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Best Chefs America Names South Florida's Finest

In an age when most people read electronically, Best Chefs America is a bit of a throwback. For now, it's available only in a hardbound edition ($75, available online at bestchefsamerica.com), but the recently published book is both beautiful and useful. The book lists nearly 4,700 of the best chefs ... More >>

Event Coverage: Food4Thought Lunch at Swank Farms (Part of PB Food & Wine Fest)

Palm Beach and farming have about as much in common as left-wing hippies and blue blood one percenters. Have you ever seen someone in Lilly Pulitzer working with dirt? Unless it has something to do with keeping up with those perfectly manicured hedges, we didn't think so. Well, this weekend bro ... More >>

Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival 2012 Starts Friday: What's on the Schedule?

If there is one thing that comes to mind when you think of Palm Beach it's luxury. And, well, Money. Obviously, the two go hand in hand. And what could be more luxurious than eating some expensive gourmet delicacies? If you ask us, not much.It should come as no surprise that the Palm Beach Food ... More >>

Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation Palm Beach is Tonight in West Palm Beach

Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation has a way of drawing in top names in the culinary community. The Palm Beach County version of the charitable event will take place tonight at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach with showings from local restaurants like 3800 Ocean, Bu ... More >>

Taste of the Nation Palm Beach, Biergarten Beer Dinner, and Other Food Events in Palm Beach and Broward Counties

This week's schedule is populated with wine tastings, beer dinners, and charitable culinary events (not the least of which is Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation Palm Beach featuring lots of local "food celebs"). After the jump, read more about Taste of the Nation and find other food and drink ... More >>

South Florida's Best Restaurant When Someone Else is Paying

The New Times' annual Best Of issue debuted this week and Clean Plate Charlie will continue to examine the best of the best in Broward and Palm Beach counties throughout the year. This week's list looks at some of the best places to steer the evening should someone else offer to pick up the check. T ... More >>

Volunteer Alongside Chefs at Share our Strength's Service Day on Monday, April 23

If you've always wanted to sweat it out on the line with some of South Florida's culinary stars but you don't have the chops to get a job in one of their kitchens, here's your chance (sort of; no cooking is involved). Share Our Strength is hosting a service day on Monday, April 23, at Feeding South ... More >>

After Hours Eats with Michelle Bernstein (And Thanksgiving Recipes!)

​Celebrity chef Michelle Bernstein is no stranger to these parts. With Sra. Martinez and Michy's in Miami and Michelle Bernstein's at the Omphoy, she's got South Florida covered. Her restaurants fall among the most oft-recommended, having earned Best New Restaurant awards for Sra. Martinez in 2009 ... More >>

Hot Chefs Restaurant Deal Blowout

Hot Chefs calendarZach Bell is Mr. August in the 2011 Hot Chefs Calendar.​Hot Chefs, the creators of the calendar that features local south Florida chef cuties, is having a blowout sale of their remaining restaurant coupons. Each certificate will get you $25 off a minimum $50 purchase (including a ... More >>

Q&A With Chef Jim Leiken of Cafe Boulud in Palm Beach

Jim Leiken: Working his ass off in Palm Beach. ​After checking out Bill Citara's review of Palm Beach's Cafe Boulud -- our Dish coulmn this week -- Clean Plate Charlie followed up for a debrief with executive chef Jim Leiken. We talked about his new gig, settling in, and what's to come at Cafe ... More >>

Daniel Boulud Announces Jim Leiken New Chef of Cafe Boulud

Daniel Boulud and new Cafe Boulud chef, Jim Leiken​On his way out to the annual Aspen Food and Wine Fest, Daniel Boulud flew to Palm Beach to announce chef Zach Bell's replacement at Cafe Boulud.

Zach Bell Bests Dean Max in Culinary Throwdown

Zach Bell​Pinot Grigio-poached Patagonian Toothfish on kale and pear salad with sautéed apple and Belgian endive proved a winning combination for Café Boulud chef Zach Bell at last night's Battle Sea Bass, a culinary throwdown highlighting Palm Beach County's first Taste of the Nation hunger ben ... More >>

Zach Bell vs. Dean Max at Taste of the Nation

Zach Bell​Palm Beach County's first annual Share Our Strength Taste of the Nation benefit, to be held Wednesday, April 13, in West Palm's Kravis Center, will feature a cooking competition between two of NoSoFla's (that's North South Florida to you) hottest chefs.  Zach Bell of Café Boulud an ... More >>

Chef Zach Bell Named James Beard Award Finalist

Cafe Boulud Chef Zach Bell​Chef Zach Bell of Palm Beach's Cafe Boulud has been named a finalist for the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef (South). Chef Bell is the only South Florida chef to be named a finalist for the award. Other finalists in this category include John Harris ( ... More >>

Chef Zach Bell Leads Taste of The Nation Fundraiser

​Zach Bell, chef at Cafe Boulud in the Brazilian Court hotel, is known for his culinary acumen. He's top dog in Daniel Boulud's kitchen and he's been picked to chair the Taste of the Nation fundraising dinner in April at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach.Share Our Strength, an organization dedi ... More >>

Mega Mouths Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham Spied at Cafe Boulud with Conrad Black and Pepe Fanjul

​Kicking off a rather flabby and blabby column, fashion expert and style columnist Simon Doonan announced in Slate this week that he spied some famous folks enjoying a holiday dinner at Cafe Boulud in Palm Beach. "A shocking and riveting tableau" he called it. Riveting, maybe. Shocking, ... More >>

New Year's Eve at a Restaurant: Five Deals in Palm Beach / Delray Beach / Boca Raton

