Maine

GMO Bills Passed Connecticut and Maine; Senator Sachs Revising Florida Bill For Next Session

Over the past year, public outrage of the use and lack of labeling of Genetically Modified Organisms -- a.k.a. GMOs -- in the food supply has reached a fever pitch. Since the failure of California's Proposition 37 last November, protestors across the country began pushing for mandatory labeling in ... More >>

New Food Truck Alert: Red Zeppelin Rockin' Lobster Rolls

The next time you're in the mood for an authentic Maine lobster roll, look for South Florida's new mobile kitchen, the Red Zeppelin Rockin' Lobster Roll. After hitting the streets last November, the crustacean-focused food truck based out of Dania Beach has been handing out some of the best around. ... More >>

The Best Apple Pie Recipe Ever: Pick 'Em Like Maine Pomologist John Bunker

Nutting Bumpuses. Northern Spy. Newt Grindles. These are just a few of the unique names given to a variety of rare, heirloom apples found on John Bunker's Super Chilly Farm in Palermo, Maine.Bunker, a self-appointed Maine preservation pomologist, has without a doubt the most knowledge of apples in N ... More >>

Florida Lobster Season Starts Today: Six Restaurants Serving Lobster Rolls in South Florida

Today marks the start of the eight-month South Florida spiny lobster season, which runs today through March 31. This time of year -- late summer through early fall -- local fisherman have their pick during the crustaceans' annual "walk" where hundreds of lobster move steadily along the Florida sea f ... More >>

14. Lobster Special at Miller's Ale House in Fort Lauderdale

We're counting down our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, email them here. 14. The Lobster Special at Miller's Ale House in Fort Lauderdale Picture it--a bucket of beer paired with tangles of onion rings, boneless chicken wings and a M ... More >>

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

Mia's Grille Makes Boca Debut

​Healthy, inexpensive lunch and dinner fare cooked on an oak-fired grill is the deal at the newly opened Mia's Grille (2399 N. Federal Highway; 561-338-6388) in Boca Raton.  Though it's the first eatery for chef-owner Mia Cabrera, she's a 16-year vet of the local restaurant business, last gee ... More >>

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 >>

Increasing Numbers of Newborns Are Born Addicted to Pain Pills

via Damon Winter/The New York TimesA nurse administers methodone to a newborn, 4 weeks old.​This week, the New York Times called attention to a largely overlooked demographic of pain pill addicts -- newborn babies. The Times reports that as pain pill abuse "ravages communities across the country," ... More >>

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The Maine

Wine List: Five Great Wines to Pair With Lobster

​With the official start of Florida lobster season on August 6 and hordes of amateur bug hunters loosed on the unsuspecting critters during the two-day lobster miniseason last week, it seemed as good a time as any to start thinking about what wines to pour with your seafaring bounty.  Whether ... More >>

Chris Miracolo Interview part 2: Q&A with Himmarshee Bar and Grille's Main Man

Flickr: Jill Clardy​Today we present Part Two of our interview with chef Chris Miracolo of Himmarshee Bar and Grille, who's been doing super-popular beer and wine pairings for the past few months. (Shameless plug: New Times is hosting a Tweet-Up at the venue this Friday -- Free drinks for all from ... More >>

All-You-Can-Eat Fourth of July Buffet Kicks off Long Weekend at Four Seasons Palm Beach

Lobsters and barbecue, tunes by the Urban Gypsy smooth jazzers from Miami -- and the beach in Palm Beach - the Four Seasons knows how to throw a cook-out.Such a deal! Chef Darryl Moiles will put out a buffet spread tonight of veggie kebabs, barbecued ribs (probably with the house-famous guava glaze) ... More >>

On the Second Go, Cafe Sharaku in Fort Lauderdale Makes French-Japanese Fusion Work

Linda Bean's Perfect Maine Lobster Roll Rolls In to Delray

Photo by Bill Citara​If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach counties, here's a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe. Take one Bean, many boatloads of succulent Maine lobster, and a smart-looking little eatery on Delr ... More >>

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Where to Get Your Hands on Florida Lobster This Season

​Florida spiny lobster season opens today and runs through March 31, meaning restaurants across South Florida should begin to stock the tasty, clawless buggers. The operative word here is should. Because, in reality, Florida lobster is a lot harder to get your mits on in a restaurant than you'd th ... More >>

Truluck's brings its fresh-yet-simply-favored seafood to the Galleria Mall

City Fish Market Rides the Fresh Fish Wave in Boca

A Port in Poland

My Cabana, Or Yours?

New Year's on the Beach

All Time Low

Mini Lobsters Kill 4

The Undersea World of Toby Joseph

A Cero-sum game where the diner always wins

Best Waterfront Dining

Nikki Marina

Pipe It to Me

Hold on a Bahamian Minute

No Catches, Just Fish

Bronx Cheer for Boston's

The grub here will launch you toward the House that Ruth Built

Curtains, Please

Cult cinema goes west

Lobsterlicious

It's that balmy soft-shell season

Best Seafood Restaurant

Waves Too Seafood Gourmet and Bistro

Best Chinese Restaurant

Jasmine

Safe Harbor

The Harbor Grille is a vast improvement over its predecessor but still has a ways to go

Best Fresh Seafood

Twin Marketplace, Ocean's Harvest & Stephane's

Boston Sea Party

Just clam up and chow down at this maritime buffet

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Barnsider

This Critic's Darling

Why have all those nasty food critics been griping? 3030 Ocean is fantastic.

Best Restaurant on a River

Mezzanotte

Best Contemporary Restaurant

Sunfish Grill

Another Fins Fan

Fins Dockside

A Simple Plan

Zemi continues the tradition of fine dining set by its predecessors

Keeping It Legal

The Jinx Continues

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Join the Club

Shape Up or Ship Out

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Buddhist Foodists