One of the great joys of my otherwise joyless life is to stride through the front door of a certain local franchise of an Atlanta-based Mexican fast food restaurant chain and be showered with warm greetings: “Welcome to Moe’s!” they ring out in near-unison.And it’s not because I’m special. The…
The YOLO Grill from Miami New Times on Vimeo.I recently spent a couple hours shooting the kitchen at YOLO (You Only Live Once) in downtown Ft, Lauderdale. It’s a real classy joint serving simple American food cooked in a high quality manner using fine ingredients. Check out this grill video…
Tonight (Tuesday Feb. 17) from 5:30 to 7:30, Chef Michael Wagner and Slow Foods Glades to Coast team up for A Slow Winter’s Night at Lola’s on Harrison, where they’ll be hosting a mini mixology workshop (and yes, you get to drink the exhibits). Wagner and his team will be…
If you’re one of the ten bazilion Americans currently spending your free time glued to this season of The Biggest Loser (I confess! I’m right there with you!) and planning to diet your way through 2009 along with Tara and Filipe (my personal faves), chances are you’ve considered using sugar-free products as…
We can’t do this alone. This Spring, when we publish our Broward-Palm Beach Best Of issue, we’re going to put our reputation on the line: What’s the most delicious damn burger in Palm Beach and Broward counties? Who twirls the finest pizza crust? Which restaurant just blows all its competition…
The Mandarin Oriental, in tandem with TRU Organic Spirits, has launched the first “all-organic cocktail menu” in Miami. Two of the tastiest-sounding tipplers are the Mandarin: TRU Organic Vanilla Vodka, organic tangerine juice, brown sugar and a splash of heavy cream (pictured above). And the Basil Melon: TRU Organic Lemon…
Many of you probably spent a romantic Valentine’s Evening at a fine restaurant, supping on foie gras and fine wine. And that’s all good. But here’s an alternate view of Valentine’s Day – a less expensive option for leaner times. This simple meal of salad, cheeses, good olives, fresh bread,…
I decided to spend Valentine’s Day – at least the day part of it – at the Delray Beach Garlic Festival, a weekend-long ode to the clove going down at Old School Square. The fest had a lot going on: there were vendors aplenty, hocking garlic-based sauces, dips, spreads, and…
The James Beard Foundation has announced its nominees for the best chefs around the country, and two of our hunky, homegrown hubbas are among this year’s picks: Chef Dean James Max (pictured left) of 3030 Ocean, in Fort Lauderdale; and Chef Zach Bell of Cafe Boulud in Palm Beach. It seems…
Aaah Valentines, that stupid made-up holiday nobody really cares about, except the person you’re with when you forget to get them somethin’. I called up a bunch of restaurants to see what they got goin’ on. Here’s what they said…….
Chicken Wings are to food what guitars are to rock n roll, essential; and there’s no shortage of eateries serving up these fine morsels of fried poultry flesh in South Florida, but there is definitely a shortage of establishments giving them away free of charge…
Daily CandyThe Anti-Theft Lunch Bag, perfect for fooling troglodyte food thieves. Long-time readers of Short Order may remember that the New Times offices weren’t always a safe and happy place. There was a time long ago when terror stalked our cubicles — when unsuspecting men and women fell pray to…
We drooled when we tasted Jeff McInnis’ sublime mango sorbet. One spoonful and suddenly he was the “hot chef of our dreams,” knocking Bobby Flay down to number two. So when we found out that he was going to be a contestant on our favorite culinary reality show, we made…
Expecting oysters, foie gras, and caviar to carry you to Valentine’s Day ecstasy is like waiting for Santa to come down the chimney on Christmas Eve. Worse: If you’re not used to eating these rich, luxe comestibles, you may find them working their way through your gastrointestinal tract faster than…
Chef Allen Susser of Chef Allen’s restaurant is a culinary pioneer, a renowned restaurateur and a cool dude. I recently spent several hours in the kitchen of Chef Allen’s restaurant in Aventura. I arrived at four, was provided with a chef jacket and promptly put to work. This was a…
I met Aaron J. Michaels in the back alley behind Pacific Time when his Culinary Convenience truck showed up, parked and invited the kitchen staff in to sample his wares. Culinary Convenience offers a truly mobile shopping experience. Let me reiterate, this guy has an uncramped, walk-in store built in…
Nearly four inches long, the sand dune oyster from Prince Edward Island was so plump it was bulging out of its shell “like a large breast in a small brassiere,” as Rodney Clark, owner of Rodney’s Oyster House in Toronto, puts it. Intensely briny and wonderfully sweet, the fat beige…
Meghan “The Forager” Tanner is a South Florida organics dealer. She provides the freshest produce and ingredients, local, exotic and otherwise, to forward thinking, quality-minded chefs. She’s an Allapattah-market mainstay, a Homestead hustler, a Redland raider, a South Dade trafficker pushing heavy weight up the interstate. I recently rode out…
meadowlandsparkinglotThe Jabaconageburger with cheese, a cheeseburger topped with sausage and bacon and sandwiched between two Jamaican beef patties. Urg. Food porn is all the rage these days. There are entire sites devoted to the obscene pleasures of voyeuristic foodie-ism, and they’re growing in number each day. Just this week, food…
Belinda Eaton, Girl with Oysters, from Belindaeaton.comPly her with aphrodisiacs all night, and you’ve got it made, right? This week in New Times, Robb Walsh dispenses pearls of wisdom on the world’s favorite bivalve here. And below, a plan to spend your V-Day shelling out:Sage Bistro and Oyster Bar 2000 Harrison St,, Hollywood,…
Teena’s Pride is a farm deep in South Dade that grows heirloom tomatoes, which means the seeds have been passed down for generations and no genetic modification has taken place. Pictured above is Michael Borek, he runs the place. The farm was passed down to him from his mother and…
First thing you do is drive to East Kendall. Yes, I know that’s not exactly Miami, but would you have read this if I said “Best Indian food in East Kendall?” I didn’t think so.Next you head to Ayesha’s Kitchen to learn how to cook the best Indian food in…
