Daniel Boulud

How to Grill the Perfect Burger With Executive Chef Jim Leiken of Cafe Boulud

Memorial Day is just around the corner, which means for the most of the country--and Northern Hemisphere-- grilling season is here. However, with our mild winters, South Floridians are afforded the opportunity to grill out year round-- meaning you should already be a master griller. Still, as simp ... More >>

Susan Kim of Gabose Would Vote Meatballs Off the Island

Thanks to Susan Kim, you wouldn't be out of line if you called Lauderhill, Florida's Little Korea. Though the west Broward enclave isn't quite as dense with Korean business as Little Korea in Los Angeles, Kim and her Korean (barbecue) restaurant Gabose have paved the way for the slew of Korean eater ... More >>

Former Marine Ben Lubin of The Blind Monk Would Drum Truffle Oil Out of The Corps

With more than 300 bottles under his roof (and 35 by the glass offered daily), since opening in August of 2010, The Blind Monk wine and tapas bar in West Palm Beach has garnered a devoted crowd, revelers as far as Miami making the trek to owner Ben Lubin's wine bar hideaway located on a quiet side s ... More >>

Easter Bunny on a Plate: Cafe Boulud's Dijon-Style Rabbit

Easter weekend is about to begin. With it comes a celebration of all things Easter Bunny: Easter Bunny cards, Easter Bunny cakes, Easter Bunny chocolates, Easter Bunny decorations. It doesn't freaking end.This Easter, rather than stuffing your face full of fake, preservative filled rabbit, why not t ... More >>

Voodka in Fort Lauderdale: Style Over Substance

Event Coverage: Palm Beach Food and Wine Fest Kick-Off at Cafe Boulud (Photos)

We already know, most South Floridians were baseling it up this weekend. It may have been a satellite fair, the streets of the design district, or just partying, but those of you who opted to head across the Dade county border missed out on some pretty swanky stuff.The Palm Beach Food and Wine Festi ... More >>

South Florida Dining Events This Week: Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival Winds Down and More

The shit-storm of the holidays can make scheduling an evening for yourself next to impossible. But in case you can steal away for a few hours, there are chances to eat, drink, and be merry, all while putting your various responsibilities out of mind (booze is good in that way). After the jump, find ... More >>

Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival 2012 Starts Friday: What's on the Schedule?

If there is one thing that comes to mind when you think of Palm Beach it's luxury. And, well, Money. Obviously, the two go hand in hand. And what could be more luxurious than eating some expensive gourmet delicacies? If you ask us, not much.It should come as no surprise that the Palm Beach Food ... More >>

Bill Clinton Chows Down at Cafe Boulud

Bill Clinton, escorted by a group of secret service agents, walked into Cafe Boulud last evening at around 9:30 p.m. for an intimate dinner with 14 friends. According to the Palm Beach Daily News, Clinton and pals dined at a courtyard table at the tony restaurant inside the exclusive Brazilian Court ... More >>

Cafe Boulud's Jim Leiken: A Q&A About Pig's Bladder and "Imaginary Daniel Boulud"

Like many a northerner, Jim Leiken packed up his life in New York to head south to warmer pastures. Alright, the weather wasn't the only determining factor-- this New Yorker was offered the executive chef position at Cafe Boulud at the Brazilian Court, Palm Beach. With just over a year into his new ... More >>

Stocked 'N' Loaded Food Trucks Ink Deal with Aramark to Serve Cruzan Amphitheatre

Summer means big concerts, and this summer is no exception. Listening to Dave Matthews and Kiss at Cruzan Amphiteatre might make your tummy rumbly. While hungry concertgoers take in the biggest acts this side of the Mississippi, chef Dave Rashty and his Stocked 'N' Loaded food trucks will have them ... More >>

Boulud Sud Pop-Up in Palm Beach Brings the Mediterranean to South Florida

With all these pop-up restaurants... um... popping-up in south Florida, you might be asking yourself if the experience is right for you. After all, you're used to chic dining rooms fragrant with fresh orchids and waiters who cater to your every whim, you Palm Beach princess, you. The stars have alig ... More >>

