Founded in 2007 by former execs from DoubleClick, eBay, and Louis Vuitton, e-commerce site Gilt.com has been called “the darling of luxury-obsessed shoppers” by Fast Company. How does it relate to food? Gourmands with expensive tastes who become members shop for high-end seafood, meat, cheeses, drinks, condiments, you name it…
If it’s not colony collapse disorder, it’s a crazy bee killer. Hundreds of thousands of bees in Brevard County died this past September, tied to a tainted food supply that contained an insecticide used to kill roaches, ticks, and fleas, county agriculture officials determined yesterday. The poisoning may have affected more…
December 16 marks Free Fries Friday at Burger King locations across the country, part of the nationwide rollout of “fluffier” fries with “more potato flavor” that started December 5. The new fries…
In the event you’ve made the rounds on our Fort Lauderdale lunch list, there’s a new one in the queue…
Dessert at a restaurant in South Florida is not for the faint of heart. A drizzle of caramel, a pouf of cream, the sheen of fresh-cut fruits, or the siren of chocolate can undo even the most disciplined among us. As a purist, I’m enamored with dark, single-origin chocolate, riveted…
There’s a sizable Vietnamese population in D.C. where I moved from, so it’s easy to find decent pho and a respectable banh mi. Here? Tougher to find either: It appears South Florida isn’t having the same banh mi love affair as elsewhere, which seems about right, since Vietnamese immigrants don’t…
Chef Steven Zobel is the chef behind East End Brasserie at the Atlantic Resort & Spa, the subject of this week’s restaurant review. Having moved here from New York this past summer, Zobel earned accolades during his tenure at Triomphe from the New York Times and New York Magazine. Despite long…
Kicking off the morning with our occasional a.m. roundup of interesting links.Which holiday cookie are you? No, this is not an inane quiz from a women’s magazine. It’s one from The Washington Post to help you figure out what type of cookies you should bake.Speaking of. . . turns out, some…
Following up on this week’s “Should Shark Fin be Outlawed?” I went back to Silver Pond to ask about the soup. “No one really orders it,” said a manager who’s helmed the dining room for the past four years. “It’s way too expensive.”…
A wide purple straw punctuates this indulgently sweet drink. It’s not green tea flavored, but the avocado special. And special it is, resembling a blend of avocado and McDonald’s once a year shamrock shake. Those aren’t chihuahua pellets lining the bottom of the cup. They’re tapioca bubbles, of course. Once…
Restaurants and bars that align Himmarshee may not be able to open on Sunday. At 4:30 a.m the power will be cut on the street to move The Shippey House, the residence of the second judge of Broward County that had been built in 1914. The cottage will be moved…
Two Florida institutions associated with boozing and boobs are getting lifts. …
Fort Lauderdale is no slouch when it comes to street food, with plenty of options like The Whole Enchilada, My Market, Primanti’s, and of course, LaSpada’s. Yet when it comes to a sit-down midday meal that offers more than sandwich shop, the question remains: “Where should we go for lunch?”…
Charm City Burgers in Deerfield reopened this afternoon after a month long renovation. The kitchen hood replacement was the catalyst for the remodeling, the plans for which were designed by owners Mike Saperstein and Evan David. The duo took over Charm City Burgers in 2009 from an acquaintance who was…
As much as some cookbooks have become coffee-table decorations, I appreciate a book that inspires a cover-to-cover read or motivation to cook the hell out of it. Though I’m no Carol Blymire, who has worked her way through French Laundry and Alinea, my copies of Gourmet and The Lee Brothers…
This is exactly what I wanted,” said my coworker Lisa as she forked through butternut-squash tortelloni. At an outside table at SpoonFed, she mused on missing the brisk Cleveland fall, when squash is among the season’s pickings at farmers’ markets. She had ordered a dish that reminded her of home…
This month, the Restaurant Opportunities Center United ranked nearly 200 national restaurants in an effort to alert consumers where they can go to patronize more socially conscious chains. The report is also a shout out to the growing numbers of workers in the hospitality industry. Restaurants are graded according to five…
Update: follow up article here.The other night while having Chinese at Silver Pond with a friend, we debated about ordering the shark fin soup. “If you were in the ocean, the shark wouldn’t think twice about eating you,” my friend rationalized. He was hell bent on ordering a bowl. His…
Get Crafty: Craft booze is booming, according to Good Magazine, as a result of the recession: “The Second Great Depression has been just as effective as the first at driving Americans into the soothing arms of a strong drink. Only this time around, our options for getting tanked are a…
Best German Breads — Edelweiss Bakery For brown breads, strudel, pretzels, and Black Forest cake, this bakery might become your go-to, offering Gemächlichkeit with your baked goods…
Thankfully, there’s no shortage of pizza around here, since it’s among our favorite foods. Here’s a pie we polished off in record time, 12 inches across with blistered crust, ripened tomatoes, and charred green peppers. Think you know where we’re eating this week? What’s the giveaway? Let us know in…
Last week, we gathered the top ten Zagat entries for Broward. This week, we’re doing the same for Palm Beach, where the price point is $20 higher on average. There are more lobster and steak houses in the top ten than in Broward, although a couple of funky places seed…
