Yesterday we wrote of Food & Wine magazine naming her cookbook Cuisine a Latina as one of the top 25 of the year. Earlier in the week we noted that her Sra. Martinez restaurant made Esquire’s list of 20 Best New Restaurants in America. Today’s Michelle news concerns an upcoming…
The Presidente flowed as Chef John Critchley laid the culinary smackdown on Giancarla Bodoni for the 2009 Iron Fork title. Critchley is on a winning streak, with his seafood-celebrating Area 31 having been recently named one of Esquire magazine’s best new restaurants this year.Our focus, however, was the side show…
A teeny sneak preview of the New Times restaurant review for next week.Although this is a “pizzeria/mozzarella bar,” there’s plenty more going on gastronomically. In fact, it is the plethora of fresh vegetable offerings that set Casale apart from so many other places. The menu mentions some 45 meatless items,…
“It is Brazil’s time,” an exuberant President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva exclaimed when his country won the bid to host the 2016 Olympics. A rowdy crowd at Botequim Carioca Brazilian Bar & Grill agreed, hoisting caipirinhas and cold drafts while celebrating news of Latin America’s first Summer Games. Botequim…
Champagne + chocolate = wet panties.Get in on the action when Morton’s The Steakhouse (1200 Brickell Ave., Miami) presents An Evening of Decadence: Champagne and Chocolate Tastings on Wednesday, October 21st.The night begins with Morton’s signature hors d’oeuvres like smoked salmon wedges, broiled sea scallops and petite filet mignon sandwiches…
Waxy’s On the River (690 SW First Court, Miami) is a Key West-styled Irish pub that specializes in fish. They shoot for a neighborhood joint feeling and are proud to showcase buzzworthy local acts like ArtOfficial, and Locos Por Juana, through their midweek live music bookings.The restaurant is located on…
Miami New Times’ culinary super event is officially sold out. You should not have slow danced on these tickets folks cause now they’re gone, gone, gone.Best of luck sneaking in; we’re guessing it’s not that difficult. Maybe you could get a job slinging drinks.See ya next year…
The Hunter’s Moon is a full moon. They call it that because the light it provides makes it easier to kill food. According to Wikipedia, as viewed from the northern hemisphere, the Hunter’s Moon rises in such a way that there’s no significant dark time between sunset and moonrise, thus…
TIMO (17624 Collins Ave.) in Sunny Isles is the product of the teamwork of a top chef, experienced GM, and a staff committed to going above and beyond.Chef Tim Andriola started working kitchens as a kid in Lee, New Hampshire at his family’s restaurant, the Gateway. In South Florida he…
A teeny sneak preview of the New Times restaurant review for next week. Prices are as inviting as a Brazilian bikini. A bowl of black bean stew is $3; soup du jour, onion rings and croquettes are $5 to $6; and the rest of the appetizers mostly range from $8…
Guess what? Dade County does promote the arts, and if you’re a student, you can find out for yourself through our County’s amazing Culture Shock program.All you have to do is be a student aged 13 to 22. You can purchase up to two tickets and the person you go…
If you’ve never heard of Sodexo or Aramark they are both super-corp food service providers with major college and university cafeteria contracts. They are also big time purchasers of Florida tomatoes.They do not have an agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to protect farm laborers from inhumane treatment, sub…
I reported yesterday that Area 31 was named as one of Esquire Magazine’s Top 20 New Restaurants of 2009. Michelle Bernstein’s Sra. Martinez also made the list. On the one hand, I apologize for missing that. On the other hand, the woman gets more than enough press. One more acknowledgement:…
Area 31, in the Epic Hotel downtown, has been named as one of the Best New Restaurants of 2009 in the November issue of Esquire magazine. When food and travel critic John Mariani dined at Area 31 this summer, he asked executive chef John Critchley to send out his favorite…
The old-world opulence of Palme d’Or seems especially anachronistic in the patently lax 21st Century. The 70-seat space, a restored homage to the original 1926 Biltmore Hotel restaurant, is a bygone world of ceiling frescoes, crystal chandeliers, intricately carved woods, black-and-white photos of vintage movie stars, and an almost fun-house…
Fall is here, supposedly. In Miami we’ve still got 90-degree days, and a monster electric bill.But at least pumpkins are here again because despite what the weather would have you believe it is in fact “that time of year.”Here are some alleged pumpkin health benefits that’ll have you going for…
Shock is sweeping the food world this morning along with the news that the November issue of Gourmet Magazine will be its last. It has been rumored for some time that Condé Nast was suffering a decline in ad pages and would be shutting down one of its food titles…
The Bath Club on Miami Beach (59th St. and Collins Ave.) has long been a private, membership-only establishment with its’ own intimate, members-only restaurant. But starting Sunday, November 1st, the fully restored 1920s Mediterranean-style clubhouse restaurant will be open to the public. It will be known as The Cape Cod…
Cooked milk, get your cooked milk.Whole Foods Market has officially dropped raw milk from its shelves in Florida.Raw Milk is milk that has not been pasteurized or homogenized. Pasteurization is a heating process meant to kill bacteria, and homogenization is the process of making the milk one consistency throughout. The…
A teeny sneak preview of the New Times restaurant review for next week. Beef “effilochée” was effing delicious. The cylindrical castle of shredded shank meat gets braised for seven hours and crowned with organic micro sprouts sprayed with truffle vinaigrette. Surrounding the meat are concentric moats of red wine reduction…
Roaches!On September 8, 2009 a Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations routine food inspection saw them running around the kitchen of Ola at Sanctuary (1745 James Ave., Miami Beach). Click here for the report.The disposition of the report was “Emergency Order Recommended: Conditions have been found that endanger the…
We noticed that Cacao Restaurant in Coral Gables had been closed for the month of September — never a good sign. But as the message on the restaurant’s answering machine optimistically declared that it would reopen October 1st, we figured we’d wait before worrying. Today is October 1st and no…
