African and Middle Eastern Food and Cooking

First Look: Eclectic Eats Is a Garden Refuge Just Off the Avenue in Delray Beach

Atlantic Avenue in downtown Delray Beach is an area well-known for fine dining. But not every restaurant can be on the Ave. itself, no matter how good the food. And sometimes, being a bid hidden, has its advantages. If you've driven through this area, on Federal Highway you might have noticed the be ... More >>

First Look: Zorba's Taverna in Delray Beach Serves Authentic Greek Fare

For an authentic taste of Greece, Palm Beach residents look no further than Zorba's Taverna, a new eatery now open in Delray Beach. With decades' worth of combined experience, owners Bobby and father Taso Orfanos joined with restaurateur Bill Maxakoulis to open Zorba's last December. The trio is d ... More >>

Keep the Eggnog; 
Pass the Sangria

The African Diet Pyramid and Cooking Classes (Our Ancestors Ate Farm-to-Table Before It Was Cool)

How ever did our ancestors survive before the vast selection in the Publix frozen food aisle? Before the every-corner convenience of McDonald's? Before pizza delivery???Well, they managed to slide by somehow, and probably for the better. In fact, according to food-friendly nonprofit Oldways, we shou ... More >>

F.A.U. Goes Green

Five New Dining Options in Deerfield Beach: Gimme A Burger, Ocean Drive Burrito, Agave Mexican Fusion, Crêpe Cafe, and Barracuda

When I was a kid -- a good 20 years ago now -- Deerfield Beach's waterfront scene didn't have many dining options. Sure, the Whale's Rib and Amante were there in the late '80s, but if you wanted something besides pizza or fried fish, a Slurpee at 7-Eleven was about all you could hope for.Well, all t ... More >>

Sharing Is Caring

Vegetarian Potluck Dinner and Love Panel Discussion

Yacht Cooking Means Shipshape Service, Right Down to the Plate's Careful Position

Chef Sara Ventiera is on a three-week trip to the Bahamas, manning the kitchen on a 91-foot yacht. She will file regular updates from the waters about what it's like to work on a yacht, from pretrip provisioning to seaplane produce delivery. Click here for previous reports."Can you seat them for me? ... More >>

Taso's Greek Taverna II Joins Growing Ranks of Greek Restaurants in Boca Raton

Boca Raton welcomes yet another Greek restaurant with the opening of Taso's Greek Taverna II in the Home Depot/Publix plaza located at the intersection of State Road 7 and Glades Road. The full service restaurant opened last month and serves familiar Greek fare like stuffed pitas and wraps and meaty ... More >>

Infected Mushroom at Club Cinema 6/3

Sefa Mediterranean Grill Debuts in Delray

Numan Unsal​The (restaurant) rich just get (restaurant) richer, as Delray Beach's Atlantic Avenue and environs welcome a classy-looking new eatery specializing in Turkish and Mediterranean cuisines.  Sefa Mediterranean Grill (165 NE Second Ave.; 561-330-0004) makes its debut next door to the ... More >>

Lady Gaga Concert Rider - Non-Smelly Cheese, Honey Important

Flickr/Ama Lia Hold The Sweaty Cheese ​Lady Gaga is arguably the most talked about, listened to and watched performer right now. Who can resist her catchy songs, weird videos and completely strange costumes? Anyone who can rock a meat dress and wear leather underwear to catch a plane  ... More >>

Living Room Theaters Boca Raton Needs Work, but It's Already the Best Movie Food Around

Photos by Eric BartonIt's less Florida Atlantic University campus and more Stockholm.​There's something that feels foreign about the lobby/restaurant at the new Living Room Theaters in Boca Raton. The sparse tables and chairs look straight from Ikea, and the minimalist touches feel like the design ... More >>

Crazy Greek Café: $50 for Unlimited BOGO for 90 Days

​The Crazy Greek Café in Deerfield Beach offers a menu of Greek and American favorites that are big on flavor and freshness. Brothers Stan and Greg Prakas opened the Crazy Greek in August and have been cultivating a local following since. Greg, a Harvard Law School graduate, traded in his brie ... More >>

A New Moon Over West Palm

​Following the Halloween debut of his Luna Lounge (207 Clematis St., 561/629-5241) nitespot in West Palm Beach, proprietor Osman Mehter has added a restaurant featuring the cuisine of his native Turkey.  Doing the cheffing is Rauf Ziya, a long-time industry veteran who was last seen in the ki ... More >>

