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    May 25, 2012

    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 >>

  • Dining

    May 3, 2012

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

    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 >>

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    April 19, 2012

    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 >>

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    April 19, 2012

    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 >>

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    April 2, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    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 >>

  • Dining

    February 23, 2012

    South Florida's Best Food-Serving Dive Bars

    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 >>

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    February 22, 2012

    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 >>

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    February 17, 2012

    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 >>

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    January 5, 2012

    Our Intrepid Reporter Goes Undercover and Takes Your Order

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    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 >>

  • Dining

    December 29, 2011

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    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 >>

  • Dining

    December 22, 2011

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

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    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 >>

  • Dining

    December 1, 2011

    South Florida Butchers Hope a Return to Local Means Their Survival

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    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 >>

  • Dining

    November 10, 2011

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

    ​"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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    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 >>

  • Dining

    October 27, 2011

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

    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 >>

  • Dining

    October 13, 2011

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

    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 >>

  • Dining

    September 29, 2011

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2011

    Half Baked: Restaurant Quality?

    Patty Canedo is a chef in Palm Beach. She writes frequently about her kitchen exploits in this column, Half-Baked. Photo by urbaninvestigations I wish food shopping was always this pretty.​ Earlier this week, I advised a sick friend the only real remedy to any illness is chicken ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    New Times Pairings 2011 Winners Announced

    The squash shooter from 3030 Ocean​Terrific weather, a great turnout, and delicious eats marked last night's New Times Pairings at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Without further delay, we are pleased to announce the winners for Best Overall, Most Unique Dish, Most Decadent Dish, and B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Pairings 2011: How Was It?

    Chef Franco Filippone from Sette Bello​This morning started with a red eye after a decadent night of eating and drinking at last night's 4th Annual New Times Pairings. It was my first South Florida gastronomic event and I was impressed at how smoothly things ran, the absence of lines, and plenty o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Hate It or Love It? A Tale of One Dish

    asmallthingbutmyown.com​While tallying results of this year's ballot winners for New Times Pairings, we stumbled upon the most compelling item:short rib buns from STK Miami. Turns out, it was the most divisive dish. Two judges loved the sandwich, awarding it a

  • Dining

    September 15, 2011

    Sea in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea: Fresh Catch, Feels Like Home

    asmallthingbutmyown.com​While tallying results of this year's ballot winners for New Times Pairings, we stumbled upon the most compelling item:short rib buns from STK Miami. Turns out, it was the most divisive dish. Two judges loved the sandwich, awarding it a

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    The Red Koi Serves Sushi, Pad Thai at Arts Park Tonight

    The Red Koi serves up sushi and one steming hot pad Thai.​We've been reading a lot about sushi on Clean Plate Charlie recently, so we thought it was a good time to profile the only sushi-serving food truck in south Florida -- The Red Koi.The mobile outpost of the Coral Gables Red Koi Thai & Su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Florida Foods: Why is Fort Lauderdale Hooked on Fish Dip?

    ​When I first got here, one of many questions in my loop had been what the hell is smoked fish dip and why do people here eat it?  I'm not talking about what you might come across in a deli like Lox Haven, though what I'm looking for is certainly a cousin. Served with a side of spicy rel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2011

    Top of the Point Unveils 'American Roadtrip' Dinners

    ​From the Top of the Point you can see all the way to Nantucket. The Napa Valley too. And Santa Fe and New Orleans. (Not Russia, though. Sorry, Sarah Palin.)  Actually, though the vistas from the penthouse restaurant atop West Palm's Phillips Point East Tower are both gorgeous and expansive, ... More >>

  • Dining

    July 21, 2011

    Max's Harvest in Delray Beach: Farm-to-Fork Done Right, Plus the Best Steaks in Palm Beach County

    ​From the Top of the Point you can see all the way to Nantucket. The Napa Valley too. And Santa Fe and New Orleans. (Not Russia, though. Sorry, Sarah Palin.)  Actually, though the vistas from the penthouse restaurant atop West Palm's Phillips Point East Tower are both gorgeous and expansive, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Today: Free Garlic Lover's Chicken Breast with any purchase at Panda Express

    flickr/gladtob_rad​Late night summer hours and garlic? Seems like Panda Express is trying to ward off some vampires.

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    McDonald's to Serve English Pub Burgers: Is Fillet of Fish and Chips Next?

