Courtesy of Mimi Chacin/Common ThreadsMaking sushiCommon Threads co-founder Art Smith will chair the first Miami benefit for the organization. It’s a lineup worthy of an All-Star team if cooking had a midsummer classic. Check the line-up: Michelle Bernstein, Jeff McInnis (Gigi), Sam Gorenstein (BLT Steak), Kris Wessel (Red Light), John…
The office vending machine, often the cause of extra pounds and unhealthiness, is seen as a calorie and nutrition trap. But let’s be real, come 3 p.m.,.the shiny colorful wrappers start calling your name. Somehow you manage to justify the Snickers as a “meal replacement bar.” That is, until the…
Last week in the South Florida blogosphere …Brickell Life visits a farmer’s market in Colombia.All Purpose Dark says goodbye to Fin.Sugar Cave reviews Joy Wallace’s Dickey Doo’s Kettle Corn.Much love to Coral Bagels from Blind Tastes.Drool over the pumpkin flan at Bitchin’ Camero.Taking over Miami checks out Cupcakes Noveau.Brunch at…
This week in Short Order …Ten Weird Vodkas: From Root Beer to Bacon and Bubble GumLee Klein likes the cheese plate at The Cheese CourseIt was a matter of time: Rachael Ray makes it to the Cooking Channel (aka Food Network 2)Meatless in Miami: Vegans won’t find many good pizza…
Get your wallets ready! Tickets for the 2011 South Beach Wine & Food Festival go on sale Monday, October 25.The festival, which takes place February 24 to 27, 2011, will be celebrating 10 years. Ten years since Lee Schrager took over the one-day wine festival that started at FIU, moved…
There were no Corn Flake fried grapes with blue cheese slaw and black pepper grape jelly last night at Strike Miami bowling alley. But some of the other items from David Burke’s new menu, which we told you was coming last week, were unveiled in the glowy lights of the…
As I was finishing up my conversation with Mr. Burke, he mentioned that today he would be looking around Boca and Miami for a possible restaurant locale. He’s already got six venues up north, and is looking to expand. “The west coast and Vegas are too far,” he explained, adding…
It’s Friday and Short Order sniffs out this weekend’s top cocktail yet again. We popped into the Gansevoort Miami Beach Hotel this week and discovered the Pink Elephant — a refreshing combination of fresh muddled strawberries, mint, and lime swished together with Grey Goose Pear Vodka and laced with a…
If you are still being indecisive about whether or not your attending New Times’ Iron Fork event October 21 at Grand Central, you better make a decision soon if you want to take advantage of the today-only discount for VIP tickets — on sale for $50.Let us break it down…
There’s something to be said for knowing a French chef is preparing your meal. You can generally — though certainly not always — trust the flavors will be pure and the presentation simple. That’s why we were thrilled to smoke out a local Frenchie who has been flying under the…
“This is not another burger,” says Mauricio Acevedo, CEO of Banna Strows. “It’s not another pizza. This is an entirely different product.” The Colombian native moved to Miami eleven years ago, and is clearly passionate about his crepes and creperies – which at the moment are two company-owned kiosks (one…
A pre-review nibble from next week’s Cafe:While Norman is head honcho, co-chefs are son Justin Van Aken and Philip Bryant, the latter working with the elder Van Aken since 2005. “Globally inspired, seasonally wired,” is their menu motto. The first part is true: This bill of fare is all over…
Now nearly seven months after the announcement that celebrity chef Paula DaSilva left 3030 Ocean in Broward, Short Order just received word that the Eden Roc’s new restaurant, 1500º, will be opening to the public next Friday, October 15. The 160-seater farm-to-table concept decorated with vintage milk cans, floor-to-ceiling windows,…
Photo by Jacob KatelThe bar at the Setai.If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here’s a taste of what you’re missing. Click here to subscribe.Champagne, Asian-style tapas, Sunday brunch and all that jazz are part of the five-year anniversary celebration at SoBe’s uber-luxe Setai.After a…
Courtesy of POC A pleasant stroll up Ponce de Leon, from Miracle Mile, brings you to POC American Fusion Buffet & Sushi. The ten-day old restaurant celebrated its grand opening Tuesday evening; a triumph that was more than four years in the making. The festivities began with a ceremonial blessing…
October 23 will mark the third year of the Edible Garden Festival at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. The festivities last from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. They will continue the same time the following Sunday.”‘Going green’ has become more and more popular each year and our visitors are now interested…
Chef Fabio Pizelman’s Bistro 1401 is barely a month old now and it’s already become a neighborhood favorite. Diners, friends and online reviews all concur. Located on the corner of SW 14th Avenue and Coral Way, the 40-seat eatery serves up traditional Argentinian dishes mixed with Italian inspiration. Fulfilling a…
Raspberry, pink grapefruit, bubble gum and now “wild cherri” will be joining the flavored vodka market. Vodka withs something odd mixed in reminds us of the steak and potatoes ice cream we once chowed on in a little mountain place in Venezuela. But that’s a story for another day. When…
Frodnesor, a damn good food blogger whose work I respect, published a lengthy response to a post of ours yesterday. He accused of us of censorship because his comment wasn’t published.Note to Frodnesor: We don’t censor. Never. No how. Unless something is libelous an ad hominem attack, of course. What…
There are cheeses galore to choose from at The Cheese Course-some 150 from around the globe. At lunchtime the place fills up indoors and out, as people munch on cheese-adorned sandwiches and salads, or go purist and order a platter of fromage. For $7.95, you can pick any cheese you’d…
The Palms Hotel & Spa is once again touting a basketful of Thursday deals and steals:DEALS: From 6 to 10 p.m., guests at the Essensia Lounge will receive half-off all drinks and cocktails, and half-off all appetizers from chef Frank Jeannetti’s luscious Lounge menu. And from 4 to 9 p.m.,…
Gigi: Midtown Miami ingenuity
