It’s the crack of dawn and somehow you are hearing roosters crow though you are nowhere near a farm. You have a crazy morning ahead dealing with an especially difficult client and you realize the rooster you hear crowing is actually your brain periodically sobbing inside your head. A cup…
Using a printer to bake cupcakes sounds as crazy as using a jigsaw to cut a meatloaf, but the technology is out there and could provide the answer to your laziness. One of the many techie-foodie goodies recently unveiled at the Consumer and Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the…
And what the heck is it? Here’s a hint: This posting was intended to coincide with the 2012 Chinese New Year, which began yesterday. And, no, these parts never belonged to a dragon. If anyone is a particular fan of this dish (besides you, Timon Balloo — we know you…
We all have our go-to people when it comes to eating out, whether it’s a close sibling or a friend.But then there are the more personal encounters when you sit on your couch, watch the game (or a Say Yes to the Dress marathon) and eat from a Styrofoam container.There…
Latin Burger and Taco’s hot-pink and black truck is a permanent fixture on the streets of Miami. Just about any day of the week, you can find a flock of people enjoying the Latin macho burgers and tacos for which the truck is famous.So it comes as no surprise that…
It’s hard to believe that this is the season finale for The Layover. It seems like only yesterday that we first laid eyes on this hot mess of a show that follows Anthony Bourdain to the more pedestrian parts of the globe. So far this year, we’ve watched that motherf**king…
It’s a beautiful Sunday morning. The birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and you have a long day ahead of you to do nothing at all. There’s only one thing on the calendar — brunch with friends. That also means a cold, spicy Bloody Mary. The origins of the…
Although the South Beach Wine & Food Festival is still a month away, the time to get those tickets is now. Indeed, some of the more popular events are sold out. You’ve already missed the meaty Burger Bash, BBQ & The Blues hosted by Food Network’s “Iron Chef” Michael Symon,…
We have but a pithy press release that states the following:”As of February 1, 2012, Chef Michelle Bernstein will no longer be involved with The Omphoy Ocean Resort in Palm Beach, Florida. She and husband/partner David Martinez continue to own/operate Sra. Martinez, Michy’s, and Crumb on Parchment in Miami.”The Omphoy is tucked into…
Everyone knows food trucks meet at Tobacco Road every first Saturday of the month, but February 4 is different because the trucks will convene to celebrate National Hot Breakfast Month.It’s good to see that some people are taking unofficial food holidays seriously.Twelve trucks will compete for the title of breakfast…
When a Miami restaurant closes, it usually slinks away in the middle of the night, leaving only note on it’s door as a reminder of all the good times you had together.Not Mai Tardi, the lively design district eatery known for beautiful al fresco dining. The restaurant will be officially…
We know, every day brings yet another wacky food holiday, but when it’s National Pie Day there’s reason to celebrate. Sure, you can go to Publix or Fresh Market and buy a perfectly serviceable ready-made pie, but we’re sharing our three favorite places to get fresh, delicious pies. Because National…
We stopped by Fairchild’s International Chocolate, Coffee and Tea Festival to give everyone who couldn’t attend a tasty nibble of what they missed.Lavande citronade chocolate morsels by Oliver Kita Chocolatiers were but one of the many mixed flavor bites they offered…
The LG Smart Refrigerator is one of the many new “smart” appliances recently revealed at the Consumer and Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month that can be connected to a home network and manage your entire kitchen. Designed to communicate with other devices via Wi-Fi, it can be…
It can be difficult to justify spending the extra cash for organic food, but with the help of the Environmental Working Group’s 2011 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce, you can eat healthfully without having to dump your entire wallet on certified organic produce. Consumers of produce can reduce their…
Right off the bat, we have a confession: We never ate at the former Rusty Pelican before the recent remodeling. We feared it would be musty inside and found it an ordeal to trek out to Virginia Key. Also, the menu didn’t look any more appealing than a Ruby Tuesday’s…
The clouds overhead threatened rain for a while, but drops never materialized as thousands of people ate, drank, and danced at the first annual Downtown Miami Wine and Food Festival, held yesterday at Brickell’s Central Park Miami space.Local Miami restaurants offered food in exchange for tickets ($10 worth of food…
Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern has made a career out of eating everything that walks, swims, or crawls. He admits to refusing only two things offered to him — ever. Street food in Delhi that was made with sludgy water and moldy chicken intestines.Our omnivorous friend takes to the airwaves…
You might remember the Natural Ice beer marketing campaign in which two fans attempted to make the first beer in space. But this is better. How about meteorite-infused wine?Double-u, tee, eff. That’s right, an Englishman by the name of Ian Hutcheon created Meteorito, the world’s first wine aged with a…
Crazy About You calls it “petite pork osso buco.”The Federal Food, Drink & Provisions calls it “pig wings.”In fact, this is a cut of pork off of the back leg shank — so in a way it really is a petite osso buco. But because the word shank doesn’t entice as a…
Back in December, Short Order announced that Latin Burger would acquire the CheeseMe name. Ever since, CheeseMe by Latin Burger has been on the road selling grilled cheese alongside macho burgers and tacos. Now some CheeseMe partners are demanding Latin Burger stop using the name. And they plan to send out…
George Espie is the Macallan master of wood, which means (A) he is a Scotch fanatic and (B) he probably gets picked on a lot during recess on the corporate playground. What his title really means is he is responsible for managing the Macallan “Wood Policy” and delivering all cask…
