Grill smoke carries barbecue flavors through the air as beer, sauce and music flow freely.Ribfest is coming November 7 and 8 to Homestead Air Reserve Park (Moody Drive and SW 122 Avenue).Local ribbers Huckleberry Hillbilly and Smoke & Spice battle out-of-state touring barbecue teams like Big Boned BBQ in the…
James Beard Award nominee Chef Michael Schwartz of Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink brings his knowledge to your home cooking with a new column, The Genuine Kitchen. With each installment, he’ll discuss an ingredient or theme and then deliver a recipe. Questions or comments? Email thegenuinekitchen@michaelsgenuine.com.Like most of my food,…
The Cookie Diet, and the Miami bakery where it’s from, make eating Cookie Diet cookies mainstream. [HealthJackal]Now Hiring seasonal workers at Fisher Island Beach Club private island. [CBS4]2 for 1 drinks, dollar beers, appetizers, and food at The Cove in Doral for live comedy Wednesdays. [MMDnewswire]”Umami tastes aren’t found as…
Forget everything you expect from and dislike about Chinese takeout. If you’re having trouble, let us shed some light… Greasy, saucy, gloopy, wilted, and one-note flavor. Now imagine a menu with light options like crisp salads, low oil stir fries, noodle soups, finger-licking edamame tossed in a creative selection of…
What it is: Tenderloin of beef presented Oscar-style on crouton, topped with crabmeat, asparagus, and béarnaise sauce. Veal cutlets are classically used for this dish, which is named after Sweden’s King Oscar II.Looks tasty, right? But where it at?Keep going for the answer…..
Shashank Agtey is the Sidewalk Chef, a wacky South Florida entrepreneur with over twenty years experience in professional kitchens starting at The Forge on Miami Beach back when it was still owned by gansgta gangsta Meyer Lansky.We’ve written about the Sidewalk Chef before, click here and here to follow the…
Lime Fresh Mexican Grill is a homegrown success story built on burritos, beer, and an “upscale interior,” that has delivered double-digit rising profits every year since opening their South Beach flagship five years ago.Recently they hired a former Starbucks executive as their new VP of Development, and their current media…
We sift, wade, search, and aggregate so you don’t have to. Check out these recent posts from other local blogs.Coupons for deals at Quizno’s. [MiamiCheap]The hardest working man in food blogging hits up Red Zone in Ft Lauderdale. [JeffEats]Rock Art Beer vs Monster Energy Drink on a legal battlefield. [SouthFloridaBeerBlog]Taste…
You know, Tom Brokaw was right when he called our grandparents the “Greatest Generation.” Not only did they fight World War II and rescue the world from the evil clutches of fascism, but Grandpa and Grandma totally knew how to party. Oysters, steaks, and a half-dozen martinis all in one…
Last Thursday afternoon, Two Chefs Restaurant hosted a wine tasting of Sauvignon Blancs from the Loire Valley in France. Loire Valley Wines are produced over a wide swath of the country, and so of course as one travels from east (Touraine) to west (Sancerre, Pouily-Fumé) the characteristics change dramatically. We…
The team behind Jaguar Ceviche in Coconut Grove premieres its new Talavera Cocina Mexicana in Coral Gables today (2299 Ponce de Leon, on the corner of Giralda). Open for lunch and dinner, Talavera promises to serve traditional Mexican food “with a contemporary twist”. Menu items, which all fall below $18,…
What can you say about a job where several liquor companies a year contact the office to hold tasting demonstrations? Fucking awesome.When Ron Abuelo hollered at Short Order to see if we were interested in finding out about their product we set up a drinking appointment for 11:30 a.m.Our notes…
Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza opens its Miami Lakes location today, making it the fourth in Miami-Dade County and the 20th nationally. ACFP uses authentic 800-degree, coal-burning ovens to create “well done pizzas.” The new restaurant is located at 15492 NW 77th Court in Royal Oaks Plaza (off the Palmetto Expressway…
Another year, another Iron Fork. Were you there, did you have fun, what would you like to see there next time that would make it better. We think there should have been more water. Rum and Presidente are not always the answer.Here are some pictures representing for the restaurants that…
Yesterday we wrote of Food & Wine magazine naming her cookbook Cuisine a Latina as one of the top 25 of the year. Earlier in the week we noted that her Sra. Martinez restaurant made Esquire’s list of 20 Best New Restaurants in America. Today’s Michelle news concerns an upcoming…
Short Order headquarters isn’t stacked to the ceiling with pots and pans. We don’t have a million dollar range. There’s not a smoker out back. There’s no grill, brick oven, or even a toaster, but we do have a microwave and the $1.00 pizzas we pull out of it always…
The Presidente flowed as Chef John Critchley laid the culinary smackdown on Giancarla Bodoni for the 2009 Iron Fork title. Critchley is on a winning streak, with his seafood-celebrating Area 31 having been recently named one of Esquire magazine’s best new restaurants this year.Our focus, however, was the side show…
A teeny sneak preview of the New Times restaurant review for next week.Although this is a “pizzeria/mozzarella bar,” there’s plenty more going on gastronomically. In fact, it is the plethora of fresh vegetable offerings that set Casale apart from so many other places. The menu mentions some 45 meatless items,…
Congratulations to Michelle Bernstein for winning a spot on Food & Wine’s top 25 cookbooks of 2009.According to Publishers Weekly, “Every year, about 24,000 new cookbooks hit bookstore shelves.” Michelle Bernstein’s book Cuisine à Latina is available at all major retailers and online.Big ups to her for getting our city…
Today, stone crab season officially opens and runs through May 15. We have assembled some trivia you may find useful around the dinner table, at a bar with friends, or if you ever end up on a quiz show. Enjoy.10. Stone crabs are found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts…
Last night at the Setai on South Beach (2001 Collins Ave., MIami Beach) Richie Rich and Pamela Anderson presented their fashion line A*Muse for Funkshion, another South Beach fashion week.Nespresso, a Nestle owned home espresso machine that uses a capsule system, was there giving out free espressos and cappuccinos.Silver Dagger…
This eyeballed up cheeseburger bus poster was seen this morning in Wynwood. We look forward to seeing more of this type of art work. Not that we endorse it. It’s illegal, and wrong, very, very, wrong.We’re gonna have to look into whether the county got rid of the budget for…
