Our hearts were hopeful as we searched through our freezer praying to find just one last box of Thin Mints. But, alas, we were left cookie-less; those crumbly Chips Ahoy and stale Oreos with the red filling were worthless.When would those freakin’ Girl Scout cookies be on sale again? A…
The King turned 27 Friday and celebrated with a monstrous, five-tiered confection from Divine Delicacies Custom Cakes.The fondant-covered vanilla rum cake with edible gold lion heads and a monogrammed “LJ” (created by Miami Cake Monogram) was delivered to the Shelborne on Miami Beach for a New Year’s Eve fete. The…
One of Miami’s top chefs is leaving one of the town’s best restaurants.The higherups at the Biltmore had no choice but to bid farewell to chef de cuisine Philippe Ruiz — a Chevalier de l’Ordre Du Mérite Agricole, two-time James Beard nominee for best chef in the South, and arguably…
Walk through the doors of High Steaks BBQ, which opened just a few months ago near the Magic City Casino, and you’ll find a new kitschy-cute restaurant with wood rafters and copper-topped tables. A server greets you with a big, welcoming smile, and next thing you know, you’re sitting at…
On a recent random night, as we were making complete pigs out of ourselves at Pubbelly from start to finish, Andreas Schreiner, the resto’s managing partner, came over and tipped us off that all the cool kids are doing what has been known on the street as the “Pubbelly crawl.”…
There’s a lot of chatter surrounding the Rusty Pelican, the Key Biscayne landmark that finally reopens today after a multimillion-dollar restoration, and its salty chef, Michael Gilligan.Inquiring minds wanted to know why the heck he flew the coop after serving as executive chef at the W for ages. And, of course,…
We briefly introduced you to Chef Bernard Guillas last year in our travel log about the Club Med Wine & Food Festival, and now you can meet (and flirt with) the man himself at the Biltmore’s interactive lunch Saturday afternoon.Based in California, the Brittany-born chef will teach more than 100…
Paris wouldn’t be the same for American foodie visitors if it weren’t for Wendy Lyn. An ex-pat who moved from Florida’s panhandle nearly two decades ago, she unpacked in Paris, immersed herself in the local food scene and met all its major players, then never looked back. Today she is…
Paris is known less for its chocolate than its fromages and saucissons, it’s true, but there’s one culinary treasure that many visitors unfortunately miss out on only because they don’t know to order it: chocolat chaud. Now those of you who took French language classes know that “chocolat chaud” merely…
Yesterday we posted Part 1 of our chat with chef/restaurateur/author Gabrielle Hamilton, but perhaps you didn’t get a feel for what a badass she really is and how she came to be that way. So today we’ll just give you some good sound bites from our interview and some clips…
New Yorkers know her as the chef/owner of Prune and a prolific writer whose work has appeared in nearly every major food magazine, the New Yorker and The New York Times. Now Hamilton will most likely be known around the country as the author of Blood, Bones & Butter (Random…
Though Dr. Jessica Harris is well known as a tenured professor and the author of more than 10 cookbooks, including A Kwanzaa Keepsake and The Africa Cookbook, for her latest creation, High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America (Bloomsbury, $26), the culinary historian went into detailed…
What it is? A local chef dressed as a foodie’s favorite Muppet.Where it at? Hint: Many don’t consider his kitchen to reside inside a restaurant proper, but this place can certainly be called “a place of shelter and safety; refuge; asylum.”Make a guess in the comments section below as to…
Looks like Essensia’s chef, Frank Jeannetti, has left for greener pastures. With a C.V. that includes a New York culinary school degree and an internship with Boulud, and gigs alongside Eismann and Schwartz, he’s sure to land somewhere good. (Check out our interview with him from March for more background.)Jeannetti…
The Ritz-Carlton South Beach has come up with the perfect spooky sipper to kick off Halloween weekend.”I named the cocktail Fired Up and Teed Off because it incorporates fire into it when lighting up the Grand Marnier and also features yerba mate tea,” explains Jenni Greenspan, the hotel’s public relations…
This bit of information may piss off you readers, but just consider it a challenge or riddle: a promising new restaurant with a speakeasy vibe has opened in Midtown but we can’t tell you when you can dine there so you’ll have to find out the scoop yourself.The name of…
So many folks sling the word “feast” around when it really isn’t quite fitting, but these Slow Food Miami people seem to truly know how to define the term. On November 18 at 7 p.m. they’ll be putting out not 10, nor even 20, but dozens of different types of eats…
Trying to cut back on cursing in front of the kiddies? Good luck avoiding that while you take a bite into Howie Kleinberg’s new take on the Luther burger. “Holy [bleep]!”, “Damn, this is [bleep]ing amazing!”, and even a barely audible “Oh [bleep] yeah” were heard as three ladylike bloggers…
Can you haiku? Join local journalist and former Miami New Times food critic Jen Karetnick, in conjunction with Next@19th, as they host Rooftop Chaiku (“chai” is a Hebrew word meaning “life” or “living,” for all you gentiles. It’s also the name of a damn fine spice milk tea, but that’s…
Who got a taste of this towering treat from Divine Delicacies Custom Cakes over the weekend? Nick Cannon, who celebrated his birthday over the weekend at Arkadia in Fontainebleau. Here are some party shots to prove it.We can imagine how the phone order went down:”Helllloooo! Cake people? Yes, this is…
We know you’re all torn up about the news we broke last week regarding Blue Door Fish’s final bow, so might we suggest you celebrate it with a few glasses of wine and five hearty courses instead of simply drowning your sorrows in a vat of Schweddy Balls?…
Drumroll, please! The new chef at the recently updated Rusty Pelican will be … Michael Gilligan!Remember him from the now closed Solea (at the W South Beach) and Atrio at the Conrad? Maybe hearing that charming British accent from behind the line will ring a bell, but you’ll have to…
