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Culinary Arts

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Derby Day at Tap 42, Cinco de Mayo, and Other Food Events This Week in South Florida

    The food and drink event calendar in South Florida is pretty quiet this week, and with the weather taking a dive, it's a good time to hunker down with your couch and streaming Netflix (try this list of five Florida-based movies). By the weekend, it will be time to party down for Cinco de Mayo and th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    The Hatsume Fair, St. Patrick's Day, and other Food and Drink Events this Week in South Florida

    ​Green beer, hot sake, and fine wines all will be flowing this week in South Florida, with everything from St. Patrick's Day parties, to the Hatsume Fair 2012, to a wine tasting in Fort Lauderdale on the agenda. There also are a few events catering to the healthy/ethical/meatfree/bunny-hugging sec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Interview with Coco Asia's Owner and Chef, Mike Ponluang, Part Two

    ​Yesterday, we shared part one of our interview with Coco Asia's owner and chef, Mike Ponluang. If you missed it, you can read it here. We continue with part two of our interview. Clean Plate Charlie: You're from Thailand, but your cuisine has other Asian influences, as well. Tell us about y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Five Valentine's Day Gifts for Foodies

    Flickr/Chrishermmerly Set off fireworks this V-Day​Valentine's Day is coming and you've yet to get a gift for your favorite foodie. You could buy some flowers at the drug store - if you never want them to speak to you again. Fortunately, there are a lot of great and interesting gift options ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Chef Carlos Fernandez From Hi-Life Cafe: Interview, Part 1

    Photo by Christina Staalstrom​Chef Carlos Fernandez, head chef of Hi-Life Cafe in Wilton Manors, clearly loves what he does. Although he fell into his role 15 years ago, he has since developed a passion for cooking that shines through when he talks about the restaurant, his staff, and most of all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Chefs Zach Bell and Dean Max Among South Florida James Beard Nods

    James Beard Award semi-finalist, Zach Bell.​Nominees for this years' James Beard Awards were announced yesterday, and South Florida has a few representatives in the list. Zach Bell of Cafe Boulud and Dean James Max of 3030 Ocean were both nominated in the Best Chef: South category. In recent years ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Order Up: Michelle Bernstein's at the Omphoy

    ​ This week in Dish we take a closer look at the newest restaurant from Miami's own James Beard magnet, Michelle Bernstein. Michelle Bernstein's at the Omphoy is the Latin-Jewish chef's Palm Beach answer to Michy's; a restaurant that showcases the best of Bernstein's simple, soul-drenched cookery. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    The Office in Delray Beach Snags Mark Militello

    Photo by Jacob KatelChef Mark Militello​Chef Mark Militello has left 1 Bleu at the One Resort and Spa (formerly The Regent Bal Harbour) to join The Office, a gastropub in Delray said to be opening in late November. Last December Militello took the reigns as executive chef of culinary operations a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Top Chef 7 Florida Casting, In Pictures

    Jacob KatelProspective Top Chef contestants shoot the shit while they wait their turn to see the casting director.​Top Chef 7 is officially on its way to your signal box, and Magical Elves, the production company behind the hit Bravo series, was in Miami on Sunday looking for talent. Prospective ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Ron Duprat's Top Chef Recap, Episode Four

    ​Welcome once again to the Ron Duprat Top Chef Las Vegas recap. If you'd like to catch up, read the first, second, and third recaps while we wait here. Back? Great! Here's what the fourth episode had in store for Hollywood's favorite cooking show reality show contestant.This week's episode was cle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    Ron Duprat's Top Chef Recap Episode Two

    Duprat with Gail Simmons and some dude at the SoBe Wine & Food Festival.​OK, after our encore Ron Duprat recap of Top Chef Las Vegas episode one, it's time to move on to episode two. Maybe we'll see some more of Ron's jolly ways this time around? I'll settle for some more of him cooking. Now o ... More >>

  • Nightlife

    July 9, 2009

    Buzzed in Paradise

    Duprat with Gail Simmons and some dude at the SoBe Wine & Food Festival.​OK, after our encore Ron Duprat recap of Top Chef Las Vegas episode one, it's time to move on to episode two. Maybe we'll see some more of Ron's jolly ways this time around? I'll settle for some more of him cooking. Now o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    Weekend Blog Watch

    via Cook To Bang... mmmm PoonchiladasAlthough Clean Plate Charlie is the only food blog you really need to read daily, some people just can't get enough. Here are some highlights other food blogs, this time with a focus on less-local blogs:Serious Eats is a... well a serious food blog. Professional ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 19, 2009

