The poor boy is the kind of sandwich you can’t honor in just one meal. It’s a hoagie fit for eating standing up in the street, hovering over a bar with a beer, or straight from the fridge to chase away a hangover. So, as an ode to the Po-Boy…
This week in dish, we take a look at Bash Wine Cafe in Sunrise. We first looked at the unassuming bistro a few weeks ago on the blog and found its key asset to be well-priced comfort food. Now, here’s an excerpt from our upcoming review:…Perhaps it’s fate, then, that…
For a fun, casual take on Vietnamese, Green Papaya Vietnamese Cuisine in Coral Springs is a great deal. The above dinner is called a Hau Giang “barbecue pork chop,” but is actually a breaded piece of pork loin that’s been seared on a flat top or griddle. The cutesy plate…
Pictured: Wok-sauteed broccoli with garlic and chili. Prep: Clean and trim broccoli into inch-wide pieces. Steam using steamer basket for about 5-6 minutes, or until broccoli becomes bright green and flesh softens slightly. Immediately shock in a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking and preserve color. Drain. Dice…
This week on the program:What’s up there, Cupcake? A pretty good, cheap Riesling, that’s what.A nomadic, artisan barbecue cart out of Lake Worth is pulling pork at bar near you.Bad customers are just as awful as bad servers. Don’t be a bad customer.Downtown’s newest barbecue joint is pumping up the…
Chow.com, that home for intrepid foodists popularly known as Chowhound, published the Chow 13 last week, its list of the 13 most influential food fighters of 2009. The article is essentially 13 mini profiles complete with a host of graphic novel-like illustrations. And it’s a really fun read. Among the…
At least not according to the Brewers Association, the organization that advocates for the craft brewing industry. Out of the top 50 craft brewers in the country, Florida isn’t represented by one. In fact, Florida is among the states with the fewest number of breweries per capita with one per…
• The 11th annual Riverwalk Get Downtown happy hour ramps up in front of YOLO tomorrow night at 5. The huge, outdoor party will feature music from Fourth Dimension as well as food from Big City Tavern, Chima, the Downtowner Saloon, Sublime, YOLO, and more. Get your tickets for $20…
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…
An order of corn fritters at any one of the eight Park Avenue BBQ and Grill locations costs just $3.49 and nets you six fried balls of dough along with three condiments to decorate them with. This two-to-one condiment-to-food ratio is a recipe for fun, and the way you play…
Over the years, the old Texas Hold ‘Em BBQ location on Sunrise Boulevard felt sadder with each visit. It was always empty, especially near the end of its tenure there earlier this year. The benches in front of the brown- and cream-colored building looked lost and lonely; the only activity…
I’ve been on the lookout lately for good breakfast places for an upcoming column, but for some reason I had forgotten about Dyan’s Country Kitchen, a diner-style breakfast spot in northern Coral Springs. Now the place is firmly locked in my memory as a great neighborhood joint to nab the…
This week in Dish, we take a look at Texas Hold ‘Em BBQ, that recently relocated Fort Lauderdale smoke shack. Now on Seventh Street downtown just a block from the Andrews Avenue Publix, Texas Hold ‘Em is enjoying a renaissance thanks to more foot traffic and an invigorated approach to…
Amateur pizza chefs, unite: the first ever Worstpizza.com Great Pizza Cookoff is going down tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m. at Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza in Aventura. Five amateur competitors will throw down with their own personal take on great pie, while the public in attendance gets to act as judge…
Aside from the occasional hot dog, it’s difficult to find food served from street carts in Broward or Palm Beach these days. But the pulled pork sandwich from Swanky’s Low and Slow Barbecue out of Lake Worth is argument enough for a return to street cookery. The clean, shiny, silver…
Pictured: Lobster risotto with asparagus tips. Lobster: Poach two whole Florida lobsters in water along with celery, onion, carrot, and lemon. Once lobsters turn red (about 15 minutes), remove and extract tail meat. Add shells back into pot and allow to steep for 45 minutes. Strain and reserve stock.Asparagus: Blanch…
Charles in charge, of our days, and our……Cheap wine, this time a Cab from Beringer….Steak and egg burgers, as in how to make them….Prime, aged steaks and the acquisition thereof….Cheese-steak-laden hearts and which sandwich we hold dearest. …Local chefs, in this case Mark Militello, who moves to the Office in…
We’ve all got a lot to be thankful for: The recession is over (supposedly), the world is still spinning, and Glenn Beck’s communist appendix finally escaped its dank cell. Hollywood eatery Lola’s on Harrison has a pretty good list too: Michael Wagner and company are going into their third season…
My favorite thing at Park Avenue BBQ and Grill is not barbecue at all — it’s the sweet, deep fried corn fritters ordered a la carte from the menu. Unlike hush puppies or typical corn fritters, Park Avenue’s version are cakey and moist and totally absent of rough, corn meal…
The latest issue of The New Yorker appeared this week with a profile of Jonathan Gold, the Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic for our sister paper, LA Weekly.The piece called “The Scavenger” by Dana Goodyear follows Gold down a path paved with odd edibles and organ meats, L.A.’s divey-est taco stands…
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…
Executive chef Tommy Valdes sure knows how to shill — the Culinary Institute of America grad and author is making a bid to be on the Next Food Network Star, a fact you’ll find plastered all over his Margate Italian restaurant. There’s even a life-sized picture of him, looking authoritative,…
