After last night’s Burger Bash and sodium overload, our sweet tooth was heavily aching. Faith (and smart planning) would have it that just as Burger Bash was ending, a Splendid Ice Cream Affair was commencing right across the street at the Gale’s rooftop pool. Hosted by award-winning cookbook author and…
Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto hosted his first late-night SOBEWFF event last night, and it was a hit — a part pool party, part late night market. Asian delicacies from top Miami restaurants were served, poolside karaoke with a cameo by a Food Network stars happened, along with flowing sake cocktails…
Michael Symon won the Amstel Light People’s Choice Award at the Amstel Light Burger Bash last night for his “The Fat Doug Burger” — a beef patty topped with pastrami, Havarti cheese, cole slaw and mustard. It was the high point of an evening filled with flesh, as thousands jammed…
Last evening’s Best of the Best at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach lived up to its name. Each year, 50 of America’s most celebrated chefs (as opposed to “celebrity chefs”) outdo each other in a game of “my dish is more spectacular than yours.” Diners marvel at exquisite oysters, tiny lobster…
Oyster bash, shuck yeah! Last night, on the Hotel Victor rooftop, five chefs with seafood in their soul joined forces serving up some Island Creek Oysters. Boston chefs, Ming Tsai with Jeremy Sewall played host for the event, but it was those with restaurants in Miami that brought the heat…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Grand Tasting Village is, quite literally, a mini-city of gigantic white tents taking over several blocks of Miami Beach’s sandy coastline. Thousands of people flock to the GTV to swirl and sample hundreds of fine wines, sample the fare of over three dozen…
Photo by Christina MendenhallOh mom! No one pours a beer like you.New Times Beerfest is a truly epic local beer event. Beer brewers from all over the state and the country come to show local beer drinkers their stuff. And now, local homebrewers (and maybe some aspiring professionals) can offer…
At 1826 Restaurant, expect to indulge in intricate dishes. Sure, some sound ordinary at first: ratatouille, seared scallops, and roast chicken. But here, classics are finished with sea urchin emulsion, caviar, and Alba white truffles. And then after your dinner, you move from the dining room to the upstairs lounge…
The 100-year celebration of Igor Stravinsky’s trailblazing symphony, The Rite Of Spring doesn’t exactly bring to mind ice cream. That is unless your name is Jeni Britton Bauer. For the award-winning cookbook author and owner of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, the anniversary inspired a new Absinthe flavor. This will be…
Last evening, this year’s edition of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival kicked off with the first big party, the Q. On the surface, the Q seemed like the familiar event that put the festival on the map — a fete filled with barbecue provided by some of the…
For nearly four decades, Sammy Hagar has been one of rock music’s most prolific artists. Whether in his solo career or as frontman of supergroup Van Halen, the “Red Rocker” is the voice behind classics such as “Right Now” and “Why Can’t This Be Love?” The Grammy-winning artist and Rock…
The world culinary spotlight is trained on Miami this weekend as the South Beach Wine and Food Festival takes over most of our city. With dozens of celebrity chefs like Anthony Bourdain, Rachael Ray, Eric Ripert, Geoffrey Zakarian, and April Bloomfield cooking for us and posing for countless pictures, it’s…
Andrew Zimmern admits it: He was being a little greedy. When the celebrity chef first spoke with South Beach Wine & Food Festival founder Lee Schrager about hosting an event this year, he mentioned Jason Wang. “Nothing could be more selfish. I love Jason Wang,” Zimmern says. “Lee Schrager and…
Today kicks off the most exciting weekend of the year in food. Thousands of visitors will make their way to the Magic City to eat, drink, and partake in revelry with the nation’s top culinary toques. But in case that’s not enough, Daniel Boulud is giving foodies another reason: an…
Earlier this month, Botran Rum and Grammy award-winning producer Emilio Estefan announced a partnership promoting the mantra, “The night begins with Botran.” Last night was the unofficial kickoff with an evening under the Miami sky at the Cardozo Hotel on Ocean Drive. A band played on as rum cocktails were…
Derrick Deal may have won Red Robin’s Golden Robin Contest, but it was really his grandmother who got him into the South Beach Wine and Food Festival. Derrick is a senior at FIU’s Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. Early last semester he was one of more than 140…
Mo�t Hennessy’s The Q at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival promises to kick off this year’s festivities with style. Tonight, from 7 to 10 p.m., not only will attendees be able to sample the best barbecue and sides from 40 of the nation’s top chefs, but they’ll be…
With about 70 different parties, dinners, and seminars to choose from, you’d think there wasn’t room on your culinary dance card to fit in one more morsel of food or one more sip of a delicious libation. Of course, to the truly insatiable foodie, there’s always a bit of wiggle…
The South Beach Wine and Food Festival kicks off its four-day bacchanal today, February 20. The festival includes all manner of parties, dinners, and seminars — many commanding a pretty penny. But there are still plenty of opportunities to mingle with your favorite celebrity chefs without breaking the bank. In…
With the SoBeWFF just days away, celebrity chefs are leaving their hometowns to flood our sunny city with big personalities and debaucherous dalliances. This is their version of spring break, after all — so anything can happen. This tendency towards troublemaking means you’d be wise to follow your favorite personalities’…
Find a yellowtail jalapeño roll at your neighborhood sushi joint and compare it to the one served at Lure Fishbar. They look similar enough: Coiled nori and rice are crammed with wasabi-spiked fish and then topped with jalapeño. But inside the grand Loews Miami Beach Hotel, the yellowtail tastes different…
Considering he’s the dude behind Miami’s Gotham Steak and New York City’s Gotham Bar and Grill, Chef Alfred Portale’s expertise on all things vegetable might surprise more than a few people. But expertise, he has. So much so that he recently released a vegetarian recipe journal, Greenmarket to Gotham, and…
