Food & Drink

The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. has opened its doors in Hollywood.The company says the secret to its bagels is in its Brooklynized water. In case you’re not sure what the heck that means, many people say the reason why New York bagels and pizza taste so damned superior is…

Yes, Virginia, there is a Sandy Claws, and he’s coming to the Whale Raw Bar & Fish House in Parkland tomorrow, December 4, for a holiday party fit for a dog!Bring your pup from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for fun and food specials for the both of you…

Since we’re all impatiently awaiting Herman Cain’s important announcement today, we decided to figure out possible public relations strategies for Cain to get back into the good graces of the American public.Cain has a background in managing a fast food chain and a penchant for talking big, so we think…

A six year old spit out Tom Colicchio’s food on a stage in Washington earlier this week, reported Tim Carman of The Washington Post. Part of the Great American Family Dinner Challenge, Austin Jackson rejected two dishes prepared by teams of top chefs cooking meals based on a food stamp…

The end of the year means lists of all sorts, including Zagat’s, the dinosaur of reader generated rankings.  Nice weather and a range of affordable dining options encourage South Floridians to eat out 3.4 times a week says the dinosaur, compared to Boston, where residents eat out 2.5 times a…

You know the term “pay it forward”, right?  Well it goes both ways, suckah!Yes, that movie with the do-gooder boy who sees dead people was heart-wrenching and all that stuff, but paying it forward can also mean passing on some horrible song that’s stuck in your head.Case in point: The…

Cooking is hard, or so I was brought up to believe. I wasn’t told this but rather deduced it from two facts: My family was full of people who’d spent decades cooking for one another, and almost none of them seemed to be very good at it. So what was…

Esquire’s Eat Like a Man blog gives us the heads up that according to Forbes, Smashburger is America’s most promising company. As you may recall if you haven’t been yet, Coral Springs just scored its own branch in early November…

Maddox offers fightin’ words on his blog today about the most overrated sandwiches in America. It’s a gem of a post that includes the Philly cheese steak — “an exploration of sadness” and a “mouthful of suck”; the poor boy — “why not put nachos and jalapeño poppers on a sandwich…

[jump] “You want an extremely lean piece of meat for carpaccio,” said Dave Crumbaker of Smitty’s Old Fashioned Butcher Shop. Fillet is what’s traditionally used, though some restaurants shave meat from the eye of round. “It looks identical since it’s a cylindrical cut, but eye of round is much, much…

Mike Baitz hulks over a butcher block, making small talk with the customer behind him at the Meating Place West butcher shop in Boca Raton. He trims fat with a chef’s knife and wraps a pair of steaks with ease. Like the block that shows the wear of everyday use,…

What to get the food snob on your holiday list when a membership to the Stinky Cheese of the Month Club won’t do? How ’bout an early gift, by way of a ticket to one of the five events that are part of the Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival…

My grandfather ran a company in which he made sausages for Italian, Polish, and German immigrants throughout Boston. My father worked there in summers between college. My uncle worked there for decades. I remember my grandfather telling stories about his craft and his customers, scenarios that culled my appreciation for…

Mike Saperstein and Evan David, the duo behind Charm City Burgers and El Jefe Luchador, will debut the Rebel House, a casual, chef-driven restaurant at 299 E. Palmetto Road, by mid-January.  As is the case at Miami’s newly opened Yardbird, whiskey and bourbon will be a focus at the bar…