So? Did you get to meet Raquel Rabade Roque, author of The Cuban Kitchen, owner of Downtown Book Center in Miami, and co-founder of the Miami Book Festival at Books & Books last week? If so, you probably spent the weekend preparing her version of tostones, rabo encendido, and arroz…
We really didn’t know what to expect when Chef Danny Wells at Amuse Restaurant & Lounge invited us into his lair to take part in the Hands On in the Kitchen program. What exactly were our hands going to be on? Would we need protection?Granted we had received an e-mail…
Cuban food lovers, put down your forks and stop in at Books & Books in Coral Gables tonight at 8 p.m. to talk rice and black beans and more with Raquel Rabade Roque, author of The Cuban Kitchen, owner of Downtown Book Center in Miami, and co-founder of the Miami…
We swear we’re not trying to brown-nose anyone here. It’s just that a particular guy who one of us might consider her boyfriend happens to have a Syrian father who is obsessed with a particular purple-skinned veggie and makes a mind-blowing baba ghannouj. We had to share his recipe.When we…
French artist Denis Darzacq has become known worldwide for his photos, which typically incorporate a jumping, twisting, or otherwise active single human set against a busy background. When we caught sight of his Hyper 2007-2009 series on display at the Laurence Miller Gallery in the past (as part of Art…
Let’s just get this out of the way: We despise cauliflower. We’ve hated it since we were kids. It’s hard and crumbly and ghostly and everything a vegetable shouldn’t be. But boy did we get a surprise when we were pushed to eat ’em atop an Anthony’s Coal Fired pizza…
Sometimes we food writers get the craziest, stupidest, and silliest pitches. Just yesterday we saw a subject line that merely read, “Friendship Cottage Cheese,” so we called up the poor public relations rep. She wanted us to announce that Friendship brand was updating its packaging (woohoo!) in an effort to…
It’s true: a blogger’s attention can be bought. Our affection? Not necessarily. But a gift of free food is usually welcome (as long as it ain’t worth an arm and a leg). The public relations rep for National Deli hot dogs figured this out just in time. Since Saturday is…
We suspected something was up when Chef Marco Ferraro was replaced at Wynwood Kitchen recently (though, truly, we felt the caliber of his food was markedly better at Wish), but it still came as a surprise when an insider told us he had left the kitchen at Wish this week,…
We realize this critique may spark some ire, but what the hell. We’re just going to say it: Servers need to freakin’ speak at least basic English if they are “serving” in our country. Yes, even in Miami and yes, even at a restaurant serving ethnic food. Do I speak…
Okay, okay — it took us way too long to hit The Local. There was just so much buzz that we wanted to give the chef time to settle in and hone his menu. Yet we must’ve waited long enough by the time we arrived last week, since our meal…
Last night, 300 VIPs and hundreds of hungry Versailles’ diners flooded the intersection of Calle Ocho and SW 36th and 37th Avenues to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Miami’s most popular Cuban restaurant…
Whoo boy. Another steakhouse. Yippee. That’s what we thought when we received the invitation from the new Kane Steakhouse’s public relations company to come in and chow down. Now we’re never ones to turn down a free meal but, really, a new steakhouse on South Beach? That ranked up there…
We didn’t know when we walked through the doors of neMesis Urban Bistro last Friday night that we were the first customers. Ever. When co-owner Harald Oechsner acknowledged the fact and Micah Edelstein smiled in agreement, a strange feeling fell over us. Were we supposed to sit right in front…
It’s July 4 and you’re already feeling especially patriotic. As you don your favorite Uncle Sam hat and straighten up your star-spangled apron, perhaps you’re wondering, “Hmm… What recipe I can make to show my friends and family just how much I love my country?” Ah! Fret no more. Linda…
We were starting to wonder when the heck Chef Joel Huff was going to be brave enough to invite us to try “his” Azul and finally, thank the heavens, we got our big moment Wednesday night when the Mandarin Oriental, Miami staff extended the invitation. And folks, trust us when…
The 40th anniversary of Versailles, the Little Havana center of all things Cuban and Cuban American, turns 40 this month. Wow! Forty years means the place was established when South Beach was merely a deserted town and before the Dolphins ever won a Super Bowl (yes, naysayers, it happened twice,…
And last, part three of Riki’s trip to Atlantic Canada. Check out part one here and part two here.In New Brunswick, I recently visited Breviro Caviar, the only captive breeding facility for Acipenser Brevirostrum sturgeon on the planet licensed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species…
Here’s part two of Riki’s trip to Atlantic Canada. If you missed part one, go here.After getting our fill of funnel cake at Ship to Shore, we were taken to Prince Edward Aqua Farms in Malpeque Harbour to see not only how blue mussels are farmed but also how the…
This is part one of writer Riki Altman’s visit to Atlantic Canada. Unlike her trip to Bangkok, this excursion did not involve ping pong balls, broccoli pies, nor drinks with bosoms.I recently traveled to Prince Edward Island (PEI) and New Brunswick with E. Michael Reidt, the much beloved chef at…
We hit Barton G. last week for a birthday celebration and, of course, were wowed by the kitsch that comes gratis with every meal: oversize statues of Fijians grunting at our dish, dry ice causing our ponzu to smoke, fried chicken served in a tin piece of poultry, and the…
New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 is out and Short Order is just about done serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. After the jump, find our other choices. 2. Torta de Queso de Manchego at SoleaCheesecake made of Manchego? We can barely swallow…
