Calling all bartenders, servers, bussers, managers, chefs, and cooks! Those “in the biz” are invited to enjoy the ambiance, and most importantly, discounted food and beverage, at Bongos Cuban Cafe and Tatu, two heavyweight restaurants at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood. Just a few weeks after launch,…
No we’re not all professionally trained in the culinary arts like those who handed out the official honors last night, but we know our way around food and the celebrities who hawk it. Therefore we deem ourselves qualified to bestow upon last night’s Burger Bash entrants the following Unofficial Miami…
There was more shine than swine at last night’s Original Moonshine Shine & Swine party at the W Hotel. Not that we needed much more food after stuffing ourselves at the Burger Bash, but anyone expecting much food likely left disappointed. There was plenty to drink, however, as the W’s…
View more photos from the Amstel Light Burger Bash at the Ritz-Carlton South Beach here.”Last year it was pastrami. This year it’s salami. It’s meat on meat, baby!” is what Michael Symon had to say last night as he accepted his second consecutive People’s Choice Award at last night’s Burger…
Jan Jorgensen has operated Two Chefs in South Miami since 1994. During that time he has successfully surfed the turbulent waves of South Florida’s fickle economy, fussy diners, and vacillating trends, while putting out consistently great fare at his restaurant.In part one of the interview, Jorgensen discussed pork belly, small…
The Thursday’s On The Bay Food Truck Roundup at the American Legion Post # 29, which featured food trucks circling a wine and beer tent, was put on hold today after the city’s code department noted each truck had to register its business with the City of Miami and have…
If space aliens turned on a television to Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods, they would think that humans lived on a diet of bats, scorpions, brains, eyeballs and testicles. And most humans do — just not humans in the United States. Which is why Andrew Zimmern is trying to change the…
Pizza Volante, what was left of Jonathan Eismann’s mini-restaurant empire in the Design District, has shut its doors. Less than two years after opening, the small pizza place on North Miami Avenue followed the fate of its siblings, Pacific Time, Q, and Fin, even though it seems to have fared…
Claire Robinson,the vivacious and spirited host of Food Network’s 5 Ingredient Fix, combines her love for cooking and education to bring you infotainment at it’s best. This Florida native started her career behind the camera but quickly found her groove after attending NYC’s The French Culinary Institute and turned her…
Welch’s, known for its juices and commercials featuring adorable gap toothed kids, has agreed to pay a huge settlement after being sued for false advertising. Welch’s 100% Juice White Grape Pomegranate Flavored 3 Juice Blend was labeled as if it contained more pomegranate than it actually did, according to the…
The 2011 South Beach Wine & Food Festival didn’t officially start until this morning, but Food Network magazine snuck in a star-studded soiree last night at Scarpetta that really wowed fans. Appearances by Scott Conant, Sunny Anderson, Anne Burrell, and Melissa D’Arabian were scheduled, but Wylie Dufresne and Geoffrey Zakarian…
Emeril Lagasse has created quite an empire for himself. Lagasse began his love of food growing up in Massachusetts (that’s right folks, he’s not originally from Louisiana). Emeril’s connection with New Orleans began when he accepted the position of Executive Chef at the legendary Commander’s Palace. Emeril went on to…
His resume is different than that of most of Miami’s chefs. Jan Jorgensen has worked at top restaurants in Zurich, in Greenland, at the well-regarded Fakkelgaarden in his native Copenhagen, and under chef Jeremiah Tower at California’s landmark Stars. Upon arriving in Miami during the early Nineties, Jorgensen operated JanJo’s…
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. 83…
The first surprise at Rickenbacker Fish Company Restaurant and Market was the pack of barking, teeth-baring dogs that welcomed us as we exited our cars in the self-parking lot by the eatery’s entrance. A tall, white iron fence separates customers from those careening canines, but the experience was jolting just…
The South Beach Wine and Food Festival’s premiere events have a lot in common with a White House State Dinner — both are nearly impossible for us average schmucks to get into and both don’t release their menus before the event. Take Burger Bash, for instance. On the event page…
I hate saying the words “nutritional yeast” out loud. It sounds like the most unappetizing product ever cultured. And truthfully, it can be. Try putting a straight spoonful of the powder in your mouth. If you don’t suffocate on accidentally inhaled yeast flakes, you’ll have a thick yellow putty-like coating…
Michael E. Jalileyan will be serving caviar at South Beach Food & Wine Festival’s Grand Tasting Village this weekend. To prepare you for the big event, he owner and president, of Caviar & Caviar. offers a plethora of hints for ingesting the stuff that has been the treasure of Russia…
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. 84…
Scott Conant is the charming and handsome executive chef and owner of Scarpetta in New York, Miami Beach (at the Fontainebleau), Toronto, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Conant and his restaurants have won almost every distinction imaginable, including a James Beard award for his restaurant L’Impero and rave reviews from…
Most people know Bryan Voltaggio from his participation in season six of Top Chef. But by the time he landed on the show, Voltaggio already had a pretty impressive culinary resume. He started cooking when he was 14 in Frederick, Maryland, and after attending the Culinary Institute of America, went…
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. 85…
