in eateries around the country. Goldsmith will talk about Momofuku Milk Bar’s “crack pie,” but that’s not the last you’ll see…
Alphabite, the new Miami Culinary Institute’s food truck, will make its first official appearance at Taste of the Grove this weekend. The student-run truck was out during the unveiling of the Miami-Dade College school’s new building in downtown yesterday. Andrew Alvarez, a student who was handing out dulce de leche…
If your morning commute involves driving along North Miami Avenue and 26th Street, there’s a window you can stop by for breakfast and a cafecito.Bon Appetit Walk-A-Way Café opened last week offering pastries, pastelitos and organic egg omelets for breakfast, and organic mixed green salads, a soup of the day…
To commemorate Earth Day (April 22), Area 31’s chef, E. Michael Reidt, is offering a five-course tasting that showcases local produce. Since he took over the kitchen last December, Reidt has quietly worked to develop his new menu, which he launched in March. The seafood-focused menu has a nice variety…
Thanks to O, Miami, poetry is in the air, and on Wednesday the monthlong festival of verse celebrates food with the launch of Now Taste This! — a project in which local poets were asked to write about Miami’s restaurants and food.The launch will feature readings by Jen Karetnick and…
We must give props to Lizzie Easton for coming up with the idea for Family Style Sundays at The Stage. It gives parents who otherwise may not go out much a chance to listen to live music, grab a drink at the bar (hopefully at least one parent is staying…
