Chef Nicola Carro’s rigatoni with eggplant, basil and aged ricotta was voted the best dish of the evening in last night’s Italian Cooking Show – a cooking/demo of dishes showcasing the regional cuisine of Italy organized by the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce. Carro of Quattro Gastronomia Italiana was representing Sicily…
Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden will open this year’s Annual International Mango Festival with a Mango Culinary Conference, a day of panel discussions that pairs Fairchild’s tropical fruit experts and local chefs to talk mango. Chefs Andrea Curto-Randazzo, Norman Van Aken, Allen Susser and author Madhur Jaffrey are among the participants…
Try your hand at this dish, it’s simple and delicious.Ingredients2 lbs ground beef or lamb, or a mixture of the 21/2 stick of butter1 onion chopped1/2 tsp crushed garlic1 tbsp curry powder1 tsp turmeric2 slices bread crumbled1/4 cup milkzest and juice from 1 small lemon1 egg1 tsp salt1 tsp black…
Looking for bargain dining? We are still a few weeks away until Miami Spice, but cit-crit (I learned that word yesterday thanks to Lee Klein) site Yelp is dolling out the price cuts thanks to its annual Yelp Eats! event. For a week, area restaurants offer a prix fixe three-course…
News that Chick-Fil-A recently unveiled a new Spicy Chicken Sandwich, its first new sandwich in 21 years, was met with joy by poultry enthusiasts and Christians around the country. But good luck getting a taste in Miami-Dade County. Even though the national chain is based Georgia, has 1,600 locations across…
The Place: Mercadito3252 NE 1st Ave., Midtown786-369-0430 mercaditorestaurants.comThe Hours: Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.The Deals: All beers are $3 and select wines are $5. The Traditional Margarita, The Pepino El Pyu (tequila blanco, cucumber, lemon, hoja santa, & cumin salt), and The Little Market Margarita (tequila…
It’s not often that you encounter a farmers market on the 11th floor of a downtown office building, but there it was at the entrance to the Miami Tower’s Sky Grille. Granted, it is just one table and there are no farmers standing behind it. Most of the stuff probably…
Soccer fans from around the world have descended upon South Africa for the World Cup but not everyone is fortunate enough to be able to make the trip. So we set out on a quest to find what South Africans eat on game day.The choices are varied. Boerewors sausages, eaten…
Miami Top Chef contestant Andrea Curto-Randazzo has taken to YouTube to vent some frustrations (you hear that, Padma!), give her fellow reality stars some shout-outs and throw out the word “cock.” The Talula and Water Club chef’s “I’m Just Sayin’ ” video rant is funny and attitudinal, as she holds…
Sean O’Connell, Corporate Executive Chef and Vice President of Culinary Operations for the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, has a Father’s Day recipe to share, along with a quick backstory about life with his father. The recipe is for Seared Irish Salmon with Creamy Mustard Cabbage; perhaps it is stating the obvious…
Norma Vargas-Matus is not exactly what you would expect from a pasta maker. She’s a “Mexicana” from the beautiful town of Acapulco who grew up working at her family’s bakery located in the hip Condesa district of Mexico City. Today, this latin lovely finds herself in a cooking mini-adventure as…
South Florida foodies food people already know that James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Schwartz has been busy opening a second outpost of his popular Design District restaurant Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink in the Cayman Islands. There is little difference from the original in that he is taking the same…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
Early this morning while Argentina was tricking on the Republic of Korea (Argentina 4 – 1), Short Order was drinking beer and grubbing English breakfast at Churchill’s Pub. Owner Dave Daniels said, “This is our eighth World Cup. Now it’s on cable or whatever, but if you go out back…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
Season seven of Top Chef launched last night and it was great to see a very buxom Padma Lakshmi and no-nonsense Tom Colicchio return to the airwaves. This version of Top Chef is set in Washington D.C., and the puns about cooking in our nation’s capital endured all night. Yeah,…
Here’s Manny Ruiz’s family vacation by the numbers: 40 states, 34 days, 10,000 miles, 3 kids. And the best part: More than $15,000 in corporate freebies to pay for most of the damn thing. My favorite among these contributions: The McDonald’s Corp. will provide as much food as Manny and…
This coming Wednesday, June 23, Talavera Restaurant will be introducing a new happy hour menu with a cocktail party led by master mixologist Junior Merino — aka the “Liquid Chef”. Festivities begin at 5:00 p.m., and will feature signature elixirs such as the Koki’o, with 100% Agave Tequila, Hibiscus Syrup,…
Best of Miami: Finest Foods Readers’ Poll Winners
Where should you go when someone else pays the tab? Who makes the tastiest croquetas? What restaurant is tops for outdoor dining? Click here…
Two new anticipated restaurants are debuting in the next few weeks in Miami.Norman’s 180, from famed chef Norman Van Aken, officially launches in Coral Gables on Tuesday, June 29, after a round of friends and family and media tastings. Expect dishes like steamed Manila clams with kabocha pot stickers, speckled…
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