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American Craft Beer Week Events Across South Florida

Attention craft beer geeks: your weeklong holiday has arrived. Consider the next seven days your vacation--okay, working holiday, whatever. Those who truly love craft beer need to be able to find it all year long, for that we put together our top ten list of craft beer selections. With so much goi ... More >>

Blue Scorpion Venom: Cuba's Miracle Drug

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South Florida Food & Drink Events This Week: Food Trucks, Brewery Battle, and More

Might as well bid adieu to those resolutions pertaining to cutting calories and saving dough. This week is filled with food truck gatherings, beer bashes, and (somewhat) novel ways to drink and dine. After the jump, find food- and drink-related events this week in Broward and Palm Beach counties. S ... More >>

Best of Palm Beach This Year: Carpe Annum

Back in the early '90s, shortly after the Fire Ant crash-landed in Palm Beach, we hooked up with some other malcontents and put out an alternative rag called Red Herring. It was an alternative that looked alternative, mainly because it depended on the largesse of a string of eccentric businessmen wh ... More >>

Buying the Vote: Don't Fool Yourself: South Florida's Richest Are Calling the Shots in This Election

Tryst Chef Julian Greaves: A Q&A on Obnoxious Guests, the 100-Year Egg, and Boise, Idaho

Chef Julian Greaves of Tryst is best-known for making fresh, local comfort food. Often intended to pair well with Tryst's large selection of beer, his dishes encapsulate true gastropub fare. With Oktoberfest coming to a close in Germany (but still going here in South Florida -- here's our list of Ok ... More >>

Danell Leyva, Miami's Cuban-American Olympic Prodigy, Goes for Gold

"Chico & Rita" a Moving Storybook of Cuban Jazz Artists

Legacy Place Food and Wine Experience, Get Downtown, and other Food & Drink Events this Week in South Florida

Multiple wine and culinary tasting events throughout South Florida should keep food lovers plenty busy and with any luck, the weekend weather will hold tight for the variety of outdoor foodie events (which was not exactly the case this past weekend). For a look at some of the food and drink events a ... More >>

Where's the Best Cuban Walk-Up Window?

​Before the holidays, I focused on trying as many Cuban restaurants as I could north of Miami. I wanted to be literate in the area's offerings, but I also wanted to get a sense of two things. The first is why we're seeing a mini Cuban restaurant boom in the 'burbs, with the opening of two Havana's ... More >>

Our Top Picks for Florida-Brewed Craft Beers

Nicole Danna​Beer. Floridians love it. We may not be California or Colorado, where craft breweries reign on high. But we do have a growing craft scene, and a population willing to guzzle it all down. Here, our list of the top Florida brews available in Broward and Palm Beach countie ... More >>

Food Truck Roundups at Gulfstream Park and Sawgrass Ford Tomorrow

Food truck Derby at Gulfstream Park will feature DJ's food and fun.​With Tropical Storm Emily having been downgraded to just some soupy clouds floating in the Caribbean, tomorrow sounds like a promising day to check out one (or both) of the food truck roundups planned tomorrow in Broward. If you'r ... More >>

Latin Burger's Jim Heins On Food Truck Strategy, Roundup in Cooper City on Sunday

Latin Burger will be out at Cooper City this Sunday. ​Clean Plate Charlie reported yesterday that the Riverwalk Trust :Gourmet in the Park" food truck roundup was a success. In fact it was so successful that some trucks ran out of food and lines at certain trucks reached upwards of 45 minut ... More >>

Eat for a Cause at the Haitian Empty Bowl Fundraiser in Lake Worth April 9

​A food event where guests walk the streets of downtown Lake Worth with ceramic bowl in hand requesting tastings? Sounds like a scene from Oliver Twist, but it's the second-annual Haitian Empty Bowl fundraiser hosted by Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery and the Downtown Cultural Alliance of Lake Wort ... More >>

Latin American Dictators Love South Florida

Winning Restaurants Announced in our 2010 Best Of Broward-Palm Beach Readers' Poll

​Back in January, we asked you to vote on your favorite local bands, bars, restaurants, and everything in between for our Readers' Poll. And you sure voted -- we logged 2,351 of them. The full results will be printed in our Best of Broward-Palm Beach edition July 17. Below is a preview of the food ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Crepas de Cuitlacoche From Eduardo de San Angel

​As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 1: Crepas de Cuitlacoche from Eduardo de San AngelIn 1993, back when South ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Coca-Cola BBQ Beef Ribs From Lola's on Harrison

​As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com.No. 2: Coca-Cola BBQ Beef Ribs From Lola's on HarrisonBoutique restaurant Lola' ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Shrimp and Grits From Creolina's Dixie Takeout

​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.No. 7: Shrimp and Grits From Creolina's Dixie TakeoutChef/owner Mark Sulzinski' ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Gouda Grilled Cheese With Heirloom Tomato Soup at Cut 432

​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.No. 8: Gouda Grilled Cheese With Heirloom Tomato Soup at Cut 432The sexy Delra ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Butifarra From Bravo Gourmet Sandwich Shop

Eric Barton​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.No. 10: Butifarra From Bravo Gourmet Sandwich ShopThe postcard-sized ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Topneck Clams on the Half Shell From Tark's of Dania

John Linn​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.No. 11: Topneck Clams on the Half Shell From Tark's of DaniaThis blue- ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Fried Rock Shrimp With Spicu Yuzu From Suite 225

​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.No. 12: Fried Rock Shrimp With Spicy Yuzu From Suite 225The Florida rock shrimp ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Wood-Fired Pizza From Sicilian Oven

​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.No. 13: Wood-Fired Pizza From Sicilian OvenThe pizza at Sicilian Oven smells da ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Key West Dolphin Sandwich From The Whale's Rib

John Linn​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.No. 13: Key West Dolphin Sandwich From The Whale's RibAs featured on D ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Singapore Noodles From Toa Toa

John Linn​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.No. 15: Singapore Noodles from Toa ToaDespite its name, Singapore noodl ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Chopped Pork Sandwich with Baked Beans From Johnnie Brown's

John Linn​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.No. 16: Chopped Pork Sandwich with Baked Beans From Johnnie Brown'sFor ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Lobster Roll From Kelly's Landing

John Linn​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.No. 17: Lobster Roll From Kelly's LandingSweet, succulent lobster is on ... More >>

Two Incubator Rental Kitchens Open in Palm Beach County for Want-to-Go-Pro Cooks

Is there a food lover out there who doesn't think they'd like to cater, or open their own eatery or bottle their own hot sauce? Here are two places that will let you give it a whirl before commiting to a retail space. Why rent a kitchen? Mise en Place hot kitchen in Tequesta​

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