Does the thought of being calling incompetent and stupid on national TV turn you on? Do you enjoy being told repeatedly you are doing it wrong? Like the idea of crying in front of your colleagues? Yes? Then make sure to attend the open casting calls for Hell’s Kitchen –…
It might seem like some kind of miracle that an Italian restaurant is offering vegan fare. Wait…it is a miracle that any fine dining restaurant would want to do vegan cuisine. Nevertheless, it’s true, South Beach’s Escopazzo has a section on its menu entirely dedicated to raw, vegan specialties. Executive…
It’s 3:30 on a Wednesday afternoon and Vincent Pantoliano, executive pastry Chef at Meat Market, is in the kitchen experimenting with different ingredients and techniques. He wants to get the right textures and flavors. He often comes in early so there’s extra time to “play” in the kitchen.This adventurous spirit…
Yesterday we highlighted The Elegant Chef’s Guide To Hors D’Oeuvres And Appetizers by British celebrity chef Antony Worrall-Thompson. Today we share his manner of shaping filo dough into a frying pan shape that makes for a snazzy presentation of whatever it is you fill it with. The recipe in the…
After a five-month renovation, Caffe Da Vinci will reopen in mid-November at its familiar Bay Harbor Island location. The Caffe first debuted in 1994, but this re-launch is under new ownership that took over last year. Executive chef Jose Cadavid’s new menu is tabbed as “contemporary Italian cuisine with influences…
It seemed troubling yesterday morning when only 140 of the $125 tickets for World Festival Miami at the Palms had sold. But a crowd of at least 300 showed and was greeted by bright-eyed, smiling kids who benefit from Common Threads, a nonprofit that educates mostly low-income children about the…
Bears in Russia have joined the likes of Hollywood A-listers by going on a diet. They’re eating mostly protein in order to, you know, shed those unwanted extra pounds. These ursine giants — usually content with feasting on complex carbohydrates such as forest berries and mushrooms — have begun consuming…
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.Who needs a Festival of Lights when you can have a Festival of Chefs? Disney’s smarmy little rodent, perhaps. But for the rest of us, a festival of…
Ingrid Bazin, or Ingrid B, is a host and promoter of three weekly events in Miami. She fuses her passions for poetry and soul music into Soulcial Sundays at B.E.D., a live music dinner party and jam session; the Bohemia Room spoken-word night in Midtown Miami; and the Flow Fridays…
When I purchased this cookbook in 1984, it simply blew me away. I had never seen cuisine like it: iced tomato bisque with avocado and basil sorbet; beef carpaccio with rock salt and oysters; smoked salmon and leek nest with soft-boiled quails’ eggs and smoked cod roe sauce. Remember, this…
Hint: It’s a Chinese restaurant. Take your best guess and post in the comments section. Answer correctly and you receive our utmost respect as well as the title Smartypants of The Week.Photos of the duck in appetizer and main course form follow the jump…..
Restaurant Tagliatelle opened last night in the space that formerly housed the club Amnesia and a host of restaurants that didn’t make it (Cafe Tabac might have lasted the longest). Mediterranean cuisine with pasta and seafood is the theme here, but somehow opening an Italian restaurant in South Beach seems…
Sisters Elsa Burger and Josie Lacsina have been feeding the Filipino community, and others who like the cuisine, for 11 years through a business called Pampanguena Inc. This South Dade Asian grocery store also has fresh food made daily. And though it’s a small operation, the sisters keep it open…
Bourbon Steak has launched a new cigar menu, and tonight, starting at 6., the public is invited to come down for an extensive training in everything you ever wanted to know about cigars – the history, etiquette, selecting, cutting and handling of the stogies, to the lighting and smoking of…
When the tables in the dining room and out on the patio are taken, and the hostesses don’t offer the bar tables, there’s a problem. But it’s not as if the bar menu at Kitchen Town & Bar stinks. Granted it’s limited to a hodgepodge of appetizer-type selections such as…
Maybe foodies overlook Canton Palace because of its inconspicuous location way out west on SW Eighth Street. But the place is usually jammed with Asian-American diners. Apparently they got the memo. We are not being jerks, so please don’t write hate comments saying that we are racists/prejudice/ignorant etc.How many Asian-Americans…
Time again for our restaurant roll call. Here are notable openings and closings in October (or earlier and not included in our September roll call).Openings 1500 Degrees, 4525 Collins Ave., Miami BeachCecconi’s, Soho Beach House, 4385 Collins Ave., Miami Beach De Rodriguez Ocean, 101 Ocean Dr., Miami Beach…
Last week in the South Florida food blogosphere … After a summer hiatus, Tinkering with Dinner is back with salt-baked shrimp.Redland Rambles interviews Farm Bureau director Katie Edwards.Gagit recaps Slow Food Miami’s Ark of Taste dinner.South Florida Beer Blog says The Abbey has a limited supply of a very special…
The next time you’re sick, eschew the chicken–fish soup finds its way much faster to your soul. The folks at Bahamas Fish Market will serve you a huge bowl of fish chowder ($2.95 to $3.45) that will make you toes curl and your white blood cells multiply…
Or, for that matter, who’s the blonde? We don’t know the answer to the second question, but we do know which chef got into the Halloween spirit last night. Keep going to find out who it is…
In early August, when Michael Bloise first talked to Paula Niño of Short Order about his upcoming American Noodle Bar, he tagged the potential opening date as “August 23”. Then word came that it would debut today, November 1. Now the date has been pushed up to this Wednesday. This…
Airline food long ago moved from complimentary hot meals to packets of peanuts. And then came… nothing… unless you were willing to shell out $3 for a packet of M&Ms. May we suggest the cheese plate?! Or maybe not. A review:US AirwaysThe fruit and cheese platter ($7) comes with Swiss,…
