You know that feeling when you’re out to dinner having a good time with your friends, but even though you’re laughing and enjoying your food, deep down you know the meal is lacking something?And we all know what that something is: height. If only this table were levitating 180 feet…
Bacon lovers — which, judging from the entirety of the internet, covers roughly 95 percent of you — were majorly bummed when, earlier this month, 40,000 pounds of bacon were ruined in a highway accident in Illinois. In light of information from Britain’s National Pig Association (NPA), that homegrown bacon…
Oktoberfest has officially started in Germany and across the pond in Cincinnati. Both cities have much in common — beer drinking, dirndls, and plenty of wieners. Except in Cincinnati, you’re encouraged to pet your wiener and allow it to roam free instead of slathering mustard on it. That’s right! We’re…
Despite stormy weather Friday afternoon, as part of Occupy Monsanto’s Global Week of Action, a group of individuals turned out for the national endeavor to require mandatory labeling of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in foods. The protesters are hoping to garner support for a California initiative — Proposition 37 — that will require labeling of…
Restaurateur Dennis Max and his partners in the Max Group are opening the Mexican at Royal Palm Place in Boca Raton.The restaurant, which will feature Mexican street food and a tequila bar, will open in early November. Like Max’s other restaurants, many ingredients will be sourced locally, using sustainable ingredients…
Rabbit tostadas. Gator sausage. Wild boar tenderloin. They’re all on the menu — or have been — at Coolinary Cafe in Palm Beach Gardens, which opened in March.Tim Lipman, the 32-year-old chef/owner, and his wife, Jenny, are the cool kids behind this hip 47-seat eatery. Lipman has an arsenal of…
As one event (Flavor Palm Beach) winds down this week, South Florida revelers are gearing up for Oktoberfest and other autumnal fun, much of which involves beer in one way or another. After the jump, find a roundup of food- and drink-related events this week in Broward and Palm Beach…
7-Eleven is no stranger to clever marketing schemes, but their 7-Election campaign — which kicked off earlier this month — is, like, genius level selling. Now through Election Day (Tuesday, November 6) cast your vote by spending money while a subsidiary tallies the election; just like in real life! The…
There’s little more than a week until Dine Out Lauderdale kicks off (it starts Monday, October 1). That gives South Florida diners a little time to sort through the special three-course menus on offer at the 40 participating restaurants, which range from Hallandale Beach north to Lighthouse Point, and as…
We’re not sure whether that’s a giant rat, a squirrel, or a really weird-looking kitten. We just know it should not be hanging out in a Wilton Manors restaurant…
Today is the official first day of fall — the autumnal equinox, if you will — and it feels just like it, right? Not so much? Whatever; doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate the non-existent-for-now season with a sampling of cool weather flavors (and no, that doesn’t mean candy corn Oreos)…
Oktoberfest is here again, folks. It is the time of year to party like a German in brown leather pants, guzzling endless liters of barley and malt brews. We know — sporting lederhosen in South Florida’s penetrating heat is not a logistical reality, considering the risk of massive chaffing and…
Baja Beach Club, the 1990s Fort Lauderdale haunt best known for the classic spring-break style parties — you know the type, scantily-clad bartenders serving up body shots to grinding, barely legal patrons — is getting ready for more action. The club was first launched in Chicago in 1987; eventually the…
If you and your stoner friends have ever wasted away an entire Saturday eating chips and thinking up ways to make an easy million bucks…this contest is for you!The good people at Lay’s potato chips are in dire need of a new flavor for their potato chips and they’re willing…
Yesterday, we caught up with Aran Goyoaga, the acclaimed blogger, photographer, and food stylist, about her upcoming cookbook. Today, we have a sneak peak into the book, which won’t be released until October 23. This is her children’s favorite cookie — soft, chewy and packed with chocolate chips and homemade…
What’s better than a plate of huge, tender meatballs? A side of hunky muscle?Here’s your chance to meet the Steve Martorano, the man behind Fort Lauderdale’s celebrity-frequented eatery, Cafe Martorano in Oakland Park. He also runs a Martorano’s in Las Vegas and another here at the Seminole Hard Rock in…
Oktoberfest celebrations are happening in South Florida through October 21, and since beer is a fundamental part of the two week celebration, it may help you to know a thing or two about it. See Also: – The Craft-Beer Craze Finally Finds Florida – Oktoberfest 2012 in South Florida: Celebrations…
From dining with divas to meeting the makers, there’s more than one out-of-the-ordinary event on the food and drink schedule this weekend in South Florida. After the jump, find a roundup of things to do this weekend in the realm of drinking and dining in Broward and Palm Beach counties…
It may seem incredulous to think that hunger is a problem in the United States — especially when we simultaneously have an obesity epidemic — but according to Share Our Strength, a national organization working to end childhood hunger nationwide, there are currently 16 million kids living without access to…
I went to high school with Jennifer Aniston. This was long before Friends made her a superstar, and Aniston was just another slightly awkward teen at the High School of Performing Arts/LaGuardia School of the Arts. You may know it as the Fame school, where adolescents danced in the cafeteria…
Aran Goyoaga, acclaimed pastry chef, photographer, food stylist, and James Beard Award-nominated blogger at Cannelle et Vanille, will release her first cookbook, titled Small Plates and Sweet Treats: My Family’s Journey to Gluten-Free Cooking, on October 23.The cookbook has been Goyoaga’s project for several years. “I signed the contract in…
The year was 1972. Head Coach Don Shula led the Miami Dolphins to their perfect season. It’s been 40 years, and no team has done it since. Sure the Dolphins have had some missteps; President Obama even had to make a jab about their not-so-stellar record. But loyal fans are still…
