Food & Drink

Lobsternomics 101 is a Short Order series delving into lobster economics via voices from the local lobster community. Not the lobsters themselves, but the people who catch, sell, and buy them.Today we introduce you to Steven Torres of Captain’s Tavern Seafood Market, Pinecrest’s best kept secret since 1971. Steven is…

10. Garlic for a scorpion sting – Sure you city folk probably don’t have scorpion problems, but in rural Dade they do. The sulfur in garlic might neutralize toxins if you get stung. 9. Mango for heat stroke – You been outside lately? It’s scorching hot. Quench your thirst and…

What is it with downtown Miami and old world-style Italian restaurants?  And good ones, at that?  We think these diamonds in the rough may be a sign of good things to come for this metropolitan center, as long as all the businesses in the area don’t go bust before they…

Closing time at a restaurant usually means that servers and bussers have gone home for the night, cooks have cleaned their stations, and the dishwasher is scrubbing pots, spraying mats, sweeping, mopping, and taking out the trash. The dishwasher may well be the only person in the kitchen, and the…

You could smell it like the Burger Beast smells searing chuck from a mile away.  After last week’s story on the ownership change at The Gastropub at Jake’s, plans also changed for its chef, Richard Plasencia, who was to stay on board with new owner Baruch Pletner.  There was talk…

Plastic cube, metal tongs, yellow pies with colored dots. Gas station patties are a South Florida staple. We picked this one up at an Amoco on 34th and Biscayne. It is a Patty King meat pie. Their product is pretty much everywhere and we trust and enjoy it.  Sometimes we…

Did you know that Zephyrhills is a city in Pasco County, Florida? Short Order always thought it was somewhere in Switzerland, where mountain folk make water out of melted snow far away from cars and people. Shoot, Zephyrhills is hardly a stones throw from Tampa. The Zephyrhills Water Corp was…

Why did the chicken cross Biscayne? To take a hot bath at Michy’s, in bubbling oil. Fried is to chicken as cold is to beer. If chicken was the first female president she would be called Aberhen Lincoln. Think out of the bawks. What came first the chicken or the…

The Rush Limbaugh Diet is sweeping America by storm, and we have the pictures to show how and why it might work. See, Rush would have you believe it’s all about following a strict eating regimen, but the following pictures show that diet is nothing without exercise. Watch Rush Limbaugh…

Last week I heard a chef say “lobster’s cheaper than chicken,” which got Short Order wondering about Lobsternomics, the study of the lobster economy as it relates to fishermen, wholesalers and restaurants in South Florida. We’ll be delving into the issue more thoroughly.Today, meet Carlos and his wife Lilian Berdeal…

Jennifer’s Homemade may have graduated to a warehouse baking facility, but the same pasta-sheeter that Jennifer Behar retrofit for her flatbread dough, which she cut by hand and baked at home, matriculated along with the business.”We moved two years ago.  It was a raw space, and we had to build…

Rotten food donations leave Haitians hungry. [SunJournal]Wal Mart Stores experiments with latin themed super store Mas Club, while Winn Dixie adds signs in Spanish and stocks ethnic merchandise. [WallStreetJournal]Florida Chef Ron Duprat represents for Miami Haitians on upcoming season of Bravo’s Top Chef [Bradenton Herald]World recession means less food for…

Nothin’ better than a weekend at the bottom of the map, long as there are no hurricanes. Somthing’s brewin’ off the coast of Africa though, so get ready. Here are some weekendish posts from some neighborhood food blogs.South Florida Beer Blog travels to Tequesta and visits the Corner Cafe and…

North One 10 is the recipient of 4 consecutive Best Of Miami titles, 2 positive Lee Klein reviews, and the distinction of being among the best restaurants in Dade.They are now offering a Friday and Saturday dinner special, the $25 “Not Miami Spice Menu.” That’s true recession friendly fine dining…