Top Chef alum and Italian heartthrob Fabio Viviani is closer than ever to opening Siena Tavern in Miami. The restaurant, a partnership between Viviani and DineAmic Group of Chicago, are bringing the successful Siena Tavern to the former China Grill space on 5th and Washington. Though Viviani hails from Italy,…
Cookie delivery has become a thing. Several late-night delivery services have popped up over the past couple of months, but only two offer more healthful, eggless, vegan alternatives. Om Nom Nom Cookies was Miami’s first fully vegan cookie business to take treats from the oven to your doorstep. Now there’s…
Matthew Kenney recently visited five countries in the span of a week. It was an educational trip for the American chef, and Kenney’s eager to put his unique spin on the knowledge he’s accumulated. One of his stops was in Denmark, as Copenhagen is home to some of the world’s…
Ali Lauria thought everything would arrive unscathed. It was not long before rush hour on a sunny January evening when she stacked 30 dozen eggs on the passenger seat of a silver Dodge Ram and drove north from Homestead on Florida’s Turnpike. Filled with strawberries and tomatoes, the pickup truck’s…
No food trucks allowed on the beach? No problem. The solution: 5 Napkin Express. You might be familiar with 5 Napkin Grill, the Lincoln Road outpost whose originator hails from the Big Apple and is wildly famous for the namesake dish. If you’ve been there, you know the matzo ball…
When I made the decision to go vegan, I was as mentally prepared as possible to sacrifice milk and dairy, but there were a few favorite items that made the choice more challenging. Namely, cheese, Wet Willie’s Bahama Mamas, and boba milk tea. For anyone not lucky enough to have…
According to the owners of the newly opened Smart Bites Cafe, crickets and worms are the protein source of the future. But even if you’re a little squeamish about this forward-thinking food source, you can still find plenty of healthful (and more socially acceptable) edibles at the Wynwood-area breakfast and…
On Saturday afternoon, one of the world’s most talented chefs dropped into his Miami outpost to cook lunch for his fans. Daniel Boulud joined his DB Bistro Moderne executive chef, Jason Pringle, and team to cook a meal straight out of his latest book, Daniel: My French Cuisine. The book…
Each year, hundreds of celebrity chefs descend upon our fair city to work and play at the South Beach Wine & Festival. And though their dance cards might seem full with all the fabulous parties and events they host and attend, there always seems to be just enough free time…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival is over for another year, and celebrity chefs from the Northeast are flying home for another Polar Vortex even as the giant party tents are being broken down. All that’s left of the weekend is a slight hangover, a few goodie bags, and…
Maintaining a healthy lifestyle while on the go is never an easy feat. Many a committed eater has fallen prey to airport food courts, convenience foods, and mile-high belly bloat. But it is possible to eat clean, healthy, and even vegan while traveling, according to author and food coach Alina…
Closing out this year’s South Beach Wine & Food Fest was no easy task. The last few days have been epic. Although if there was one person and one food category to get the job done, it was definitely Andrew Zimmern and the munchies. Other events may have pristine lobster…
By the last day of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, even the most hardcore food fanatic is walking a little slowly. It could be the days filled with sipping wine and cocktails in the sun at the Grand Tasting Village or it could be all the parties, but…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival wasn’t all about the eats. Yesterday, we let out all our toxins at YogArt, which made a return at this year’s festival after its success last year. Taking place at The Raleigh, the Buddha’s and Bellinis event fuses music, food and art into…
At an event titled Swine & Wine, you’d expect plenty of pork fat and rivers of alcohol flowing. This was most certainly the case last night at the Goya-sponsored, Michelle Bernstein-hosted event at the Biltmore Hotel. The porcine-centric evening brought some of the best chefs from all around the country…
Lee Brian Schrager, the founder and organizer of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival declared on stage the Southern Kitchen Brunch is one of his most beloved events. “I don’t know if it’s because it’s so pretty, because some of the best food of the weekend is here, or…
Sunday’s Grand Tasting Village saw a lot of eating, drinking, and celebs. From Geoffrey Zakarian to the triumphant return of Paula Deen, a fantastic, rollicking time was had by all. Of course it’s pretty difficult to not have a great time when the wine is flowing, the music’s playing, and…
Rumors swirled more than the wine in a thousand glasses. Would Paula Deen join her sons, Jamie and Bobby, in the cooking demo scheduled at Sunday’s Grand Tasting Village at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival? People were whispering that Paula was still on the fence about appearing at…
These days it seems as though most everyone knows a little something about wine. You may not be a pro, but you can probably tell the difference between a cabernet sauvignon and a pinot noir, and a port and an ice wine. At the very least, you know white zinfandel…
Multiple coures of fried chicken before noon is a worthwhile event in and of itself. Throw in a surprise visit by the queen of gluttonous fried and buttery cuisine, Paula Deen, and you know some entertaining commentary is going to is going down. During Fried & True, a fried chicken…
Nothing hits the spot like an after dinner cocktail matched with the right stogie. Leave it to the South Beach Wine & Food Festival to do it the right way. Friday under the stars on the rooftop of the Betsy Hotel, some of the best cigars and coinciding spirits in…
If you have to leave the beach for an event, you just hope it is at a place as beautiful as the Biltmore in Coral Gables. The tired and hungover folks tried their best to be dignified in such a beautiful place as we began with wine, cheese and chianti…
