This past Saturday was the official start date of spring, which means a whole new crop of produce is coming into season. A trip to any farmers’ market is proof enough. All those fresh vegetables and bright colors make it easy to get inspired. So when I found these organic…
I receive a lot of media kits in the mail full of freebies. Most of the time, I end up passing them out around the office or otherwise getting rid of them. But this kit sent to me on Monday from New York Strip Steakhouse & Cabaret, a new (ahem)…
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 47: Vegetarian Reuben From Sara’sSara’s in Hollywood is a vegetarian Mecca (or is that Jerusalem?),…
This busy, sun-lit restaurant feels like a small Cuban café straight out of Miami. But Don Carlin is way out west in Broward, near the Sawgrass Mills Mall. Area workers filter in for filling lunch specials, none more than $8.99, that for rabo encendido, or stewed oxtail. Steak palomilla, thin…
What most people know about Japanese food they could cram into a chopstick case, which isn’t to say it’s their fault. For a cuisine so rooted in tradition, restaurants that claim to serve it have strayed pretty far from the source material. Blame the ubiquitous strip-mall sushi joint — those…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 48: Key Lime Pie from Le TubWhat’s more Florida than Key lime pie? Well, maybe…
Ever had natto? The Japanese foodstuff is made of fermented soybeans that have a type of bacteria called bacillus subtilus added. The bacteria lends the beans a super-strong smell and also develops a stringy, sticky filament around them called neba. This combination of texture and smell is somewhat acquired, to…
Good Japanese food is rare in South Florida, despite the proliferation of sushi joints scattered into practically every neighborhood strip mall. But this week, we look at two restaurants, Nu-Sushi in Coral Springs and Boynton Beach’s Sushi Simon, that are bucking the trend of boring sushi and bad maki rolls.Nu-Sushi…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 49: Uni Angel Hair Pasta from Hiro’s Yakko-SanThe prized roe from a spiny sea urchin,…
Torchon refers to the cooking method in which the French delicacy foie gras is deveined, wrapped in a light towel, and poached. When it’s done, the foie gras is lightly spreadable and deliciously rich. Serving it from there can be very creative. The idea is to pair the torchon with…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com. No. 50: Meatballs from Cafe MartoranoIt’s been the subject of Las Vegas meatball-eating contests and…
This week on the blog:The Meatist gets up close and personal with sausage balls.Tulipan, Jack’s, Woodlands, and more end up in this week’s 100 Favorite Dishes.Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares visit to Le Bistro was as dramatic as it gets.Here’s how to recreate Table 42’s wood-fired chicken wings from home.Everyone’s getting…
I’ve got to ask: What’s up with all the Italian joints opening in South Florida lately?It seems in the past few months we’ve seen more tomato sauce served than on a Sunday in Bensonhurst. If you count pizza joints that have opened recently, that number is even bigger.Just to touch…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 51: Burger from Jack’s Old Fashion Hamburger HouseJack’s, if the name isn’t indication enough, is…
I’ve been doing a lot of eating at West Indian restaurants for an upcoming column, which means my days and nights have been full of doubles, roti, and aloo pie.What’s aloo pie, you ask? It’s a popular Trinidadian street food made up of a (usually) fried piece of bread, slit…
• Fort Lauderdale’s largest, outdoor happy hour is back on April 9. The Riverwalk Trust’s Get Downtown series, now in its 12th year, brings the party to the streets with food, entertainment, and drink all for $20 ($25 at the door). Sample bites from YOLO, Bova Prime, Chima, Cold Stone…
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you…
I’ve been asking myself what makes good service. It’s not just because I’ve received so little of it — though a distinct lack of anything will make you question what’s so great about it in the first place. There are the nuts and bolts, of course — proper wine presentation,…
The phrase “Japanese soul food” might not parse, until, that is, you step into Hiro’s Yakko-San, an izakaya-style joint serving beer, sake, and Japanese “tapas” to a late-night crowd. It’s a favored destination of South Florida’s sushi chefs, who stumble in after their shifts end (which explains the late hours)…
Walking into a Deerfield Beach Tex-Mex restaurant last week, I noticed a handwritten sign on the door. It read, “Due to tomato shortage, customers are limited to one bowl of salsa per table.”Tex-Mex without salsa? That’s like pizza without cheese. Or sauce.After one of the coldest winters in the past…
Move over, the Office, there’s a new gastropub in town. And just think, before a few months ago, Delray wouldn’t have known a gastropub from an upscale beer bar (paging Tryst).Chef Allen Susser’s Taste Gastropub is slated to open in April at 169 NE Second Avenue in the Pineapple Grove…
