Kapow! Noodle Bar chef Roy Villacrusis won the “Grand Chef Throwdown” at the fifth annual Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival last night, a five-day benefit for the James Beard Foundation. Villacrusis, who helmed the short-lived Kubo that earned New Times’ Best Restaurant in Palm Beach in 2011, competed against…
Clean Plate Charlie would now like to ask all the kiddies to leave the room because it’s time to learn to make some naughty tipples with a sexy Santa as your bartendress. Michelle C’s YouTube channel is filled with helpful cock-tail recipes. As she helpfully demonstrates these delicious drinks, it’s…
Every home and every office in America has one — the dreaded menu folder. You know how it is: You stash away takeout and delivery menus from restaurants you might want to order from. But over time, they get shuffled around, misplaced, or covered in won ton juice and pizza…
Founded in 2007 by former execs from DoubleClick, eBay, and Louis Vuitton, e-commerce site Gilt.com has been called “the darling of luxury-obsessed shoppers” by Fast Company. How does it relate to food? Gourmands with expensive tastes who become members shop for high-end seafood, meat, cheeses, drinks, condiments, you name it…
If it’s not colony collapse disorder, it’s a crazy bee killer. Hundreds of thousands of bees in Brevard County died this past September, tied to a tainted food supply that contained an insecticide used to kill roaches, ticks, and fleas, county agriculture officials determined yesterday. The poisoning may have affected more…
December 16 marks Free Fries Friday at Burger King locations across the country, part of the nationwide rollout of “fluffier” fries with “more potato flavor” that started December 5. The new fries…
Breathe, a new restaurant and ultra lounge has opened on Delray’s Atlantic Avenue. The restaurant touts itself as featuring a “funky new twist on Mediterranean region fare in a chic, stylish and intimate atmosphere.”…
In the event you’ve made the rounds on our Fort Lauderdale lunch list, there’s a new one in the queue…
Naughty Santa shenanigans, hula dancing holiday hotties, happy hour toy drives at surf bars — must be December in South Florida. This week’s calendar is filled with opportunities to get into the spirit, whether you’re looking to slam a few craft beers with some hip pals in Fort Lauderdale, celebrate…
Dessert at a restaurant in South Florida is not for the faint of heart. A drizzle of caramel, a pouf of cream, the sheen of fresh-cut fruits, or the siren of chocolate can undo even the most disciplined among us. As a purist, I’m enamored with dark, single-origin chocolate, riveted…
There’s a sizable Vietnamese population in D.C. where I moved from, so it’s easy to find decent pho and a respectable banh mi. Here? Tougher to find either: It appears South Florida isn’t having the same banh mi love affair as elsewhere, which seems about right, since Vietnamese immigrants don’t…
Chef Steven Zobel is the chef behind East End Brasserie at the Atlantic Resort & Spa, the subject of this week’s restaurant review. Having moved here from New York this past summer, Zobel earned accolades during his tenure at Triomphe from the New York Times and New York Magazine. Despite long…
Weekend Update City Correspondent Stefon was back this weekend to tell us the newest and brightest night spots to visit for the holidays in New York City. Though Seth Meyers wasn’t too crazy about Stefon’s first pick Heeeeeeey, which is owned by overweight television game show host Fat Sajak,we’re going…
Kicking off the morning with our occasional a.m. roundup of interesting links.Which holiday cookie are you? No, this is not an inane quiz from a women’s magazine. It’s one from The Washington Post to help you figure out what type of cookies you should bake.Speaking of. . . turns out, some…
The Hard Rock Cafe is 40 years old. We know it sounds crazy and we hardly believe it ourselves. It seems like only yesterday that we waited in line for over an hour to get a burger with a little flag on it and look at guitars hanging from the…
We love Will Ferrell. Not only is he funny, but he’s a marathon runner, an internet genius (check out funnyordie.com), and a pro-bono beer lover.According to AdWeek, Ferrell approached Daren Metropoulos, co-owner of Pabst Brewing. Metropoulos told AdWeek, “Will Ferrell approached Old Milwaukee about creating ads because he’s a big…
The holidays are here. It’s time to impress your friends with your thoughtful taste in gifts. To show your foodie friends how much you “get them,” here are some of my favorite food finds in the world of cooking, grilling, and being a culinary nerd…
A wide purple straw punctuates this indulgently sweet drink. It’s not green tea flavored, but the avocado special. And special it is, resembling a blend of avocado and McDonald’s once a year shamrock shake. Those aren’t chihuahua pellets lining the bottom of the cup. They’re tapioca bubbles, of course. Once…
If you’ve always wanted to see grown men and women scarf down copious amounts of meat for a cash prize, then the Martorano Masters Meatball-Eating Championship at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is your opportunity to see professional eaters do some serious damage to both meatballs and their…
The City of Pembroke Pines is hosting their annual tree lighting ceremony and Snowfest Saturday, December 9th from 2 – 6 p.m.This family-friendly event will feature music, children’s games, a visit from Santa Claus and 50 tons of snow! …
Restaurants and bars that align Himmarshee may not be able to open on Sunday. At 4:30 a.m the power will be cut on the street to move The Shippey House, the residence of the second judge of Broward County that had been built in 1914. The cottage will be moved…
Two Florida institutions associated with boozing and boobs are getting lifts. …
