The Tortuga Music Festival is hitting Fort Lauderdale beach this weekend. And with it comes an eclectic mix of performers, from country music stars like Kenny Chesney to modern hippies like Michael Franti & Spearhead and Ben Harper. So it should come as no surprise that concertgoers will include a…
Ah, happy hour. That wonderful time of day when one can drink copious amounts of alcohol for just a fraction of the usual bill. How could one be unhappy with that sort of deal? To make happy hour even happier, Delray Beach’s 75 Main has made some changes to its…
The sky had just begun to clear on Friday night, saving dozens from being soaked as they waited to be banded, wineglassed, and plated before taking on a wide field of food and drink inside Fort Lauderdale’s Museum of Discovery and Science. It was the museum’s 18th foodcentric fundraiser dubbed…
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Hopefully you made it to Beerfest over the weekend. If not, we’re sorry. If so, not to be a buzzkill, but chances are the peak of your week has passed. However, that’s not to say you can’t find some food- or drink-related fun. We have this week’s picks for the…
At 87 years of age, the former Prime Minister of Britain Margaret Thatcher passed away from a stroke today. Known as the “Iron Lady,” Thatcher is best-known for her staunch conservative ways — the female British counterpart to Reagan.Whether you agree with her political stance or not, being the first…
Oh, SunFest, how we adore thee. The last big festival of the season, SunFest brings art, music, and three floating bar(ge)s to West Palm Beach for one extended weekend as a last fling before summer makes it just too unbearable to have outdoor fun!This year, music headliners will include Train,…
In the past year or so, the craft cocktail has been on everyone’s menu — but not every menu is truly craft. Not so at Kapow! Noodle Bar in Boca Raton, where cocktail menu creator Angela Dugan — wife to Kapow! co-owner and Pizza Fusion CEO Vaughan Lazar — recently…
On Saturday evening, hundreds of beer lovers in South Florida came together in Esplanade Park to sample the finest beers, enjoy great live music and have a great time at New Times’ Beerfest. Even the weather cooperated. Mother Nature is clearly a beer lover, because the evening was cool and…
Coffee? Check. Aspirin? Check. Beerfest fill? Half-check, because we could always go for more. Hopefully you took Sunday to recover from the intense craft beer-drinking that took place at Beerfest Saturday night at Esplanade Park. Then again, hopefully you just kept the party going for the rest of the weekend…
In perhaps the single greatest outrage since the Canadian Maple Syrup Thefts of 2012 (let us all pause for a moment of silence over our dry pancakes) the Associated Press is reporting that in Germany thieves have made off with about five metric tons of Nutella. Yes, they have now…
Anyone and everyone who is even slightly into food, politics, or government conspiracy theories has at least heard something about Monsanto. Whether it’s the company’s development of Agent Orange or farmer lawsuits, the consensus is that the company is pretty evil. Well, to separate fact from fiction, Food & Water…
Every year, when April Fool’s Day rolls around, Clean Plate Charlie is faced with the same dilemma: Do we write a prank blog post? The answer, of course, is yes.The best April Fool’s posts are the ones that could possibly be true as you read. Then, a few nuggets of…
The 16th-annual New Times “Original” Beerfest is coming to Fort Lauderdale’s Esplanade Park tomorrow, April 6, from 6 to 11 p.m. We can feel the excitement in the air as we prepare to drink plenty of good beer, eat delicious food, and listen to some of the best live and…
The general consensus on doughnuts is to stay away. Seriously, how many fat cop and doughnut jokes go hand in hand? While your doctor and dietician might warn to to keep your hands off those perfectly sweet and fluffy Krispy Kremes, right now you have the perfect excuse to eat…
National gourmet macaroni and cheese month is now behind us, but it doesn’t mean we have to return to eating those irradiated looking cheese sauces and powders you find lining grocery aisle shelves. Your basic cheese sauce is cheap, easy and quick to make. It can be as thick or…
So often, discussions about food in this country can seem a bit … elitist. We talk about 100-percent grass-fed beef, humanely raised pork, and organic produce, but when someone mentions the fact that those foods are more expensive than their modern conventional counterparts proponents merely say it’s worth it. For…
April 6 is the official day of the unofficial holiday celebrating the end of Prohibition. What is this day called, you ask? It’s appropriately titled New Beer’s Eve. World of Beer, aka Beer Heaven, is hosting a glorious celebration for this unofficial-but-should-be-official holiday. World of Beer in Coconut Creek features…
For the next two days you can stretch your stomach and eat everything in sight. Or you can starve yourself in an attempt to make room for the big day. Whatever your training methods, move over Adam Richmond, because Man vs. Food hasn’t seen anything like the Inaugural Dim Sum…
You probably already know, but it’s Slow Foods week, a celebration of all things locally grown. While we love the idea of eating at farm-to-table restaurants and buying from local producers, you couldn’t get much closer than your own backyard. No, we mean literally. Karin Fields — a.k.a. the Edible…
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Since the Florida Snow Factory opened three months ago in the Harbor Shops plaza in Fort Lauderdale, we South Floridians can get snow anytime we want — even in the middle of summer. And it won’t mess up the roads or…
“Most people hoard baseball cards or cats” says Julian Siegel, straightening up his Dogfish Head bottles. “But me? I collect beer.” Siegel, owner of Riverside Market, has collected three generations of Dogfish Head beer over the last four years. When asked why, this beer connoisseur responds with a grin. “I…
