The BP Oil Spill is now responsible for the closure of slightly more than 22 percent of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico’s “exclusive economic zone” according to the NOAA Fisheries Service. The map above represents the most recent closure data.Monday, we surveyed local toques at a meeting of…
The Florida Tomato Committee is touting the upcoming crop as “the best tasting in years”. The marketing organization for tomato growers estimates that 80 percent of the winter crop was wiped out this past year. To date this season, Florida tomato growers have packed 52 percent of the total packed…
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…
“Most chefs are fat and lazy,” says Ricardo Wilson, new chef/partner at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar in Coral Gables. Okay, so he doesn’t sugar coat his opinions. Actually, he’ll tell you exactly what he thinks within five minutes of meeting you. And though he might be a bit…
Pie in the Sky founder and self-proclaimed chief baking officer, Erin Ashley, grew up in Maryland watching her mom making pies and taking them to birthday parties and barbecues. “People would love the pies and track her down for the recipe,” said Ashley. Yet her mother never shared it with…
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…
Realizing it was time to shake things up a bit at the quickie sushi place that doesn’t take itself too seriously, 36-year-old local boy Abe Ng, the CEO/president/chief sushi officer of the South Miami-based chain Sushi Maki, led the charge to bring more small plates, fiery infusions, and funky cocktails…
Expect a different type of three-parter this time around. We’ll start off with a brief interview about the cooking school with Lourdes Castro, the Biltmore Culinary Academy’s founding director, followed by a simple recipe from her cookbook in Part Two, and we’ll ice this cake with an overview of the Academy’s…
Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill in Midtown Miami is a busy place on a Friday night. As Lee Klein says in his review of the place, “A tsunami of near unanimous praise has catapulted Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill to the top of Miami’s dining scene at breakneck speed.” Here’s a behind-the-line…
Arriving in South Beach early next month will be Tacontento, a fast/casual full service Mexican restaurant. Tacontento translates to be happy, and if the slogan, “The best tacos… period,” comes anywhere close to being true, we will be. Tacontento started in the late ’90s as a taco stand in Guatemala…
Now that the BP Oil Spill has hit the Mississippi Delta and toxic seas lap at unprotected marsh, Miami’s eyes are on the slick with greater fear for our coastline than even before.We spoke to more local chefs, a restaurant owner, and a fisherman too for their reactions to this…
The BP oil spill has put all of South Florida in an officially declared State of Emergency. Not long before that announcement was made, we reached out to seafood industry folks like Chef Jonathan Eismann and one of his longtime purveyors, Christopher Twiss, as part of our continuing coverage on…
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…
A mere charcoal briquet from next week’s glowing? fizzling? Cafe review:Main courses come with any two of 15 “fixin’s”, which if ordered a la carte would range in price from $2.95 to $6.25. There are, again, inconsistencies within the category, although plusses outnumbered minuses. Jalapeño mac & cheese hit the…
Any good Cuban will tell you there are good croquetas and great ones. The good ones are crunchy and chewy and leave a comforting layer of grease on your hands. The great ones are a dichotomy of flavors and textures with a warm crispy, salty layer on the outside and…
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…
Richard LaMotta, who created the Chipwich from his Sweet Tooth ice cream parlor in Englewood, New Jersey, passed away two days ago at age 67. The bearded Brooklyn native came up with the notion in the late Seventies — a four-ounce slab of vanilla ice cream, sandwiched between chocolate chip…
Joey’s Wynwood Italian Café isn’t just the gustatory champion of Miami’s art district, it’s also as cheap as you are. Starving artists, broke freelancers, assistant district attorneys, and hungry spangers rejoice! Even we can afford to eat here. A bowl of in-house, handmade spaghetti with a juicy, herbed up tomato…
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…
Chances are pretty good your grandmother isn’t as talented a cook as you think. Sure, that lasagna or meatloaf is better than those you’ve tried elsewhere, and her other few specialties are perhaps equally impressive. But the key word here is few — meaning through years and years of making…
Fast food is about to be evo-lutionized in Miami. This weekend Evos, an all-natural chain (with locations in California, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina), debuts in Pinecrest. The rstaurant makes American diner staples like hamburgers, shakes and fries healthful. Well, as nutritious as French fries can be. Instead of deep-frying…
Downtown Miami’s new savory spot, The Sandwich Bar, is everything simple. Simple décor. Simple concept. Simple ingredients and even simple names, as the two chefs are both named Leo. But the eatery, located near the Miami Dade College Wolfson campus, loses its simplistic edge when it comes to taste; the…
