Slow Food International

Slow Foods Week Starts Saturday: Event Schedule

The Slow Food movement has been gathering steam for quite some time now. With 80,000 members divided into 140 local chapters in 50 countries, it's kind of a big deal.Starting Saturday, Slow Foods Glades to Coast is sponsoring a week of events for Eat Slow - Eat Local. Check out the schedule after th ... More >>

SoBEWFF 2013: Food, Booze, and Celebs Take Over South Beach

For four glorious days every year, Miami Beach is taken over by a cadre of chefs, celebrities, and fans of food and wine in an indoor-outdoor hootenanny known as the South Beach Wine & Food Festival.For those looking to hobnob with the likes of Robert Irvine, Geoffrey Zakarian, and Sunny Anderso ... More >>

Scott Lewis of Slow Foods Glades-to-Coast Chapter on The Benefits of Cooking from Scratch

According to the National Restaurant Consultants, "The driving theme of 2013 will continue to be 'local' or 'made from scratch.'" Why? Aside from the fact that is obviously tastes better, the trend has tapped into some tenets of the ever-increasing Slow Foods Movement. Last week, we looked at t ... More >>

Growing Green Communities

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 >>

Eat St. Filming Slow Food Truck in Dania Beach for Lunch Today

Eat St. films Mojo on the Go. Just in case you didn't get your fill of food trucks and television stardom when Eat St. filmed Mojo on the Go last Friday, you've got a second chance today when Eat St. returns to Broward to film another segment of their Cooking Channel show.Slow Food Truck takes the s ... More >>

Screening of Beer Culture: The Movie Friday Night at Whole Foods Market in Boca Raton

By now, you've (hopefully) celebrated American Craft Beer Week by toasting with a quality beer made right here in the US. If not, try one of South Florida's best brewpubs or one of these spaces for great craft beer before the week is up. Another way to mark the occasion is with a visit Friday e ... More >>

Dinner and a Movie at Seminole Hard Rock Tonight: Transportation Edition

Planes, Trains, Automobiles, and cuddling.​Just for tonight, we're renaming The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Planes, Trains, Automobiles, and Trucks because tonight's movie under the stars is the classic anti-holiday film Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. You know - the movie which features ... More >>

Drink & Food Events This Weekend in Broward/Palm Beach Counties

Saturday: Wish Jaxson's a Happy 55th by eating six tons of ice cream. ​Procrastinators take note: this marks the last weekend for Dine Out Lauderdale -- it ends Thursday, Nov. 10. -- and the chance to grab a three-course meal for $35 at select Fort Lauderdale restaurants. Of course, some of the ea ... More >>

Slow Food Glades to Coast Chapter Hosts Weekend Symposium

​As evidenced by the continued success of Lunchables, the KFC Famous Bowl and boxed wine, we really can be a lazy, impatient bunch when it comes to consumption. The flip side of all of these cheap and easy eats is often increased risk of obesity, hypertension and diabetes.This is why we'll take th ... More >>

Boat Show Night Out at Esplanade Park Tonight

Got one of these? Take it to Esplanade Park tonight.​Sure the weather looks lousy today, but the forecast calls for clearing by this afternoon and you're going to need to bust out of the house after three full days of rain.  Lucky for you, Boat Show Night Out, the official pre-party for the ... More >>

Food-Truck Event in Delray Beach This Friday Night

Dinner for the masses in Delray Beach.​While the comfortably familiar tradition of Oktoberfest rages on -- how are those lederhosen holding up, by the way? -- there are also a few new events to check out this weekend, including a new concert series in Delray Beach. Friday night will see the launch ... More >>

Eat St. Filming Food Trucks This Weekend

​ Cooking Channel show Eat St. is filming in south Florida for their third season.  Check out Sugar Rush and Ms. Cheezious and be a part of the filming (food truck fans are often picked for segments) at the following locations:  

Scary Movie and Food Trucks Tonight at Seminole Hard Rock

​Halloween will soon be upon us and with that comes scary movies, pumpkins, hayrides, cool weather and snuggling.  Normally we hate when people push the holidays, but with Halloween, we totally make an exception.

