Shake Shack To Open in Boca Raton

Shake Shack, the fast casual burger and fries restaurant chain by Danny Meyer, inspires carnivorous lust from the thousands of fans who wait in long lines for their fix of Shack burgers and concretes…

Skittles Shots? Try Them at Tap 42

Paige Nast is only 21, but she makes a Manhattan cocktail like she’s been drinking them for twice as long.She refuses to make drinks the “cheater” way (she’s never touched a bottle of Rose’s Lime Juice), and her penchant for using only fresh herbs and local produce in her recipes…

RHONJ Teresa Giudice’s Fabulicious Cruise Sails From Fort Lauderdale

If you’re a fan of Bravo’s Real Housewives of New Jersey, break out the sequined bikini, the hairspray, and the pasta sauce because you won’t want to miss Teresa Giudice’s Fabulicious cruise on Holland America’s Zuiderdam.The eight day cruise sets sail from Port Everglades on December 28, visiting Turks and…

The Fooducate iPhone App Review

In the inaugural entry in Clean Plate Charlie’s semi-regular series of iPhone app reviews, Charlie weighed in on the fun-to-use but not entirely indispensable Perfect Egg Timer app. This week’s review looks at the buzz-killing but necessary Fooducate, one of Apple’s top-rated nutrition apps of 2011. (It’s also available for the…

Trader Joe’s Replies To Palm Beach Gardens Rumors

Read also: Is Trader Joe’s Coming to Palm Beach Gardens?Last week we shared a rumor that had South Florida salivating over the thought of buying tomato-free corn salsa, frozen kale, and cheap wine from salespeople clad in tiki shirts.We’re referring, of course, to yet another rumor that Trader Joe’s was…

Five New Dining Options in West Palm Beach

Several recent restaurant additions — all newly-opened within the past six months — are bringing more dining options to West Palm Beach. From a dive that’s not quite a dive, to a few new Asian-themed eateries, downtown’s Clematis St. in West Palm Beach is finally on its way.Here, a list of…

South Florida Dining Events This Week: Hoptimism and More

Sad (but not surprising) to say, tonight’s beer and cheese pairing at Funky Buddha Lounge is sold out. But there are still plenty of other barley-soaked happenings, plus other food and drink events, this week in Broward and Palm Beach counties. After the jump, find a list of dining events…

South Florida’s Ten Best Kid-Friendly Places to Eat

​Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don’t forget to check out the full Best of Broward-Palm Beach® 2012 online at bestof.voiceplaces.com. Parents get royally shafted in the dining out department. Choices…

Beach, Barbecue & Books: Big Bash For Delray Public Library Centennial

Long before the internet and e-books, the main source of information and entertainment was the local public library, where people of all ages looked at things made out of chewed up wood called paper…The Delray Beach Public Library has been around for nearly 100 years and, though it’s evolved with…

GSN Seeking Real People For Cooking Competition

If you’re a “real person” that loves to cook, GSN is looking for you.  Their new show, Beat the Chefs, is seeking amateur chef teams consisting of a lead and two sous chefs to compete against “some of the best chefs in the business”, specifically Beau McMillan, executive chef of…

Masque Sexual Flavor Strips Make Fellatio Fruity-licious

Some things will just never taste good. Cafeteria and airline food, for example. And giving your man a BJ.Yeah, we’re pretty sure that will never taste good.Lucky for everyone involved, Masque — a company based in Tampa — has developed a product that claims to make fellatio downright tasty!…

Lionfish Nacho Recipe From the Lionfish Cookbook

Who doesn’t love the taste of lionfish? Yes, lionfish may look scary, but they’re actually quite delicious — sort of like snapper, but better — making it the perfect white-fleshed fish for a variety of Caribbean-themed dishes, including ceviche.As part of its outreach to educate consumers on the dangers the…

Eat Lionfish at the 2012 Palm Beach Lionfish Derby

Like the lions that roam the African planes, the lions of the ocean are mighty predators.Well, not really. But these ferociously finned nonnative fish have managed to eat our tropical reefs bare.Which is why Key Largo-based REEF — short for Reef Environmental Education Foundation — has launched a series of…

Lunch Bag Art: From Spock to Star Wars

Earlier we shared with you the top ten best lunch boxes you could buy your kids for back to school. And sure, you could do that if you don’t love them enough to make them yourself.Since 2008 dad Derek Benson has been decorating his kids boring brown paper lunch bags…

The Cheese Course Offers Mozzarella Making Classes

Do you ever dream about getting your hands on some cheese? We don’t mean daintily nibbling on a little tidbit of cheddar — we mean literally getting in there and plunging your hands into vats of liquid cheese in the act of making your very own mozzarella?…

Flavors of Fort Lauderdale: Tickets on Sale Now for Grand Tasting

Tickets are now available for the inaugural Flavors of Fort Lauderdale grand tasting event on Sunday, November 11.The grand tasting is part of the four-day Flavors of Fort Lauderdale festival, which will feature a series of dinners in addition to Sunday’s large-scale fete. Sunday’s grand tasting will take place from…