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As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…

Supporting local Haitian-owned businesses is a good way to get money into the earthquake- ravaged country. Stateside relatives need money to send back home.USA Carwash Restaurant has been serving up consistently cheap, satisfying, and flavorful meals for years…

If you have your pointer finger on the pulse of the global food community and its star chefs, you would know this past weekend was the Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman’s second annual Cayman Cookout.  We’re referring to the island rendezvous of illustrious professional cooks including José Andrés, David Chang, Dean Fearing,…

As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…

On February 11, during and in conjunction with the Miami International Film Festival, New Times will present its annual Artopia, “Miami’s Reel Party.” There will be art exhibits, performance art, a fashion show, lots of live music, and — this is the important part — free food and booze.Beginning with the…

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.No question, Europeans know how to live. Late nights, later mornings. Long lunches, longer vacations. Good wine, good food; relax and enjoy life. Let someone else put his…

Luis Padilla, the executive chef behind The Grill on the Alley in Aventura, was once sous chef at Bruschetta & Co., before honing his culinary expertise at various South Florida eateries, most notably Mark’s Las Olas and Seasons 52. But Padilla remembers the day when his skills weren’t so, well,…

A snippet of the New Times restaurant review for next week. Ownership evidently recognized the need to lower prices a tad, and has likewise added all sorts of supplemental deals: Each night a three course meal (with choices) of “Chef Oliveira’s personal signature dishes” is offered for $19.95. Wednesday evenings…

As a countdown to New Times’ “Best of Miami” 2010, Short Order is serving up 100 of our favorite dishes in the 305. Send your nominations to cafe@miaminewtimes.com…

Small dinners will again take place at this year’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Some intriguing ones will be at the Setai, where chef Jonathan Wright will team with chef Ming Tsai, chef David Munoz Rosillo of DiverXo in Madrid, chef Tim Cushman of O Ya in Boston, and…

Prelude by Barton G. at the Arsht Center is tops

SUSHISAMBA dromo is hosting the first nationwide “meet and tweet” — aka Tweet Up — next Wednesday, January 20, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. This informal social event will allow folks who usually only tweet among themselves to actually meet and mingle in the flesh. Wow — radical idea!…

Log on to biltmorehotel.com/valentines to enter a giveaway for a Saturday, February 13 dinner at Fontana, a one night stay in a luxury suite, and a Sunday champagne brunch on Valentine’s Day. Winner will be announced February 8…

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…

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,…