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…
If you’re boning up on your ABCs–Anything But Chardonnay–you might want to add the letter “V” to your lesson plan. That would be “V” for “Viognier.” It’s a grape that offers a lot of what Chardonnay lovers love: ripe tropical and stone fruit, big and bold flavors, rich and creamy…
In Mario Batali’s newest book, Molto Gusto — a gorgeous full-color picture book that omits big protein-based main courses and features dreamy antipastos instead — there’s a chapter devoted exclusively to cured Italian meats. Seeing the five types of prosciutto pictured there is so high on my food-porn scale that…
Whether it’s smoking low and slow or grilling fast and hot, I absolutely love making chicken and ribs during the Summer. And my favorite preparation for making each at home has to be Jerk-style. Good jerk just has so much going for it. The spiciness makes you sweat and actually…
Never count him out – Mark Militello, an original South Florida chef who first came to notice with Mark’s Place in Miami, is back at a hotel – The Atlantic on Ft. Lauderdale beach – to revamp and rework restaurant Trina’s menus.”It will be totally chef-driven,” he said. “I’m redesigning…
With the Fourth landing on Sunday, it’s a good time to fire up the old Webster and get to grilling. But mastering the art of fire, heat, metal, and meat takes serious know how. It also takes time and patience, and an understanding of how this age old cooking method…
This Saturday, July 3, from 2 to 6 p.m., participants are more than welcome to wear sunbathing attire during the Beach Blanket Bingo event – in fact, any man or woman in a bikini gets to mark spot B69 at the beginning of the moveable bingo game as an advantage!The…
This week in Dish we look at D’Angelo, the casual Italian pizzeria and trattoria from Fort Lauderdale’s Angelo Elia. Earlier this month, we named D’Angelo our Best New Restaurant in Broward. Now, in our print review, we elaborate on how good the simple, Italian small plates and pizzas are. …
Mark down another Vietnamese restaurant in West Broward to try. Pho 78, the second location of the Pembroke Pines-based eatery, is now open in Sunrise. The restaurant specializes in pho (pronounced fuh) that most respected of Vietnamese soups that is completely customizable. It offers a wide range of pho with…
I just got off the phone with local DJs Paul and Young Ron who wanted to talk to me about the underground restaurant scene in Fort Lauderdale. Specifically, they were interested in Squat-N-Gobble, a rogue restaurant I wrote about a few weeks ago. You can listen to the podcast from…
Everybody needs a “kitchen sink” recipe, a quick and easy dish that you can throw together from whatever you happen to have hanging around in the fridge–leftover meats, small chunks of cheese, the last salvageable vegetables. In addition to the time saved shopping and cleaning up refrigerator science projects, there’s…
Las Olas’ SoLita already has a pretty bangin’ bar scene. On weekend nights the place is packed wall to wall with dudes in fly collars and ladies in form fitting blouses, each looking to drink and mingle. And trust us when we say the place is loud. Well the party…
Pictured above: One steaming hot grilled pork bun. No, not pork bun as in the sticky, Chinese dim sum stuffed with bbq pork. Pork Bun as in the Vietnamese vermicelli rice noodle dish, bun thit. It’s from MAMA Asian Noodle Bar, a new pan-Asian eatery in the Promenade at Coconut…
The deal: This roadside lunch counter has served home-style Cuban food on the cheap to Downtown day workers for years. A few months ago the original owners took over the stand, cleaning it up and revamping the menu…
Turnabout is a bitch. Or is it fair play?Whatever. In response to last week’s post about the various circles of restaurant critic hell inhabited by legions of Yelpers, Spooners, Chowhounders and other bloggy types, an astute reader pointed out that there are plenty of annoying, ignorant dickheads in the ranks…
Whole pompano gets exotic treatment at Marumi Sushi.Cheap lunch at Fernanda’s International Market means Boar’s Head subs with fresh baked bread.You decide: Is coal-fired pizza pleasantly charred, or just plain burnt?Here are six part-time food critics to hate on.This week in Dish we sample Relish Burger in Northwood. SOMA Center…
When I’m deciding what to make for dinner, the first place I head is the produce section of my local market. Checking out what’s new, what’s fresh, and what’s in season is always inspiring. And last night, I saw so many fruits and vegetables in that category I was tempted…
Himmarshee Grill’s monthly Monday night wine and beer pairing dinners are really quite a deal. Sponsored by Whole Foods, these four-course meals with booze to go with each course cost less than $30 and include tax and tip. It’s not like you’re getting a cheap meal either. This Monday’s menu,…
It’s a fair guess that Publix may sell Grace Kitchens Cock Flavoured Soup simply as a novelty item. Sure, it’s in the ethnic aisle with the other Caribbean foods, and yes, people in other countries do prize soups made out of roosters. But the fine folks at Grace Kitchens have…
• Here’s a shocker: a trendy, coal-fired pizzeria actually closed. That would be Anthony’s Coal-Fired Pizza in Boynton Beach, across Gateway Boulevard from the sprawling Renaissance Commons retail-residential complex. No word on what will take over the space but this Tony’s is gone, gone, gone. • Also gone to that…
Only in South Florida could this happen: Tona Bova, the man who allegedly left employees unpaid, recently filed for bankruptcy, foreclosed on his home, stiffed his landlord for over $30,000 in unpaid rent, and partnered with the biggest ponzi-schemer since Bernie Madoff is opening another restaurant. Less than a month…
Bob Gordash is one of the few people doing great things for beer in South Florida. His Gordash Brewing Company is based out of Fort Lauderdale and makes Holy Mackerel Golden Ale, a Floridian take on a strong Belgian brew, and Mack in Black, its darker older brother. It’s one…
