City Hall’s Chorizo Maple Mac ‘n’ Cheese Recipe

Can you wait a few more weeks for City Hall to open? We’re champing at the bit. In the meantime, after reading Parts 1 and 2 of last week’s interview with owner Steve Haas and executive chef Tom Azar, you can whip up some of this smoky, spicy, sweet, and…

Homestead Farmers Market: A Real Farm-to-Table Experience

A lot of farmers’ markets display beautiful fruits and vegetables, but look closely and you might see boxes marked “grown in Colombia” or anywhere else that’s not local. If you want to shop for produce that was still in the ground or on the vine as of this morning, the…

Tonight: Seriously Organic Brings Florida Meat, Cheese & Produce to BTTR

This evening at the Biscayne Triangle Truck Round-up look for a different kind of vehicle. Seriously Organic, a foraging company that launched last summer with the mission of connecting farmers to chefs and consumers, will bring its refrigerated truck to the gathering. It will be packed with fresh Florida organic…

Hey, Hey… I Wanna Be a Wok Star

About a dozen women have gathered in a loft house along Miami’s New River to attend Eleanor Hoh’s Wok Star cooking class. Hoh is a cooking instructor, actress, author of the Wok Star blog, and wok evangelist. Her mission is to spread the gospel of this technologically backward cooking tool that,…

Foodie Love at the Sony Ericsson Open: Hedy’s Basil Panna Cotta

​Even foodies can find love during this week’s Sony Ericsson Open. Sure folks can still put their paws around a gourmet hot dog, crepes, or empanadas or something like that, but this year Great Performances, the New York-based caterers responsible for feeding fans, are putting some of Miami’s finest to…

Shrimp and Grits Recipe From Kareem Anguin at Oceanaire

If you missed last week’s interview with Kareem Anguin, the new executive chef at Oceanaire, click here for Part 1 and here for Part 2. Then you can get cookin’ on this Southern-style entrée.Shrimp and GritsServes 14 jumbo shrimp2 Tbsp fresh tomatoes, diced1 Tbsp lemon juice1 tsp unsalted butter2 Tbsp…

Joel Huff’s Drunken Risotto With Wild Mushrooms Recipe

​So Joel Huff was a little late getting this recipe to us. Forgive the guy! After all, he just arrived in Miami a few weeks ago to start at Azul. Don’t know who we’re talking about? Read the first part of our interview here and the second part here; then get to…

Burlesque Bambi’s Winning Recipe for a Burly Figure

Burlesque, that sexy, sultry, but not-quite-so-naked performance, has seen a resurgence in the past few years. The literary definition of burlesque is “a dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing serious work.” In the 1940s however, popular variety shows that featured risque comedy and female striptease in…

Curator Dean Daderko Will Demonstrate the Art of Kimchi

​Did you ever wonder when the day would finally come when you, yes you, would be able to make kimchi from scratch, by yourself? Perhaps not, but for some foodies and aspiring chefs, the spicy Korean condiment sounds like a welcome challenge in the kitchen.Spring Break, the nomadic culture project…

Essensia’s Organic Orchid Petal Salad

The following recipe is from Frank Jeannetti at Essensia. If you missed the first part of our interview with him last week, click here. If you missed the second part, all is forgiven if you click here, too.Essensia’s Organic Orchid Petal Salad
Serves 2Salad2 oz. organic nasturtium leaves (may be substituted…

Google Recipes: We Typed in “Penis” So You Don’t Have To

I love Google Recipes, the new search engine for cooks. Instead of Googling “pizza” and getting 300,000 places that deliver, the results will only include ways to actually make a pizza. Great idea! Hmmmm, I thought, If it works for “pizza,” would it work for “penis”? Sure enough, Google came back with nine penis…

Two Chefs Chocolate Soufflé Recipe

Last week, we talked about all sorts of things with Jan Jorgensen of Two Chefs (the interview: Part 1 and Part 2). His signature soufflés have become so popular that customers stopped ordering the other desserts. “I had to throw a lot of them away,” Jorgensen laments. So now soufflés are the…

Fufu Recipe from Bongos’ Chef Alex Otero

​We haven’t heard back from Bongos’ Chef Alex Otero verifying that we got all these steps right, so fufu at your own risk. Before you ask, yes, this dish is typically African fare but check out how Otero Cuba-fies it.To make the process a really connected experience, regardless, read about…

Burger Bash: The Ritz-Carlton’s Foie Gras Torchon Burger

​Guess the members of the culinary team at the Ritz-Carlton, South Beach figured they had to bring it big to Burger Bash this year since they’re going up against the past four People Choice winners: Michael Schlow, Shake Shack, Spike Mendelsohn, and Michael Symon. The hotel’s executive sous chef Oscar…

Emeril’s Cherry Cobbler Recipe: In Honor of President’s Day

Legend has it that long before George Washington became the first President of The United States, he chopped down a cherry tree. When his father saw the ruined tree he asked George if he did it and George said “yes father, I cannot tell a lie”. George’s father then proceeded…

Chef Araiza’s Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding Recipe

Hosting a lonely hearts party for Valentine’s Day? Whip up a batch of Chef Andrea Sans Araiza’s Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding and watch the phenylethylamine fly. Or, if you do have a special someone you need to feed, hit Bourbon Steak for Valentine’s Day and get your lovin’ later…