One of the stars of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Katie Lee is heading to Miami in two weeks to start whipping up some of her signature Southern-flavored recipes. The gorgeous cookbook author (she has two tomes out) and former wife of crooner Billy Joel, Katie Lee is…
We get a lot of credit for being a Latin stronghold, but as most who’ve been here (and left South Beach) know, the MIA is truly a Caribbean gateway, and Jamaican food is all over Miami. Only eat jerk chicken once a year at the Bob Marley Festival? Bumbaclot foodie!Check…
Staying in this Valentine’s Day? How about breakfast? It’s easier than dinner and will probably earn you just as many points with your significant other. We tried a recipe for Nutella French Toast Sandwiches from Katie Lee’s most recent book, The Comfort Table: Recipes for Everyday Occasions. In the book,…
The United States Bartenders’ Guild (USBG) has been busy recruiting the top mixologists in the United States in order to enter their most inventive and elegant elixirs into The 6th Annual Cocktail World Cup competition (hosted by 42BELOW Vodka). Next step is for the ten winning cocktail entries to compete…
Rums from Puerto Rico. Food from China Grill. B there or B square — but don’t bother clicking the poster below where it says “Click here for tickets!” Click here instead — $15 in advance, $20 at the door…
D. Rodriguez Cuba opens at Hotel Astor
Black History Month is here, so let’s talk about one of the greatest agricultural minds of the 19th and 20th centuries, George Washington Carver (1864-1943). Back in 1941, Time Magazine called him the “Black Leonardo,” but the magazine was referring mostly to his artwork, which used Alabama red clay and…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
Tonight, from 7 to 9, What’s Hip Wednesday at the Biltmore Bar brings, among other things, half-price drinks, including glasses of wine and champagne for $5 to $9. Other things: complimentary Atlantico Rum love potions will be poured, live jazz will be played, and the Valentine’s theme is red –…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
If you’ve recently driven past the billboard on the corner of South Dixie Highway and SW 27th Avenue — you know, the one that typically tells you that if you lived in the Grove, you’d be home — you might have noticed it now advertises a restaurant. “Lulu,” it reads, “coming spring…
Bubbles ‘N Ice (3061 NE 163rd Street) in North Miami Beach is opening soon, and that means plenty of premium Bubble Tea, Philly style Italian ice, and more combinations thereof than you can shake a widemouth straw at.Bubble Tea first hit the streets of Taiwan in the 80’s, and it’s…
If you thought it was too late to score tickets to the delicious South Beach Wine & Food Festival, think again. Several marquee events still have room for all the foodies out there. Most exciting is the fact that there are general admission tickets for the Perrier-Jouet BubbleQ for sale…
It’s not a good idea to drink and drive, Einstein, but heck — it can be a freakin’ blast drinking and bowling! Did you know you are awarded double points for getting a strike in your neighbor’s lane? Yeah, we’ve never heard that one either, but try it out and…
What makes a hot dog Colombian? These days, it seems like the more outrageous the toppings the better. Whipped cream and plum sauce, anyone?A Colombian hot dog is typically topped with chopped onions, crushed potato chips, and generous squirts of ketchup, pink sauce (basically a mix of ketchup and mayo),…
One of the things I liked about a media dinner attended last Friday at Bourbon Steak Miami is that nothing in particular was being plugged. Nothing, that is, other than delectable cuisine prepared by chef Michael Mina (in town for the Super Bowl) and executive chef Gabriel Fenton. The food was…
This is wet-nap food. You know, the kind best consumed bent over so the juices don’t Jackson Pollock your pants. You eat it with your hands, because it tastes better that way, and you relish licking every last drop of sauce from your fingers.Midtown’s Sakaya Kitchen provides wet naps next to…
You might not have been aware that February is National Soup Month or that the Original SoupMan soups are now available in frozen form at your favorite Publix — assuming your favorite Publix isn’t the brand-new, fancy-shmancy one on the corner of Alton Road and Sixth Street in South Beach…
What it is: Shrimp dumplings flavored with shittake, asparagus, scallion, grated ginger, sesame oil, soy, white pepper, and sea salt. Ponzu-style sauce has citrus juice, soy, sesame, and a little chili. These suckers are homemade and delectable.But… where it at?We haven’t stumped anyone in a long time, but there are a…
“Why use oil if you’re using Serrano ham?” asks chef Jonathan Wright. He’s referring to taking advantage of the natural fat of what many foodies consider the finest ham in the world, and that philosophy extends to all the dishes at the Grill, where the best ingredients are flown in for use…
You’ll find women swooning at the bar at Burger & Beer Joint. It’s not just the terrific burgers and duck-fat fries that have everyone gaga over this Miami Beach hot spot. It’s also the good looks and humor of 31-year-old bartender Michael McDonald. He won’t take his shirt off, but…
You don’t have to be a college kid to go to college, you don’t have to be concerned with grades to get an education, and at MDC’s School of Community Education, you can empower yourself with knowledge from a world of learning opportunities.In downtown Miami, there are eight classes taught…
