Iron Chef

Barton G.'s Molecular Experiment Goes Bust

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 >>

Dinner at Morimoto Sushi Bar

Ever since Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto unveiled his latest restaurant, Morimoto, in Boca Raton Resort & Club, Short Order has been dying to go. I mean, the man is an Iron Chef, both on the original Japanese program and the new Food Network creation, Iron Chef America, and this restaurant, a simp ... More >>

Restaurant Flambé

Michael's Kitchen has moved on, leaving the charred remains of a lot of goodwill in Hollywood

Enter Kitchen Stadium

New Times hosts a cooking competition of its own

Smith & Jones Doesn't Live Up to Johnny V's Name

New Times hosts a cooking competition of its own

Just Desserts

Ted Allen hosts a night of sweet and greet at Nectar

Sweet, Sweet Revenge

Nerd comedy returns to the Improv for Episode IV

Spice It Up

Nerd comedy returns to the Improv for Episode IV

Weirdest Rapper Alive?

Lil Wayne puts the 'high' in High School Musical

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Lil Wayne puts the 'high' in High School Musical

The Allure of the Leurre

Where sushi meets French cuisine — with delectable results

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Where sushi meets French cuisine — with delectable results

The Stinking Rose of Delray

Follow your nose to the Delray Beach Garlic Fest

Dawn of the Dead

Sci Fi's brilliant good vs. evil is a corpse in search of a burial

Food Season on the Boob Tube

Move over, Rachael; there are some new shows in town.​It seems as if food has become almost as popular a subject for television programming as reality shows -- when the two are combined, like on Top Chef, Kitchen Nightmare's, and Hell's Kitchen, the result is stratospheric. To be honest, I've neve ... More >>

Cheap Beer That Doesn't Suck: Rogue Morimoto Beer

​An Iron Chef does not live by sushi alone. He also needs beer.  Or at least Masaharu Morimoto does. So the prodigiously talented Iron Chef teamed up with Oregon's Rogue brewery, makers of the tres excellent Dead Guy Ale ("When you're hot, sweaty and thirsty, nothing refreshes like an ice-col ... More >>

Havana Hideout Owner Reveals Inspiration Behind 'Paper Plate Cuisine'

Photo by Patty CanedoHavana Hideout owner Chrissy Benoit.​At first glance, you may miss Havana Hideout, nestled in toward the end of downtown Lake Worth. However, this tucked-away little jewel sparkles as an homage to "paper plate cuisine." If the music doesn't catch your ear or the inviting couch ... More >>

Behind the Line with 32 East's Nick Morfogen

Morfogen in his Delray restaurant.​Slow Food's gathering momentum has transformed it from solely a movement to its own culinary genre, celebrating what chefs' have known before the movement even emerged. Amongst the white coat society, kept under their toques, the secret to flavor nirvana was alwa ... More >>

Ted Allen's Show Chopped: Is it Fixed?

Hey, Ted: Who's picking the winners on your show?​The Food Network is dominated these days by reality-TV-style cooking shows, and one of the best of them is Chopped. Hosted by Ted Allen, it pits four chefs against one another in timed matches with mystery ingredients. It's often more drama than co ... More >>

A Quickie with Rocco DiSpirito

Photo by KritsadaRocco DiSpirito​Maybe you only know of Rocco DiSpirito because you've seen him battling Jeffrey Chodorow on the NBC reality show The Restaurant, spinning around the floor on Dancing With the Stars, helping hefties on Biggest Loser, or taking toques to the table on Top Chef, but be ... More >>

South Beach Wine & Food Fest Grand Tasting in Pictures

Logan FazioIron Chef Morimoto goes Medieval on a fish head.​The 2010 South Beach Wine & Food Festival wrapped up on Sunday, and among the festivities was the Grand Tasting Village, a food- and spirits-tasting extravaganza stretching across half-a-dozen city blocks on the sand in South Beach. T ... More >>

Nu-Sushi and Sushi Simon Rise Above the Typical Roll

Logan FazioIron Chef Morimoto goes Medieval on a fish head.​The 2010 South Beach Wine & Food Festival wrapped up on Sunday, and among the festivities was the Grand Tasting Village, a food- and spirits-tasting extravaganza stretching across half-a-dozen city blocks on the sand in South Beach. T ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Rock Shrimp Tempura From Morimoto

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. 43: Rock Shrimp Tempura from MorimotoEach chopstick-sized bite of ten ... More >>

Doggy Bag: This Week in Charlie

John LinnThese potato skins from Gratify were featured in our first impressions of the joint this week.​This week on the blog:We go behind the line with that classic fondue place, the Melting Pot.Passover is easy with this matzo ball soup recipe.This week, 100 Favorite Dishes covers coco bread, ga ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Sushi From Morimoto

​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. 3: Sushi From MorimotoThe Iron Chef's restaurant in the Boca Resort has bee ... More >>

Interview With Paul Castronovo: Paul & Young Ron Radio Star Now a Wine Guru Too

Paul Castronovo at his vineyard in Italy.​Radio personality Paul Castronovo has a new baby -- a wine label from his own Italian vineyard producing the wine varietal Montepulciano d'Abruzzo. Castronovo's gut-busting radio program, The Paul and Young Ron Morning Show, may have brought you much-need ... More >>

New Times' Iron Fork This Thursday

Even sans Dacascos, Iron Fork should be a tongue-in-cheek good time.​Allez cuisine!Just like the addictive Japanese import Iron Chef, Thursday's Iron Fork event at Grand Central (697 N. Miami Ave., Miami) will test the mettle of two chefs to determine a champion. The only difference: no Mark Dacas ... More >>

South Beach Wine & Food Festival's Grand Tasting Village: Bring on the Celebrity Chefs

All photos by Laine Doss Anthony Bourdain brought the wheel of death.​Once a year, South Beach turns into the ultimate playground for adults. Filled with shows, food, and fun, it's basically Disney World for grownups. At the Grand Tasting Village, guests are given a Waterford Crystal glass ... More >>

Half Baked: Under Pressure

Patty Canedo is a chef in Palm Beach. She writes frequently about her kitchen exploits in this column, Half-Baked. Photo by Cizaukas To you, the valued guests, a professional kitchen may seem like a carefully orchestrated machine. But in actuality it's controlled cha ... More >>

Chef Versus Chef: Five Kitchen Arguments

Patty Canedo is a chef in Palm Beach. She writes frequently about her kitchen exploits in this column, Half-Baked. Photo by Karamellzucker Chefs can get catty.​Being a chef is like being on the island of Misfit Toys. It's a tiny, dysfunctional circle we roll in. In this tight-kn ... More >>

Future Tastes Great Iron Chef Competition to Benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward

Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward CountyChef Teresa Ruiz with teen students at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County.​The Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County will host their third-annual Future Tastes Great Iron Chef Competition this Saturday, November 19, at 6:30 p.m.The competition, ... More >>

Garlic Fest 2012 Lineup Announced: G. Love & Special Sauce on the List

Iburiedpaul via Flickr Creative CommonsPrepare for dragon breath. ​Start stocking up on Altoids, and mark your calendar for February 10 to 12, when the iconic Garlic Fest returns to Delray Beach, once again rendering the town safe from vampires.