South Florida's Best Restaurant When Someone Else is Paying

The New Times' annual Best Of issue debuted this week and Clean Plate Charlie will continue to examine the best of the best in Broward and Palm Beach counties throughout the year. This week's list looks at some of the best places to steer the evening should someone else offer to pick up the check. T ... More >>

The Pelican in Lake Worth: North Indian Home Cooking, Served in an Americana Setting

The Villa by Barton G.: A Singular Dining Experience for 1 Percenters

Broward/Palm Beach County Noteworthy Chefs of 2011

chef Angelo Elia of Casa 'd Angelo​Being a chef has never been a glamorous job as anyone who's made it her life work will tell you. The rise of cooking shows and the fetishizing of food has ushered the profession in the limelight. As restaurants garner attention, it's natural to become more aware ... More >>

In Palm Beach County, White Tablecloth Dining Will Never Die

Shrimp at La Sirena​Last week, we gathered the top ten Zagat entries for Broward. This week, we're doing the same for Palm Beach, where the price point is $20 higher on average. There are more lobster and steak houses in the top ten than in Broward, although a couple of funky places seed the list. ... More >>

Top Chef's Gail Simmons: I'm Mary Ann; Padma Is Ginger

BravoGail Simmons uses a Gilligan's Island reference.​Top Chef judge Gail Simmons is writing a memoir.According to AdWeek, the 35-year-old chef, food writer, and Bravo celebrity wanted to tell her story of how she became a judge and host on two of Bravo's most popular shows.Of course, that's not a ... More >>

Where to Eat Brains: Five Places for Zombies

flickr/ultimateepicure​Maybe I'm part zombie, but I don't think that eating brains is that big of a deal. My father used to make me eat it as a kid every time we went to a Greek restaurant. And while living in DC, during Greek Orthodox Easter, Top Cheffer Mike Isabella used to serve lamb brai ... More >>

Q&A With Chef Jim Leiken of Cafe Boulud in Palm Beach

Jim Leiken: Working his ass off in Palm Beach. ​After checking out Bill Citara's review of Palm Beach's Cafe Boulud -- our Dish coulmn this week -- Clean Plate Charlie followed up for a debrief with executive chef Jim Leiken. We talked about his new gig, settling in, and what's to come at Cafe ... More >>

Help Wanted: The (Restaurant) World According to Craigslist

​​Restaurants are already gearing up for fall, as the trickle of tourists is destined to become a flood when the temperature drops up north. Good ol' Craigslist tells us what's slated to open, which restaurants are touting their own hotness, and a few other tidbits. . . .After the fallout f ... More >>

Daniel Boulud Announces Jim Leiken New Chef of Cafe Boulud

Daniel Boulud and new Cafe Boulud chef, Jim Leiken​On his way out to the annual Aspen Food and Wine Fest, Daniel Boulud flew to Palm Beach to announce chef Zach Bell's replacement at Cafe Boulud.

Chef Zach Bell Leads Taste of The Nation Fundraiser

​Zach Bell, chef at Cafe Boulud in the Brazilian Court hotel, is known for his culinary acumen. He's top dog in Daniel Boulud's kitchen and he's been picked to chair the Taste of the Nation fundraising dinner in April at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach.Share Our Strength, an organization dedi ... More >>

New Year's Eve at a Restaurant: Five Deals in Palm Beach / Delray Beach / Boca Raton

The way to forget 2010.​If 2010 was a fish, most of us would throw it back. So say good riddance to the old and check out the festivities at this quintet of Palm Beach County restaurants.  5. Café BouludDaniel Boulud's Palm Beach outpost with James Beard Award-nominated chef Zach Bell at the ... More >>

Cafe Boo-lud's Haunted Halloween

​Halloween is universal: Whether you're rich or poor, conservative or liberal, dressing up in costume and parading around is good fun. Well, here's a chance for Palm Beach Islanders to let their hair down a little... or anyone else up to make the drive. Cafe Boulud -- Chef Daniel Boulud's restaura ... More >>

