Carmel Ophir is well known as a nightlife veteran in Miami, DJ, co-owner of The Vagabond (with DJ John Digweed), and owner of Creations production company. Ophir’s life is all about music, but it’s also all about food. Like a musician who’s riffing, once Ophir gets started talking about food,…
This is part two of an interview with journalist, author, and historian Mark Kurlansky. (Part one is here.) Some of his best known books are the international best-sellers Salt, Cod (which won a James Beard award) and A Basque History of the World. His latest book, Edible Stories, is his…
Journalist, author, and historian Mark Kurlansky’s most well-known books are the international best-sellers Salt, Cod (which won a James Beard award), 1968, The Food of a Younger Land, and A Basque History of the World. His latest book, Edible Stories, is his third work of fiction. It features a recurring…
If you read Short Order, you’re probably the type of person who has your Thanksgiving food plans well underway. If you are cooking, you probably have an idea of the comforting, yet gourmet, dishes you’ll prepare, the ingredients you need, and when you’ll cook. If you’re dining out, you have…
You can get your tasty treats in “La Souwesera” once again tonight from 5:30 to 9 at SW 65th Avenue and Bird Road AKA Miami Street Food Court. You will see a vacant lot, illuminated only by the food trucks. Tonight, Nacho Mama’s Grill from Key Largo will sling their…
Barron Sherer is a filmmaker, film archivist, and general curator of cool cultural happenings in Miami. And by film, we mean actual celluloid, not digital.For a decade, the South Carolina transplant has created and produced film showings throughout town, most notably the Rewind/Fast Forward Video Festival. He helped manage the…
I know, I know–it’s the best compared to what? Farmers markets in Miami still have much room for improvement, yet every new season, I’m filled with optimism. Trinkets and prepared foods still outweigh produce at local markets. These are fun to shop from, too, but the key word in “farmers…
For South Floridians, November is the very beginning of the harvest season. The Pinecrest Gardens Green Market reopens this Sunday, November 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. the season last through May.Some of the regulars from last year’s market will return. Bee Heaven Farm and Redland Organics will…
Mexican Coke has been trending up over the past couple of years. Aficionados claim that Coca-Cola made in Mexico, unlike most American Coke, is tastier because it’s made with real sugar instead of the now-pariah high fructose corn syrup. The exception is Passover Coke, which is sold in grocery stores…
Ingrid Bazin, or Ingrid B, is a host and promoter of three weekly events in Miami. She fuses her passions for poetry and soul music into Soulcial Sundays at B.E.D., a live music dinner party and jam session; the Bohemia Room spoken-word night in Midtown Miami; and the Flow Fridays…
Suburban strip mall locations in “La Souwesera” (Westchester) take on a second life at night, when the Latin House Grill sets up shop. A tire business becomes the porch for the LHG crew, a family operation headed by Michel Sanchez. A plastic card table and folding chairs are set up…
Teddy Gunter can offer you a dress formerly worn on Sex and the City or a torn up, corpse-bride style gown from the 1930s (just in time for Halloween). Gunter is a stylist and also the co-owner and archivist of Stash Wardrobe Rental, a fashion library of sorts.She owns the…
Courtesy of ECOMBBar recycling parties are the kind of thing Luiz Rodrigues does to inject some environmental awareness into the South Beach lifestyle. The Brazilian-born Rodrigues is the executive director of ECOMB, or Environmental Coalition of Miami Beach. ECOMB’s “Raising the Bar” promotes recycling at bars both because it’s the…
David SamayoaFriday was the grand opening celebration for Douglas Rodriguez’s new restaurant at the Hilton Bentley Hotel in South Beach. Party-goers gathered around the poolside terrace. Douglas Rodriguez doppelgangers, clad smartly in beige and black hats, served mojitos and platters of appetizer samples from the Ocean menu…
Trina SargalskiSeriously Organic is a new foraging company that specializes in hard-to-find specialty produce. Partners Juan Rochaix and Elke Zabinski distribute to Gigi, the River Oyster Bar, and Red Light, among other local restaurants. They’ve been quietly preparing, but they plan to go full speed ahead when the Florida harvest…
Courtesy of Ability ExplosionNext Wednesday, October 20, you can experience dining in the dark at several Miami Beach restaurants. Guests will don masks at Gotham Steak, BLT at the Betsy, Red the Steakhouse, Joe’s Stone Crab, Smith & Wollensky, Quattro, and 660 at the Angler’s Resort.Escopazzo, OLA at the Sanctuary…
Noel RamosSlow Food Miami has nominated the rare hua moa banana for the Slow Food USA Ark of Taste. Just as the Bible’s Noah preserved and protected the animals in the tale of the flood, Slow Food seeks to save disappearing foods. Fruits, vegetables, seafood, legumes, and rare heritage breeds…
Pawel Kryj/stock.changCoffee, wine, chocolate, cheese…now, here come the olive oil tastings. You may have noticed these popping up, and I don’t mean someone handing out swigs from a pill cup at a food festival. These are sit down events, where one takes notes, and compares the fruitiness, nuttiness, or “grassiness”…
J.Whitrock/Courtesy of Ability ExplosionDavid NewDavid New is an entrepreneur, the chair of the Miami Beach Disability Access Committee, and the main promoter of Ability Explosion. About ten years ago, he lost his sight due to a degenerative eye disease. He created the Ability Explosion event to build awareness about and…
The Master Chef’s Outdoor Grill Cookbook is by the Staff Home Economists of the Culinary Arts Institute.This Mad Men-era book offers the same delicious style, combined with quirky datedness, that makes design nerds love the TV show (besides the engrossing plot, rich characters, etc.) Just as with Mad Men, I…
Courtesy State Archives and Library of FloridaErnest Hemingway posing with sailfish in Key West.Key West is known for its funkiness, natural beauty, and lovely winter weather. It’s also been a popular spot over the decades for literary types, including Annie Dillard, Shel Silverstein, Wallace Stevens, Tennessee Williams, and, of course, Ernest Hemingway.Every January, Key…
Courtesy of Mimi Chacin/Common ThreadsMaking sushiCommon Threads co-founder Art Smith will chair the first Miami benefit for the organization. It’s a lineup worthy of an All-Star team if cooking had a midsummer classic. Check the line-up: Michelle Bernstein, Jeff McInnis (Gigi), Sam Gorenstein (BLT Steak), Kris Wessel (Red Light), John…
