Main Dish Recipes

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 >>

How to Cook Cicadas: A Guide to Eating Your Way Through the Invasion

All over the Northeast and South, people are preparing for the emergence of 13-year and 17-year cicadas. According to Mother Nature News, these loud but harmless creatures have been living underground since the mid-'90s, lying in wait for the opportunity to fly about and mate like crazy for two mo ... More >>

BaconFest Florida: The Eight Best Bacon Foods We Ate

Turkey on whole-wheat bread is so passé nowadays. What the public really wants is bacon. Juicy, greasy slabs of cured pork belly, by the pounds; in as many preparations as possible and dipped in and/or wrapped around as many highly caloric food items-- such as chocolate and chicken wings,--imagin ... More >>

Chef Steven Acosta Unveils New Menu at da Campo Osteria

After several years of cooking for some of Miami's most well-known hotel restaurants, including Cascata Grill at Turnberry Isle and the former Solea at the W Hotel in South Beach, chef Steven Acosta has returned to Fort Lauderdale's Il Lugano Hotel to take over the kitchen at da Campo Osteria.Since ... More >>

How to Make Lambchetta: A Holiday Recipe from Sybarite Pig's Daniel Naumko

Roast turkey. Pot roast. The ham with the little pineapple-ring hats. These are the makings of your standard -- read: predictable -- holiday dinner. Step up your game this season with an insanely decadent (but totally doable) lambchetta recipe from Daniel Naumko, owner of the Sybarite Pig, coming so ... More >>

First Look: Angelo's Station House Grille in Deerfield Beach

This week Deerfield Beach will be celebrating the grand opening of a new restaurant, Angelo's Station House Grille, a partnering of longtime South Florida chef Angelo Morinelli and owners Silvio and Marianne Trentalange. In just three months, Angelo's Station House -- with a bright ye ... More >>

Restaurants Open on Thanksgiving Day 2012 in Palm Beach County: Boca Raton, Delray Beach, and Boynton Beach

Burning the holy hell out of the turkey (while still somehow mangaing to keep it frozen solid in the middle). Whipping up mashed potatoes that could stand in for the caulk needed for your kitchen remodel. Failing to buy enough wine. There's a lot that could go wrong when trying to organize and execu ... More >>

Copacabana Supper Club in Fort Lauderdale: Nightlife as It Once Was, and Could Be

Hop Won in Davie: Mom and 19-Year Old Son Take Over Chinese Restaurant, Have A Blast

There's not much to do in western Davie off Griffin Road near I-75, a stone's throw from the farmland of the Southwest Ranches. So Gigi Stetler, who for the last 26 years had owned and managed Broward RV, decided to buy the failing Hop Won restaurant with the idea to transform it into a trendy loung ... More >>

Foxy Brown in Fort Lauderdale Adds a Touch of Cool to Downtown

Florida's Official State Chef Justin Timineri: Bringing Florida "Out of the Betty Crocker Age"

Justin Patrick Timineri isn't just your average chef. He's actually Florida's official state chef and culinary ambassador for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Yes, a mouthful -- we know. But we're betting Timineri has more to stuff your face with than a just a fancy ... More >>

Five New Dining Options in West Palm Beach

Several recent restaurant additions -- all newly-opened within the past six months -- are bringing more dining options to West Palm Beach. From a dive that's not quite a dive, to a few new Asian-themed eateries, downtown's Clematis St. in West Palm Beach is finally on its way.Here, a list of We ... More >>

Lionfish Nacho Recipe From the Lionfish Cookbook

Who doesn't love the taste of lionfish? Yes, lionfish may look scary, but they're actually quite delicious -- sort of like snapper, but better -- making it the perfect white-fleshed fish for a variety of Caribbean-themed dishes, including ceviche.As part of its outreach to educate consumers on the d ... More >>

East End Brasserie: Chef Is Leaving, and So Is the French Fare

Grill Girl Robyn Lindars Offers Five Easy Barbecue Tips After Chopped

Grill Girl Robyn Lindars on Chopped: Grill MastersIf you watched last evening's episode of Chopped: Grill Masters, you already know that south Florida's very own Grill Girl got chopped in the first round, after her oysters refused to open on their own on the grill (we could say that was very shellfi ... More >>

