Food & Drink

Two days ago, Los Angeles Police homicide detectives arrested Joshua Woodward, who teamed up with celebrity chef Govind Armstrong to bring their West Coast food offerings to South Beach with Table 8 and 8 oz. Burger Bar. The cops charged Woodward with the murder of his unborn child.According to a…

Health care reform may not yet be a slam dunk for the President, but sinking was a theme on the menu at the Democratic Party fundraiser last night at the Fontainebleau Hotel on South Beach.A source present at the affair reports that guests enjoyed a three-course dinner, including tomato and…

The Doral Farmers Market was started by three neighbors who grew weary of having to travel to other markets around town for fresh local produce. They worked to pass a new ordinance with the City of Doral, then filed all the necessary paperwork to host a market there. The fruits…

New lunch, dinner, sushi and beverage menus have been launched at RA Sushi Bar Restaurant in South Miami. Executive chef Tai Obata: “We’ve fused traditional Japanese cuisine with concepts from other regions, integrating some Latin influences and adding an entirely new tapas selection.” Chef Obata is one of the founding…

According to their website, Chef Gordon Ramsay said that Renzo’s of Boca is one of the best pizzerias in the world. Here’s a video by Renzo’s of Boca where Chef Renzo shows you how to make his brand new Miami Dolphins Football Meatball.The Football Meatball gets its name from it…

The holy trinity of art, food, and music, are making Downtown Miami a go-to destination for culture in Vice City.Fourteenth Street’s Urbanite Bistro is now offering a three-course, $37, tasting menu that includes a voucher for performance parking one block from the Arsht and is designed with theatergoers in mind…

This past Saturday, high above the city, in the penthouse of a Midtown condo, thirty or so South Florida foodies got together to eat at the whims of Chef Jeremiah Bullfrog.The Cobaya Gourmet Guinea Pigs are a web enabled network of adventurous eaters who are looking for unconventional fare not…

Is it really 52 degrees out right now? That’s damn near freezing. What’s next, snowballs on South Beach, ice chains on the Turnpike, county workers salting down US1, sledding down Mount Trashmore, ice skating in Kendale Lakes? Cold weather’s for the birds, and our streets are already starting to flood…

When Cheeca Lodge & Spa reopens in Islamorada this December 15th, its landmark Atlantic’s Edge restaurant will be under the creative direction of newly hired “Concept Chef” Dean James Max — who is known closer to home for his 3030 Ocean at the Marriott Harbor Beach in Ft. Lauderdale.The Edge…

The Chicago Tribune website last week printed a list of the ten worst dining trends of the past decade, as decided by various movers and shakers in the American food world. Miami’s own Michael Schwartz weighed in, his pet peeve being the communal table, which “assumes people who don’t know…

Ben Neji’s Wine 69 at Biscayne and 69th Street was a neat place to hang out over a glass of well-priced wine. Our loss.I ate at Badrutt’s Place, at 1250 S Miami Avenue about a year and a half ago, and haven’t had a worse meal since. Good riddance. It…

Like beef? We do. So stop by next week — we’re gonna try to buy us some. Here’s what you might have missed over the last week. From the people who made Jaguar a cash cow, Talavera, now open. Two Chefs, still impressing critics after all these years. $7 Dirty Martini at…

Will there be electric pumpkins, DVDs covered in seed slime, dinosaurs eating pie, or pre-historic creatures making you laugh like they do on celluloid?According to a 20th Century Fox representative, no.But that doesn’t mean it won’t be worth checking out the pumpkin patches at The Little Farm (13401 SW 224…