Check out the package on a shiny new six pack of Orange Blossom Pilsner — which hit stores in South Florida last month — and you’ll find the company’s prominently displayed tagline: “Florida’s Honey Beer.” It’s so called, because the smooth, easy-to-drink lager is made with Florida orange blossom honey.The…
There’s no Dish column in this week’s print edition — in its place is a feature story I’ve been writing for a few weeks on South Florida’s food trucks. These mobile kitchens, painted in bright colors and hip artwork, are the latest trend to hit the area, popping up in…
If you’re looking for something to do before launching into a food coma after Thursday’s big feast, take your sweetheart to see a couple of foodcentric films at the quaint and historic Cinema Paradiso. Soul Kitchen screens Wednesday at 6 p.m. German-Turkish director Faith Akin won the Special Jury Prize…
How about this for a good time: You could become this year’s Shrimp King. I know, I know — it sounds like a name fit for a bad comic book villain. But it’s actually the title bestowed on the winner of the Key West Food and Wine Festival’s Seafood Shakedown…
All I have to say is, boy, am I thirsty.Update: Apparently I wasn’t the only one who thought the Blue Moon commercials were ridiculous.Brew Masters, a new television show starring Dogfish Head Beer owner Sam Calagione, debuted last night on Discovery Channel. And it was everything I hoped it would…
Not many places are as quintessentially Florida as the restaurant pictured on the right. Tell us where it is in the comments field below and we’ll send a New Times swag package to the winner.Good luck!Follow Clean Plate Charlie on Twitter: @CleanPlateBPB…
Awhile back, I wrote plugging the Best Chicken Ever, a dry-brined bird based on a recipe developed by Judy Rodgers of San Francisco’s Zuni Café. Rubbed with salt and pepper and stuffed under the skin with fresh herbs, then left to “brine” in the fridge for 24 to 48 hours…
You really want something to be thankful for? Be thankful you don’t have to pick one wine to go with everything in the traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner. Something that pairs with 18 dishes from mashed potatoes to sweet potatoes to Brussels sprouts to pumpkin pie… it’s enough to give even…
Deemed as serving “food with integrity,” Chipotle Mexican Grill launched a sub-$5 Kid’s Menu on November 15. To celebrate, Chipotle will offer a free kid’s meal every Sunday from …
Kubo Asiatic Cuisine debuts in Palm Beach.The Beaujolais Nouvea Wine Festival takes place tonight at Gulstream Park.Want to celebrate Turkey Day without the work? Try these restaurants hosting special meals. [Broward/Dade][Palm Beach]Pizza stones can be a pain, so instead of purchasing one, make your own at Home Depot.What make a…
Bored of turkey? Terrified of stuffing? Sick of canned cranberries?Me too. I’m not interested in turkey or stuffing or cranberries this Thanksgiving. So I decided that when my fiancee and I host our families next Thursday, we’re going to be serving an Italian-centric feast of antipasto, quiche, veal and beef…
We’ve told you before that a steakhouse called Rare was set to move into the former home of Bova Prime on swanky Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale — but now we have the deets on the lease. CentraArchy Restaurant Management, which operates 20 eateries in multiple Southeastern states (including…
Chef Zach Bell, a three-time James Beard Award nominee, will be hosting a meet and greet with guests on Saturday night at Cafe Boulud for his participation in the South Florida’s Hottest Chefs calendar. (A chef pin up calendar sure sounds a lot like something from this week’s South Park…
At press time, there were still seven seats available for tonight’s class on Thanksgiving wines at the cooking school of our friend and renowned chef/ cooking school guru Jean Pierre. The instructor tonight is Eric Hemer, the Educational Director for Southern Wine & Spirits. Eric is said to be one…
There’s something cheerfully transgressive about soul food. It’s the high-caloric, high-carb fodder that lent (at least two of) the Dixie Chicks their political chutzpah and fueled Faulkner’s dirty mind. Like Abisinthe for the Bible Belt, soul food is the nutritionist’s nightmare, addictively tasty stuff of legend, popularized and even promoted…
We were going to treat y’all to a steaming bowl of schav this week, but alas, we spent all kinds of time heating the stuff only to later discover it is supposed to be served chilled. Uh, yeah. So I guess we’ll slurp some of that down next week. In…
Tomato junkies, your fix is here. If you’ve been jonesing for a fresh, ripe, sweet tomato, one that doesn’t look like it was manufactured from melted-down Evian bottles, you are officially in luck. The season’s first heirloom tomatoes, grown hydroponically by Farmhouse Tomatoes of Lake Worth and Delray Beach, are…
I used to never miss an episode of the Comedy Central show South Park. It’s skewering of pop-culture fads and personalities is unmatched, even if it often devolves into shock-value programming in the process. But last night’s episode, titled “Creme Fraiche,” might just be the best episode of South Park…
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you…
I’ve heard about urban garden projects sprouting up throughout the South Florida community, but I’ve never had the chance to see one. A few months ago, a friend told me about a community garden that was in…
Secret: Some of us Gentiles are crazy about Jewish food. So much so that we’ll even date Jewish girls just so we’re sure to be invited for brisket at her grandmother’s apartment in Delray Beach every year. That’s the thing about the second-annual Nosh Fest, South Florida’s Jewish food festival:…
It’s Bahama Mama’s, mon. That’s the latest eatery to set up shop on West Palm’s very own Restaurant Row (340 Clematis Street; 561-659-2912) a Caribbean-themed, seafood-oriented spot only a block from Reef Road Rum Bar, another island-inspired restaurant. Proprietor John Ciulla “has been fishing and diving South Florida and the…