Roy Villacrusis, Chef at Studio, Plays Fill in the Blanks With Us

In South Florida, restaurateurs can take a good, innocent trend...and beat it to death. Haven't we heard enough about beer bars, farm-to-table fare, and good ole' gastropubs?But it's nothing but new at Roy Villacrusis' latest pop-up, the Studio, where a different menu is served up each night. Inside ... More >>

Dinner at Ernie's House: Recipes From Grandma, Updates From a Well-Known Chef, and a Restaurateur Who Can Sell It All

National Fried Chicken Day is Today: Here's Where to Celebrate

Betty's Soul Food was named "Best Comfort Food" in our 2012 Best Of issue.Today is National Fried Chicken Day, the annual event where breaded poultry, placed in bubbling oil until golden brown, gets its own place on the calendar...sort of.To be honest, any reason to eat fried chicken works for us... ... More >>

Stick This On Your Dog: Five Creative Hot Dog Toppings

As you know, The Fourth of July, Independence Day marks the day when American colonists adopted The Declaration of Independence, a document which, effectively, told the British monarchy to shove it. As with any holiday, Americans have certain Fourth of July traditions like drinking heavily, calling ... More >>

Looking for Father's Day Ideas? Fred Kim of Gambose Talks Korean BBQ

You know the drill. Buy dad some cool new grilling tool. Pick up some some steaks, corn, and potatoes. Make a salad. Call it a day. Your father's day celebration is complete. Effortless, but it is the same old routine you've done year after year. This year, why not step it up a notch? How about Kore ... More >>

Sunday Gravy Dinner and More at Ernie's Italian Chophouse in Lighthouse Point

At one point in his youth, chef Gary Wood seriously considered pursuing a career as a cop or a lawyer in Long Island, New York. A move to Florida and a job at a wing joint eventually led to culinary school and a new passion: "I just fell in love (with cooking)."The chef now heads the line at Ernie's ... More >>

Easy Crab Cake Recipe

Growing up in New Jersey, every summer my family and I would head down to the shore. While today, the connotation of the Jersey shore has become entangled with the images of Snooki and Pauly D, my recollection was of a perfect family seaside town. One of my favorite pastimes was crabbing with m ... More >>

Lindsay Autry Makes Grilled Lemony Chicken On Today For Memorial Day

Palm Beach's own Top Chef contestant Lindsay Autry has been getting around a lot, lately. Fresh from her recent Sunday Supper/Monday Leftovers pop-up with chef Roy Villacrucis, Autry flew to New York City for an appearance on the Today show. Chef Autry, who resides in West Palm Beach, presented an ... More >>

The Vegan Barbecue: Black Bean Burgers with Corn and Cilantro

In my early 20s, one of my best friends decided to go vegan. She had been vegetarian for years, but this next step ended up being a struggle at parties. At many a barbecue, her only option was the green salad. If there was cheese on top, forget it. She learned to bring her own dishes. From seeing he ... More >>

PM Buenos Aires Fish & Steak House: Grilled Steaks at High Prices in a Gorgeous, Bicultural Setting

Four Spam-Free Dishes We'd Love to Taste at the Hukilau

While this weekend's Hukilau is a celebration of all things tiki -- music, performance, dance, and most definitely drink -- at Clean Plate Charlie we tend to think with the stomach. With that in mind, here's a list of four Polynesian dishes we'd love to see served up at the Hukilau, or year-round, f ... More >>

In Honor of 4/20, Our Favorite Munchies

We're nearly upon 4/20, the unofficial cannabis holiday that results in a mean case of the munchies. A friend mentioned a munchies salve for which Entenmann's chocolate covered donuts meet a bag of crushed Doritos, a concoction that's scooped out by the handful. Now, we're not advocating that partic ... More >>

Michelle Bernstein Wins Miami Cochon 555

​Michelle Bernstein of Michy's won last night's Cochon 555 at The Four Seasons in Miami, an event in which five chefs each cooked a whole heritage pig --offal and all-- for judges and a several hundred adventurous guests. At the announcement of the win, the crowd held up flutes of sparkling r ... More >>

SoBeWFF: (Updated) What Happens When Culinary Jesus Abandons the Flock?

