I met Aaron J. Michaels in the back alley behind Pacific Time when his Culinary Convenience truck showed up, parked and invited the kitchen staff in to sample his wares. Culinary Convenience offers a truly mobile shopping experience. Let me reiterate, this guy has an uncramped, walk-in store built in…
Nearly four inches long, the sand dune oyster from Prince Edward Island was so plump it was bulging out of its shell “like a large breast in a small brassiere,” as Rodney Clark, owner of Rodney’s Oyster House in Toronto, puts it. Intensely briny and wonderfully sweet, the fat beige…
Meghan “The Forager” Tanner is a South Florida organics dealer. She provides the freshest produce and ingredients, local, exotic and otherwise, to forward thinking, quality-minded chefs. She’s an Allapattah-market mainstay, a Homestead hustler, a Redland raider, a South Dade trafficker pushing heavy weight up the interstate. I recently rode out…
meadowlandsparkinglotThe Jabaconageburger with cheese, a cheeseburger topped with sausage and bacon and sandwiched between two Jamaican beef patties. Urg. Food porn is all the rage these days. There are entire sites devoted to the obscene pleasures of voyeuristic foodie-ism, and they’re growing in number each day. Just this week, food…
Belinda Eaton, Girl with Oysters, from Belindaeaton.comPly her with aphrodisiacs all night, and you’ve got it made, right? This week in New Times, Robb Walsh dispenses pearls of wisdom on the world’s favorite bivalve here. And below, a plan to spend your V-Day shelling out:Sage Bistro and Oyster Bar 2000 Harrison St,, Hollywood,…
Teena’s Pride is a farm deep in South Dade that grows heirloom tomatoes, which means the seeds have been passed down for generations and no genetic modification has taken place. Pictured above is Michael Borek, he runs the place. The farm was passed down to him from his mother and…
First thing you do is drive to East Kendall. Yes, I know that’s not exactly Miami, but would you have read this if I said “Best Indian food in East Kendall?” I didn’t think so.Next you head to Ayesha’s Kitchen to learn how to cook the best Indian food in…
Margie Pikarsky is the organic farming guru behind Bee Heaven Farms located deep in the Redland in South Dade County Florida. She has hit the New Times radar before: Click here to read what we’ve written about her in the past…
Robert Barnum of Possum Trot Tropical Fruit Nursery is an expert in rare and exotic tropical fruits. I met him through Meghan “The Forager” Tanner, an organics dealer serving the restaurant industry, I rode down south with her one day as she picked up Dade County’s freshest produce for Michael…
John LinnFresh grilled Mahi Mahi finds a home in tacos and burritos at The Whole Enchilada in Fort Lauderdale. According to Gail Shepherd’s Dish column this week, Palm Beach County residents have at least one more joint where they can sate their cravings for authentic Mex (though Ameri-Mex fans should…
Burr’s Berry Farm in the Redland has been cranking out some of South Florida’s best strawberries since 1960 when Charles Raymond Burr “The Strawberry King” planted his first crop. Burr’s Berry farm operates a fruit stand where you can buy fruits, vegetables, and the fine products made from them, fresh…
Champagne and chocolates constitute the dynamic duo of no-brainers for Valentine’s Day. Peterbrooke Chocolatier at 227 Aragon Ave. in Coral Gables has come up with a novel way to team the two: A chocolate-dipped champagne bottle. Now through February 14, customers can bring in their favorite bubbly — or wine…
A grab bag of food-related items this a.m. One of our favorite Lauderdale cafes has closed temporarily while they look for a new home: Sugar n Spice, formerly on Oakland Park Boulevard and the brainchild of a French/Irish chef duo, Jean and Vero, has decided to look for a “more intimate”…
As Short Order reported last week, Gaia Ristorante, the latest venture of seasoned restaurateur Tom Billante, has opened at 101 Ocean Drive (Hilton Bentley Hotel)– which I erroneously cited as the site of Billante’s last Ocean Drive venue, ViVi. In fact, Prime Italian has moved into that space, and Gaia…
To celebrate their recent Golden Spoon Award for Best Place for a Cocktail, Lola’s on Harrison is teaming up with the Glades to Coast Slow Food Chapter on February 17th for a night of locavore mixology and finger foods. Cost is $25*** for cocktails and canapes. Join them for a…
The barrage of burgers continues unabated. Two more Five Guys are poised to proffer their patties to the public — one in the old Dogma space at Washington Ave. and 15th Street in South Beach, the other in Aventura Mall. But a bigger burger banner headline is that Govind Armstrong…
I spoke to Hell’s Kitchen 5 contestant Chef Giovanni about the Redneck Riviera, gambling, and respect. Giovanni is a cool Jersey dude that keeps it real and is all about his work. He is the executive chef at Creehan’s Copper Grill in Destin, Florida. Destin is up by Pensacola so…
Welcome to the Nuts About Florida factory tour. The Barnard Nut Company has been roasting, packaging, and distributing nuts from right here in South Florida since 1942. I recently got the factory tour and a free bag of pistachios. I had never seen a nut factory before. There were nuts…
Between frenzied flings with wasabi foam, foie gras ice cream, and other frivolous foods, diners regularly return to the safe and steady steak house. They do so for the sidecar martinis, shrimp cocktail, and oysters on the half-shell; for gargantuan steaks, Buick-size baked potatoes, and wodgy wedges of iceberg lettuce…
Florida Trend’s 2009 Dining Guide is out, with a new editor in chief: Chris Sherman has replaced Robert Toff as the dispenser of Golden Spoons. This year’s guide cites plenty of South Florida gems among the 20 Best New Restaurants. In Fort Lauderdale: Christine’s and Four Rivers (which has just…
The last time I was at the Forge, I was fresh out of a shit-stained relationship. Emotionally starved, I headed to the Miami Beach landmark for a meal that I knew would probably break my measly bank account, but the promise of a rich Lobster Thermidor melting in my mouth…
Monkey Jungle in Cutler Ridge is hosting a Malagasy Feast this Saturday as part of its Malagasy Festival, which is a celebration of Madagascar through the country’s food, music, art and animal life.The feast is being prepared by tropical fruit tree expert Robert Barnum and includes Okra Lamb SoupThree Fruit…
