Norman Van Aken

New Year’s Dinner Options

Chowhounds, Get Ready for Top Chef Finale

The Flavor Bible

Guess Who's Serving Dinner

Foodstuff

The 6 Best Chefs To Leave Miami

Criteria is simple:A great chef who made his or her mark in Miami and then moved on. David Bouley doesn't qualify, as he wasn't actually doing the cooking at Evolution. Carmen Gonzalez of the departed Carmen's might make my top ten, but I don't think of her as being in quite in the same league as th ... More >>

Miami Restaurant Musings

*After years of my pooh-poohing parsley-speckled plate rims and mindless squiggles of mango and raspberry purees on dessert plates, it seems that both fads have faded into oblivion. Thank you, but please hold your applause until after the column is finished.*Norman Van Aken has laid low of late, no? ... More >>

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

*After years of my pooh-poohing parsley-speckled plate rims and mindless squiggles of mango and raspberry purees on dessert plates, it seems that both fads have faded into oblivion. Thank you, but please hold your applause until after the column is finished.*Norman Van Aken has laid low of late, no? ... More >>

Animal Dreams

The Armadillo retires to the beach

Let's Get Lost

Six ways to do it in the Keys

Café Conspiracy

Take away the salt shakers and this place could be topnotch

Miami Without a Passport

Yes, you can brave the wilds south of Broward and find an A-list meal

Cooking with Todd and Tony

Two are better than one. Really.

Café What May

Establishing a restaurant beachhead in Palm Beach can be a gamble

Festivals R Us

For South Florida foodies, 2003 looks to be a very happy new year indeed

Good Ol' New World

The Mango Gang rides again (sort of) at Half Moon Bay

Aloha, Roy

Roy's

Top Chef 7 Florida Casting, In Pictures

Jacob KatelProspective Top Chef contestants shoot the shit while they wait their turn to see the casting director.​Top Chef 7 is officially on its way to your signal box, and Magical Elves, the production company behind the hit Bravo series, was in Miami on Sunday looking for talent. Prospective ... More >>

Restaurant News: Mango Gangster to Delray, Gourmet and Green, Lantana Bash

​•    Allen Susser, one of the original Mango Gangers (with Norman Van Aken and Mark Militello), will open a gastropub, Taste, in the Pineapple Grove area of Delray Beach sometime early next year. Look for small plates of comfy food and a roster of swell cocktails. •   ... More >>

Culinary Mischief

​•    Allen Susser, one of the original Mango Gangers (with Norman Van Aken and Mark Militello), will open a gastropub, Taste, in the Pineapple Grove area of Delray Beach sometime early next year. Look for small plates of comfy food and a roster of swell cocktails. •   ... More >>

The South Beach Wine & Food Festival: A Short, Wacky History

​•    Allen Susser, one of the original Mango Gangers (with Norman Van Aken and Mark Militello), will open a gastropub, Taste, in the Pineapple Grove area of Delray Beach sometime early next year. Look for small plates of comfy food and a roster of swell cocktails. •   ... More >>

Chef, Author, and Radio Host Linda Gassenheimer: Interview, Part I

Linda Gassenheimer​Linda Gassenheimer is a chef, noted author, and radio and television personality who makes her home in Coral Gables. Her Miami Herald column, Dinner in Minutes, is syndicated to more than 4 million readers each week. Gassenheimer is producer and host of the weekly radio fe ... More >>

Underground Dining Groups: Q&A With Maude Eaton of South Florida Foodies

​It's safe to say that South Florida has come a long way in the food world. So far, in fact, that we've left behind the old ideas of nouveau cuisine, power lunches, and Norman Van Aken and embraced the new ideas of food sovereignty, food blogs, and the almighty South Beach Wine & Food Festival ... More >>

Chef Allen's to Close After 25 Years In Business

Chef Allen to close his Aventura restaurant.​ Chef Allen Susser has announced he will close his iconic Aventura restaurant, Chef Allen's. Susser is a cooking instructor, a celebrity chef at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, a consultant to large corporations like American Airlines, S ... More >>

Judgment Day? South Florida Chefs Share Their Last Meals

Judgment Day?....not so much, actually.​It's 6:00 pm on May 21st in New Zealand and people at the far end of the planet are Tweeting that the Apocalypse hasn't arrived like crackpot radio evangelist Harold Camping (who, by the way is rumored to have raised $100 million during his end-o ... More >>

Ovenella Heats Up in Boca

​Artisan pizzas, inventive pastas and specialties ranging from chili-roasted "angry prawns" to citrus and ginger-marinated skirt steak with salsa verde are coming out of the kitchen of chef Mennan Tekeli at the new Ovenella (499 S. Federal Hwy., 561-395-1455) in Boca Raton. Proprietor and former B ... More >>

Bourdain Gets Wonky, Celebs Tip Poorly, and Other Weekend Links

There's a mid-August languor in food news. Despite the slow going, here's a handful of link worthy stories on food and drink from around the internets. @noreservationsBourdain says his first tattoo in Greek reads, "I suspend judgment." Think he did when he saw his mug on someone's arm?​Not ju ... More >>

Culture of Cuisine: Chef Michael Bennett Writes a Workbook

Michael BennettChef Michael Bennett writes a workbook ​Michael Bennett isn't content to just sit around on a rare day off from his executive chef job at Bimini Boatyard.  Instead of sunning or fishing, Bennett writes.  With two Caribbean-influenced cookbooks under his belt, In The Land o ... More >>

Broward County Is Taco Heaven! Jo-Jo's Tacos in Lauderdale-by-the Sea, El Jefe Luchador in Deerfield Beach, and Taco Beach Shack in Hollywood

Michael BennettChef Michael Bennett writes a workbook ​Michael Bennett isn't content to just sit around on a rare day off from his executive chef job at Bimini Boatyard.  Instead of sunning or fishing, Bennett writes.  With two Caribbean-influenced cookbooks under his belt, In The Land o ... More >>

Union to Open December 30 in Delray's Caliente Kitchen Space

Rich Achaia, executive chef of Union​Union: An Asian Gastro Lounge will have its soft open a week from tomorrow, says owner/restaurateur Scott Kennedy. He and partner Stephen Chin acquired the restaurant seven weeks ago, built out the former Caliente Kitchen space, and revamped the patio to open i ... More >>