Snack foods that all but promise to send you to the emergency room. Fast-food items that invoke natural disasters and use meat in place of grains. Bacon dishes that require weaving skills. A hell of a lot of modern food products sound as if they were developed by a room…
If Urban Outfitters had the equivalent of IKEA’s Swedish Food Market, the shelves would be stocked with products valued either for their mall-ready alt sensibilities or their ironic appeal; e.g. quinoa pancake mix, Japanese candies, gummy mustaches. Certainly, there would be room for dozens of out-of-circulation products from the late…
The Third-Annual “Crawlin’ for a Cause” pub crawl validates the desire to spend this Saturday evening carousing from one end of town to the other. A portion of the ticket money raised from the event will benefit Hospice of Palm Beach County…
This Thursday evening, the Taste of the Nation Fort Lauderdale will celebrate its 20th year of raising much-needed funds for the fight to end childhood hunger in the U.S…
[jump] Just once, it would be grand to read a news item about food safety in the United States that didn’t amount to, “And of course, we’re all eating poison.” This item, is unfortunately, not that piece. Today’s “Everything is Covered in Feces” report comes to us courtesy of Michael…
When you walk into a local joint and encounter a table of cops tucking into the grub, it’s generally a pretty good sign. After all, peace officers, like couriers, often have a leg up on some of the best out-of-the-way places to score a solid meal at a good price…
No backyard for a barbecue this weekend? No prob. From noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Whole Foods Market, 1400 Glades Rd., Boca Raton will host a patriotic “Support Our Troops” cookout in support of the Forgotten Soldiers Outreach…
Hard-wired survival instincts demand you eat when your body is running low on fuel. But what about when hunger strikes and you’re stuck at a Little League game, the taxidermist (it could happen!) or a Denny’s? Those instincts for self-preservation may experience a moment of conflict when faced with the…
[jump] Commitmentphobes don’t have to settle for just one culinary destination Thursday night when the Taste of Boynton provides a smorgasbord of edible options from many of the area’s popular restaurants. The event also features a winetasting courtesy of the Wine Cellar of Boynton Beach. South Florida band Cricklewood will…
The oppressive summer heat is settling on South Florida in earnest and the snowbirds have all but vacated our region, making it easier for locals to hit the beaches and enjoy some of that tropical paradise everyone’s always raving about. As anyone who’s felt the mysterious exhaustion of having spent…
What better way to kick off barbecue season than with an outdoor showdown of the quintessential American backyard all-star: the hamburger. The Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle will pit more than a dozen of the region’s finest burger makers against one another for top marks from a panel of judges and…
As your spoilsport friend who holds dual degrees in North American History and Party Pooping will tell you, our version of Cinco de Mayo isn’t quite the authentic cultural celebration T.G.I. Friday’s has led us to believe. Although the fifth of May as “honored” today in the U.S. is largely…
If you’re anything but a wiz in the kitchen and you want to honor mom with a special Mother’s Day meal this weekend, consider leaving the preparations to the folks at Flagler Museum in West Palm Beach. The museum will host a special Mother’s Day weekend tea Saturday and Sunday…
Just as our friends to the north bid adieu to an insanely long winter and celebrate the start of Farmer’s Market Season, South Florida says farewell to our beloved outdoor produce bazaars, most of which will shutter their stands until the late fall brings more tolerable temps.Example: Boca Raton GreenMarket…
The pizza market in Boca Raton is well-saturated, so how does one make an impression in this cluttered pie landscape? Jonathan’s Corner’s approach seems to focus on the consumer’s wallet above all else. The daily specials are pretty generous — the “grand opening” buy-one, get-one deal on large cheese pizza…
Deerfield Beach Wine & Food Festival is the new kid on the block, hosting its first go from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of Cove Shopping Center, off Hillsboro Boulevard just east of SE 15th Avenue. Organizers have booked 40 of Florida’s finest culinary artists and…
Have you been saddled with hosting Easter dinner when you’d much rather spend the day kicking back your misanthropic heels and hiding from the family? Below are ten ways that can all but guarantee that you will never again be asked to host — or possibly to attend — a…
If you’re having trouble getting the fam on board with your mission to go green, load up the Prius and shuttle everyone over to the Whole Foods Market of Coral Springs on Saturday afternoon to celebrate, among other things, Earth Month (Earth Day proper is Friday). The Earth Fair is…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 47: Bruschetta Pizza from Pizza Fusion…
As a vegetarian, Easter is one of several holidays where I struggle to muster half the enthusiasm for the menu as most everyone else in the room. If, like me, you’ve ever gone riffling through the Easter basket rejects in search of sustenance while your compatriots drooled over a honey-baked…
There’s something comforting about being able to see — and smell and touch — the Atlantic when you’re stuffing your face with something purporting to be the freshest catch of the day. Perhaps that explains much of the appeal of the Pompano Beach Seafood Festival, celebrating its 27th year this…
The Seminole Casino Coconut Creek once again welcomes its alliterative celebration of gastronomic and musical indulgence when it hosts the fourth-annual Blues, Brews, and BBQ this week. Things get under way Wednesday with the outdoor cigar Smoke Out and tunes by Fort Lauderdale native Big Bill Morganfield, whose performance will…
