The weekend’s chill weather turned into a radiant day for the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Farm to Table Brunch at The Palms hotel in Miami Beach. See also: SoBeWFF 2015 Southern Kitchen Brunch: Trisha Yearwood, Art Smith, and Fried Chicken…
Saturday’s 101 Gay Weddings, a satellite South Beach Wine & Food Festival event held at the James Royal Palm Hotel, was the most unique, heartfelt, and vibrant party this past weekend. Hosted by Art Smith, a celebrity chef and founder of the nonprofit charity Common Threads, the event didn’t attract…
If you survived Saturday night’s Meatopia or your killer hangover, the Southern Kitchen Brunch this past Sunday was there to cradle and comfort you with soulful food and sweet tunes. Forget having a New York Times bestselling cookbook, multiple Grammys, and an Emmy for Trisha’s Southern Kitchen. Having Garth Brooks…
Sunday was the final day of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Grand Tasting Village. From noon until 5 p.m., foodies and oenophiles stormed the beach to partake in fine food and drink. Sunday’s session also saw Bobby Flay, Anne Burrell, the Deen family, and Robert Irvine take the…
The Standard Spa’s waterfront deck went to the dogs yesterday afternoon — literally — at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s first ever dog-centric event. See also: SoBeWFF’S Grand Tasting Village: Giada, Rachael, Emeril and More…
The crowds and lines of Burger Bash were mostly absent Saturday night as the sands of South Beach were dominated by the ceaseless devouring of the animal kingdom…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Grand Tasting Village is best described as a mini beach-front city filled with enormous white tents. It’s a major event filled with thousands of attendees, more than three dozen participating restaurants, loads and loads of booze, and a plethora of celebrity chefs demonstrating…
Saturday’s Grand Tasting Village at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival saw thousands of people flock to Miami Beach’s white sands to sip wine, watch culinary demos by Rachael Ray, Geoffrey Zakarian, Emeril Lagasse, and Andrew Zimmern and chow down on some of the best bites they’ve ever had…
Spain’s quintessential dish, paella, is a difficult one to make. “There is no such thing as the perfect paella,” says Quique Dacosta. His restaurant in Alicante, Quique Dacosta, has earned three Michelin stars and been on the list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants for three years. The avant-garde chef…
Four-time winner Michael Symon sat out this year’s Burger Bash, giving some of countries best patties a fighting chance at last night’s ninth annual burger extravaganza. One of South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s most popular events, Burger Bash presented by Amstel Light combines America’s love for burgers and beer…
The Best of the Best at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach brought out culinary heavy hitters who dished out their absolute finest bites. The $350 price tag might seem steep, but compared with airfare to New York, California, Nashville, Chicago, and other “foodie” cities, it’s a most economical to dine from…
If you don’t know who Alex Stupak is, you will when the pastry chef turned taco king opens up shop here. When asked about Miami’s taco revolution and whether he would contemplate bringing his tortillas down to South Beach at Thursday night’s Tacos After Dark, the chef told us, “I’m…
Now in its third year, the South Beach Wine and Food Festival’s Oyster Bash arrives during the height of Miami’s own oyster boom. It moved indoors to Lure Fishbar, where it didn’t take long for the masses to squeeze in shoulder-to-shoulder for slurping. See also: All the coverage from South…
If your favorite part of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival is the Grand Tasting Village, then be prepared when you head there today or tomorrow because the festival’s oldest event has some changes up its sleeve. Spoiler alert: there are more places to sit and take a breather…
Last year, was the inaugural Mix it Up with Morimoto and Friends event and while it was a fun evening with sushi, sake and karaoke it wasn’t quite settled. The Shelborne Wyndham Grand South Beach was still under renovation, and the eponymous restaurant Morimoto had yet to open. This year…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival kicked off yesterday and chefs from around the country (and the globe) are flocking to Miami to engage in four days of eating, drinking, and general debauchery. After all, the festival is dubbed, Spring Break for chefs” with good reason. If you’re planning…
Maybe it was the chill in the air, maybe it was the river of red sauce, but South Beach felt like New York City at last evening’s Italian Al Fresco Feast. The premiere event celebrated Ronzoni’s 100th anniversary, complete with a big sand-sculpted birthday cake and plenty of pasta dishes…
View image | gettyimages.com On any other night, a barbecue bash at the Shore Club to kick off South Beach Wine & Food Festival would be a “shore thing.” But last night’s cold temps meant Miamians needed hot meat, blues for their temperature troubles, and booze to warm them up…
This weekend, it’s all about the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, where hundreds of chefs from around the country flock for a bit of sun, fun, and the chance to showcase their food. The weather over the weekend will warm up a bit, making it perfect for strolling the…
Walk into El Cielo and you’ll be immediately awed by the stunning decor at this waterfront eatery in Brickell on the River. At its helm is 31-year-old Juan Manuel Barrientos, who at the age of 29 snagged a spot on the coveted list “Latin America’s 50 Best Restaurants” for his…
Where the South Beach Wine & Food Festival is concerned, plant-based options have been slow to make inroads. Most events are still heavy on the meat (Meatopia, anyone?), light on the herbivorous fare. Little by little, however, plant-based edibles are making their way into the foodie fantasyland, and nowhere is…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival arrives today, February 19, and continues through 22 with more than 75 events, tastings, parties, seminars, and dinners. The bash, which benefits Florida International University’s dining and tourism programs, brings thousands of fans and celebrity chefs to Miami. Forget the rest. The South…