    Burger Business The new McPub...Wonder if they'll be a McGuiness to go with it???​Burger Business has reported that a new McDonald's English-style pub burger is in the works. The English Pub Burger is an Angus third-pound burger, garnished with hickory-smoked bacon, white cheddar and Ame ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Photo Tour of Longboards Grand Opening in West Palm Beach

    Nicole DannaLongboard special: Carpetbagger Oysters​Longboards, the new West Palm Beach seafood restaurant with a beach-easy theme, opened its doors on the west end of Clematis St. with a bombin' block party Saturday, July 2. Hundreds turned out for free food, drink and entertainment in suppo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 4, 2011

    Guy Fieri Approved: Try the Winning Rib Recipe from the Food Network Star Fourth of July Episode

    The Food NetworkFood Network Star's Fourth of July Episode winner Susie Jimenez cooked spicy pork ribs​Food Network Star finalists put on quite a show Sunday night for Season Seven's Fourth of July special-episode featuring "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives," host, Guy Fieri. The show's 10 remaini ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    The Rolling Stove and Other Food Trucks at Seminole Hard Rock

    Troy Thomas is King of the Grill​Troy Thomas and mom Pat roll out on their flame-engulfed truck once again. After hours of prep time, including marinating chicken in Thomas' specialty jerk seasoning for five to six hours, it's time to get The Rolling Stove to the roundup and set up for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Forget the Grill: Five Tips for the Perfect Burger

    ​It's June, which means people all over will be firing up the grill for backyard cookouts. And what goes better at one of those cookouts than that most American of sandwiches, the hamburger?A grilled burger can be fantastic. The high heat of the flames caramelize the outside of the patty, lending ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Rock Hard Tacos Now Open in Boca Raton, Serving up SoCal Style Mexican Fare

    Nicole DannaBreakfast burritos are the specialty here, where they're served all day long.​When it comes to East Coast/West Coast battles, it seems like California has it all. It's got the girls. The sun, the surf. And -- according to Rock Hard Taco partner and general manager Steve Mille ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2011

    A Foodie's Guide to Hurricane Supplies

    ​It's officially H-word season again, and you've probably heard over and over and over again now you're supposed to prepare for the not-so-blessed event until your ears start to bleed. Stock up on a whole bunch of canned food, they tell you. Canned tuna, canned chicken, canned soups, canned (gag!) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2011

    Pan Fried Red Snapper With Roasted Almonds: A Recipe From Chef Mike Of Coco Asian Bistro & Bar

    Coco Asian Bistro​Recently we featured an interview with Chef Mike Ponluang, owner of Coco Asian Bistro in Fort Lauderdale. If you missed it, you can read it here and here. We're now sharing Chef Mike's recipe for pan seared red snapper with roasted almonds. Enjoy.

  • Dining

    May 26, 2011

    Café Jamm in Fort Lauderdale: Delicious Comfort Food From the Family That Brought You Sushi Blues Cafe

    Coco Asian Bistro​Recently we featured an interview with Chef Mike Ponluang, owner of Coco Asian Bistro in Fort Lauderdale. If you missed it, you can read it here and here. We're now sharing Chef Mike's recipe for pan seared red snapper with roasted almonds. Enjoy.

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Rum 'n' Coke Ribs: A Recipe from Pete Evans

    Pete Evans Rum 'n' Coke Ribs - just in time for summer!​Last week we interviewed Australian celebrity chef and author Pete Evans. If you missed the interview, read it here and here. Just in time for Memorial Day barbecuing, we're sharing Pete's recipe for Rum 'n' Coke Ribs. Enjoy.

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    100 Favorite Dishes: No. 16 -- Short Rib-Stuffed Burger From Bizaare Ave Cafe

    As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 16: Short Rib-Stuffed Burger from Bizaare Ave Café Is there any dis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    Second-Annual Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle Crowns a Champ

    Stephanie Colaianni​Friday night's Burger Battle continued the ongoing debate over which Fort Lauderdale restaurant is the champion of the chuck. And for the second year in a row, that champ is...Georgie's Alibi. Click here for a full slide show from the event. The veteran Wilton Manors restaurant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Tuna Burgers with Mango Ketchup: A Recipe From Chef Allen Susser

    Chef Allen presents another delicious dish.​Earlier this week, Chef Allen Susser spoke with Clean Plate Charlie about the upcoming Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle, the closing of Chef Allen's after 25 years and his plans for the future. If you missed the interview, you can read it here a ... More >>

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