Last year, celebrity chef Michael Symon shocked the throngs of meat lovers at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Burger Bash by winning the coveted People’s Choice award three years in a row. Symon’s “Porky Burger”, a pigfest made from pork and bacon, crowned with a hunk of pulled…
Can’t make it to this year’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival? We hear ya. Tickets are kind of expensive. Fret not. Luckily, Twitter allows complete strangers to pry into the lives of those who live publicly, like Cooking Channel and Food Network idols, for instance. This year, experience SoBe…
The Perry Hotel is about to transform into the modern and eco-friendly 1 Hotel. The $100 million renovation, which will begin in the spring, is a “full gut of nearly everything in the property,” according to the property owner, Starwood Capital chairman and CEO Barry Sternlicht. In an interview with…
For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times’ Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. As human beings, we are subject to the undeniable laws of attraction. If something looks good, we gotta have it. And if you’ve got an interest in food, neck-breaking…
Bulla Gastrobar, in the space that Por Fin once occupied, opens this week just off Miracle Mile. Short Order was invited to a friends-and-family opening to taste some of the menu and see how the space was transformed from a white-linen restaurant to what owner Carlos Centurion hopes will become…
The James Beard Foundation has just announced its semifinalists in the restaurant and chef categories for 2013, and South Florida has seven reasons to be very proud.This is actually the beginning of the long road to winning a coveted James Beard Award. The semifinalist list will be whittled down March…
Art enhances any neighborhood, no doubt about it. And it ain’t bad for the appetite either. In keeping with the concept of area enhancement, Buena Vista Deli (BVD) owner Cory Finot has helped to craft a unique corner of artistic development outside the popular French bakery. During Art Basel, artist…
It was a warm Sunday afternoon, and Brickell’s high-rises loomed on the hazy horizon beyond the nearby Miami River. Quaint fishing boats bobbed on the water’s rippling surface, and rays of sunlight glimmered upon the soft waves. But a few steps from these quiet waters, dozens of shoppers elbowed each…
For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times’ Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. Credit three ladies for making this year’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival just a little bit, um, cooler: Hedy Goldsmith, James Beard award-nominated executive pastry chef for the…
After dropping hints on Facebook and Twitter about his third restaurant, chef Jimmy Carey very quietly opened the third location of Jimmy’z Kitchen on Valentine’s Day.Carey renovated the former Havana Spice space at 9050 S. Dixie Hwy. in Pinecrest, replacing the wood paneling and updating the kitchen to match his Wynwood location’s bright citrus color…
After getting bored with my usual overly salty store-bought tub o’ hummus, which is one of the only varieties around that’s made without added oils (read this scholarly rant by Dr. Joel Fuhrman to see why I shun all extracted oils — including olive and coconut — whenever possible), I…
For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times’ Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. Martha Stewart is the woman who does it all. Just reading her list of accomplishments — author of 77 books, host of an Emmy-winning television show, and founder of…
For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times’ Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. Unlike the Wizard of Oz, people who know the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival pay attention to the man behind the curtain — Lee Brian Schrager…
We’re almost two months into 2013, and some of us are already losing sight of our New Year’s resolutions. Eating healthy is hard when all you do is eat out. Hell, even cooking healthy is no walk in the park. Good thing we’ve got some news to share with your…
Holy Burger Wars! Short Order just learned that Burger King’s Twitter Account has been hacked. Instead of extolling the virtues of Whoppers and Chicken Philly sandwiches, the @BurgerKing account is now all about the love of Mickey D’s!We’re actually about 100 percent certain that even though Ronald is a clown,…
For commitment-phobes, sticking with anything can be tough — even if it’s just a bottle of wine. After all, that’s four glasses to guzzle. Wouldn’t it be better if you could switch up it up with every swig? Meet “The Vini,” a patented screw-top vial serving up one glass of…
Looks like the Middle East is going to have to get used to saying “Dale” because Miami Subs, renamed the New Miami Subs Grill, is planning on a mega expansion into the part of the Middle East known as the Gulf Coast Countries.The south Florida fast food chain has inked…
For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times’ Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. By the time 2012 was upon us, more than 100 food trucks were rolling around Greater Miami. It seemed only natural some of them should feed the gastrophilic masses…
One of Miami’s most enduring events is the annual Coconut Grove Arts Festival, now celebrating its 50th year.Each President’s Day weekend, tens of thousands of people attend this world-famous art festival to purchase and ponder art in every medium and price point — from eight-foot tall kinetic sculptures to the…
Everywhere you look, someone is peddling healthy eats. We’re bombarded with gluten free, no added sugar, low calorie crap. And yeah, we know we should try to eat right and all that. But sometimes, both body and soul need to screw the calorie-counting and opt to indulge. On days like…
Anne Burrell sure gets around. The Food Network celebrity is finishing up filming a new season of Chef Wanted, which has the chef flying all over the states to visit restaurants in need of a new head of the kitchen.The final stop for filming was Miami Beach, where Burrell filmed…
Whether you’re broke, busy or just a major procrastinator — time is running out if you’re still hoping to score an in for the South Beach Wine and Food Festival. Luckily, Zignum Mezcal is giving away two free tickets to the hotly anticipated, sold-out Garden to Glass event — so…