The way to forget 2010.​If 2010 was a fish, most of us would throw it back. So say good riddance to the old and check out the festivities at this quintet of Palm Beach County restaurants.  5. Café BouludDaniel Boulud's Palm Beach outpost with James Beard Award-nominated chef Zach Bell at the ... More >>

Interview With Chef Daniel Ramos of Market 17 (Part 1)

photo: Deirdra FuncheonDaniel Ramos in the new digs. ​After months of anticipation (and a few delays), the new farm-to-table eatery Market 17 is now open on 17th Street in Fort Lauderdale. The restaurant is no small undertaking. All dishes are prepared from scratch. It serves ostrich. It makes cev ... More >>

Signature Chefs Take Over Boca Resort This Friday

Zach Bell will be one of the 31 chefs at the Signature Chefs event.​Food at the esteemed Boca Raton Resort already has the pedigree of Masaharu Morimoto and Gordon Ramsey stamped on it. Come Friday, you can add Daniel Boulud, Angelo Elia, and Michelle Bernstein to that list.The Resort's Signature ... More >>

South Florida's Hottest Chefs: the Calendar (Plus Q&A with Charlie Soo of Talay Thai, a.k.a. Mr. September)

FacebookCharlie Soo from Talay Thai, now aptly named "Mr. September."​Myhotchefs.com recently rolled out a calendar featuring a dozen of South Florida's hottest chefs. We won't tell you our favorite (but we do have one!), so you can judge for yourself.By "hottest," the calendar creators didn't fac ... More >>

2010 James Beard Winners Announced

​Last week, the James Beard Foundation announced its 2010 winners for food media and restaurants. Although South Florida had a few dogs in the race, Broward and Palm Beach didn't come up with any wins. But Miami's own Michael Schwartz of Michael's Genuine Food & Drink managed to snag Best Chef ... More >>

Two Florida Farmers Opt Out of Animal Rights Battles

Matt Thomas' little pigs range freely.​This week's feature story details the escalating battle between Big Agriculture and the Humane Society, the organization behind a nationwide campaign to legislate the safety and comfort of farm animals. The Humane Society helped push through Florida's "pregna ... More >>

Doggy Bag: This Week in Charlie

John LinnSteak palomilla from Cuban cafe Don Carlin in Sunrise.​This week on the blog:The Meatist rails against flavorless, overpriced cuts of beef.Garlicky hummus is easy to make at home, and here's how.Our list of 100 Favorite Dishes continues with French toast, foie gras, and fish tacos.If you ... More >>

The Verbal Nosh: Chatting With James Beard Nominee Zach Bell of Café Boulud

Bell has methodically worked his way up to lead chef at Cafe Boulud, where Daniel's standard of excellence is the brass ring.

Chefs Zach Bell and Dean Max Among South Florida James Beard Nods

James Beard Award semi-finalist, Zach Bell.​Nominees for this years' James Beard Awards were announced yesterday, and South Florida has a few representatives in the list. Zach Bell of Cafe Boulud and Dean James Max of 3030 Ocean were both nominated in the Best Chef: South category. In recent years ... More >>

Walla Walla Wineries Dinner at Cafe Boulud

​Cafe Boulud is hosting a wine pairing with two Walla Walla, Washington, wineries this Thursday at 7 p.m.Amavi Cellars and Pepper Bridge Winery will showcase their output alongside chefs Zach Bell and Matthew Petersen's cuisine. The four-course meal will run $85, not including tax and gratuity. Re ... More >>

Thank God It's Over, but 2009 Does End With the Promise of Better Things to Come

2010 Zagat South Florida Restaurant Guide Released

​And according to Zagat, the best food in Broward is at.....LaSpada's Hoagies. Yep, a sub shop beat out Eduardo de San Angel, Casa d' Angelo, La Brochette, and Canyon for the honors of top food rating in Broward County. Surely, that's a sign of the times.Of course, if it had to be any sub shop, La ... 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 >>

Top Five South Beach Wine and Food Festival Events Worth Going To

Courtesy of Melissa Horn for New York Magazine​Tickets went on sale Monday for the 2010 South Beach Wine and Food Festival, that annual event that keeps getting bigger, bigger, bigger. This year, there are nearly three-dozen events to attend, from wine seminars to a tribute dinner for chef Daniel ... More >>

Summer Specials at Cafe Boulud

Another sort of tart on Palm Beach.​Just two months ago, New Times called Cafe Boulud the best restaurant in Palm Beach County, a place where local and season ingredients are transformed into perspective-changing meals by Executive Chef Zach Bell. We mentioned then that you don't have to be an Eve ... More >>

SoFla Chefs Get De-Bearded

John Currence, dream crusherJohn Currence of City Grocery in Oxford, Mississippi, scooped up the Best Chef in the South Award at the James Beard Foundation Ceremonies last night -- disappointing our three homegrown favorites: Zach Bell of Cafe Boulud, Douglas Rodriguez of Ola, and Michael Schwartz o ... More >>

Daniel Boulud's Palm Beach restaurant finally hits its stride

Look Back in Hunger

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

Slow Foods Glades to Coast Dinner at Cafe Boulud

(sturgeon: It's what's for dinner)The Slow Foods Glades to Coast Chapter, which covers roughly the Palm Beach and Broward areas, is hosting a 5-course Growers' Discovery gourmet dinner at Cafe Boulud in Palm Beach this Thursday, December 11, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. The dinner, overseen by chef Zach Bell ... More >>

New Times Iron Fork at Miami Science Museum

Talk Ain’t Cheap

Café Conspiracy

Take away the salt shakers and this place could be topnotch