According to tradition, bad kids receive coal in their Christmas stocking. But what’s worse? How about these five items?NutsNo message from Santa quite communicates that you’re a lousy lad better than a bag of nuts: almonds, walnuts, pecans, pistachios, and chestnuts. Hard as rock and inedible…
It seems like the cold snap got Fairmont Turnberry Isle pastry chef Chelsey Hawks into the Christmas spirit. She spent 150 hours building not a gingerbread house (like last year), but a whole village complete with an elf pub. Hic! We wonder how long it’ll be before someone tries to…
Some of the bloggers at Short Order are creating a holiday wish list for Miami’s food scene. Also on the list is better service and a good deli.Querido Niño Dios, I’m going to make it easy on you. What I’d really like this Christmas is for an Ethiopian restaurant to…
Some of the bloggers at Short Order are creating a holiday wish list for Miami’s food scene. Click here to read some of our other wishes.Dear Hanukkah Harry,I realize yesterday was the last night of Hanukkah but I forgot about my most sincere wish! Please, please deliver me a local…
Starting today, some of the bloggers at Short Order are creating a holiday wish list for Miami’s food scene. Click here to read more of our holiday wishes. Dear Santa,Anyone who’s known me longer than a week gets to hear me crow about how much better things are in Chicago,…
We all know the feeling: Turkey dinner is completed, the stories have been told, everyone has seemingly enjoyed themselves to a reasonable extent, and most of the guests have had the good sense to say thanks and goodnight – the key word here being “most”. Invariably one or two will…
Bill Wisser snaps the photos for Miami New Times restaurant reviews. He’s an accomplished photographer with impressive resume — if you haven’t checked out his slide shows on our site, you should. So this side-by-side look of my photo of the Peking duck with lotus root at Chu’s Taiwan Kitchen…
Okay, it wasn’t until my colleague Esther Park’s blog about Ms. Kat Stacks arrest and possible deportation that I learned hip-hop’s most hated bitch is Venezuelan. Needless to say, I was disappointed. Not only is the country presided over by one of history’s dumbest assholes, but now this “thing” continues…
Journalist, author, and historian Mark Kurlansky’s most well-known books are the international best-sellers Salt, Cod (which won a James Beard award), 1968, The Food of a Younger Land, and A Basque History of the World. His latest book, Edible Stories, is his third work of fiction. It features a recurring…
The awards are over. My hotel room is trashed. There’s debris everywhere — cigarette butts and cigar nubsand shards of glass from countless broken bottles. There’s a strange mustard mural painted — now dried — on the mirror, and I’m wearing a dinosaur tail with suspenders. And there’s something in the ashtray…
We’re not really sure what inspires reality TV cast members to think that a little airtime means they’re qualified to belt it out for the masses. But we don’t like it. They usually have no training, no stage presence and — what’s worse — no talent.Rumors began to spread this…
Ahh, our favorite hip-hop ho Kat Stacks has laid claim to some of the biggest hip-hop scandals since her predecessor, Karrine Steffans (AKA Superhead) aired her dirty laundry in a tell-all book entitled Confessions of a Video Vixen in 2005, published by none other than Harpers Collins. High class, baby!…
The Latin Grammy awards are upon us once again. It’s a night when the hottest stars in the Hispanic entertainment cosmos gather together in one spot. And this year, that spot is … Where else? Sin City. They couldn’t have picked a better locale. Last year’s show in La La…
Did you know that last Wednesday was National Sandwich Day? I did, but didn’t tell anyone.This week is National Pasta Week. No, wait — I think that might have been last week. This month is definitely National Sticky Peanut Butter Month. And possibly Boysenberry Jam Month too.So the question is:…
There were rumors that father-son chef duo Norman and Justin Van Aken had been fired from Norman’s 180 a couple weeks ago. So we decided to stalk em. Or at least their Twitter.Yes, this is indeed sick and disturbing behavior, but someone had to put the rumors to bed. Norman…
Still shaken by the brutality and disappointment of election day, America now looks forward to only one thing … Lil Wayne’s release from Riker’s Island! The time has come, Young Moneyians. Within hours, Weezy (AKA Dwayne Michael Carter) will be a free man, escaping the chains of the state prison…
Entourage hottie Adrian Grenier is putting his celebrity to good use. He, Oceana, GQ’s Gentlemen Fund, and Nautica have joined forces to fight extermination of the bluefin tuna in the Atlantic. The population of these huge creatures has been reduced by nearly 82 percent as a result of overfishing…
Dance remakes of pop hits are the bane of civilization. It’s bad enough that we have to put up with an endless supply of shitty Top 40 originals, mashups, and remixed remixes by the likes of David Guetta and the Black Eyed Peas. But do we also have to endure…
Chicken egg rolls at Chow Down Grill: $5Banh mi buns at Sakaya Kitchen: $5.99Roasted pork buns at Gigi: $7Fried cheeseburger dumplings at upcoming American Noodle Bar: $5Singapore shrimp & pork curry noodles at Wok Town: $10.95Pad Thai at 2B Asian Bistro: $13.95Beef drunken noodles at Mr. Yum: $13.95A feast composed of…
Social media brings customers. One of businesses using it very successfully is the Mandarin Oriental, home of Azul, Cafe Sambal and M Bar. Here’s a quick recap of how they use it:1. Twitter 1,703 Followers, 721 Following – constant interaction with individuals conversing about the brand and #FollowFridays to recognizing…
When you’ve conquered the world of music, vodka, nightlife, fashion, and then been named as the heir apparent to the Forbes 400 (i.e. you’ve got more than $1 billion to your name), we can only ask, “What’s next? The Oval Office? A one-man mission to the moon? Time travel?” Well,…
If the Dim Ssam A Go Go truck were to get into a collision with a Dairy Queen truck, and frozen vanilla custard landed atop a banh mi sandwich, how soon would it be before the resultant treat ended up on the menu of a molecular gastronomist?…