Drink and Food Events This Week in Broward and Palm Beach Counties

​October has arrived in all its lederhosen-wearing, beer-stein-raising, pumpkin everything glory. While most of the heavy activity is reserved for the weekend, there are a few weeknight diversions to tear you away from your fortress of solitude. Without further ado, here are a few of the drink and ... More >>

Mounts Botanical Garden Food Truck Event This Sunday

​The typical food truck rally, with its throngs of hungry patrons and platefuls of sloppy tacos and shredded pork, probably doesn't rank too high on the list of mood-setting date destinations. While Sunday's Gourmet Truck Expo event at Mounts Botanical Garden in West Palm Beach isn't exactly a can ... More >>

The Closest Thing to a Beer Museum

Cooking Channel Star Gives Away Free Ice Cream at Yellow Green Market

Cooking ChannelRoger Mooking is giving out free ice cream to celebrate Cooking Channel's first birthday.​It's hard to believe the Cooking Channel is turning one!  Roger Mooking, star of Everyday Exotic, is celebrating by giving away free ice cream with the Cooking Channel's Frozen Treat Truck ... More >>

Food Trucks at Seminole Hard Rock Tonight

Dim Ssam a Gogo will be serving dinner at Seminole Hard Rock.​Food trucks are invading Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino tonight as part of their weekly extravaganza of food amidst bells ringing, lights flashing and people cheering. The best part? Even if you lose big at the casino, you'll ... More >>

Drink and Food Events This Week in Broward, Palm Beach Counties

This magical bus -- or one kind of similiar to it -- is waiting to take you away. See Friday events for details. ​As the great fall migration marches ever nearer, it's a good time to enjoy that sweet spot for dining out in South Florida. The temperature is comfortable enough at night that it's not ... More >>

Villiage Commons in West Palm Beach Hosts Food Truck Frenzy Tonight

Slow Food Truck and nearly two dozen others will serve dinner at Village Commons tonight.​Food truck fans in West Palm Beach usually have to make do with the trucks that hang out in the northernmost reaches of south Florida like Curbside Gourmet or Out of Many Cafe.   Until tonight. Vill ... More >>

Dim Ssam a Gogo at Fort Lauderdale and Pembroke Pines Food Truck Roundups

Dim Ssam a Gogo looks like a truck, but eats like a restaurant.​Dim Ssam a Gogo chef/owner Richard Hales is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute who trained with uber-chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten.  He owns Sakaya Kitchen in Miami, which named one of the "Top six places to eat Asian-f ... More >>

What's Happening this Weekend? Five Food & Drink Events in Broward and Palm Beach Counties

Will you catch up to the Slow Food Truck? ​If you're the type to start enjoying the weekend on Thursday, well, more power to ya, as there are a few fun things about town this evening including the Celebrity Shake Up! fundraiser at Morton's, the Steakhouse; the newly minted Arts, Beats & Eats f ... More >>

Food Trucks at Young Circle Every Monday, Starting Tonight

Catch Sugar Yummy Mama tonight in Hollywood.​It seems as though food-truck owners finally got hip to foodies in Broward County. With a weekly food-truck roundup every Thursday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and various others scattered throughout the week (look out for food trucks in ... More >>

Food Trucks and a Movie Tonight at Seminole Hard Rock

Harrison Ford and Hamburgers at Hard Rock tonight!​Go on an adventure to seek out the perfect dinner and the Lost Ark of the Covenant tonight at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, where more than two dozen food trucks will convene for your dining pleasure. As an added bonus, tonight's movi ... More >>