    Feed me, Colicchio

    via Cook To Bang... mmmm PoonchiladasAlthough Clean Plate Charlie is the only food blog you really need to read daily, some people just can't get enough. Here are some highlights other food blogs, this time with a focus on less-local blogs:Serious Eats is a... well a serious food blog. Professional ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    Hell's Kitchen 5 - Chef Danny

      This dude is appearing on Hell's Kitchen 5 premiering tonight on Fox at 9pm. His name is Danny and he's from Edgewater, Florida. There are three Florida contestants this year on Hell's Kitchen 5. Danny is 23 years old and works as an executive chef. He's a self proclaimed redneck who studied ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    Behind the Line at Wish

    Chef Marco Ferraro from Wish, winner of Miami New Time's "Best Outdoor Dining" award in 2007, one of 4 "Best of's" we've awarded the hotel/restaurant, says "I'm Italian. Our cuisine is contemporary-American with a global influence. We do new-American food with an emphasis on fresh, local ingredien ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    New Chef At Fratelli Lyon

    Alejandro (Alex) Pinero has just been named chef de cuisine at Fratelli Lyon, the great regional Italian bistro that opened last May in Miami's Design DIstrict. Pinero, 35, is a Miami native who graduated Johnson & Wales University with honors. Between 1996 and 2004 he worked his way through the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 1, 2009

    Mangi!

    Alejandro (Alex) Pinero has just been named chef de cuisine at Fratelli Lyon, the great regional Italian bistro that opened last May in Miami's Design DIstrict. Pinero, 35, is a Miami native who graduated Johnson & Wales University with honors. Between 1996 and 2004 he worked his way through the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    The 6 Best Chefs To Leave Miami

    Criteria is simple:A great chef who made his or her mark in Miami and then moved on. David Bouley doesn't qualify, as he wasn't actually doing the cooking at Evolution. Carmen Gonzalez of the departed Carmen's might make my top ten, but I don't think of her as being in quite in the same league as th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2008

    Christine's and New Times Hosts Artisan Brands Pairing Tonight

    Tonight, New Times and Christine's Restaurant  are presenting a complimentary tasting and pairing for Artisan Brands, a distributor of small batch, artisan spirits that's just moved into South Florida. Christine's chefs  Bill Bruening and Tom Repetti will be throwing down a spread of passe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2008

    Epic Opening Tonight

    Area 31 makes its debut tonight on the 16th floor of Brickell Avenue's Epic Hotel. Executive chef is John Critchley, who trained under Boston's renowned chef Ken Oringer (Clio) and was known to make a mean morcilla at his own Beantown tapas bar. The sommelier is Emily Wines (from San Franciscos's Fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2008

    An Interview With Ted Allen

    C. StilesNectar Lounge at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek was host to the Christmas-ey dessert party, Sweet Dreams, this weekend. The event featured a huge spread of sugary cakes, candies, flash-frozen ice cream, and dessert sushi, which you can check out by viewing our slide show. But it also fea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    Fall of the House of Forte

    We've confirmed with executive chef Mark Liberman this morning that Stephen di Asprinio  has in fact left the restaurant he gave his name to, Forte di Asprinio, in West Palm Beach, "to pursue other opportunities." Liberman wouldn't, or couldn't tell us much more, except that Asprinio left somet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    Miami Chefs Move, Restaurants Close, People Get Taxed And Die

    Heralded French chef Christian Delouvrier is gone from La Goulue in The Shoppes at Bal Harbour. If you log in to the restaurant website for details, it will say: "Coming Soon! La Goulue Bal Harbour". Executive chef Carlo Macaluso has left the relatively new Cita's Italian Chop House in Coconut Gro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    All the Nasty Bits from an Evening with Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali

    Elyse Wanshel Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain at the Miami Book Fair International Thursday night. Although former junkie/gutter chef, Anthony Bourdain claims that his life is “all rainbows and unicorns” ever since the birth of his baby daughter, many of his random comments during last night ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    Last Night: Anthony Bourdain at the Arsht Center

