Where It At? Corn on the Cob
What it is: Corn with white stuff.Where it at? That’s the question. Post your best guess in the comment section below — we only ask that you professional type food bloggers wait a few hours to give the amateurs a chance…
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Showing 17293 - 17314 of 21080Passover: Jacquelynn’s “Famous” Matzo Ball Recipe
Passover starts at sundown tonight and that means that Jewish people throughout South Florida will be supping on matzo ball soup. There is a fundamental debate among Jewish foodies concerning the firmness of matzo balls. While some people prefer light and fluffy matzo balls, others favor rock hard ones. The…
Interview With Pastry Chef Crystal Cullison of Altamare, Part One
If you haven’t heard of pastry chef Crystal Cullison, you might begin hearing more about her now. Her milk chocolate and salted caramel semifreddo and other desserts on the menu of the recently opened AltaMare are already gaining fans.Cullison, a 27-year-old Orlando native, got her start young at Emeril’s in…
A Fish Called Avalon Launches a Menu Called New
The ante has evidently been upped among competing South Beach seafood restaurants. Altamare made the first move by redefining itself with a new chef, menu, and location. Executive chef Brian Cantrell of A Fish Called Avalon now counters with a revitalized menu that includes 11 new dishes…
The Alibi: French Fries and Cupcakes
The Alibi is a low-key eatery located inside watering hole Lost Weekend on Española Way in South Beach. There are pool and foosball tables as well as a lively crowd of locals. Don’t come here if you are trying to watch your figure. This place serves sandwiches, pizza, French fries, cupcakes, and…
Weekend Blog Watch: Chimi Truck, Farmer’s Daughter, Tits and Cabbage, Get A Job
Another day, another dollar, another night at the casino risking it all, another tomorrow being broke and eating ramen noodles and sardines, another reason to work harder, especially at making up these intros, which are sometimes just entertaining lies. Or are they? Here are some recent posts from other Miami…
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Sneak Review: El Scorpion Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar
A slight morsel from this week’s Cafe review of El Scorpion:Hearty appetites will be satisfied via the entree route, and at $17 to $20 the prices aren’t bad. Yet Scorpion works much better as taquería than restaurant. The nine tacos variations are each distinctively flavorful, the soft, thick, homemade tortilla…
100 Favorite Dishes: Steak Empanada at La Estancia Argentina
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…
Kendall Ale House: It’s Friday and Jambalaya is Tops
The weekend is finally here. It’s spring. The kids are out of school. It is definitely time to drink. And at the Kendall Ale House, you can not only imbibe, but also ingest. There’s an old rule for judging restaurants – if the parking lot is full, eat there. And…
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Cool Restaurant Interiors: The Lost & Found Saloon
What we love about The Lost & Found Saloon’s interior is its quirk, charm and personality. With its cowboy inspired décor, it looks like something that could come out of a Western save the flat-screen TVs behind the bar showing surfing movies. The design is the work of the four…
Blade to Close at the Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau’s Blade Sushi restaurant will officially close this coming Monday, March 29th, to be replaced by a music driven lounge. I asked Fontainebleau Public Relations Manager Paula Gomez if it was anything I said in Blade’s review two weeks ago, but she insists that these plans had been in the…
Maggie Jimenez’s Watermelon Salad is a Great Vacation Dish
Culinary personality Maggie Jimenez has oft been labeled the “Latin Rachel Ray,” not because her voice can hit dog-whistle range but because she shares a practical approach to cooking. As host of TeleFutura’s !Que Sabor!, the former fashion model turned self-taught cook creates Latin-inspired multi-course meals with the help of…
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Howie Kleinberg to Open A New Bulldog Cafe in Aventura
You met him at Food Gang (years before it closed), saw another side of him on Top Chef, and get messy with him every now and then at Bulldog BBQ on Biscayne Boulevard and NE 154th Street. But who is Howie “Bulldog” Kleinberg: fine dining doyen or rib wrangler? “I’m…
Allen Susser’s Passover: Finally An End To Grandma’s Gefilte Fish
Passover is coming next week and for many, that means a monotonous existence of matzo, matzo, matzo and more matzo. What’s a Jewish foodie to do? Thankfully, chef Allen Susser, whose eponymous restaurant is a longtime hit, is preparing two Passover meals at his Aventura eatery.For Passover, Susser has created…
100 Favorite Dishes: Almond Croissant at Buena Vista Deli
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…
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Weak New Standards For Food In Schools
The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee approved legislation on Wednesday that would allow the Agriculture Department to create new standards for all foods in schools, including vending machines. This translates to a 6 cent reimbursement increase to the schools per student meal, less than half of what the Obama administration had…
Aventura’s Cheesecake Factory on the Happy Hour Hunt
The Cheesecake Factory19501 Biscayne Blvd., Aventura 305-792-9696 / thecheesecakefactory.comFor most of the everyday folk (myself included), The Cheesecake Factory is the kind of place only enjoyed on special occasions. For me, it was the spot for a graduation dinner, a monumental birthday, or a family gathering. It was not to…
Cheesecake Etc. Throws Down
Many local restaurants claim they have the best cheesecake this side of New York and Key lime pie better than anything in the Keys. Puuuhlease. But we did find a serious contender when Frankie Romano from Cheesecake Etc. stopped by our offices a while ago with his desserts, plastic cutlery,…
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100 Favorite Dishes: Praline Bread Pudding at Morgans
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…
Kiss My Cocktail: Gazpacho Mary at La Marea
So what does Miss Mary Modern drink with her Lazy Breakfast? Chef Gonzalo Rivera at La Marea created a transparent concoction that tastes like kicky gazpacho but is as clear and refreshing as a dunk in the pool. He gives props to The Fat Duck’s Heston Blumenthal for the inspiration.It’s…
Scoop on Doug Rodriguez’s Ocean Coming in Waves
Two sources have confirmed that Chef Doug Rodriguez, AKA D-Rod, AKA the “Godfather of Nuevo Latino cuisine,” is planning on another Miami restaurant opening in the wake of his new D. Rodriguez Cuba in Miami Beach and OLA Cuba, coming soon to the Village at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach. We…
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New England Lobster/Crab Boils at 660 for Just $26
Beginning next Thursday, April 1st, and on every following Thursday from 6 to 11:00 p.m., 660 at The Angler’s will feature its new Front Porch Supper Series. Start date aside, the deal is no joke: only $26 (plus tax) brings you an extensive New England-style seafood spread with seafood flown…