Although Lee Brian Schrager has spent 11 years working for Southern Wine & Spirits, most folks associate his name with the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. It makes sense. After all, the 2011 edition (which begins February 24) marks his tenth year supervising America’s largest and most illustrious gathering…
Yesterday, we talked about pizza stones and how you can improve upon those store-bought ones with cheap unglazed quarry tiles purchased at Home Depot. Today, let’s put those tiles to the test with a delicious Fall-oriented pizza made with butternut squash instead of tomato sauce. I made this pizza over the…
Kirsta, you nailed it: The pic at the right was snapped at Caliente Kitchen in Delray Beach.This new Mexican nightspot/restaurant aims to take the same sort of juiced-up energy of Rocco’s Tacos and turn it loose on Delray’s Atlantic Avenue. It’s decked in wood, spurs, sharp angles, and scrap metal,…
This week in Dish we skip our ordinary review in favor of an interview with South Beach Wine & Food guru, Lee Schrager. Schrager, a former rep for Southern Wine & Spirits, created the festival 10 years ago, which has since grown into one of the world’s premier food and wine…
Darbster, the vegan restaurant in West Palm Beach that’s celebrating its first birthday (free cake slice for everyone on Sunday), is cooking up a non-turkey turkey with the trimmings. It’s at one seating only, Thanksgiving Day.On the plate:…
You really oughta round up some canned soup and/or tuna and other nonperishable food items and haul them down to Radio-Active Records at the Gateway Center in Fort Lauderdale. This Saturday, November 20, from 6 until 10 p.m., the shop is hosting a Thanksgiving Food Drive. That seems too early…
Less than three weeks remain to get your fill of McDonald’s mysterious McRib sandwich. The saucy sensation returned for a limited amount of time after a 16-year hiatus. It will be sold through Sunday, December 5.Most of the drive-through chowhounds we know are pumped about the return of the fast-food…
A few years ago, I purchased on of those pizza stone kits at Target or Kmart or something like that. I remember getting it home and being ultra excited to try it out. I ripped open the packaging and stuck the orange stone in the oven. I followed the dough…
It’s a fact of living in Florida: Roaches are everywhere. But none of us really wants to know about it. Especially not when it comes to where we eat. Well, last week, roaches struck a little closer to home — at the Coconut Creek Promenade, to be exact. Chain restaurant Crepemaker,…
For some, eating Thanksgiving at a restaurant might seem weird. But since when is it un-American to have someone else cook your meal, serve it to you, and clean up everything when you’re done with your third helping? There’s absolutely nothing wrong with Thanksgiving out on the town every once…
Up in the 561, Thanksgivings are never terribly traditional. There’s never any snow or color-changing leaves, just oven doors opening and closing like mailboxes all day long, for the bastings. Itching to get out of the house and have someone else worry about the temperature and time, the stuffing, the…
• Council Oak Steaks & Seafood, an upscale eatery at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, has come out with a couple of seasonal dining deals. One is a three-course, $35 prix fixe menu that includes dishes like jumbo lump crabcake with whipped avocado and roasted tomato-chili gazpacho, petite…
The Place: The Duck Tavern, 5901 N. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton. Call 561-998-8288. The Hours: 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. every day. The Deal: Domestics, wells, and house wines are half off. Imported beers are $1.50 to $2. The Digs: The Duck is what passes for a dive in Boca…
Café Maxx in Pompano Beach is holding a cooking class specifically teaching the art of holiday platter creations and hors d’oeuvres this Thursday, November 18, at 5 p.m. Chef Oliver Saucy, now in his 19th season of cooking instruction, will lead the class. (Ask him about growing up in a…
I thought pretty hard for the past few weeks about what to write as my farewell blog post on Clean Plate Charlie. I’ve been writing for this thing for more than two years now and working at New Times for four. And at the end of this month, I’ll be…
On the fourth Thursday in November, we celebrate one of our most important national holidays, Thanksgiving. On the third Thursday in November, France celebrates too. But instead of busting out the turkey and cranberries, the French break out barrels and bottles for “Beaujolais Day.” It’s the celebration of Beaujolais Nouveau,…
I’m seeing red!The red-tinged pic to the left is this week’s “Where Are We Eating?” clue. Before you ask — no, that’s not just bad photography (though it may be that as well). Click the image to see a bigger version. Then tell us the restaurant’s name in the comments…
Every year, mall Santas step up to do their Santa duty. They sit on their Christmas throne and ask the little children on their laps what presents they’d like to have, then snuggle up for a photo. Possible pedos aside, we feel bad for the true Santas. I mean, who…
Pan-Asian-slash-fusion cuisine inspired by izakaya–the casual, tapas-style Japanese bistro–is what’s coming out of the kitchen at Kubo Asiatic Cuisine (1201 Hwy. 1, 561-776-7248), a newly opened eatery in North Palm Beach from former Mark’s CityPlace sushi chef Roy Villacrusis. With a spare, clean look that matches its Japanese aesthetic, Kubo…
The Brits can be scary folks with their superior verbal skills and sophisticated disdain: Americans hear the accent and expect decorum, tact, painfully perfect manners. And then you get called an “ignorant fucking cunt” and are left wondering what the hell just happened – but the funny thing is, you…
Atlantic Ocean Club and Buddha Sky Bar debut in Delray Beach.The Yellow Green Market kicks off in Hollywood.This week in Dish, we reviewed Pizzeria Oceano and Corelino’s Pizzeria & Cucina.Check out the Jerk Festival this Sunday at Markham Park.Q & A with Drinking Made Easy host Zane Lamprey.Behind the line…
Add assaulting animators with battered whitefish to the list of things you’ll find in Kanye West’s beautiful dark twisted fantasy. Back in April 2009, “South Park,” an animated series known for its relentless attacks on all things self-important, roasted the rapper/producer/the best thing that happened to Twitter/the worst thing that…
