In this new series, the Beet Reporter aims to see whether Miami’s tastiest restaurants are prepared to feed vegans with something more than boring garden salads.There are two ways to make vegan food. Or rather, there are two ways to make food vegan.One starts with “normal” dishes, subtracting the animal-derived…
The world’s population reaches seven billion today, according to the United Nations. That has led to a lot of hand wringing about how we feed future populations around the world.But what we really need to worry about is right here.In both Miami-Dade and the rest of Florida, the population has…
Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, 50 Eggs Restaurant Group newest venture with chef Jeff McInnis has been fun, but it hasn’t forgotten about its much older and very successful baby, Lime Fresh Mexican Grill. Since its debut in 2004, the local chain has expanded rapidly throughout the state and even…
Olive oil, rosemary, and basalmic-glazed fig with mascarpone cheese. They sound like dinner, but they’re actually ice cream flavors made by Coolhaus, the architecturally-inspired ice cream sandwich food truck with unorthodox flavors, which debuts November 17. “The spirit of the food truck is catching on,” said Natasha Case, CEO of…
Nadia G., star of Cooking Channel’s Bitchin’ Kitchen, recently talked with Short Order about her upcoming Season 2 premiere, Halloween recipes for a novice, and what inspires her to keep rockin’ out and stayin bitchin’.New Times: Nadia, how do you keep your at-home kitchen bitchin’?Nadia G.: I think the kitchen…
Sakaya Kitchen’s downtown restaurant is still being worked on, but owner Richard Hales let Short Order have a sneak peek at the location and, most importantly, the kitchen where Baketress Vanessa Paz is already busy working on items that both surprise and delight.Sakaya Kitchen Downtown, located at 125 SE Third…
At recently opened, City Hall, the Restaurant, on the Biscayne Corridor, the Cosmopolitan is known as The Mayor. All the martinis have politically inspired names such as The City Clerk, The Permit, The Key to The City, The Proclamation, The City Manager and The Commissioner.The Mayor is a sunset-colored beverage was…
What it is? Veal tongue gribiche, and salmon dodine.What gribiche and dodine are: Sauce gribiche combines minced hard-boiled egg and cornichon with capers, fresh herbs — classically parsley, chervil and tarragon — and hints of vinegar and Dijon. Think of it as an non-emulsified tartar sauce.A dodine is a thick,…
The season four premiere of Food Network’s The Next Iron Chef is October 30 at 9 p.m. Alton Brown hosts the weekly chef-on-chef competition.This year’s contestants read like a culinary who’s who, with ten celebrity chefs battling for the title, including Anne Burrell, Michael Chiarello, Elizabeth Falkner, Alex Guarnaschelli, Chuck…
Looks like Essensia’s chef, Frank Jeannetti, has left for greener pastures. With a C.V. that includes a New York culinary school degree and an internship with Boulud, and gigs alongside Eismann and Schwartz, he’s sure to land somewhere good. (Check out our interview with him from March for more background.)Jeannetti…
Break out your love beads and appetite because Short Order is bringing you Foodstock: One Night of Peas and Music in the Wynwood Arts District on November 12.Be prepared to rock out to live bands and DJs, shop for vintage clothing and arts and crafts and eat from 30 food…
Let’s say you live in one of those incredibly wealthy enclaves on Star Island, or own the penthouse somewhere south of Fifth, or wake up to the pretty water view right outside your Coral Gables mansion. Your kids go to private school, travel all over the world with you and…
The Dutch has snared pastry chef Joshua Gripper to head its baking operations in South Beach.Gripper’s long resume includes Michelin two-star restaurant Oustau de Baumanniere, db Bistro Moderne, Butter, Cafe Boulud, and, most recently, Gotham Steak in Miami Beach.Gripper will be charged with creating the Dutch’s desserts and pies, as…
The Ritz-Carlton South Beach has come up with the perfect spooky sipper to kick off Halloween weekend.”I named the cocktail Fired Up and Teed Off because it incorporates fire into it when lighting up the Grand Marnier and also features yerba mate tea,” explains Jenni Greenspan, the hotel’s public relations…
Okay, so you’re unwilling to don a blue wig, feathers or leather, and have zero desire to party big on Halloween. And you’re too old to trick or treat. What to do on Monday? Take advantage of the Halloween-themed menu specials at restaurants with other foodies who get more excited…
We know she has sweet and salty sides, which is why her desserts are always such a delight. Even for food aficionados who embrace savory, saving room at Michael’s Genuine for executive pastry chef Hedy Goldsmith’s creations is of paramount importance. We were treated to a tasting menu last night…
A look back at some food-related events that transpired over the past week:South Beach Wine & Food Festival 2012 tickets went up for sale on Monday. The three-day event runs February 23 to 26, and tickets tend to go fast. Very fast. Paula Deen’s Sunday Brunch and the Anta Banderas…
This Halloween offer comes a bit early, but today, October 28, all trick-or-treaters age 12 and under will receive a Scary Face Pancake anytime from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. — although any parent who allows a child to eat a giant pancake with whipped cream and candy after 9…
Meat Market on Lincoln Road is set to expand to the mainland with a restaurant at the newly announced BrickellHouse … or is it?Short Order received a press release from BrickellHouse’s representatives stating, “Among the earliest retail tenants is Meat Market Steakhouse, which will debut its first mainland Miami location…
This bit of information may piss off you readers, but just consider it a challenge or riddle: a promising new restaurant with a speakeasy vibe has opened in Midtown but we can’t tell you when you can dine there so you’ll have to find out the scoop yourself.The name of…
Last week we previewed Miami’s hottest food truck, Aphrodisiac Ice Cream, the truck that features beautiful models on stripper poles selling you frozen treats — because you’re going to need something to cool you off after you see them.We spoke with co-owner Justin Price last week, who told us that…
What does 12 hours in a sauna of hickory smoke get you in Homestead? A half slab of extraordinary baby back ribs($13), with a side of Squealing Pig Skins ($7) and helping of sweet potato souffle ($2.30) at Shiver’s .The pig skins were essentially potato skins stuffed with a mound…
