This Thursday, Miami’s best chefs will utilize their collective culinary skills to combat childhood hunger at Taste of the Nation — a gastronomic gathering that benefits Share Our Strength, the nation’s leading anti-hunger group. A great cause, gourmet eats — what’s not to love? Of course, many local favorites will…
Anthony Bourdain is at it again. The celebrity chef and author is on yet another Twitter rant. and the object of his scorn is none other than Geraldo Rivera. First, a few weeks ago, Bourdain tweeted a completely justified message about Justin Bieber’s pissing in a restaurant bucket instead of…
If you want to dine on culinary creations from some of South Florida’s best chefs and help fight childhood hunger at the same time, then come out to Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation South Florida Thursday, July 25, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Loews Miami Beach…
South Beach is a mecca for sky-high parking fees, haughty service, and the braggadocio of New York restaurants transported to the tropics. There are exorbitant cocktails, ceviches, and even quinoa salads as well as automatic 18 percent gratuities. We have smartphones. We can use our calculadoras, carajo. But amid these…
The rain lately has really put a damper on the usual Miami life. The morning monsoons and rush-hour flooding is truly too much to deal with. Last night, we drove downtown and strongly considered turning the car around to go back home and pick up the ol’ kayak. What gives?…
What’s a surefire cure for the rainy day blues? ICE CREAM PARTY! Lucky for us, this grey sky antidote is on its way today, so turn those frowns upside down. Today only, Uber Ice Cream trucks will be delivering on-demand frozen treats all around town from 10 a.m. to 4…
It’s kind of hard to believe that half of 2013 is over and Miami Spice is about to kick off on August 1 with the New Times’ Iron Fork event at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. If you haven’t purchased your tickets yet, click here and use…
Oh those crazy Scandinavians, they’ve done it again. First the Danish invent an iPhone-controlled coffee maker that pours coffee out of a faucet, now the Swedish come up with a machine that turns your sweat into potable drinking water. Anyone thirsty? Inspired by astronauts who pretty much recycle everything, this…
It might seem like there’s a music festival in South Florida every other weekend, and that’s probably true, but we foodies want to have our fun too. Filling the void between our own Iron Fork August 1 and South Beach Wine and Food Festival in February, is the James Beard…
If you walk into your favorite Miami bar and don’t see any familiar faces mixing drinks, it’s probably because your favorite mixologist has headed for the Big Easy. Tales of the Cocktail, the annual five-day spirited celebration of cocktails, has the world’s finest mixologists congregating in New Orleans to compete,…
For a celebrity, being in the news is a fact of life. But Paula Deen’s fall from grace is the kind of media coverage that’s not exactly PR driven. Since June, the Southern “lady” has been dropped by Food Network (although her page is still featured on their site, along…
Changes abound at Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink, the flagship restaurant by James Beard award-winning chef Michael Schwartz. Bradley Herron, formerly chef de cuisine at the Design District staple, now serves as executive chef for the Genuine Hospitality Group — a brand that includes Harry’s Pizzeria, Restaurant Michael Schwartz, the…
“I cried when my parents died. I cried when my children were born. The only other time outside of that, that I cried, was when I passed this exam,” says an American Master Sommelier on camera. Somm, a documentary, takes you into the lives of four men who will literally…
Who likes being hungry? Nobody. That’s precisely why Share Our Strength, the country’s leading anti-hunger group, exists. Their No Kid Hungry campaign is fueled by the objective of ending childhood hunger in America. To do this, the Share Our Strength organization is bringing back its highly respected annual nationwide culinary…
More than 490 billion Oreos have been sold, but the lifelong conundrum remains: How to eat America’s favorite sandwich cookie? Some say the best way is to dunk it so that when you put it in your mouth, it will be soft and mushy. Others like to twist it gently…
The tale of the frogs’ legs begins as you’d expect, but then it takes an unexpected twist. There they were, leaping through a mosquito-infested bog in the Everglades, when suddenly they resurfaced in a very different environment. Chefs at the Cypress Room, a posh Design District restaurant filled with fine…
Dinner and a show doesn’t always have to mean one of those cheesy murder mystery dinners, or that Arabian Nights thing up in Orlando where you can eat dinner while costumed men prance around on horses right in front of you. Luckily, a more low-key (and arguably, classier) form of…
There’s always room for dessert, particularly in Hialeah — an area too often written off as a no-man’s land by South Florida’s foodies. South Miami’s über-popular Sweetness Bake Shop & Cafe opens its new location on July 25, so residents of Miami’s neighbor will be able to get their fill…
When Top Chef Masters season five premieres Wednesday, July 24, on Bravo, Miami will have someone to root for. Chef Richard Sandoval, the man behind Toro Toro at the InterContinental Miami, will pit his skills against a dozen other big names in the culinary world to win money for their…
It’s been nearly two years since Genting, the Malaysian gambling giant, revealed its grandiose plans for building a 10 million square foot casino and entertainment complex right in the middle of downtown Miami. Since then, the plans have gone from the ridiculous to the sublime. The latest news is that…
At Preservation in Sunny Isles jars of Jersey Gina’s Gems are for sale just next to a sprawling L-shaped bar. The pickle recipe comes from chef Ryan Harrison’s mother. He says they contain garlic, dill, white vinegar, salt and sugar, but he won’t name the ratios. The more than 30-year-old…
The Social Club at Kimpton’s Surfcomber Hotel has a new look, new chef, and new menu. It might as well have a new name… if the name weren’t such a perfect description for this gastro-lounge. Formerly a front-of-hotel bar that played sidekick to the Asian-inspired Lantao Kitchen, which has since…