Hard Rock and Cypress Creek: Two Food Truck Roundups Tonight

Hmmm....what to have...what to have????​In our effort to introduce you to as many food trucks as we can, we're profiling a new truck each week. This week, meet Latin Burger and LB2.Latin Burger and her sister truck LB2 are impossible to miss. Red and hot pink with a large steer head on the trucks, ... More >>

Riverwalk Trust's "Gourmet in the Park" Tonight

Sunny.org Esplanade Park will host 15 food trucks tonight.​If you're a fan of food trucks, head on down to Fort Lauderdale's Esplanade Park for an evening of food, music, and fun on the river when Riverwalk Trust presents "Gourmet in the Park." The fun starts this evening, July 27 at 5 p.m ... More >>

Riverwalk Trust's Gourmet in the Park Brings Food Trucks to Fort Lauderdale

Slow Food Truck and eleven other trucks will line Esplanade Park this Wednesday.​This Wednesday, July 27th, Fort Lauderdale's Esplanade Park turns into a food truck festival as the Riverwalk Trust presents Gourmet in the Park. Sponsored by Crush Law and Stephen's Distributing, the event wil ... More >>

Food Trucks Invade Sunrise This Weekend

Slow Food Truck Slow Food Truck - two chefs plus one truck equals great food.​The Miami food trucks are invading Sunrise this weekend, with two stops in west Broward. On Saturday, enjoy food trucks while you shop for a new car at Sawgrass Ford and on Monday, enjoy an old-fashioned Independ ... More >>

Gourmet Food Truck Expo in Boca Raton Tonight

Gyromaniakz and more than two dozen other food trucks in Boca Raton tonight.​More than two dozen food trucks will line the parking lot of Boca Center this evening at the Gourmet Food Truck Expo. Admission is free at 6:30 p.m., with trucks serving until 10 p.m. Families can enjoy live music ... More >>

Food Trucks Hit Broward County This Weekend

B.C. Tacos is heading out to Broward County this weekend.​If you love the south Florida food truck scene but hate the drive down to Miami (with gas prices hitting close to four bucks a gallon, who can blame you?), this weekend may be the answer to all the nights you left a tiny li ... More >>

Food Truck Roundup Tonight at Sawgrass: Over A Dozen Food Trucks Expected

The Frita Man - Superhero of Bugers​More and more, the food truck craze is rolling up to Broward and Palm Beach counties, which is great news for families searching for a fun and inexpensive way to explore new foods and have a fun evening out. Food trucks are serving dinner tonight at Ed Mo ... More >>

Rollin’ on Grub

Las Olas Wine & Food Festival Set for April 27-30

​Get ready for the 2011 Las Olas Wine and Food Festival sponsored by Tequila Herradura, Bombay Sapphire Gin and Premier Beverage Company, and benefiting the American Lung Association. The multi-day event will provide guests with plenty to look forward to, such as a gourmet food truck round up, a ... More >>

Angle Reopens as Ritz(y) Supper Club

​There's a new angle on Angle, the ritzy restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach that's been shuttered after discovering that its starched-shirt atmosphere didn't go over well in ultracasual South Florida.  The newly reopened, reinvented Angle is now a Slow Food supper club, embracing what ... More >>

Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival Is New and Improved For 2011

​More beers, a larger local contingent, and a much bigger space are all on the docket for this year's Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival, going down January 28 and 29 at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter. Oh and plenty of drinking, dancing, and people dressed as Trappist monks. That too.The annu ... More >>

My Broward/Palm Beach Restaurant Wish List

Key on the wish list: Artisanal foods like the pizza at Pizzeria Oceano.​After Tuesday, I'll no longer be the Restaurant Critic here at New Times. But you can bet I'll still be eating out at plenty of restaurants around South Florida. Just like any other consumer, I get excited by the prospect of ... More >>

