Weekly Purge #5

This week’s regurgitations: Who knew Gail’s sis could make such a mean pot of fish stew? Yum! Eating in Downtown Hollywood on a budget can be fun. Mmm, I dream of cancha. We showed you where to catch lobster that won’t kill you (at least, it’s far less probable). South…

Booze Hound – Doraku

Elyse Wanshel Doraku’s bar, located at Lincoln Road near Alton, serves up old favorites with an Asian twist. I’ve got nine bucks in my pocket, it’s a Wednesday night and I’m on Lincoln Road. Most people would say I’m screwed — I mean, what could one possibly get on Lincoln…

First Bites: Victoria Fedden

Last week Victoria Fedden sent us this awesome memory of finding free food in Delaware: “Each summer we were chicken-neckers. We stood on bridges in the dawn’s mist, over nearly stagnant creeks or nearly up to our knees in eelgrass, dragging strings tied to raw chicken necks through the dark…

WtF Is It?!? Round 6

OK, I took a lot of guff last week for posting a photo that made the game way too easy (yes, if you can read the fine print, backwards, that was UGLI fruit) sold at Whole Foods. So this week I have TWO weird edibles for you brainiacs out there…

Maison d’Azur d’Closed

The periwinkles have packed their bags and gone back to the Riviera: After less than a year in operation, Maison d’Azur is out of business. The gorgeous seafood brasserie, set in the stunning Angler Resort on South Beach, served sensational seafood from the Mediterranean; their créme brûlée was finer than…

Kris Wessel’s Red Light Shines

Kris Wessel is this town’s most daring and enigmatic chef. The lanky, easygoing Big Easy native was in 1995 the original pioneering partner of Paninoteca, on then just-awakening Lincoln Road. After selling his share of the biz, he dropped out for a bit and later resurfaced in 1999 with Liaison,…

Sushi & Sake 101 at SushiSamba

Want to take a stab at possible food poisoning at home? Then why not learn how to make fresh sushi at home? Lincoln Road restaurant SushiSamba dromo has brought back its monthly Sushi & Sake 101 classes, taught with the help of executive sushi chef Shoyo Iida. According to the…

Blog Watch: Baked Goods and New Arrivals

The best things come in pairs, and taking a look around the SoFla blog-o-sphere this week proves there’s no exception to that rule. The theme seems to be having your cake (and eating it too) and new arrivals (and eating them too!). In case you’re wondering, the above pic is…

Mini Lobsters Kill 4

A skeleton walks into a bar and says, “Can I get a beer and a mop?” No seriously, mini lobster sport season in Florida opened last week (regular season starts tomorrow) and four divers have already ended up dead, crushed within the deadly claws of murderous mini-lobsters staging a well-organized…

Black Widow Chef Touts Poison Salad

UK: In a recent article in Healthy and Organic Living magazine, celebrity chef Antony Worrall “Black Widow” Thompson (pictured above), advised readers to scour their yard for fresh henbane as an excellent addition to a whole foods diet. When an interviewer asked Thompson if he uses any wild foods, Thompson…

Four Rivers Thai Prix Fixe

One of our very favorite restaurants has rolled out a summertime prix fixe Chef’s Tasting Menu for the second year running. This is The Four Rivers (1201 N. Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale), an extremely classy fine-dining Thai joint so warm, so friendly, so designed to make you feel welcome and…

Weekly Purge: Edition #4

It’s official: Short Order is now a month in, folks! This is an occasion. We need balloons, party favors, and naked baby pictures! Gosh, you guys remember 4 weeks ago when we were baby bloggers? That was cute. Now we’re like, in that semi-grownup awkward phase, where one arm is…

Weekend Foodie Fun

So it’s Friday at 3 p.m., and you’re starting to eye the clock ticking away on the bottom righthand corner of your screen. But you’ve got no weekend plans, you hard-to-please foodie you. We know what you need. You need a Saturday stroll through a badass greenmarket, where you can…

Booze Hound – Jake’s Bar & Grill

In a time of such economic strife, I say screw the beef! Instead of dinner out on the town, I suggest one blow their shrinking wads of indulgence-flow on the savory, sweet nectar of catastrophe — booze. Yet, New Times doesn’t want you to waste your hard-earned cash on crap,…

WTF Is It?!? Round 5

OK, I almost got booted out of the store trying to photograph these this week: …evidently management doesn’t look kindly on paparazzi skulking around the produce aisle. Pictured above, not exactly the Nicole Kidmans of the botanic world, these have a face only a mother could love. But they taste…

Week’s Top Food-Related Headlines

Mystery as man vanishes on tour of Michelin restaurants Telegraph.co.uk Man vanishes into thin air after dining at El Bulli! Weirdest story ever. Maybe Adria’s kitchen had him vaporized? FDA recalls green beans on botulism concern WBIR.com The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat French-cut green…

Ten Bucks, Good Food

Ten bucks will buy three pairs of multicolored clown eyelashes or two bargain-bin “best of” CDs by your favorite Sixties bands or a used copy of The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana (spend $30 on all three and have a fun night!). But what will $10 procure for the savvy spender…

Blog Watch: The Times They Are A’Changin’

Short Order is starting off a new, weekly feature called Blog Watch, where we’ll bring you the best of what’s going down on food blogs across South Florida. This week, bloggers seem to be talking about a guy with black robes and a scythe visiting restaurants as well as cooking…

Miami Spice Preview, Part 1

Each year around this time, upon being handed my first Miami Spice menu of the season, I think of Ernie. Ernie is my car mechanic. “Broken radiator hose,” he’ll say with a furrow across his brow. “That’ll cost you 300,” and without even looking up to see the stunned look…