An amuse bouche to precede next week’s Cafe review:Vichyssoise de lettue wowed by way of a chilled potato base greened and lightened with pureed romaine lettuce and créme fraîche. The velvety velouté contained bits of tomato confit and green olives, and a floating crouton capped with smoked paprika cream that…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 80…
Our earlier post about the Redland flea market was devoted to its outdoor food court — but the second big centerpiece of the place is its massive farmers market. No, this isn’t the kind of pristine, cutesy “farmers market” that sells cupcakes and boasts signs with clever graphic design. This,…
You can easily while away most of a weekend day at Redland Market Village Bargain Town, which is located at the intersection of South Dixie Highway and SW 244th Street. The name, perhaps, sums up the many functions of the indoor/outdoor complex. Yes, it sprawls to nearly the size of…
Whatever you think about these food truckers — good, bad, or indifferent — you can’t call them lazy. I get tired just keeping track of them — which new ones are rolling down the streets, where they are, where they’re being thrown out of, and where they’re dusting themselves off…
If you like a little hog with your pork taco, head to Peterson’s Harley-Davidson South at 19825 S. Dixie Hwy. in Cutler Bay for the Thursday Food Truck Roundup. This southernmost rolling comestible bonanza was organized at the urging of Peterson’s customers, who noted that food trucks had taken over…
In collaboration with the Miami International Film Festival, El Coto de Rioja Paella Parade will march into Miami Beach Botanical Garden next Wednesday, March 9. Following a screening of Fernando Leon de Aranoa’s Amador, chefs from ten of our local Spanish restaurants will gather to prepare their own signature paellas in…
Jan Jorgensen of Two Chefs talks food trucks and souffle
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 81…
The Thursdays on the Bay Food Truck Roundup at the American Legion Post #29 will not return to business as usual tomorrow, according to Jack Garabedian, owner of Jefe’s Original Taco and organizer of the roundup. In a notice sent to the trucks that participate in the roundup, Garabedian stated…
As a teenager, Christopher Lee became fascinated with food. “I always knew that I wanted to be a chef. In high school, I used to ditch classes just to watch cooking shows on TV.”He went on to study at the California Culinary Academy and sharpen his knife at some of…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival is over for another year, and all across South Beach, workers are furiously tearing up the giant tents, chefs are soaking their feet, and people are guzzling Alka-Seltzer. The festival always great energy; for the celebrity chefs, it seems like the festival is one…
Jack Garabedian, owner of Jefe’s Original Fish Taco & Burgers, spent Monday in the fields, picking tomatoes, jalapeños, and strawberries. Tonight at the Biscayne Triangle Truck Roundup, which he organizes, these edibles will be integrated into the menu and on sale for consumption. Twenty-five trucks will be there from 5:30 to…
It’s time again to list the restaurants that have opened and closed in February (or those not included in our January roundup). A notable loss is Pizza Volante, but we’re happy to see life again at the old Pacific Time location, now occupied by Andalus. Let us know what we…
The area south of Fifth Street in Miami Beach is a chic one to reside in these days, but cross to the north side of the main drag and it’s another story. Homeless push overloaded carts through the streets and live in the alleys between Sixth and Eighth streets and…
Another year, another booze-and-food-drenched four-day bacchanal. Here are a few last thoughts:Let Them Eat Cake: Flawless. A fantastic party. Hard to imagine this not being the high point of the festival.BubbleQ: The last dance for this event was well orchestrated. There was plenty of seating, lines weren’t too long and…
As we count down to New Times’ Best of Miami 2011 in June, Short Order will serve up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305 in random order. If you have any nominations of your own, please send them to cafe@miaminewtimes.com. After the jump, find our other choices. 82…
If you didn’t make it to the South Beach Wine & Food Festival this past weekend but want to catch a glimpse of a celebrity chef, Emeril Lagasse is filming today at Tobacco Road. The reason: an episode of his new show, The Originals With Emeril Lagasse, set to premiere in May…
It’s over. The gluttonous celebration of food known as the South Beach Wine & Food Festival is in the books. History books? Maybe. Cookbooks? Absolutely.Yep, the festival celebrated its tenth anniversary, and Short Order was there to eat its way through it all. There were plenty of highlights, including the last…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Whole Foods Grand Tasting Village satisfied hungry and parched guests via everything from deep-fried meat pies and stuffed plantain cups to poached shrimp and chilled avocado soup. There was even a bread station, with freshly homemade loaves perfect for soaking up the alcohol consumed…
Some folks live by “sin on Saturday, repent on Sunday.” Paula’s Down Home Cookin’ Gospel Brunch soaked up the sorry effects of hard living during Saturday’s SBWFF events. They were absorbed by the sheer volume of pork, beef, cornbread, and pie and by the force and emotion of Maryel Epps’s…
Scents of barbecue and cigar smoke collided on the sand behind the Gansevoort hotel during the South Beach Wine & Food Festival Closing Party with Guy Fieri. Guests were first given a bag containing a pair of flimsy flip-flops and complimentary drink tickets to STK. Soon thereafter, fruity drinks, with…
