It’s a meal only Michael Phelps could love. And what timing! Launched just in time to thwart a comeback-hungry Kirstie Alley in her lust for leanness. But Domino’s, I regret to type that your pasta in a bread bowl is a big fat disappointment. It’s just that I expected more – rather, I expected better — from you. Check…
haagenTemps are supposed to coast into the high 80s today and Mother Nature couldn’t have picked a better day to turn the heat up – Haagen Dazs is giving away free scoops of any bee-built flavor. No, not a frozen chocolate concoction thrown together by lil’ hard-hatted bees sporting distressed…
Most of you readers have probably experienced fake meat or a veggie food item. It might’ve been a mouth-watering, paradigm-shifting experience or something you tossed after one bite. The point is, veggie food is just like all other food – some of it’s awesome and some of it sucks horribly!The…
It’s around 6 p.m. on a Friday at Lotus House Women’s Shelter in Overtown and the dinner bell is ringing. Soon about 50 women of all ages, and some of their children, will gather for a healthy and nutritious meal prepared at cost by local catering company Hearts of Palm,…
The Crab House is a 79th street Causeway landmark. Anybody traveling between the beach and the city is sure to see their big sign out front. They are famous for their all you can eat seafood bar and they’re at a great location right on the water.The Crab House is…
“For years we’ve been known for amazing mojitos” says Tap Tap general manager Gary Sanon-Jules. Is it because they use Barbancourt rum or because Monday – Friday from 5 – 7 p.m. they serve em’ up at half price? Don’t know, but at that rate a mojito made with three…
Know how to tell when an ethnic restaurant is authentic? Check out the regular clientele. At Spice ‘N’ Curry in Sweetwater, you won’t find tourists or South Beach jet set. Just some folks from the neighborhood, especially Indian engineering students filling up on a taste of home right in their backyard.And…
Short Order respects our contemporaries in the blogosphere for their perspectives, photos, reviews and everything they bring to the table. Here’s what’s been going on.Lee Schrager goes out to eat 10 million times a week.Grapevine reports on Akashi robbery in the Grove.S & S? And The Eggs says yes and…
Ahh, good ol’ rumbullion. Ye olde English colonies called it kill devil — both for its hangover-inducing properties and its medicinal powers. Mix it with some lime juice and a little sugar, shake it, and it becomes a daiquiri. A splash of Coke and a squeeze of lime make it…
The online message boards are buzzing, and whether the neighborhood likes it or not, Brickell will get its third Publix this summer. Word on the street is that the long overdue opening at, yes, 911 SW 1st Ave is just a couple weeks away. There isn’t exactly a food emergency in the area. Or is there?…
Baire’s Argentinian Grille, the popular South Beach restaurant which gave way to I Corsini this year, is coming back with a Lincoln Road location — next door to the Colony Theater.Also in South Beach, Maya Tapas & Grill has launched a Local Appreciation Program in which a Florida ID card…
Bonnie Schwartzer wrote in to let us know about Le Banyan, a new Thai restaurant. I haven’t yet been, but Bonnie has, and really likes it. Here, with her permission, is what she had to say:”I would like to recommend a restaurant called Le Banyan, located at 7300 Ocean Terrace,…
Went to Tap Tap last night. Tested mojitos. Better than Delano. Brain hurts. Need sleep, or water, or more booze. It’s Friday. See ya at the bar. Here’s what you mighta missed.- Lee Klein don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.- Of pigs, pork, beards, and…
I’ve known local artist Ahol for about four years, since I graduated from college and made it from Tucson to Miami by playing guitar for gas money and sleeping in a broken-windowed Corolla at hijacked KOA campsites. Ahol was heavy on his street-art grind, but has since leveraged his powers of self promotion into the successful…
This light and zesty crab dip is a favorite among Chef Allen’s clientele, and when scooped up with fresh, crisp chips of yuca, boniato, potato and green plantain…well, let’s just say you’ll wonder why you wasted all those years with potato chips and onion dip…
Aright survey heads, Short Order is about to put you onto a clickstravaganza that’ll not only take the work out of your workday, but allow your voice to ring out in a widely read printed media. That’s right, it’s Zagat time. Time to place your votes, write your reviews and…
North One 10 is holding one of its’ great Winemaker Dinners tonight beginning at 7:00 p.m. Andrea Cecchi of Cecchi Winery will be on hand to preside over the tasting of his wines. From the release:”Andrea Cecchi’s surname is cloaked in tradition, the wines that he crafts on his family…
Thanks to Menu Pages for their live twitterization of the Beard Awards. They came up with some great observations, sent em’ out from a phone and preserved by the internet for posterity. Here are a couple of examples See the rest on the Menu Pages twitter page @MPSouthFlorida…
Petit Rouge is a French Bistro in North Miami headed up by Chef Neal Cooper. Lee Schrager, founder of the South Beach Wine and Food Festival recently twittered mid meal “Enjoying my dinner in Miami at Petit Rouge. Best profiterols I’ve ever had……. Mmmmm good!!!”I spoke to Chef Neal by…
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Mother’s Day Munchies in Miami
This month the Biscayne Times, owned and operated by former New Times editor Jim Mullin, features an article by Jeff Shimonski, a certified arborist and director of horticulture at Jungle Island, on home composting techniques. Shimonski uses vermiculture, compost via earthworm, at his own home’s vegetable garden. Shimonski writes “I purchased a…
