Yesterday, we chatted with the guy we affectionately referred to as Chef Green Jeans, Essensia’s Frank Jeannetti. Click here to read the first part of this interview.You claim your restaurant is organic but, really, with the incredibly high cost of organics and the limited supply of fresh, local organic produce,…
Frank Jeannetti’s name may not come up when people talk about the most recognizable chefs in Miami, but it should. One look over his resume would clue anyone in on the fact that this guy has really established himself here after big-time stints at Pacific Time, Biltmore, Pearl, and Nemo.This…
As Lee Klein reported last week, tonight the Miami Film Festival is holding a paella-off, so we’re giving you a sneak peek at one of the selections being offered. Check out what Xixon’s Jon Gonzalez is stirring up (especially since Klein considers him a top contender): Paella Melosa Mar Y…
Love Bites is a regular column on Short Order. Find other installments hereWhy is it we really don’t pay much attention to what potential life partners say on the first date? Are we so wrapped up in flaunting our feathers that we become deaf to the clues they drop? These…
If you’ve ever dreamed of eating your way through the fast-food stations of Asia, make sure you hit next year’s Asian Culture Festival, which takes place annually at the Fruit & Spice Park in Homestead. Sure, the obvious Asian countries were represented, but we also got to try the flavors of…
Hopefully we’ll have confirmation by the end of the week that Geoffrey Zakarian, chef/owner of New York’s recent, yet notable Lambs Club, founding chef of the Delano’s recently renamed Blue Door, and Food Network fave, will be putting his stamp on a rooftop lounge in Dream South Beach, a 108-room…
Love Bites is a regular column on Short Order. Find other installments here.People, especially my recently divorced friends and those who have spent way too many nights picking pet fur out of their bellybuttons, always ask how I dig up men for my dating pool. The bottom line is this:…
Love Bites is a regular column on Short Order. Find other installments here.Dear Dating Fairy,Three wishes: First I’d like you to find me a foodie guy who lives in my area code. Heck, let’s narrow it down to Miami. Secondly, I’d like a man who can afford a meal. The…
We tasted some pretty funky flavors at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival this past week, but — from what we can tell at least — breast milk wasn’t one of them. However, according to an AP story released just a few hours ago, government officials in London recently…
It’s no secret that different types of crowds are attracted to particular events offered during the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Those who love schwag and want to drink their ticket price in alcohol attend the Grand Tasting Village. Parents and those whose enjoyment of the festival depends only…
Wine + Dine + Design was held last night in the ever-growing Design District, home to a handful of our city’s most popular eateries. Here’s how the event worked: Ticketholders gathered in front of Vino E Olio and were grouped into three lines, one for the folks who would start…
No we’re not all professionally trained in the culinary arts like those who handed out the official honors last night, but we know our way around food and the celebrities who hawk it. Therefore we deem ourselves qualified to bestow upon last night’s Burger Bash entrants the following Unofficial Miami…
View more photos from the Amstel Light Burger Bash at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach here.”Last year it was pastrami. This year it’s salami. It’s meat on meat, baby!” is what Michael Symon had to say last night as he accepted his second consecutive People’s Choice Award at last night’s Burger…
The 2011 South Beach Wine & Food Festival didn’t officially start until this morning, but Food Network magazine snuck in a star-studded soiree last night at Scarpetta that really wowed fans. Appearances by Scott Conant, Sunny Anderson, Anne Burrell, and Melissa D’Arabian were scheduled, but Wylie Dufresne and Geoffrey Zakarian…
We haven’t heard back from Bongos’ Chef Alex Otero verifying that we got all these steps right, so fufu at your own risk. Before you ask, yes, this dish is typically African fare but check out how Otero Cuba-fies it.To make the process a really connected experience, regardless, read about…
Guess the members of the culinary team at the Ritz-Carlton, South Beach figured they had to bring it big to Burger Bash this year since they’re going up against the past four People Choice winners: Michael Schlow, Shake Shack, Spike Mendelsohn, and Michael Symon. The hotel’s executive sous chef Oscar…
Former Top Chef contestant Micah Edelstein announced she’ll be opening a new restaurant in Miami called neMesis Green Urban Bistro and Chef Oscar del Rivero is nearly ready to open the doors to his new Peacock Garden Café.Since Peacock is coming in a month and neMesis still doesn’t have its…
What good is an art show without food? No good, we say. Here’s a glimpse of some ways our eats got represented at this weekend’s Coconut Grove Arts Festival.Is this really a piece of furniture or just the way someone justifies all those late night Pinot Noir binges? Artist Aaron…
Did Chef Alex make you a believer after reading part one of last week’s interview? Here’s the rest of our chat:Any types of cuisine you are curious about but haven’t attempted?Exotic meats.Like offal?Way beyond that. Some guy in Arizona has a restaurant and he’s taking reservations for lion burgers. This…
This is the second part of Riki’s date with another chick. To read part one, click here.While we chowed down on the rich, hot hunks of lobster and cuts of colorful vegetables, still looking over to menu to determine our next victim–do we go for the 8-ounce American Wagyu filet…
OK, we’ll admit it: We haven’t been to Bongos since we were tourists. Back then, we couldn’t tell our vaca frita from croquettes, but we knew Gloria Estefan had something to do with the restaurant, so we were all in.Seems the folks behind Bongos feared that perhaps we’ve lost that…
Spike Mendelsohn of Top Chef fame came through for us yesterday with his Smokehouse burger recipe, the People’s Choice award winner for 2009. Today we’ve got Michael Symon’s kickass Fat Doug Burger, last year’s winner. Unfortunately we don’t have room to share his formula for ‘slaw and ShaSha sauce, but…
