OpenTable has released its 2009 Diners’ Choice Awards for Restaurants with the Most Vibrant Bar Scene. Our congratulations go to Miami’s very own, um….gee, that’s surprising. Hmm…well, who cares that we didn’t make the stinking list. We’re not bitter, and indeed offer our heartfelt congrats to Bootsy’s in Cincinnati, and…
That would be Jason Sheehan, whose Dirty Cooking made Time Magazine’s just-released list of ten best nonfiction books of the year: “A great tell-all by the Anthony Bourdain of greasy-spoon kitchens.” Sheehan, a James Beard winner, just this week moved from being the restaurant reviewer for Westword, our sister publication…
Pamela’s Delicatesen brings Chile to Miami
Fresh Beer Inc. is the South Florida grassroots marketing, sales, and distribution company that is helping craft beer stake its rightful claim on our bar and restaurant menus and store shelves. More on them soon.For now, learn more the easy way: Eat and drink your way to a better understanding…
Dinner in Paradise is a celebration of gourmet farm dining and was created in 2005 by Gabriele Marewski of Paradise Farms and chef Michael Schwartz of Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink.The $165.50 cost of each dinner (there will be seven between now and April) benefits the Plant a Thousand Gardens Collaborative…
Look at those golden potatoes and nicely cooked onions. An impeccable pommes lyonnaise. But where it at?We’ll acknowledge the correct answer in the comments section if someone gets it. If not, we’ll let you know where it at next week…
It was by sheer accident that we stumbled upon a newly opened Il Grissino Ristorante in Coral Gables. Just more than a week old, the Italian restaurant occupies the space that formerly housed La Gastronomia and an adjoining shop. There’s one thing the new place has certainly done well: transformed…
Last night, members of Miami’s own Chef’s Club got together over food and drink on the rooftop lounge of the Catalina Hotel’s Kung Fu Kitchen and Sushi on South Beach to network, knock a few back, crack jokes, and make the South Florida scene a stronger, more unified movement.Give thanks for local…
Kate Hudson and Alex Rodriguez breakup? A-Rod spotted partying in Miami at Wall Lounge at W Hotel South Beach and eating at Solarium above The Delano all alone. [AceShowbiz]The awesomely named Linda Gassenheimer’s recipe for shepherd’s pie. [DemoChron]Pensacola high school football coach laments costs incurred for food, travel, and hotels…
Kwanzaa, celebrated from December 26 through January 1, celebrates the seven principles of self awareness: unity, self determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith. It’s a Pan-African compilation of harvest festivals that uses corn (to symbolize children) on a mat along with a seven-candle holder called…
After nine years of packing them in at 1223 Lincoln Road, AltaMar’s Claudio Giordano has partnered with chef Simon Stojanovic to open a sister venture ALTAMARE just steps away. The restaurant, due to debut sometime around the middle of next month, will be triple the size of the current space…
Have you ever messed up cooking ramen noodles? If you answered yes, like we did, you could probably use some professional help of the cooking variety.Give thanks for South Florida’s bounty of highly touted, greatly revered, very experienced, mostly trained, and overall excellent chefs and for Whole Foods harnessing its…
Homemade ratatouille with fresh, local produce. And yes, Ratatouille is an excellent movie. [FoodForThoughtMiami]Has there finally been invented a chip that withstands the ardors of jarred-salsa dipping? According to one man, yes. [Chowfather]A hilarious review of Dolores, But You Can Call Me Lolita, Dade County’s most strangely named restaurant. [EatItMiami]The…
A fun time was had by all at the Jonathan Eismann restaurant tour last week. The event was held in cahoots with Friends of the James Beard Foundation as a means of raising funds for the organization as well as to showcase new developments on the west side of the…
Chef Gonzalo Rivera says Miami is on its way to becoming a real food city. The well-traveled Michael Mina protégé from Northern Cali says, “Homestead is the new California.”Rivera is from Chico, “about an hour north of Sacramento, a real small town.” But after graduating from California Culinary Academy in…
After the Epic Hotel’s specially installed filtration system removed most of the chlorine from city water, three guests fell ill from Legionnaires’ disease and the hotel has been temporarily closed. That means the award-winning seafood restaurant Area 31 is as off-limits as Area 51 until things get back to normal…
There’s room for more than just one stone crab delivery outfit in this town, but don’t expect Strickly Stone Crabs to remove the hard shell. “We won’t do it. The second the meat hits the air, it begins breaking down and losing freshness.”So said Strickly’s owner, Nancy Davis, when we…
Support Miami’s Schoolchildren The Design District will be celebrating Family Day tomorrow, December 12, and proud daddy Jonathan Eismann will be taking part by: Exhibiting beautiful artwork by the talented students of South Pointe Elementary school at Pacific Time.Exhibiting pizza-making demos and giving out free espresso (presumably for the parents)…
Ah, the holiday season. The perfect time to pick terrible gifts for people whose passions you don’t understand. We’re not saying these are bad products, they all look like perfectly reasonable chef gadgets, cooking tools, and kitchen ware. We’re just saying these are the Top 6 worst gifts for home…
Some weeks run faster than a lobster from a hot pot of water, a chicken from a cleaver, or a pig from a bottle of Mojo. That’s what this one did to us. Here are some posts you might have missed over the week.Free drinks for diabetics with artist Purvis…
A snippet of the New Times restaurant review for next week.Pamela’s Delicatessen is a combination mini-market/bakery/cafe/full service Chilean restaurant. The first three are housed in the front room: dry food imports on the shelves, breads and wines in wooden racks, a smattering of tables clustered before glowing display cases of…
People have been getting drunk for centuries, hell, thousands of years. American craft brewers Dogfish Head are putting on an Ancient Ales beer dinner at Pacific Time on December 17, and get this, the beers are modern formulations of ancient recipes whose ingredients are determined by Dr. Patrick McGovern of…