Interview: Darrin Swank of Swank Specialty Produce in Loxahatchee

courtesy Swank Farms ​Based in Loxahatchee Groves, Swank Specialty Produce is a large-scale hydroponic farm that has become regionally famous for the impeccable quality of the veggies grown there. Swank is a family affair: Darrin and Jodi had been married for years when they decided a soilless far ... More >>

Saturday: Slow Food Extravaganza, Featuring Chefs Daniel Ramos (Market 17) and Michael Wagner (Lola's on Harrison)

Kevin Krejci​In appreciation of food that doesn't come from a Sysco truck, comes Saturday's Slow Food extravaganza. It features Daniel Ramos of the soon-to-open-in Fort-Lauderdale Market 17 and local celebrity Michael Wagner, as well as bees, worms and yoga. Check out the deets: What: Growing G ... More >>

Doggie Bag: This Week in Charlie

C. StilesA pint of Grizzly Red from Big Bear Brewing Co. in Coral Springs.​This week on the blog:Danish meatballs with a rock and roll heritage in this week's The Meatist.Two longtime SoFla restaurants Las Olas Cafe and L'Anjou close shop.Our 100 Favorite Dishes continue with an unconventional ups ... More >>

Slow Food and Whole Foods Take Back Our Plates

​I've got to admit: I'm a bad conscientious foodie. I've had a copy of King Corn sitting on top of my DVD player at home for about six months now. At least once a week, I look over at it and think, "I need to watch that damned movie."Thanks to Whole Foods and Slow Food USA, I have absolutely no ex ... More >>

Doggie Bag: This Week in Charlie

John LinnA super perro from Los Perros in Lauderhill.​This week on the blog:Here's a sauvignon blanc that actually lives up to the name.Tired of brownies? (Are you crazy?) Then try its little sister, the blondie.We kicked off our 100 favorite dishes of Broward-Palm Beach this week, which will run ... More >>

Behind the Line with 32 East's Nick Morfogen

Morfogen in his Delray restaurant.​Slow Food's gathering momentum has transformed it from solely a movement to its own culinary genre, celebrating what chefs' have known before the movement even emerged. Amongst the white coat society, kept under their toques, the secret to flavor nirvana was alwa ... More >>

Slow Food Glades to Coast Farm Stand Dinner at Cafe Boulud

Cafe Boulud's James Beard-nominated Chef de Cuisine, Zach Bell.​Ordinarily, I wouldn't want to think about gorging myself on a five-course meal for at least a week after Thanksgiving; but Slow Food Glades to Coast's upcoming Farm Stand Dinner at Cafe Boulud looks too good to pass up. Taking place ... More >>

Yo, Lardass!

​Wanna know why your gut hits your ankles when you walk? Why your thighs have more ripples than the Gulf of Mexico in a hurricane? Why your ass is big enough to blot out the sun?  The "Twinkie Casserole" (24 Twinkies topped with caramel, mini marshmallows and brown sugar, topped with caramel ... More >>

Terra Madre, Boston's Birthday, Lola's Cooking Demos

​I know many of you were looking forward to celebrating Festivus this year, but Slow Food has an even better winter holiday to take part in. Terra Madre Day is being held around the world on December 10 with the basic goal of celebrating food diversity. The grassroots campaign is asking its member ... More >>

Food Events to Sink Your Teeth Into

​Have you been to Tryst yet? I visited Delray Beach's Official Beer and Tapas Clubhouse on Tuesday night, and I was reminded again how great this place is. With exposed brick, dark wood, and antique furniture, it has the vibe of a retro speakeasy (since there's no secret password, it's packed to t ... More >>

Slow Food USA's Time For Lunch Campaign Holds Labor Day Eat Ins

Photo courtesy of flickr user a la corey.​Back in July, School Food Policy published an article on its blog about the dire condition of school lunches in America thanks to the School Nutrition Association and it's annual dog and pony extravaganza, the Las Vegas Food Show. Writer Deborah Lehmanns s ... More >>

Look Back in Hunger

Relax, have a glass of organic plonk: It's time to assess the year