Yesterday, we took it “schlow” with Michael Schlow’s Schlow Burger recipe and today we’re gonna give you a spike: Spike Mendelsohn of Top Chef fame, actually. You’ll love this Smokehouse burger recipe, the People’s Choice award winner for 2009. Find the entire recipe, including the accompanying chipotle barbecue sauce and…
Us carnivores clamor for tickets to the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Burger Bash, but they sell out so quickly that we find ourselves whining aloud to drive-thru window attendants at fast food joints instead. (FYI: They don’t give a crap.)So this year, as previously promised in our preview…
Run, don’t walk, to your nearest phone and get these gifts wrapped up. Cupid’s got a very busy night ahead and a simple greeting card ain’t gonna hack it. Why don’t you consider:Making whoopie: Whoopie pies are just starting to trend in South Florida, so now’s the time to learn…
Today is the last day of the contest so you’ll have to be the first to name these two chefs if you want to win a family four-pack of tickets to the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Kohl’s Fun and Fit as a Family featuring Kellogg’s Kidz Kitchen. Previous…
In honor of Valentine’s Day next week and in the wake of her recent married man disaster, our Love Bites gal Riki Altman is sharing a love story of a different kind–the homosexual kind. Enjoy.A friend of mine wrote in an e-mail: “I’ve got someone perfect for you! Fun, attractive,…
Yesterday’s challenge was a tough one, but Cakeartbycolleen guessed it. Congrats! It was Melissa d’Arabian, host of Ten Dollar Dinners with Melissa d’Arabian and champion to cheapskates everywhere. Now you get the Hamilton reference? As in, the guy on a $10 bill? Riiiigggghtt.Okay, now be the first to figure out…
Good job, Slzitrin, for being the first to post on yesterday’s blog that the kid in the photo was Duff Goldman, otherwise known as The Ace of Cakes.Want to win a family four-pack of tickets to the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Kohl’s Fun and Fit as a Family…
Congratulations to anon1 for realizing yesterday’s kid photo was Chef Michelle Bernstein of Michy’s, Sra. Martinez, and Check, Please! fame.If you would like to win a family four-pack of tickets to the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Kohl’s Fun and Fit as a Family featuring Kellogg’s Kidz Kitchen (try…
Editor’s Note; What follows is the third installment of our irregular column, Love Bites. You can find the first two columns here and here.When my date suggested Quinn’s for dinner, I shuddered. It’s not that the restaurant has a bad reputation or anything, it’s just the thought of eating on…
’sup, Kids? In preparation for the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s event dedicated to the junior foodies in our midst, to be called Kohl’s Fun and Fit as a Family featuring Kellogg’s Kidz Kitchen (boy, that’s a mouthful!), we asked some of our favorite chefs to recount their favorite eats-related…
Hosting a lonely hearts party for Valentine’s Day? Whip up a batch of Chef Andrea Sans Araiza’s Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding and watch the phenylethylamine fly. Or, if you do have a special someone you need to feed, hit Bourbon Steak for Valentine’s Day and get your lovin’ later…
We’re still counting down the days until Chef Andrea from Bourbon Steak pops. See& yesterday’s interview for her thoughts on being pregnant and unable to eat sweets.New Times: Which dessert is seen way too often on American menus?Andrea Sans Araiza: Cheesecake. It really bothers me when people serve slices of…
Born in Miami to Cuban parents, Chef Andrea Sans Araiza left the city years ago to study pastry at the French Culinary Institute. The Fates must’ve been pacified, for right out of school she got a job working for Bobby Flay in both of his New York restaurants. Then she…
”Sweet, heavy and hot” is how Giorgio Rapicavoli, the chef at 660 at the Angler’s, described his cobbler in an interview last summer so we had to taste it for ourselves now that the temperatures have dropped a bit. The guy was right: Though not a traditional version, this dessert…
”Um, excuse me waiter, but my ravioli is shamelessly exposed.””Yes, ma’am. You ordered the gnudi.”Those of you who have never heard of naked ravioli should first try chef Andrea Menichetti’s version at Vino E Olio to get a feel for how the finished product should taste and appear. It’s a…
Friday we chatted with Vino e Olio’s executive chef Andrea Menichetti and his two-Michelin Star-rated chef/mama. If you missed it, click here. We’ll be awaiting your return. Promise.So who’s the most famous celebrity you’ve ever cooked for?Andrea Bocelli. He’s the one most internationally known. A lot [of celebrities] in Italy.What…
When we heard Vino e Olio’s executive chef Andrea Menichetti would be cooking with his two-Michelin Star-rated chef mama this past week, we couldn’t resist heading in for an interview. While it’s true the restaurant has been getting some tough press recently, his mother, two-Michelin Star-rated chef Valeria Piccini, wasn’t…
Ready to get your burger on, babies? For this year’s Burger Bash, winners from the last four years have returned to grill the others into submission.Starting soon, we’ll be sharing some of the winning recipes so you can begin training at home. But, honestly, nothing could prepare you for the…
We borrowed this recipe from A Taste of Elegance, the cookbook master chef Rudi Sodamin authored for the Holland America cruise line. In it, he explained, “Schnitzel is an all-occasion food for Austrians, but it’s eaten most commonly as a Sunday meal.” Sodamin suggests you garnish the dish with lemon…
Did you miss the first part of our chat with Rudi Sodamin, Holland America’s consulting master chef? Read it here to discover the celebrity circles this guy travels with.Who is the most famous chef you’ve ever worked with?Twenty years ago, when I was with the QE2, I worked with the…
Miami New Times was alerted to a Twitter post announcing Chef Andrea Curto-Randazzo has bailed on her latest venture. “Former Top Chef contestant Andrea Curto-Randazzo is no longer part of The Water Club,” @Miamitude reports.There’s no announcement on the restaurant’s website and comments are hard to come by. Water Club,…
Gentlemen, we know you probably already spent thousands of dollars more than you ever anticipated on that little sparkly stone, but fork out a few more bucks if you want to make sure she accepts your proposal this Valentine’s Day, take her to The Villa By Barton G. Not only…
