It’s almost October folks. That means pumpkins, baseball bats, and a big mess on your front lawn; chocolate, sugar, and brand new cavities; cooler temps, eating outside, and hungry pigeons at your feet. Don’t trip, see ya this fall. Here are some recent posts from other South Florida food blogs.Oktoberfest…
Gotham Steak at Fontainebleau Miami Beach introduces Kickoff Sunday and Monday Night Football — think very high end tailgating. The restaurant will open on Sundays at 4:00 p.m. and Mondays at 6:00 p.m. with a gridiron menu of Smoked Berkshire Pork Ribs, Rib Eye Steak Sandwich “Philly Style”, Kobe Meatloaf,…
Simple food made with love meets music of a similar persuasion, as local band Smiling Gums resumes its residence at downtown Italian hideaway Soya e Pomodoro. Soya is tucked away in a vaulted arcade, like an old trattoria upon which you might stumble on a side street in Rome. It’s a seductive setting for red-sauced…
What began in 1996 as an annual one-day food and wine “extravaganza” hosted at Florida International University’s Biscayne Bay Campus has morphed into a four-day culinary power summit on the sands of sexy South Beach. The man behind the South Beach Wine and Food Festival is founder and director Lee…
Did you know that Cindy Hutson had never worked in a kitchen or cooked professionally when she opened her first restaurant? Get the whole story next week, when Short Order goes Behind The Line at Ortanique On The Mile. Here’s what you might have missed from us over the past…
A teeny sneak preview of the New Times restaurant review for next week. Starters, excepting soups and salads, range from $14 to $20; the two pastas are $18 and $24; excepting chicken and salmon, entrees run $38 to $50. Diners don’t expect to get up from the table at a…
You gotta be a special kind of hungry to put something in your mouth that you get from a stranger on the streets of Manhattan. ~Jake Johannsen, on New York hot dog standsBeing overweight is something that just sort of snacks up on you.A preacher goes to a nursing home…
Last night this Short Order blogger had the privilege of sitting pretty with fellow judges Executive Chef Sean Bernal of Oceanaire Seafood Room and Florida Region Executive Marketing Coordinator Russ Benblatt of Whole Foods Market to judge a cooking competition between chefs Clay Conley of Azul at the Mandarin Oriental…
Some people like raw, unpasteurized milk, but they can’t afford a cow or don’t have room for it in their apartment, so they buy the stuff off the shelf of Whole Foods, where it is sold under the label of a pet food.You see, due to the risk of ecoli…
Mano de Leon giant scallops from the Baja Peninsula in Mexico are called Lion’s Paw scallops once they cross the border.According to a press release, harvesting is tightly controlled, making them a rare find on U.S. menus. Lucky for us, the Capital Grille got muchos dollas, so now the whole…
Miami stand up! Steve Lieber, Director of Operations of Rack’s Italian Bistro and Market in North Miami Beach won the American Pizza Championship. Steve Lieber is officially the American Pizza Champion.He won the recent competition in Orlando with his black truffle pizza. Steve went pie to pie against nine other…
The chef who has defined farm-to-table dining for South Florida since 2006 at Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink in the Design District (130 NE 40th St., Miami; 305-573-5550) is keeping his eyes on his bread and butter, with people happily eating every last crumb. But Michael Schwartz is also looking…
People get stabbed on the streets of Miami all the time, why not pay to learn about the non violent version at Acufest 2009.The first annual festival promises a day of “acupuncture and healthy living” that includes an organic food and wine tasting with gourmet organic food and over 40…
Assuming that you are in one of the contiguous 48 states in the USA: In what spot would you be farthest from a McDonald’s, and how far away would that be? Blogger Stephen Von Worley has done the necessary calculations and come up with the answer:”Between the tiny Dakotan hamlets…
“It’s a hell of a lot better than Miami Spice”, is the brash assertion that begins a promo for Wine69’s 3-course, $29.95 “MiMo Spice Dinner”. Diners are promised a “more substantial dinner, not the reduced portions of Miami Spice”. Whoa — them’s fightin’ words!The MiMo Spice meal at this popular…
Yum and Yummer: Mr. Yum serves fresh Thai and Japanese food on Miami’s Calle Ocho
Legions of frenzied minions of Bacchus, purple lip stained white shirts, orgiastic, drunken trade folk, and 85,000 square feet of organized mayhem. Ok, so mayhem probably isn’t accurate, but it is time for the 8th Annual Miami International Wine Fair, this weekend September 26 – 27 at the Miami Beach…
After just a four-month stint, executive chef James Figueroa-Perez of Ideas Restaurant has been replaced. New head chef at this Coconut Grove restaurant is Jorge L. Sanchez, from Avila; his new fall menu premiers tomorrow night, but he promises to retain old favorites such as the cochinillo (suckling pig). Ideas,…
Daniel Serfer’s Facebook Fresh catch Shrimp and grits; clams with green lentils, chorizo, and plantain chips; mussels steamed in beer with blue cheese and homemade thick cut french fries; wahoo with red quinoa risotto and lobster broth; Kurobuta pork short ribs with balsamic-glazed Brussels sprouts and braising juices; and a 16 oz…
This week Archive Diver brings you an ad for La Carreta on Miami Beach at 1676 Collins Ave. from 1988. That restaurant is no longer there, but the most recent incarnation of the property, El Viajante Segundo, now closed, was owned by La Carreta, according to Florida DBPR records, before…
You might think South Florida needs another Mexican restaurant like Heidi and Spencer need a photo op, but the new Talavera Cocina Mexicana in Coral Gables will change your mind. The owners have found success with their first venture, Jaguar Ceviche Spoon Bar in Coconut Grove, so chances are they…
One doesn’t think of Holland as home to the world’s finest vodka. Nor does one necessarily associate Vincent Van Gogh with being a vodkaphile; seems more like an absinthe sort of guy. Then again, I’ve got a hazed purple bottle of Jimi Hendrix Vodka on my shelf, so I’m not…
