What makes a successful culinary scene? Demand for innovation, quality and a steady pipeline of talent. Working to instill that passion in the next generation of foodies is Florida Blue who will present Fun and Fit as a Family February 23 and 24, sponsored by Carnival featuring Kellogg’s Kidz Kitchen…
For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times’ Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. A look at the full events lineup of the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival can be dizzying. There are more celebrity chefs than you can shake…
When the clock struck 10 p.m. at the SoBeWFF party tent, things started to happen. Suddenly, as if by magic, cirque performers dropped from the skies suspended on strands of silk, toy drummers came to life, and Curtis Stone’s mega-watt smile lit up the room as he served shrimp-on-the-barbie tacos…
The 2013 edition of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival kicked off with Moët Hennessy’s the Q, the bash that brings bubbly, barbeque, and famous faces to the beach.Thousands of guests converged under the SoBeWFF party tents to drink good Champagne and hand crafted cocktails and to eat barbeque…
Foodie spring break is here. As part of the Bank of America Lifestyle Seminars, Laura Werlin and Andrea Robinson will host Italian Wines and Cheese at the Shelborne South Beach. Short Order caught up with Robinson for details about the event.See also:- South Beach Wine & Food Festival: The Six…
For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times’ Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. The Whole Foods Grand Tasting Village is like the open bar at a wedding reception. It’s where everyone wants to be. And when 70,000 foodies gather en masse, you…
Yesterday, the hordes invaded Miami Beach for 96 hours of drinking, eating, and schmoozing their way across the sand. The South Beach Wine & Food Festival (SoBeWFF) has finally arrived. And Short Order will be there to clue you in on the craziest, drunkest, most gluttonous moments of the weekend…
For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times’ Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. Think about the last time you shared a bottle of vino with friends. Unless you’re a group of uppity wine connoisseurs or sommeliers, chances are the wine in your…
Moët Hennessy’s the Q and the Q After Dark kick off the four-day weekend of nonstop parties, seminars, dinners, and events that begin tonight for the 2013 South Beach Wine & Food Festival.This year’s Q, hosted by Food Network’s Southern sweetheart Paula Deen and her handsome sons Jamie and Bobby,…
Chef, restaurateur, and Food Network personality Geoffrey Zakarian is working hard — and playing hard at this year’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival.Zakarian, who makes the trip to Miami each year with his wife, Margaret, is appearing at multiple festival events, hosting a magnificent A-list invitation-only Rose brunch, and…
Sure, SoBeWFF is expensive — if you can even scrounge tickets for the mostly sold-out festival. But there are ways to have some SoBeFun without the SoBEWFF sticker shock.Each year there are events and freebies all around the festival — some “official” and some not. Frankly, it doesn’t matter to us…
While you’re undoubtedly stoked about today’s kickoff of the annual bacchanalia known as the South Beach Wine & Food Festival (SoBeWFF), you’re probably less excited about the logistics. Namely, parking. Unless you live in South Beach, parking for the fest can be a nightmare. But no worries. We’re SoBeWFF vets…
For more on the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, check out New Times’ Taste guide, hitting newsstands Thursday, February 21. Anne Burrell is the Food Network’s bubbly, blond ambassador of good times and great eats. A frequent face on the network, she’s taken turns on Iron Chef America and…
Like free stuff? Course ya do. Like winning? Probably more than getting free stuff. That’s why we’re bunching the two together and giving you a chance to win two tickets to Trade Talks 2013. The SoBeWFF satellite event will give you the chance to rub elbows and speak candidly with…
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It’s not unusual to see people playing volleyball on South Beach’s shoreline. But come next week, don’t do a double take when the person spiking the ball happens to actually be Spike… as in Mendelsohn.The Top Chef alum (and owner of some of the Presidential family’s favorite Washington D.C. restaurants)…
Short Order loves its readers and we’re willing to prove our love by giving away a pair of tickets to the South Beach Wine & Food Festival Grand Tasting Village. That’s a $450 value — if you could actually get tickets to this completely sold-out event!On Saturday, February 23, one…
Here’s an update on Swine Southern Table & Bar. Though there’s no “official” opening date yet, expect the pork-centrentic restaurant to open very soon.Eddie Acevedo, chief operating officer for 50 Eggs, the parent company of Swine, told Short Order that the restaurant is “very close” to opening. When pushed for…
Jamie DeRosa has finally announced the project he’s been working on since leaving his position as executive chef at Tudor House in July 2012 with partner Michael Reginbogin.Tongue and Cheek, which will open in the former Kane Steakhouse spot in SoFi, will serve “approachable, ingredient-driven, American fare with just the…
Disney World: Where dreams come true. Florida: Where dreams of equal marriage are crushed. Well, for now, at least. Ah, Florida… we have such a happy place nestled right in the bosom of our state, but all around us, gay couples are advocating for the right to marry. How can…
Last year, celebrity chef Michael Symon shocked the throngs of meat lovers at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Burger Bash by winning the coveted People’s Choice award three years in a row. Symon’s “Porky Burger”, a pigfest made from pork and bacon, crowned with a hunk of pulled…
Can’t make it to this year’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival? We hear ya. Tickets are kind of expensive. Fret not. Luckily, Twitter allows complete strangers to pry into the lives of those who live publicly, like Cooking Channel and Food Network idols, for instance. This year, experience SoBe…
