If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here’s a taste of what you’re missing. Click here to subscribe.It may seem hard to believe now but there once was a time when cars had fins, when telephones had rotors and when China Grill was the hippest…
Pegasus is the white winged horse from Greek mythology that inspires the fantasies of poets and filmmaker. This strong stallion has now made its mark at downtown’s Pega Grill where he hovers on the the walls hoping to entice downtown diners.Owner Thanasios Barlos’ history in the restaurant business reads like…
We spotted this glorious dish being served at El Gran Inka and just had to ask for the recipe from yesterday’s interviewee, director of culinary operations Javier Angeles-Beron. This “avocado queen” is colorful, light, fresh and not too fattening, plus it’s so easy to make that you can do it…
Can’t say I’m a big fan of rillettes, a specialty of France’s Loire Valley. It gets made by slow-cooking the meat in fat, then shredding and mixing it with some of the fat and chilling it to a fatty, porky spread for toast or bread. The chilled fat reminds me…
Howie Kleinberg, the forceful and ambitious chef known to all as the “Bulldog” persona from Top Chef, is expanding his Bulldog Barbecue empire. The North Miami eatery popular with the university crowd keeps drawing them in with North Carolina barbecue baby back ribs and pulled pork. Later this month, the…
If you’ve been holding on to that bottle of Screaming Eagle until you can muster the courage to dish out a five-star meal, wait no more. The folks at Eos at the Viceroy will pour your wine for you at no corkage fee as part of their B.Y.O.B Mondays. So…
Beached Miami posts a recap of the Emerge Miami Food Truck Frenzy bike ride.Food for Thought reviews Pubbelly.South Florida Food and Wine visits Le Tub for the first time.A visit to Gotham Steak over at Savoring South Beach.A lot more food trucks coming soon to Miami. [Burger Beast]The French Fry…
Cuba isn’t known for its wine, but a Cuban neurosurgeon is giving expatriates a taste of something other than rum to fuel their nostalgia.Mauricio Collada Jr., who came from the island in 1962, has turned a patch of Oregon soil into a vineyard for wines stamped with a Cuban label…
Did you miss our gunea pig and chifa talk with El Gran Inka’s director of culinary operations Javier Angeles-Beron last week? If so, read the first part of this interview here.How would you define Peruvian cuisine now?New Peruvian cuisine is always an evolution. We’re always bringing new flavors in. The…
“Pâtés, terrines, and galantines sound exotic and difficult to make, but basically they are just marvelous meat loaves.” So begins the introduction to this 1972 cookbook by Dorothy Ivens (also the author of Glorious Stew; we are still waiting for her Magnificent Meatballs opus). The 229-pager contains more than 50…
Looking for something to sip on? On January 14, Bottlenotes will host “Around the World in 80 Sips” to give Miami one heck of a wine tasting. The night will take place at the architectural garage at 1111 Lincoln Road (space provided by Herzog & Meuron). The drinking begins at…
You’ve undoubtedly heard the expression, “Things aren’t always as they seem,” and in the case of my latest date — the second one filmed for the viewing pleasure of some major television network executives–no truer words could’ve fit the experience.Producers came to town yet again to film their Miami dating…
What do you get when Woodford Reserve bourbon teams up with Esquire magazine? The ultimate Manhattan challenge. The two companies are searching for the the quintessential Big Apple cocktail. At stake are a chance to win a trip to NYC for two, swag bags, prizes, and bragging rights as the…
You might recall a while back we interviewed Chef Christopher Cramer at Panorama about Peruvian cuisine and, for an Irishman, he did seem to know a lot about it. But this time we wanted to chat with the genuine article, Lima-born Javier Angeles-Beron. Don’t let his white collared shirt with…
From New York to Los Angeles and Cape Town to Tel Aviv, restaurants have been joining the Meatless Monday movement in encouraging numbers — Meatless Monday being a modest proposition for carnivores to forgo their carnivorous habits for that one day, and for restaurants to help by serving only meatless…
Neal Cooper has invited cookbook author Joan Nathan to his wonderful North Miami bistro this Monday, January 10, at 9 p.m. for a book signing and four-course meal called “My Search For Jewish Cooking In France” — the subtitle for Ms. Nathan’s book Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous. The $85 dinner…
A little rendered fat from next week’s meaty Cafe review:”We were mighty impressed by duck-and-pumpkin dumplings, four delicate rounds of melt-in-your-mouth pasta (really more like ravioli), the main ingredient brightened with orange, crushed almonds, and browned butter accented with soy. Similarly round, ravioli-like beef cheek-and-black truffle dumplings, with shiitake mushrooms…
Looking for a way to get your date fired up for the weekend without breaking the bank? The folks at the newly expanded W Wine Boutique on Miami Beach have just the ticket to get your senses going with a Burgers and Bordeaux tasting this Friday. For $25 you’ll get to…
Jimmy’z Kitchen recently opened in the Wynwood area on the right side of Miami. Mofongo aficionados and homesick Puerto Ricans now have a spot to chow without having to make the trek over to SoBe. One thing rings true among all the boricuas know, they love their mofongo. If you…
What’s in a logo and packaging? Everything. Pepsi learned that lesson the hard way when it redesigned the look of Tropicana. Consumers and the media immediately pounced on the change, pointing out the switch from the iconic carton design and logo made the brand look cheap. After all the bad…
As reported last month, the new Spartico opened in Mayfair Hotel & Spa in Coconut Grove. The menu is influenced by Jonathan Eismann. We didn’t love the pies here as much as Pizza Volante’s, but perhaps in time this resto will find its groove…
T.H.R.I.V.E. is the name of this little vegan/raw food/juice bar at 1239 Alton Road on South Beach, but you won’t see any indication of it existing if you walk by. Even knowing the address won’t help, and if I tell you that it is within the Garden Center, you will…
