Salad Recipes

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 >>

The Ultimate Hangover Menu: Rawsome Eats Chef Nina Kauder Tells Us How to Get Rid of a NYE Hangover

Is everything too loud this morning? If you partied so hard on New Year's Eve that your hair hurts, you need to act fast to ensure New Year's Day isn't spent shriveled in a ball on the couch. Clean Plate Charlie has been searching high and low this week to find as many tips and tricks as possible to ... 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 >>

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

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

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 >>

Chef Gary Wood of Ernie's Italian Chophouse on How to Make Grilled Octopus

"We sell more octopus than anyone I know of in Florida," claims Ernie Patti, owner of Ernie's Italian Chophouse in Lighthouse Point. Although the veracity of that statement cannot be determined at this time, Clean Plate Charlie recently spoke with Patti and Ernie's Italian Chophouse execut ... 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 >>

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 >>

Dos Caminos' Executive Chef Ivy Stark in Fort Lauderdale Tonight for Book Signing

Ivy Stark, executive chef for Dos Caminos. ​Last night, Dos Caminos, located inside the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel, hosted a free dinner for the media with executive chef Ivy Stark at the helm. Stark is responsible for the menu at all six Dos Caminos locations (four are in New York and t ... More >>

Delray Beach Bus Loop Tonight, Ticket Winners Announced

​Congrats to Alexander Raymond Moschina who has won two tickets to tonight's Delray Beach Bus Loop for his pithy explanation of the mother sauces.Espagnole - A brown sauce with a meat base. One of few dressings you shouldn't actually put on your food.Hollandaise - Made of eggs and fat. It's like m ... More >>

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

M Bar Open on Las Olas; Prepare to Swoon Over the Sweetbreads

Photos by Melissa McCartM Bar's excellent sweetbreads.​M Bar has quietly debuted at the corner of East Las Olas and NE 13th Avenue as a sibling to the evergreen Italian restaurant Mancini's. Owner Jack Mancini closed his namesake restaurant a couple of doors down with plans to open it next door to ... More >>

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 >>

Q&A with Denise Austin and the Lifetime Television Morning Talk Show, The Balancing Act

The Balancing Act​We could probably all use a little motivation when it comes to staying fit, healthy and happy. But when you have kids, a full-time job -- or both -- it can be hard to find the time to focus. That's why, for some, the difference could mean simply finding the right balance wit ... More >>

The Manor in Wilton Manors: Like a Gay Dave & Buster's -- With Gargoyles

Holiday Cooking Class at Café Maxx

​Café Maxx in Pompano Beach is holding a cooking class specifically teaching the art of holiday platter creations and hors d'oeuvres this Thursday, November 18, at 5 p.m. Chef Oliver Saucy, now in his 19th season of cooking instruction, will lead the class. (Ask him about growing up in a castle i ... More >>

Recipes from Swank Farms: Sauteed Kale w/ Feta; Leafy Green Salad

Jodi Swank​Jodi Swank, from Swank Specialty Produce up in Loxahatchee, has concocted some tasty and healthy combinations from the hyrdo-farm she operates with her husband, Darrin. (Read our interview with him here.) All those leafy greens they grow come together for some pretty unique recipes, ... More >>

Easy, Low-Fat Recipe: Summertime Orzo Pasta Salad

John Linn​When I think of summer food, I think bright, bold flavors that won't weigh you down. And this summertime orzo pasta salad delivers on all fronts. It's got everything you'd want to awaken your palate in this brutal heat: There are woody kalamata olives; tart marinated artichoke hearts; co ... More >>

The Best Damned Chicken Caesar Salad Ever

​There's something furtive, slightly embarrassing, even shameful about it. Sort of like spanking the monkey to Sarah Palin videos or watching the goombah nitwits of Jersey Shore.      But we do it anyway, at lunch and even at dinner, unable to resist its base, carnal lure. Sure ... More >>

Haute Stuff

​The humble burger is humble no more.  Truffles, foie gras, all manner of designer beef, exotic cheeses, infantile greens, confit-ed everything, artisan buns, more aiolis than you can shake a whisk at have all collided with the basic meat patty to take the burger from blue-collar grub to high ... More >>

Dish Deconstructed: Spinach Frittata

John LinnA slice of spinach frittata crowned with a dollop of creme fraiche.​ There's no simpler breakfast than the frittata. Sure, it's got a fancy ass name and eats like a $15 brunch item, but making a decent frittata is no harder than whisking a few eggs. Best of all, a great frittata is like a ... More >>

What Holiday Dishes Are You Cooking?

John LinnA homemade cranberry dressing makes this easy salad a holiday treat.​ The most important thing about the holidays next to family? What's on the table, of course. My family usually starts preparing their holiday meal a day in advance, and this year is no different. We're going to be doing ... More >>

Improvising With Leftovers - Bok Choy Quiche

John LinnQuiche in a skillet - now that's an interesting idea.​One thing I can't stand is having extra ingredients go bad in my fridge. Last week, I was in Oriental Square, a Chinese Market in my neck of the woods that has amazing deals on produce. I buy all types of fresh vegetables and herbs the ... More >>

Last Minute Thanksgivings

I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for you schmucks who haven't given one second's thought to what you're doing for MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY -- since personally my 2008 Thanksgiving has been in planning and development since last May. I've ordered (and received) my absurdly expensive Heritage turkey, I ... More >>

Lost at Sea

The not-so-mysterious disappearance of Charley's Crab

Hectically Eclectic

This melting pot, a jumble of Caribbean, Japanese, and Cantonese influences, won't melt

Why Mia?

The search for good, casual Mexican fare in South Florida continues

Fire in the Hole

San Loco

Return of the Prodigal Chef

Once in a Blue Moon

Guess Who's Serving Dinner

Yes Surrey