    This man loves Mac's Club Deuce. (Reason No. 293 why we love this man.) Better Than: Pounding cheap beers between a soul-crushing double on the saute station. The evidence, plainly, is undeniable: the best-selling books, the top-rated Travel Channel Show, the Top Chef judging gigs. Hell, even t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2008

    South Beach Restaurant Preview

    This man loves Mac's Club Deuce. (Reason No. 293 why we love this man.) Better Than: Pounding cheap beers between a soul-crushing double on the saute station. The evidence, plainly, is undeniable: the best-selling books, the top-rated Travel Channel Show, the Top Chef judging gigs. Hell, even t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    Top Chef Fires Up Tonight With SoBe Chef

    This man loves Mac's Club Deuce. (Reason No. 293 why we love this man.) Better Than: Pounding cheap beers between a soul-crushing double on the saute station. The evidence, plainly, is undeniable: the best-selling books, the top-rated Travel Channel Show, the Top Chef judging gigs. Hell, even t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2008

    Chef Allen Gets A Facelift

    This man loves Mac's Club Deuce. (Reason No. 293 why we love this man.) Better Than: Pounding cheap beers between a soul-crushing double on the saute station. The evidence, plainly, is undeniable: the best-selling books, the top-rated Travel Channel Show, the Top Chef judging gigs. Hell, even t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2008

    Inside The Surf Club Kitchen

    This man loves Mac's Club Deuce. (Reason No. 293 why we love this man.) Better Than: Pounding cheap beers between a soul-crushing double on the saute station. The evidence, plainly, is undeniable: the best-selling books, the top-rated Travel Channel Show, the Top Chef judging gigs. Hell, even t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2007

    Paradise Found

    This man loves Mac's Club Deuce. (Reason No. 293 why we love this man.) Better Than: Pounding cheap beers between a soul-crushing double on the saute station. The evidence, plainly, is undeniable: the best-selling books, the top-rated Travel Channel Show, the Top Chef judging gigs. Hell, even t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2007

    Chowhounds, Get Ready for Top Chef Finale

    This man loves Mac's Club Deuce. (Reason No. 293 why we love this man.) Better Than: Pounding cheap beers between a soul-crushing double on the saute station. The evidence, plainly, is undeniable: the best-selling books, the top-rated Travel Channel Show, the Top Chef judging gigs. Hell, even t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2007

    Mile High Michy’s

    This man loves Mac's Club Deuce. (Reason No. 293 why we love this man.) Better Than: Pounding cheap beers between a soul-crushing double on the saute station. The evidence, plainly, is undeniable: the best-selling books, the top-rated Travel Channel Show, the Top Chef judging gigs. Hell, even t ... More >>

  • Film

    July 26, 2007

    Light Dining

    No Reservations is sweet and savory fare. Without the foam.

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2007

    Johnny V, Duo, Afterglo Gone; Bouley’s Evolution: Uh-Oh

    No Reservations is sweet and savory fare. Without the foam.

  • Film

    July 5, 2007

    Incredible, Edible

    Brad Bird does it again; health inspectors everywhere shaken to their core

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2006

    A Championship Season for Food?

    Brad Bird does it again; health inspectors everywhere shaken to their core

  • Restaurants

    May 13, 2004

    Best Restaurant in Broward

    Mark's Las Olas Readers' Choice: Chez Laurent

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2004

    Pee, Sweat, and Maggots

    Mark's Las Olas Readers' Choice: Chez Laurent

  • Calendar

    September 4, 2003

    Wright On!

    Frank Lloyd Wright does windows

  • Restaurants

    May 15, 2003
  • Foodstuffs

    May 16, 2002

    Best Homemade Pasta

    Arturo's Ristorante

  • News

    May 2, 2002

    Letters for May 2, 2002

    Everybody's a critic

  • Foodstuffs

    May 17, 2001
  • Foodstuffs

    May 17, 2001
  • Foodstuffs

    May 17, 2001
  • Calendar

    March 29, 2001

    Feed the Nation

    Fort Lauderdales Taste of the Nation allows you to stuff your face while feeding the hungry

  • Dining

    March 22, 2001

    Foodstuff

    The River House

  • Foodstuffs

    May 11, 2000

    Best Ribs

    J. Alexander's

  • Foodstuffs

    March 11, 1999
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