Giorgio Rapicavoli and his Eating House team have just released their 2013 holiday greeting via Instagram. In the pic, they’re dressed like Santa — if Santa spent his days working as a male stripper in the North Pole. Rapicavoli and company Instagrammed the photo, featuring the male (ahem) members of…
Game of Thrones is much more than a cable television show. The series has turned into an international phenomenon, with rabid fans, critical acclaim… and beer. Ommegang Brewery in Cooperstown, New York, released its first Game of Thrones-inspired beer last year in collaboration with HBO, with Iron Throne Blonde Ale…
Last week’s inaugural Grove Green Market, which pops up every Thursday from 2 to 8 p.m. in the Coconut Grove Playhouse parking lot, attracted an eclectic group of local vendors and farmers offering everything from homemade ice cream from Roc Kat to Hani Khouri’s fresh goat cheese. See also: Grove…
Gordon Ramsay is a potty-mouthed chef known for having a bad temper. Which means he’s the perfect foil for another volatile kitchen master: the Swedish Chef. We’re not sure whether the Swedish Chef is cursing while he cooks (when we tried to translate “bork bork bork,” we got “bork bork…
It takes a lot for a salad to excite us. Perhaps it’s because they rarely feature delicious Brazilian sausage. Among the Colombian hot-dog places and Argentine steak houses in North Beach stands Little Brazil. The Collins Avenue restaurant offers the Salada Little Brazil ($14.95), a dish with bits of lingui�a…
A kitchen without chaos is like a party with no personality. Last night, Chaos Cooking made its Miami debut, and these gastronomic gatherings go something like this: There’s a host, everyone shows up with ingredients to make a dish (bonus points for bringing your own knives, cutting boards, and Tupperware),…
Chef Carla Pellegrino has just announced the February opening of Touche Rooftop Restaurant and Lounge, atop the E11even Miami, a mega-nightclub that’s being billed as both a nightclub and cabaret. See also: E11even Miami Owner Dennis DeGori: “There Will Be Topless and Nude Entertainment”…
You’ve picked out your tree and set it up, but there are a few bare spots that need something. Instead of the usual elves and reindeer, decorate your tree with what you love best: food and booze. We were recently at Target and found the most awesome selection of food-…
They say that behind every great man stands a great woman, and such is the case with NBA star LeBron James and his wife, Savannah James. Mrs. James recently opened the Juice Spot, a cold-pressed juice bar in Brickell that specializes in nutrient-dense juices, smoothies, and light bites. If opening…
When I tell people Ethiopian food is my favorite, I’m often met with a blank stare. It’s understandable, particularly in Miami, where you can’t find this kind of cuisine within a 200-mile radius. The closest eatery is Nile Ethiopian in Orlando, tucked away off the madness of International Drive. So,…
At Lippi, you should really eat your vegetables. The handsome Brickell restaurant, perched amid shimmering Christmas trees, offers a Mediterranean-inspired menu that features $75 Dover sole and $30-per-ounce Kobe beef. But perhaps more interesting, it also proffers roasted baby carrots and turnips flecked with coarse sea salt that share a…
Here’s the scenario. You’ve got this great friend (or maybe it’s you) who loves to host cocktail parties. Only problem is that his idea of a classic cocktail is adding booze to some crayon-colored mix in a bottle. If your buddy’s idea of a “specialty cocktail” is Kool-Aid and vodka”…
La Gamba opened quietly a week ago in Coconut Grove. It serves Spanish tapas and entr�es. While we were dining, owner Maria Elena Otero Calvo introduced herself and made a refreshing request. “We’ve only been open a week,” she confided. “Please let us know if you have any suggestions.” She…
Last Friday at 10:30 a.m., dozens of people were already lined up outside Bobby’s Burger Palace in Dadeland Mall’s new wing in anticipation of being one of the first to experience the celebrity chef’s burgers, fries, and shakes. Flay was inside his new restaurant to host a media preview of…
Sizzling pig’s face — that would be the best way to describe the Filipino dish called sizzling sisig. It’s a sour, pungent recipe, one that employs minced hog’s ears, snout, tongue, and brains. At Lutong Pinoy in North Miami Beach, you can try it with just ears and snout. See…
Carne asada is for amateurs. For more adventurous beef tacos, head to El Jacalito Taqueria Mexicana in West Flagler. This taqueria offers affordable eats — tacos cost only $6 for three. There are more than 12 kinds of tacos, including varieties such as mushroom and pork stomach. So let the…
It’s not always easy to be meat-free in Miami. Heck, half the city’s bread is infused with lard. But thanks to a progressive mayor and a dedicated volunteer, vegetarianism just got a major boost with the City of South Miami’s Meatless Monday resolution. In official language, it’s “in support of…
Culinary arts are redefined with Dolce Italian’s Paolo Dorigato and this colorful five-course meal
Need help navigating your way through Wynwood during Art Basel this weekend? Well, there’s an app for that. Wynwood Tour Guide is an iPhone app developed by Zoel, CEO of Rokkstar Enterprises Inc., and David McCauley, founder of Rise Up gallery — two locals with a love of bringing the…
The only thing better than a beachside brunch during Basel is a nighttime beachside brunch during Basel. Who doesn’t want eggs benedict for dinner? This weekend, the DiLido Beach Club at the Ritz-Carlton will host a Day and Night brunch party, an event originally made famous in the Hamptons. The…
Short of hopping a plane to Naples — Italy, that is, not Florida’s sleepy west-coast town — it’s not always easy to find authentic Neapolitan pizza. But at the new Coral Gables eatery Pummarola, they’re all about Italian tradition. The lunch-and-dinner outpost opens today at 141 Aragon Ave., and its…
Yesterday afternoon, the Burger King and Ronald McDonald got together in a show of solidarity in an old-school rap battle against their employees. Why would the clown and the king team up? Well, they’ve got a lot in common. They’re both the faces of mega fast-food corporations. And they both…
