This past weekend, a friend invited me to watch Eat, Pray, Love, the movie based on Elizabeth Gilbert’s book chronicling her self-discovery after a divorce. Said quest for self-awareness was achieved by traveling to Italy to carb-load (eat), India to live at an ashram (pray) and Bali where she meets…
What do you get when you cross ropa vieja and sex toys? You get this sign on Biscayne Boulevard at 115th Street next to Three Palms Cuban Cafe. The friendly, airy joint is next door to a sex toy shop. To Short Order, this just might be the perfect combo…
A salary survey of 1,400 culinary professionals by StarChefs.com shows that Miami and New York executive chefs were paid more in 2009 than their counterparts in other U.S. cities. The average salary for an executive chef here was reported at $101,400 — not far from New York’s $101,500 and about…
At least one member of every reality show has to come out with a token pop single after his or her 15 minutes are over. It’s a rule. So cross this to-do off the Jersey Shore cast list with the latest painful announcement.Surprisingly, it’s not Pauly D, who, as a…
Our sister paper in Denver employs a pot critic who discusses taste characteristics of various smokes much like a wine snob does with grapes. Seems to me it’s getting time to consider pot and food pairings too. So I invited numerous guests to go out to sea with me on…
I spent the better part of yesterday proudly serving my country and representing all of you, dear citizens. I’m talking about jury duty, which I seem to get roped into every couple of years — making me quite familiar with the routine at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building downtown:Subzero…
It’s no surprise, but when we announced this past May that the Free Credit Report (dot-com) band was kaput, people had some pretty strong reactions. What is a surprise, though, is that some of those strong reactions were actually pro-band. Who knew that some folks would actually miss the guys…
Chef Micah Edelstein left Grass Restaurant & Lounge. Then chef Brian Cantrell left A Fish Called Avalon. Then chef Brandon Benack left Emeril’s Miami Beach. Then chef Sean Bernal left Oceanaire Seafood Room. Then chef Justin Albertson left The Villa by Barton G. Then chef Jeff McInnis left the Ritz-Carton…
We just received this invitation for a DJ Khaled Fourth of July event at Sobe Live and noticed this incredible boast: “Featuring Appearances by THE WHOLE WORLD!” Either the Whole World is a new R&B group, or this place is gonna be packed!I mean, seriously, Khaled? The entire friggin planet…
The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cObama’s Whoomp! There It Is Controversywww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorFox NewsOn Tuesday, we discussed here the widely circulating Internet theory that it appeared as though Barack Obama had appeared in the video for Tag Team’s “Whoomp There It Is.” Apparently we weren’t the only…
Thanks, Gawker, again for tipping us off to an incredible Internet phenomenon, this time a dance craze from Brazil known as “surra de bunda,” translated roughly as “ass punch,” “punched by the ass,” or, well, you get the picture. Like all good dance crazes, it was born out of a…
Whenever Kat Stacks releases a new video, it’s like day-job Christmas. Last week we brought you up to date on the latest in the Internet-famous hip-hop escort’s saga, in which she was attacked in public by two men who tried to force an apology from her on Bow Wow’s behalf…
A recent article on the website of Marketplace, the National Public Radio juggernaut, has the internet buzzing about whether food bloggers are annoying or helpful. As a food blogger, I’d like to weigh in on the debate. Let me preface this by saying that although I’ve been writing about food…
Have you ever taken a close look at how much you spend on food? For some of us, coming face-to-face with that figure may be quite scary. But according to personal finance site, Bundle.com, the average household in Miami spent $6,219 on dining out and groceries in 2009 – less…
Short Order dined at Argentine staple Las Vacas Gordas on Normandy isle last night. While many people complain about the service (rightly so, we never received our appetizers and our waiter tried to hide the fact that the gratuity was included), there is one element that receives universal praise at…
I have no problem admitting that I’m a full-blown Star Wars geek. Clearly, I’m a foodie, too. So, when I saw that Williams-Sonoma just launched a line of Star Wars themed cooking tools I channeled my inner Wookie and let out a howl of delight. Well, you get the idea…
For Lost fans around the world, this Sunday night means the end of the show that helped redefine TV. Hopefully, answers to many of the show’s unresolved mysteries will be delivered by ABC when the show concludes with its two and a half hour series finale. But most importantly, what’s…
Yesterday, we alerted you to David Guetta’s newest track “Gettin’ Over You,” featuring Fergie, Chris Willis, and LMFAO. It sounds like every other track Guetta has produced in the last three years — but taken to a much scarier, getting-raped-in-a-dark-alley kind of level. We dubbed it the “dance music apocalypse,”…
Alright, so at the beginning, Crossfade didn’t have anything particular against David Guetta. We admired his particular brand of Gallic panache, and his unabashed goal in taking dance music back into the pop realm. We drunkenly got excited about “Love is Gone” more times than we would now care to…
Friday’s opening shoe post was mostly about my own experiences with kitchen footwear. Today we find out what Miami’s real chefs wear when they’re working — and why.Michelle Bernstein, Michy’s, Sra. Martinez: Clogs, as they not only help me from falling on my back side but they also give me…
Through the early years of my career in professional kitchens, I wore ankle-high, steel-toed, Velcro-strapped, taupe-colored leather chef shoes made by the esteemed French chefwear company Bragard. They looked like nurse shoes in a straightjacket. Regardless of where I was cooking, I could always count on being ridiculed for having…
Nobody bothered to tell me that April was National Poetry Month — no doubt a conspiracy started by someone who has read my poems. Here goes:3 Cuts of PorkI.I don’t think I’ll ever seeA poem as lovely as pork bun with kimchiII.Lobster with peanut butter and jellyA big fat square…