Update: The media relations company representing Sean Brock issued a response to this article. See below.Celebrated Charleston chef Sean Brock walked out of dinner service he was headlining to party at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach for the Gail Simmons book party.​The dinner at Yardbird was b ... More >>

South Florida's Best Food-Serving Dive Bars

South Florida's Best French Fries

​No straight man to its burger pair, French fries have become the main contender in a variety of scenarios. Whether it's the renaissance of moules frites, the revival of house-made dipping condiments, the import of poutine, the embrace of artery-clogging chili-cheese fries, or the use of fries as ... More >>

98. Lobster With Black Bean, Pork, and Garlic From Silver Pond

We're counting down to New Times' Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments, or visit our Facebook page.​98. Lobster with Black Bean, Pork, and Gar ... More >>

Our Intrepid Reporter Goes Undercover and Takes Your Order

Top Ten Food Truck Dishes

​ Tomorrow is the Miami food truck rally at the Seminole Hard Rock, the last Thursday of the month event sponsored by BurgerBeast. I find a strategy among the land mine of offerings helps, so I don't end up eating five tacos, fries on a stick, and an ice cream sandwich over more popular and satiat ... More >>

Cold Weather Alert: Soup Is Good Food

Ajiaco​Late one evening in a tiny bungalow in Tarpon River, the intoxicating fragrance of chicken broth simmered as a backdrop for friends sipping wine. Open windows, the warmth of candlelight, a farmhouse table, and old concentric wood floors framed a sensory scene to invoke an earlier era.The in ... More >>

Silver Lining: A Lauderhill Strip-Mall Joint Serves Authentic Cantonese Cuisine

Ten Tastes for 2011

​As much as a massive entree like homemade spaghetti and meatballs might satisfy hunger or evoke a delicious food memory, a big plate can be daunting. And the tenth bite is never as good as the first. So these days, I like to graze through dinner, sampling plates and ordering indulgences to get a ... More >>

Kapow! Noodle Bar in Boca Raton: Engaging Menu, Ambitious Chef, but What Are They Doing in Mizner?

Saigon City: A Banh Mi That Does The Trick

​There's a sizeable Vietnamese population in DC where I had moved from, so it's easy to find decent pho and a respectable banh mi. Here? Tougher to find either: It appears South Florida isn't having the same banh mi love affair as elsewhere, which seems about right, since Vietnamese immigrants don ... More >>

How a Rice Cooker Saved Me From a Lifetime of Prostitution

​Cooking is hard, or so I was brought up to believe. I wasn't told this but rather deduced it from two facts: My family was full of people who'd spent decades cooking for one another, and almost none of them seemed to be very good at it. So what was the point? If a lifetime spent grimly oozing swe ... More >>

South Florida Butchers Hope a Return to Local Means Their Survival

Il Mulino's Linguini Vongole: Simple Dish, Needs Attention

​"That's a real grease ball dish," said the hulking guy next to me at the bar at Il Mulino, where Debbie, one of my favorite bartenders, had just poured my second glass of wine. Louie, a doppelganger of Tony Soprano with the same vernacular, held stake in Fulton Street Fish Market (downtown and th ... More >>

3030 Ocean in Fort Lauderdale: Beautiful Food, Mindful Sourcing, Dated Dining Room

Christopher Walken Cooks a Chicken -- Seriously (Video)

Christopher Walken cooks a chicken. We are in awe.​If you ever needed proof that spending the day searching YouTube is a fruitful endeavor and not a waste of the precious time you have left on this planet -- here ya go!We just came across the simply titled Chicken With Pears by dogdocla. It's a vi ... More >>

Emeril Lagasse Sizzling Skillets: A Cookbook For Busy People

William Morrow/Harper CollinsEmeril's Sizzling Skillets - one pot recipes for busy or lazy people.​Emeril Lagasse and his signature "Bam!" was the likely catalyst that sparked the celebrity chef revolution.Lagasse changed the television cooking show from the video instructional manuals of Julia Ch ... More >>

Five Easy Tailgating/Grilling Recipes from the Grill Grrrl: Fish Dip, Jalapeno Poppers, and More

Robyn Lindars​Robyn Medlin Lindars is our resident grilling and BBQ fanatic. Check out her blog at www.grillgrrrl.com. Tailgating season is upon us: a season that glorifies drinking copious amounts of beer while wearing your favorite Gator/Dolphin/Hurricanes t-shirt, and eating large amounts of di ... More >>

Gaysha New World Sushi in Wilton Manors: Earnest Hospitality and Fresh, Late-Night Sushi

Dapur in Fort Lauderdale: For the Scene, Not the Cuisine

Longboards in West Palm Beach: A Fish-Focused Restaurant From Nightlife Mogul Rodney Mayo