Sara Lee Contest: Win a Day with Pro Chef Alexandra Guarnaschelli (and a Year of Free Lunch Meat)

​You know Sara Lee, right? Purveyor of tasty cakes that you find in your grocer's freezer? Well now, she wants to be known for her deli meat. Sara Lee's offering 18 varieties of pre-sliced deli meat (chicken, beef, ham turkey) by the tubload (those little plastic re-sealable tubs) and te ... More >>

Chef Jean-Pierre Interview Part 2: A Game of Free-Association

​Today, in Part Two of our talk with Chef Jean-Pierre, the man behind the local cooking school, we talk about food trends, blogging, and other chefs.  For Part One of our interview, click here. Do you have a signature dish? Old fashioned dishes like Beef wellington or paella are what people c ... More >>

Signature Chefs Take Over Boca Resort This Friday

Zach Bell will be one of the 31 chefs at the Signature Chefs event.​Food at the esteemed Boca Raton Resort already has the pedigree of Masaharu Morimoto and Gordon Ramsey stamped on it. Come Friday, you can add Daniel Boulud, Angelo Elia, and Michelle Bernstein to that list.The Resort's Signature ... More >>

2010 James Beard Winners Announced

​Last week, the James Beard Foundation announced its 2010 winners for food media and restaurants. Although South Florida had a few dogs in the race, Broward and Palm Beach didn't come up with any wins. But Miami's own Michael Schwartz of Michael's Genuine Food & Drink managed to snag Best Chef ... More >>

The Verbal Nosh: Chatting With James Beard Nominee Zach Bell of Café Boulud

Bell has methodically worked his way up to lead chef at Cafe Boulud, where Daniel's standard of excellence is the brass ring.

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 >>

Haute Stuff

​The humble burger is humble no more.  Truffles, foie gras, all manner of designer beef, exotic cheeses, infantile greens, confit-ed everything, artisan buns, more aiolis than you can shake a whisk at have all collided with the basic meat patty to take the burger from blue-collar grub to high ... More >>

Thank God It's Over, but 2009 Does End With the Promise of Better Things to Come

Celebrate New Year's Eve at These South Florida Restaurants

​I don't know about you, but I want to ring in the New Year in style, guzzling champagne and slurping down caviar like a 19th century robber baron. Preferably wearing a top hat and monocle. And riding a pony. And eating something endangered, like a mountain lion. (Just kidding about that last part ... More >>

Top Five South Beach Wine and Food Festival Events Worth Going To

Courtesy of Melissa Horn for New York Magazine​Tickets went on sale Monday for the 2010 South Beach Wine and Food Festival, that annual event that keeps getting bigger, bigger, bigger. This year, there are nearly three-dozen events to attend, from wine seminars to a tribute dinner for chef Daniel ... More >>

What Do You Think About Sam Sifton's Critical Debut at the New York Times?

​In one of the most talked about moves in food journalism since... well, as long as I can remember, Frank Bruni hung up his silverware at the New York Times in August, leaving a gaping chasm for his successor, the Times own Sam Sifton, to wedge into. Sifton's very first column -- on Daniel Boulud' ... More >>

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 >>

Restaurant News: Top Chef, Bad Karma, Fire & Ice Cream

Photo by Flickr user Dots Treats CupcakesJust don't order the toasted coconut.​• Fire and ice cream is not a happy marriage, as the folks at Palm Beach's Sprinkles ice cream shop found out last weekend. A kitchen fire gutted the shop, which not only dishes everyone's favorite hot-weather treat b ... More >>

Daniel Boulud's Palm Beach restaurant finally hits its stride

The Flavor Bible

Mango Festival and Brunch This Weekend

Chopsticks Say: Ka-ching!

China Grill brings the show to Lauderdale

Food World Comings and Goings

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Ask the Food Critic

Barton G.'s Molecular Experiment Goes Bust

Dining Like Divas

At Trina, everybody is a star

Café Conspiracy

Take away the salt shakers and this place could be topnotch

Café What May

Establishing a restaurant beachhead in Palm Beach can be a gamble