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Florida's Giant Snail Problem: Five Places to Get Escargot

Mmmm, delicious? National Escargot Day isn't until May 24, but there's no rule saying we can't get started early and we have a new reason to celebrate this fascinating French food. South Florida has a problem. A giant snail problem, to be exact. According to the Florida Department of Agriculture, ... More >>

Inedit Owners: We're Doing It "The Way Our Forefathers Did."

In my short timing reviewing Broward County restaurants for the New Times it's been rare that chefs or owners have reached out, even for favorable reviews. Inedit owners Jose and Luis Varela sent us an impassioned, near angry response to our review in the Feb. 21 issue. It's understandable why. We ... More >>

Baby, It's Cold Outside: Eight Cozy Pubs to Keep Warm in This Weekend

Temperatures are dipping below 70 Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights. Some nights, they'll even get below 60! By Floridian standards, that's damn near freezing. Luckily, it's rare enough (and not actually freezing enough) that most people enjoy the chance to pull a barely worn sweater out ... More >>

Classic Ale Style of Belgium

Chef Andy Trousdale of Le Bistro: A Q&A on Cooking Across the World and Gordon Ramsay

Chef Andy Trousdale, an expat form northern England has been in the South Florida culinary scene for a number of years. A former yacht chef and culinary instructor at the Art Institute, he's had ample experience with teaching culinary enthusiasts about a wide range of strange and exotic foods.  ... More >>

Westvleteren XII: On Sale Today for $85 a Six-Pack

It's no secret: obsession with beer is on the rise. Microbrews, German lagers, Belgian Ales, whatever. Even corporate restaurants have jumped on the specialty beer bandwagon--CPK being one. The one drawback: the price.However, one Belgian brew takes the cake in terms of demand and cost. Today, Westv ... More >>

Dinner and Dancing a la Deutschland

PETA Ad That Compares Animal Slaughter to the Holocaust Is Banned in Germany

It is no secret. We have major issues with our food system: pesticides we eat, pollution from fertilizers, genetically-modified food, trans-fats, you name it. One such issue, animal cruelty, is often taken up by animal rights groups through ad campaigns -- many of them shocking and grotesque. A seri ... More >>

Beauty is Skin Deep

Chef Wes Bonner Talks about High School Cooking Classes and This Weekend's Boca Wine & Food Festival

Unlike most chefs, Wes Bonner didn't grow up cooking with his parents, or experimenting in the kitchen at home. Instead, it was school -- not culinary school, but a high school cooking program -- that would help him develop a passion for cooking.Today, 28-year-old Bonner has done a lot over the cour ... More >>

Five Great Food Events This Weekend: German Beer, Korean Dancing, and More

It's getting close. The workweek is almost over. What on earth can you do with all of that free time? Well, fret not, friends. This weekend brings along a number of food-related events to keep you out of trouble. Or not. Check out the special events featuring Oktoberfest, beauty queens, Korean danci ... More >>

Tryst Chef Julian Greaves: A Q&A on Obnoxious Guests, the 100-Year Egg, and Boise, Idaho

Chef Julian Greaves of Tryst is best-known for making fresh, local comfort food. Often intended to pair well with Tryst's large selection of beer, his dishes encapsulate true gastropub fare. With Oktoberfest coming to a close in Germany (but still going here in South Florida -- here's our list of Ok ... More >>

The Bazaar by Jose Andres Mesmerizes With Nods to Spain and Miami

View a slideshow of the Bazaar.

Florida Department of Environmental Protection Meeting Produced Some Strange Ideas For Making Money Off State Land

Hello. You pay taxes in Florida, and have a stake in state-owned lands and public parks. So naturally, you want the state to save money on those lands, and would be supportive of such enterprising ideas as building a privately run wood-pellet mill on public land that will sell product to England and ... More >>

It’s a Hard Rock Life for You

Win a Trip to London Calling at Hard Rock Cafe on May 31st

Score a Half-Billion-Dollar Win for Spain, but Treasure Hunters Vow to Keep Digging

​Sean Fisher lives the exciting yet often uncertain life of a treasure hunter. As vice president of Mel Fisher's Treasures, Fisher knows that his career choice is not always easy. Treasure hunters spend years scavenging the salty seas in hopes of finding hidden gems that could win them a fortune - ... More >>

Rags to Triumph

The Killbillies at South Shores Tavern, December 28

Manchester Orchestra at Revolution, November 21

Food and Drug Pairings: Hiding Contraband Edition

kvue.com​This being Florida, drug news seems to make headlines more often than elsewhere. And the trend will likely increase as South Florida will become an even more dominant hub for drug traffic. This week The Washington Post reports that old drug smuggling routes between our state and the Carib ... More >>

Anglo Style: Everyone Can Raise a Glass and Sing With Frank Turner

100 Favorite Dishes: No. 20 -- Bouillabaisse From Café de France

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. 20: Bouillabaisse from Café de France There are reasons certain dis ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: No. 30 -- Frisee Salad With Egg From The Office

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. 30: Frisee Salad with Egg from The Office In France, they call this ... More >>

Get a Clue!

