We’ve raved in the past about Ayesha D’Mello’s Indian cooking classes. For $75 you get to learn specific regional recipes (usually for six to eight dishes) in a fun environment — and then feast on the always-delectable end results. I took the class a year or so ago and have…
Relief Links for food, water, and medical supplies:Unicef, Operation Helping Hands, Mercy Corps, The Archdiocese of Miami, The Pan American Development Foundation. [MiamiHerald]State Department’s toll-free number to call for information about family members in Haiti: 1-888-407-4747. The department said some callers may receive a recording because of heavy volume of…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com.97. Herb-basted Chicken Pot Pie from Gables DinerNow we all know pot pies can go terribly, terribly wrong. Sometimes the dough is…
Wheels on the road.We first introduced you to Aaron J. Michaels and Culinary Convenience Inc. in February of last year. The place is a full service “mobile toy store for chefs,” and major restaurant equipment supplier. From plates to knives to chef shoes to grills, if you need it, they’ve…
Today, Willis Loughhead talks about charcuterie, future plans, and a hippie trip “without the pot” that served as a spiritual sabbatical.I read you’ve been involved in making charcuterie. I have done all of the charcuterie for the past two restaurants with my sous chef Brian. We’ve done ham legs on…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
The steak sandwich: straightforward yet flavorful and incredibly satisfying, a winning combination created simply by marrying a piece of perfectly cooked steak with bread. In Miami, we find the cheese steak, the Cuban palomilla sandwich, the more complex Uruguayan chivito, and the Argentine steak sandwich, among others. For today’s face-off,…
Parlez vous Cognac?Oui, je parle Conjure.Get with the program.Ludacris has his own brand of Cognac, he has partnered with Birkedal Hartmann to create it, it debuted in Miami and Atlanta, and this Super Bowl season, he’ll throw a weeklong party at a Miami Beach mansion dubbed the House of Conjure…
Wyoming’s Gordon Food Service buys a million-square-foot distribution center in Hillsborough County, between Orlando and Tampa, for “rapid growth” in Florida. [MLive]Severe crop loss throughout Florida thanks to that no-good, sock-doubling, two-sweatshirt-necessitating, wearing-a-blanket-around-the-house cold weather. [NaplesNews]Interview with Nicko McBrain of Iron Maiden about his rock ‘n’ roll-themed Coral Springs barbecue…
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.If you find your bliss in burgers, you need to find Bliss Burger Bistro. The newly debuted SoFi patty purveyor takes over the space of the old Café…
PR reps leaked only the following to us: “new resto in South Miami,” “fine dining BBQ mid-January,” “the masterminds behind the famous TOWN Kitchen & Bar are opening it up” and “tastings will be in early February.” Smoke’t Southern Kitchen and Tap’s website informs that this “neighbourhood [sic] BBQ joint”…
Willis Loughhead’s first South Florida gig was 14 years ago at the Palm Grill (locations in Key West and North Miami). Most locals, however, will remember him from when he was top toque at Tantra (1999 to 2002) and from when he ran Bizcaya at The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove (until…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival yesterday released additional tickets to the “sold-out” Amstel Light Burger Bash. That’s great news for those who missed out on tickets the first time, but I’m with those who bought tickets early at full price in feeling a little cheated. Organizers claimed that unlike in…
Last year, the more than $2 million generated by the South Beach Wine & Food Fest was handed directly to FIU. The university has been a partner in the event with Southern Wine & Spirits since the beginning and has continued to reap the ever-growing rewards of its wise investment.Of course,…
2010 Taste of the Grove — an unfortunately cold and rainy weekend. [BlindTastes]Eating at Heartstoppers Sports Grill in Dania includes a menu with an obesity disclaimer, a hospital theme, and dishes with names like Artery Clogger, Chili Chest Pain Fries, and the Heart Attack Burger. [BurgerBeast]”Chicken stock… the most universal…
As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…
What it is: Pizza, salad, bottle of wine — and this week we’re even showing you the room. But where it at? If you guess correctly, we’ll confirm below. Otherwise, the answer comes later this week…
Dinner for two at Morton’s Steak House Miami Beach is now just $99 for those who take part in the new three-course Signature Menu. The meal starts with choice of caesar or Morton’s salad. Each guest then gets a single-cut filet mignon with choice of sea scallops, shrimp, jumbo lump crab…
For every incredibly boring interview we get in (be thankful we spare you from those), at least one comes in chock-full of so much creative stuff that we find it near impossible to cull. So consider the extra five answers from Chef Kurtis D. Jantz (below) a New Year’s giftie…
News Flash: The South Beach Wine and Food Festival has expanded the site for their sold out Burger Bash event to include more of the Ritz Carlton South Beach’s prime real estate and is releasing more Burger Bash tickets for sale.The post-sellout sale will sell out quick, so, act fast…
OMG 2009 is sooo eight days ago.Here’s our Miami New Times Restaurant Roll Call for last year.We’ve rounded up the openers, shut down the closers, and written our predictions for the new year into existence.Note to foodies: If Wikipedia can do it, so can we. Please comment us with any…
We first reported the imminent opening of the SushiSamba offshoot called Sugarcane Raw Bar one month ago. It was to be an Art Basel affair. Now Sugarcane is imminently debuting in Midtown Miami once more, this time a week from today — all 4,000 glorious square feet of it, including…
