Pesticides. Fungicides. Neonicotinoids. Organic. Hormone-free. Anti-biotic free. Non-GMO. Fair trade. Pasture raised. Grass fed vs. grass finished. How far did it travel? How well was it treated? How much was its DNA tinkered with? Were fossil fuels involved? The concept of food was simple once, but these days the very…
This is a story about matchmaking; matching a donor with a recipient, matching a cause with a champion, and matching two people who each turned out to be just what the other needed most. Talia Bennardo and Terri Price are a match made in heaven, though they’ve never met. Terri…
The City-Wide Market is expanding its reach this weekend with a new venue in Coral Springs. Why should east Broward get all the cool events? City-Wide brings its particularly successful brand of indie-crafts fest to the Coral Springs Gymnasium in Mullins Park from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and…
No need to rubberneck on I-95. Now you can witness a five-car pileup with none of the guilt about who might have been hurt, when Monster Jam roars into the BB&T Center this Friday and Saturday. More than 30 tons of rubber, metal, glass, and guts will take over the…
One of Delray Beach’s most anticipated food events, Tastemakers returns this Thursday and Friday, from 5 to 10 p.m. The massive two night event takes over Atlantic Avenue and all of Downtown Delray Beach. Stroll from restaurant to restaurant sampling the best the area has to offer in food and…
The week is finally over once again and the weekend is upon us. There are so many events for the food loving and cocktail craving among us, it’s hard to know where to start. Whether you are looking to get the inside scoop on some specialty brewed craft beers, do…
Taste It: A Comedy About the Recession is, well, pretty much what the title implies. Boy is living high, boy loses his way, boy meets hot girl who teaches him something about himself, boy has introspective moment, stupid friends are stupid, and it all works out in the end. What…
We are trying to think of something that sounds more uniquely Floridian than getting food delivered to your boat, but we’re having a hard time coming up with anything. Valet parking at the beach? Tan senior citizens in banana hammocks? People handing out mangos at the office? Oh, Florida. E&J’s…
Filmmaker Gary Davis is originally from Camden, New Jersey — ranked the most dangerous city in America in 2002 — so building his own mini-Hollywood in Boynton Beach doesn’t seem daunting at all. He has made about 30 feature films in the past 30 years, and the latest installment in…
Trader Joe’s is staging an outright invasion of South Florida these days, and we couldn’t be happier about it. First, the crunchy, food-lover mecca announced it would be making a debut in Palm Beach Gardens sometime in 2014, with construction slated to begin in fall of this year. Then we…
If you own a smartphone, there’s a high likelihood you are addicted to Candy Crush Saga from King.com. Don’t bother lying to us or to yourself. We’re not here to stage an intervention or direct you to a 12-step program. We’re just as addicted as you are. (Seriously, been stuck…
ReEYE at Artserve is one of the biggest art events of the year in Fort Lauderdale – perhaps the biggest. Now in its eigth year, the annual event takes underground street art and brings it up into the light and off the street. In addition to the traditional 2D art…
Update: The food truck safari was rained out on July 13 — as was most of South Florida — and has been rescheduled for this Saturday, July 27. So if you thought you missed, out on food trucks and adorable animals, you were wrong. People love food trucks. People love…
Dinner and a movie is the quintessential “night out.” For college kids, it’s the big summer blockbuster and a sports bar, but for the more discerning film buffs and foodies among us, we need something more. Cinema Paradiso in Fort Lauderdale has been home to the Broward County Film Society…
People love food trucks. People love animals. People love going out on a Saturday night. So why settle for any old food truck roundup when there’s one that involves all three? The food trucks are going on safari July 13 at the Palm Beach Zoo, and you can go with…
Today is the eleventh day of the seventh month of the year of our lord twenty thirteen. In laymen’s terms that makes today 7/11, which sounds a lot of 7-Eleven. What is everyone’s favorite thing about 7-Eleven? Slurpees. The only better than a Slurpee is a free Slurpee. To commemorate…
Quite a bit has unfolded since we first learned about former Starbucks employee Adrian Flores and his plea for assistance from the denizens of the internet. After raising enough funds to pay his most pressing bills, Flores remade his GoFundMe page, gofundme.com/helpuslive. He headlined the new version “Please Help Us…
UPDATE: Judd Apatow Fooled by “Fired” Former Starbucks Employee? UPDATE: Starbucks has responded with a statement: We appreciate you reaching out for our response regarding Adrian Flores. First and foremost, the wellbeing of our partners (this is what we call our employees) is always a top priority for Starbucks. We…
Many of us are familiar with the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line that answers poultry emergency calls every November through December. In every other emergent cooking quandary, however, the foundering amateur chef was on his or her own. Inept grillers need struggle no longer, LongHorn Steakhouse has come to rescue with their…
Tastemakers of Delray Beach (not to be confused with Clean Plate Charlie’s Top 30 Tastemakers list) is an annual event that provides attendees with the opportunity to sample signature dishes and cocktails from all of the downtown area’s restaurants. The two-day event takes place from 5 to 10 p.m. Thursday,…
Here at Clean Plate, we aren’t annoyed by those who obsessively Instagram photos of their food. We love it. We search out Instagram foodies to follow. But sometimes we find photos that remind us, the internet is a dangerous place. On the one hand, once something is out there, it’s…
Trader Joe’s announced today that they will be building their second location in East City Center in Boca Raton. Though rumors swirled on social media sites about where a Trader Joe’s might open if it came here – heavy money was on Delray Beach’s South Federal Highway corridor – the…