Cleaning Plates at St. Demetrios Greek Festival in Fort Lauderdale

​I stopped by the Flavors of Greece Festival held this past Saturday and Sunday at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Fort Lauderdale, hoping to sample a little taste of authentic Greek food. What I got was a big taste -- a baseball-bat-sized wallop of flavors that nearly put me in a food coma ... More >>

Order Up: Darbster

Courtesy of DarbsterEven better than the real thing: Vegan Buffalo wings from Darbster.​This week in Dish, we look at Darbster, a vegan restaurant located on the banks of the West Palm Beach Canal. Owners Allan Gould and Ellen Quinlan redesigned the old dive-bar spot at 8020 S. Dixie Highway and t ... More >>

All-You-Can-Eat Fourth of July Buffet Kicks off Long Weekend at Four Seasons Palm Beach

Lobsters and barbecue, tunes by the Urban Gypsy smooth jazzers from Miami -- and the beach in Palm Beach - the Four Seasons knows how to throw a cook-out.Such a deal! Chef Darryl Moiles will put out a buffet spread tonight of veggie kebabs, barbecued ribs (probably with the house-famous guava glaze) ... More >>

I'm Eating What?! Baba Ghanouj

Photo by Riki AltmanCanned stuff too seedy for ya?​Perhaps you've already heard of this stuff and possibly even tried it once or twice. But have you ever tried it from a can? If so, humor us. If not, open up your minds and your mouths, masters and mistresses, for you may find this seasoned eggplan ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Falafel From Sunrise Pita

Photo by flickr user Roboppy.​As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com.

It's Not the Nitrous Talking: Chicken and Sausage Together Rocks

Photo by Flickr user beckahari​When I was a strapping young buck of 20 or so, I spent my summers cooking at an array of restaurants in a resort town in New York. I cooked for the same reason a lot of people did: so I could go out all night, go to the beach all day, and wander unshowered into work ... More >>

Usmania Restaurant in Sunrise Serves Legit Pakistani Street Food

Green Wave Cafe in Plantation Is a Vegan's Delight

Order Up: Bash Wine Cafe

​This week in dish, we take a look at Bash Wine Cafe in Sunrise. We first looked at the unassuming bistro a few weeks ago on the blog and found its key asset to be well-priced comfort food. Now, here's an excerpt from our upcoming review:...Perhaps it's fate, then, that Bash's origins were as econ ... More >>

Infected Mushroom

The Mideast Lands in a Plantation Shopping Center

Photo by Flickr user mariannaFHomemade labneh just can't top Al-Salam's.Obama is speaking in Cairo, even quoting verses from the Qur'an, glad-handing Arab leaders, and no doubt settling down for intimate talks with King Abdullah II over a pot of Turkish coffee and some sticky pastries loaded with pi ... More >>

Tinkerbelle of the Ball

From BBQ to Bombolotti

We hit four completely unconnected restaurants for some tapas-length reviews.

Ouzo Blue and Skorpios II Restore the Glory That Is Greece

Palace Intrigue

Give Bessie a Break

Learning from Santa Monica

Can This Restaurant Be Saved?

What the coffee grounds predict for Taverna Yiasou

Taverna Eros

Iran, So Far Away

Two Broward restaurants bring Persia back home

A Wine Room of One's Own

Olio provides yet another excuse to drink well.

Georgia on My Mind

From the Caucasus to the shore, it's time for some post-Soviet soup.

Hellenos in Hallandale

Loosen your belt -- you're in for a long night

Best Prepared Foods

Kosher Albertson´s Food & Drug

Best Kosher Restaurant

Eilat Cafe

Get Your Yarmulkes Out!

This is one fishy place to buy

Best Middle-Eastern Restaurant

Ferdos Grill

Best Mediterranean Restaurant

Finjan Bar & Grille

Train in Vain

Millionaire Charles Croffard Dockery dreams of creating a high-speed bullet train in Florida. Sound crazy? Wait until you hear the details.

Foodstuff

Martha's

Foodstuff

Best Restaurant For Gluttons

Brazil Brazil Bar & Grill

Best Greek Restaurant

Culinaros

Best Mediterranean Restaurant

Mark's in the Park

Greece Is the Word

Currying Favor