Aran Goyoaga of Cannelle et Vanille: Seven Questions for the Food Blogger / Stylist

Aran Goyoaga​Pastry chef Aran Goyoaga has become the blogosphere's IT girl during the last two years for her food blog, Cannelle Et Vanille (Cinnamon and Vanilla). Her flawless styling, recipes and photography have been featured everywhere from In Style magazine to Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP, Sav ... More >>

Atlantic Ocean Club in Delray Beach: Opening Date Set

​This week, we interviewed chef Jamie DeRosa of the just-about-to-open Atlantic Ocean Club. (217 E Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33444; 561- 450-7557)   He told us all about his stints working with Wolfgagng Puck, and at the Fat Duck in England, the background on the new restaurant, and ... More >>

Chef Jamie DeRosa of Atlantic Ocean Club and Buddha Sky Bar: Interview, Part I

​Jamie DeRosa, a veteran of Wolfgang Puck Dining Group, Chef Allen's, and the Michelin-starred Fat Duck in England, is breaking onto the South Florida scene with a duo of new spots in Delray Beach, the Atlantic Ocean Club and Buddha Sky Bar. With experience in everything from gastropubs to molecul ... More >>

“STARE: The Pleasures of the Intensely Familiar and the Strangely Unexpected”

Bookworms

White-nationalist reads in the United States and Europe reflect anti-migrant hatred in a grim economy.

Q&A With Chef Hans Huber From the Ambry German Restaurant in Fort Lauderdale

Elsewhere on this blog, the ever-erudite eating machine John Linn proclaimed the Ambry German Restaurant his very favorite place to eat German food and drink German beer. It sure is a cool-looking place (who hasn't driven past it a million times?), and it has a dizzying array of food from the old co ... More >>

Happy Hour Kahuna Awa Kava Bar

Chef Jean-Pierre, Interview Part 1: "It Doesn't Take a Genius to Put Two Ingredients Together"

​I recently took a cooking class at Chef Jean-Pierre's cooking school in Fort Lauderdale. I knew J-P (full name: Jean-Piere Brehier) and I would get along famously when he walked in the room and announced, "The first thing we're going to do is dessert." (Mmm...Kahlua chocolate pudding!) During the ... More >>

Stella Artois Beer-Pouring Championship: Win a Wild-Card Entry

​Did you know that there's an official nine-step "pouring ritual" to get the perfect Stella Artois out of a keg? Although this news inspires some of us to pop the top on a can of Bud Light (so much simpler!), some of you may rise to the challenge and hope to perfect the technique. Since 1997, Stel ... More >>

10 Places in Fort Lauderdale To Watch The World Cup Finals

Flickr: toksuede​ Want to find a nice cool Broward/Palm Beach spot to drink your guilt away -- after you call in sick so you can watch what's left of the World Cup? Yeah, us too. Here's a list of recommendations for spending your AWOL time while you catch these following matches: Germany and Spai ... More >>

Blood of the Prophets Brings Metal to Monterey

Jozy Altidore Kicks the Hell Out of a British Tea Party; Can He Do This to American Tea Parties, Please?

Continuing his ESPN campaign as a poster boy for U.S. Soccer, Boca Raton native Jozy Altidore recorded this entertaining video with the cable sports network, in which he's invited to kick a soccer ball at a couple OF British gentlemen trying to enjoy a spot of tea.That sprained ankle looks pretty go ... More >>

World Cup: England vs. USA

Between the Trees Tops Indie Rock Showcase at the Talent Farm

East Boca's Curries and More Is Solid

Two for You

Not on Vacation? Be a Tourist, Anyways

French Reconnection

It's worth riding out the bad weather at Saint Tropez, even when lost in translation.

A Legendary Art Show

Shout is where it’s at.

Joley Good

I see London, I see France... in Boca

While It's Hot

Saba Gallery offers a mixed bag of French art — for now, at least.

Les Anti-Miserables

Best Croissant

Croissan'Time

Best Pub Fare

The Blue Anchor

Spain Reigns

La Barraca brings a taste of Valencia to western Broward