It’s become standard to judge any ethnic restaurant by the number of people from a specific ethnicity sitting at its tables. However it was the sound of people sucking air through runny noses that assured me Pho Thang, the unassuming Vietnamese restaurant only a few miles from ZooMiami, was the…
The Falls is about to get a whole new dose of fresh in its daily routine. A brand new Fresh Market has its grand opening today — which means you have a new place to pick up lunch, dinner or groceries. The new location, which has been under construction for…
Michelle Bernstein is finally making a move over the causeway with her Crumb on Parchment outpost at The Webster hotel on South Beach.Opening Wednesday, August 29, Crumb at The Webster will feature the same fast casual soups, salads, sandwiches,and baked goods that Bernstein’s Design District eatery draws consistent lunchtime lines…
What do you get when you ask some of Miami’s best bartenders to set their cocktails to music? One entertaining evening filled with rum, costumes, music, and more than a little mayhem. We’re talking about the Appleton Estate Jamaica rum remixology bartender challenge, held at Blackbird Ordinary last evening. Five…
When Shokudo owner and general manager Yoko Takarada decided to lease the old bodega on Northeast Second Avenue in Miami’s Design District, she first had to clear out the guy living in the back. That defines Miami’s Design District — fine-dining restaurants and stores with $20,000 couches sitting just a…
Guess who was at the South Beach Whole Foods yesterday? The fat, slobby, autoimmune-diseased, party-hardy Aussie who vowed to consume nothing but organic vegetable and fruit juice for 60 days, emerging slim, trim, and completely healthy on the other side, that’s who.That long-winded description summarizes the recent life and work…
Cindy Hutson, chef and co-owner of Coral Gables mainstay Ortanique on the Mile, has been hired by the Dunmore Resort at Harbour Isles in the Bahamas to revamp the restaurant’s menu and in-room service. Dunmore owner Gil Besing, who bought and revamped the property in 2010, discovered Hutson via a…
There’s a lot of sensory overload in Miami, so it takes something bold to get people to turn their heads. Mercy for Animals devised something that might make people stop and check out its display.A ten-foot-tall bloody pig in a cage outside Walmart…
If you’re grilling this Labor Day, stats from vegetarian research groups put the odds around 1 in 300 that you’ll end up with a vegan at your party. Your chances of having to feed a vegetarian are higher: about 1 in 44. And if you live in Seattle, San Francisco,…
Beer is good. Pork is better. And together, they make a fine pairing on the palate. That’s the idea of the folks at 8 oz. Burger Bar in North Miami Beach. Their monthly series, including a three-course dinner, beer pairings — and a butchery class for $75 per person –…
It’s that time of the year again –backpacks, books, and traffic fill the days. With school now in session, many people mindlessly fall back into the old, familiar pattern of fast and frozen food. To help save you from gaining 15 pounds, a sugar-addicted 5-year-old, and boredom from your dinner…
With the GOP convention getting a soggy and late start this week and the Democrats having their shindig soon afterward, we are now full force in the middle of the 2012 presidential campaign cycle. With that comes daily polls from pretty much every single politically charged think tank, university, and…
Baking Out Loud, Hedy Goldsmith’s first book is finally coming out in about a month. The 224-page tome features 80 recipes by the talented executive pastry chef at Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink and photographs by Ben Fink.Many of the treats featured in Baking Out Loud are upgraded riffs on…
This is something we can personally attest to. Enrique Iglesias wants to do shots with you onstage this weekend at his August 31 concert with Jennifer Lopez. This might ruin our credibility, but in past Enrique concerts (yes, plural), we’ve witnessed him pulling overmade, hormonal, and screaming fans (some not female)…
In what could be a brash attempt to enrage some of their well-heeled, Cuban patrons, a handful of Miami’s leading chefs will gather at the Moore Building in the Design District on September 18 to cook for a $250-a-head fundraiser for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. For a cool grand…
Tropical storm Isaac is barreling toward the Florida Keys and you only have to look outside your window to see that feeder bands are already affecting Miami-Dade. Before you head out to a store, restaurant, or bar we suggest calling them ahead of time to make sure they’re open. Some…
It’s only fitting that on the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew, there’s a storm brewing out in the Caribbean (with another one nipping at Isaac’s ankles). It is fiercely debated whether Hurricane Andrew was the worst natural disaster in American history. At the time, the Category 5 hurricane that barreled…
See also Bourdain, Ray, Fieri’s Six Most Obscene and Silly Moments.Oh my gravy! Today marks the birthday of everyone’s favorite uber-perky candy counter chick turned TV personality, Rachael Ray. The woman who Slate once said “may be the world’s most reviled chef” is turning the big 4-4. The New York…
Step off the elevator and onto the third floor at the Miami Culinary Institute’s main building downtown, and you come across an impressive facility. About 50 seats surround a stage kitchen where some of the city’s finest culinary practitioners and educators lecture on the art and science of fine dining.This…
On Tuesday, the folks behind The Federal Food Drink and Provisions announced their most recent undertaking: Acme Bakery and Coffee, slated to open in Wynwood around mid-September. Spearheading the force behind the homemade breads, pastries, and candies was Cindy Kruse, formerly of Gigi, but Short Order just received word that…
Top Chef Elizabeth Falkner is completely a hands-on chef. At her first pop-up dinner and cooking demonstration at the Miami Culinary Institute last evening, Falkner encouraged questions and interaction while she showed a group of about 50 guests, most of them fans, how to make gnocchi, pesto sauce, and arancini…
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