It’s my least favorite Hallmark holiday coming up, also known as Valentine’s Day. It is, however, a fantastic excuse for decadence of all forms, particularly chocolate and booze. We’ll start with chocolate, for which we’ll turn to Chloe Doutre-Roussel, one of the world’s chocolate experts and author of The Chocolate…
Visit this Las Olas location on Tuesdays and chef Adam Dombrowski of Rocco’s Tacos is doing double time. Armed with appetites, patrons line the lot to valet for the $14.95 all-you-can-eat day. The Fort Lauderdale location opened a year ago this month.The crowds — and owner Rocco Mangel’s success –…
Last Friday, Lifehacker posted a recipe for a healthy breakfast that was so stunningly simple, to call it a recipe might be a bit fanciful. Lifehacker credits reddit user fungzor for the easy, healthy combo wherein an egg is baked in the hollow of a halved avocado.The setup is easy. Preheat the oven…
“I’m not eating that disgusting bottom feeder,” said my friend, who happens to be a marine biologist. As a part of my Florida adventures of eating like regular people, I joined friends at Heart Rock Sushi, where fish is so inexpensive, it’s surreal. They steered the ordering, during which I…
We’ve got a pair of tickets to give away to Garlic Fest, the quirky Delray Beach event that celebrates the odiferous vegetable. Why celebrate a flavor that keeps away vampires and ensures trench mouth breath that rivals the taste of stale cigarettes?Like other maligned foods, garlic has an interesting history…
It’s almost a crime that there are no Jack in the Box restaurants in Florida. The whole creepy-child’s-toy concept used to scare the living daylights out of me when I was a kid.There were three fast-food restaurants in a row where I grew up in Brooklyn. McDonald’s, Burger King, and…
It’s National Yogurt day today (and you thought it was hangover-from-Super-Bowl Day, didn’t you)! Every time we think yogurt has jumped the shark, it makes a comeback. There are still a million frozen yogurt shops, but now the trend is toward fro-yo that actually tastes like yogurt — tangy and…
Happy day after Super Bowl. Yesterday, the country ate 1.25 million chicken wings. Today, it’s wing sauce and blue cheese smoothies. Read on for today’s food-related links.1. The National Restaurant Association projects that restaurant sales will grow by 3.5 percent in 2012, with two out of five consumers reporting they’re…
Things to do this week include booking a reservation for Valentine’s Day — something that needs to happen quickly if you don’t want to be shut out of the game — or making plans for a special pre-Valentine’s outing. There are plenty of fun date ideas for the weekend, but…
This weekend, two teams will engage in head-to-head competition for a ring. You, however, can get yours for free.That’s right! Burger King is giving away rings this weekend. Crisp, golden, fried rings. Onion rings, to be exact.Today and tomorrow, February 4 and 5, just stop into any Burger King and…
The hour is drawing nigh. It’s time to book your reservations for Valentine’s Day dinner or risk being turned away at the door, a rejection that will increase the odds of a rejection later that evening. If the cheapskate Valentine’s Day isn’t an option, there are numerous choices for romance in…
One of my roommates is a highly driven young entrepreneur raised in Asia by American parents, and he is an enthusiastic consumer of all ingestibles, be they solid, liquid, or smoke. Like me, his favorite foods are uni and foie gras. Like me, he loves excellent craft beer, appreciates delicately…
Who’s it gonna be — New England, with its creamy chowders, lobster rolls, and clam bakes? Or New York, home to hot dogs, pizza, and wings?Oh, sorry. You thought we were talking about the Patriots and the Giants? We’re looking forward to the game, sure, but we gotta admit, it’s…
Clean Plate Charlie is pitting our eight best dining areas against one another in a March Madness-style bracket. Later this month, we’ll crown a winner — an undisputed champion city that can boast to have the best food scene in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Below, read up on No…
If you think the pinnacle of games is this Sunday, then maybe you haven’t heard about Clean Plate Charlie’s Food Town Throwdown.Clean Plate Charlie is talking smack and taking names — pitting our favorite food neighborhoods against each other in a raging death match of wits and eats. OK -…
Clean Plate Charlie is pitting our eight best dining areas against one another in a March Madness-style bracket. Later this month, we’ll crown a winner — an undisputed champion city that can boast to have the best food scene in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Below, read up on No…
Margaritas and palm trees belong together, so it’s no wonder South Florida is awash in tequila goodness. Clean Plate Charlie takes a look at some of the best margaritas in Broward and Palm Beach. These are finalists in the Best Of issue that will hit the stands in June –…
Clean Plate Charlie is pitting our eight best dining areas against one another in a March Madness-style bracket. Later this month, we’ll crown a winner — an undisputed champion city that can boast to have the best food scene in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Below, read up on number-one-seeded…
Clean Plate Charlie is pitting our eight best dining areas against one another in a March Madness-style bracket. Later this month, we’ll crown a winner — an undisputed champion city that can boast to have the best food scene in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Below, read up on number-three-seeded…
Back in 2008, I started spending almost as much time in restaurant kitchens as in restaurant dining rooms. What struck me was how few women work the hot line. The reasons are apparent: The hours are insane. The pay is middling. The work is grueling. Cooking in a competitive, cutthroat…
Houston-based restaurateur Tilman Fertitta of Landry’s Inc. has acquired 90 percent of Morton’s shares, he announced Wednesday, reports Chicago Business. The purchase means he’ll own Morton’s without shareholders’ approval. Shareholders had been trying to block the purchase because they believed the stocks were undervalued.In Florida, Morton’s resides in Boca Raton,…
Rocco’s Tacos is opening their fourth location in Palm Beach Gardens tonight after much planning and speculation.Clean Plate Charlie announced the planned northernmost location of this taco mini-chain back in March, 2011. The restaurant, located on PGA Boulevard in the former Ouzo Blue spot, was slated for a summer opening. …
