Although it has moved from its Oakland Park location to this West Broward spot inside a Quality Inn, India House continues to turn out stellar food. Its menu is a train ticket through India, stopping in Portuguese-influenced Goa with Goan fish and vinegary vindaloos, weaving through Northern Punjab with its…
Initial impressions play a big part in setting the tone for a meal, as I found out while visiting two Mediterranean restaurants recently. The first experience happened at Anatolia Mediterranean Cuisine, an attractive, year-old Turkish restaurant near Mizner Park in Boca Raton. The place has become so popular among Boca…
With the Super Bowl just around the corner, a game plan for homemade fried food is in order. On Monday and Tuesday, we talked about how to make the perfect French fry at home. And if there’s one thing that’s true about deep-frying, it’s that you don’t want to do…
That’s right: Crawfish are back in season. Just in time for the Super Bowl.While mudbugs have no official season like lobster or crab, they typically are best when eaten spring through summer, when they are their largest. But many restaurants begin packing in on the fresh buggers as early as…
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…
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…
Yesterday we talked about the prep work involved in making the perfect French fry at home. To recap, we chose Russet Burbank potatoes and cleaned them thoroughly. We left the skin on and cut them into quarter-inch sticks. Afterward, we soaked the soon-to-be fries in a bath of cold water…
This week in Dish, we take a look at two Mediterranean restaurants, Anatolia in Boca Raton and Al Bawadi in Plantation. Both feature a take on Med-style eats like hummus and falafel, but Anatolia’s menu ventures a bit further into Turkish pizzas, grilled seafood, and a litany of hot and…
This weekend, I decided, in the spirit of the conference championship games, to bust out my rarely used deep fryer and have a sort of hot oil brouhaha. After all, what goes better with football than fried food? (Hmmm, maybe I can think of something.) So I called up the…
Now that we know it’s going to be the New Orleans Saints against the Indianapolis Colts, the official buildup to Super Bowl 44 is on. After yesterday’s amazing NFC Championship game, the game on February 7 has a lot to live up to. But where can you go where 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…
This week on the blog:A fish wagon-turned-shack makes the best burger in Key West.You say banana, I say banana pancakes.We roll through six more of our 100 Favorite Dishes this week, starting with these amazing cannolis from Mona Lisa in Deerfield. The Beer-Offs are returning to Whole Foods in February…
The beer and burger craze on South Beach is getting absurd. Can’t we go back to Cubanos and cortadito, please?You know it’s time to give up when Burger King gets in on the deal. The company’s new Whopper Bar will debut in mid-February in the heart of South Beach. Now…
Clean Plate Charlie is collecting info on what the best dining deals are for the most romantic date night of the year. If your restaurant is celebrating St. Valentine’s with a special promotion, let us know by sending an email to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com. The information will be published in this post…
Tell us what is the best restaurant in Palm Beach County in the comments section below. Voting ends May 26.Need some suggestions? Click here to view our restaurant guide with critics’ picks.Previous Readers’ Poll posts are running through May. Cast your vote for Best Burger, and Best Restaurant in Broward.And…
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…
The owner of John G’s Restaurant in Lake Worth, John Giragos, died on Wednesday following a stroke.Giragos, who was 81, founded the popular breakfast and lunch spot in the Lake Worth Casino in 1973. The restaurant is operated by his children, and still enjoys the long lines that made it…
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…
There’s going to be a whole lot of drinking going in Jupiter come January 29 and 30. That’s when the Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival transforms Roger Dean Stadium into a sudsy paradise just this side of heaven. With over 100 rare beers from Florida-based and national brewers, the fest is…
The Gnarly Barley pale ale I was sipping at Corner Café and Brewery in Tequesta was rich and full-bodied, with a yeasty finish that reminded me of the bread my mother used to bake when I was a kid. Mom didn’t bake bread often, so when she did, it was…
• Iron Chef Cat Cora will be giving a cooking demo on February 27 at 5 p.m. at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa. Tickets cost $35 in advance through Ticketmaster. The celeb chef will be giving a free appearance at 3 p.m. in the hotel lobby that same…
