Clear your calendars, eaters: The Lake Worth Food & Wine Experience is coming to the Lake Worth Cultural Plaza on October 15. The food and wine tasting event will gather over 30 restaurants for a decadent outdoor blowout on the Plaza lawn (Lake Ave. and “M” Street, Lake Worth). Running…
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…
Caramelized White Chocolate Risotto Serves 6 people 1 cup Arborio Rice 3 cups wter 1 pinch salt 3 cups Half & Half ½ cup sugar 2 Cinnamon sticks 2 tbsp Pre Vanilla Extract ¼ cup raisins and ¼ cup raisins soaked In Spiced Rum 2 egg ylks ¼ lb white chocolate chopped into small pieces 2 tbsp sweet butter 3 tbsp raw sugar …
We got suckered in when we saw the rep at Whole Foods offering samples of her Gaby’s Farm ice creams and sorbets. Always aiming to help local farmers, we thought the least we could do was shell out the $6-plus bucks for a pint of her product.”But which should we…
Kevin KrejciIn appreciation of food that doesn’t come from a Sysco truck, comes Saturday’s Slow Food extravaganza. It features Daniel Ramos of the soon-to-open-in Fort-Lauderdale Market 17 and local celebrity Michael Wagner, as well as bees, worms and yoga. Check out the deets: What: Growing Green Communities-Sprouting Ideas for a…
• Determined to make its happy hour even happier, downtown Fort Lauderdale’s Big City Tavern has rolled out a new martini menu and roster of half-priced appetizers. The “8 for $8” martinis are offered from 4 to 7 p.m. daily and range from a “health cocktail” with blueberry vodka, pomegranate…
A new restaurant in West Palm that isn’t on Clematis Street? Well, yes. It’s Indus Herbal and Indian Cuisine, and it’s way off the eatin’ path not far past the decrepit Palm Beach Mall just east of I-95. It’s a pretty swell-looking place inside, much swankier than your usual Indian…
flickr: rockinfreeFacebook… Sometimes I hate the way it collects my data, reminds me to say hello to people, and broadcasts my unflattering photos. Other times it’s the best — like when I get poked or told about free things. And that’s how I came to find out about today’s Customer…
Got an interesting post or bit of news to share? Email it to Charlie and we’ll include it in Eating Around the Blog-o-Sphere.A local beer blog called Beer Review Dude interviews Holy Mackerel owner Bob Gordash at last week’s tasting event at World of Beer.Worst Pizza will host another pizza…
The Funky Buddha mixes handcrafted beer, tunes, and good vibes.For years, the Funky Buddha has been East Boca’s destination for great craft beer. Starting this weekend, it becomes Boca’s second ever Brewpub, and the fifth in Broward and Palm Beach counties.The Funky Buddha Brewery and Lounge officially launches this Saturday…
The Place: Tryst, 4 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. 561-921-0201. The Hours: 4 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Deal: All drinks are two-for-one. The Digs: This self-styled gastropub does its French bistro décor (2010 “Best of” recipient for the latter, 2009 “Best of” for the former) so well…
KFC’s websiteKFC is using college girls’ buns to promote its bunless sandwichThe Double Down is not a sandwich — because it lacks one of the major ingredients in a sandwich: bread! Great — more reason for terrorists to hate us. America: Land of the free, home of the bread-less “sandwich”…
jonathanb1989Cook like a pro!So you’re kicking back in a comfy chair, knocking back a glass — or three — of your favorite vino, watching as two chefs passionately prepare course after course of a pre-themed meal while peppering the how-to’s with spontaneous and relatable narrative from their lives.This may sound…
flickr user: monkeywingGood news: The “Art of Wine and Food” tasting nights at the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale have been extended through at least December. The caterer and co-host, Chef John Paul Kline of John Paul Custom Cuisine, tells us that when they launched the monthly event a…
The latest shot in our ongoing Burger Wars is chambered and ready to fire with the coming debut of Boardwalk Fresh Burgers & Fries, set to open in November in Boca Raton’s Shops at Boca Grove. The Maryland-based chain of patty purveyors, which seems to be a Five Guys-ish knockoff,…
One of the great things about Dada is its texture. Every facet of this historic house turned restaurant is layered with visual flavor. The hip, the eclectic, the tattooed, the wacky — for ten years, they’ve gathered here to quaff cocktails on Dada’s lounge-like front stoop and sip beers on…
CrazyClubChicks.com, Photoshop by Justin SciclunaYesterday, Clean Plate Charlie reported that Squiggy’s pizzeria (located on SW Second Street in Fort Lauderdale’s Himmarshee nightlife district) had two porno flicks filmed inside the restaurant during operating hours. This unusual incident left us wondering what the health department had to say. An employee of…
Back in middle school science class, you might have used an orange to power a light bulb or two potatoes to run a digital clock. The reason it works is the acid in the fruit creates a chemical reaction between two metal electrodes, which produces electricity. A single orange, lemon,…
Courtesy of dosbeerigos.Cigar City’s Humidor IPA took home a silver medal at this year’s GABF.The Mecca of beer events, the Great American Beer Festival, was held last weekend in Denver, Colorado. Among the thousands of breweries and beers in attendance was a small contingent of Florida brewers — units like…
The deal: This mobile food truck serving comforting street food is stationed at the courthouse parking lot on SE First Ave. between 6th and 7th streets in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Check out our complete guide to South Florida Food Trucks, which has JB’s listed plus much more.What you get: A…
Servers hate their customers. But is it any big surprise that customers hate them in return? Those loyal patrons don’t hate servers because they’re finicky. Customers hate them because they’re just gross and rude.Straight out of the customers’ mouths: five reasons customers hate their servers.5. They go out of order…
When the Inspector’s away, the mice will play.Two restaurants got popped last week for what’s called “rodent activity.” Before you ask, no, that’s not the latest underground, cult horror film. But it could be. By that I mean if you eat there. Check out the grievous details after the jump…
