Does organic beef taste better? That’s the question raised at Elevation Burger, the Arlington, Virginia-based chain that just debuted in South Florida. It’s new Coral Springs location started slinging organic, free-range, grass-fed beef burgers on Monday. The answer, by the way, is yes. …
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com. No. 53: Bruschetta from Noodles PaniniThis dish ought to come with a warning. Something like:…
Two food-centric events in Palm Beach Gardens for Haiti Relief and Hollywood for Slow Food
This, according to a post today on Worstpizza.com.The AMA recently published an article that calls for a “fat tax” to be levied on pizza, soda, and other supposed junk foods. The flat 18 percent tax would, according to the article, deter people from eating high-calorie, low-nutrition foods like pizza and…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com. No. 54: Tulipan’s Guava and Cheese PastriesMost Tulipan Bakery & Cafe customers come for one…
St. Patrick’s Day has got to be one of my favorite food holidays of the year. I’m not quite sure if it’s frowned upon, but it’s tradition for us non-Irish Jews to gather around my Grandma’s dinner table and stuff our faces with her homemade corned beef and cabbage. I’m…
I’ve had a lot of complaints about service in restaurants lately, but Sette Bello is the kind of place that makes me think everything is all right. That’s because the service at this cozy Italian restaurant in northern Fort Lauderdale is topnotch. Throughout multiple visits, the staff was on point…
I’m not a burger expert. I’m not a burger connoisseur. I haven’t researched and written papers on the basis of what makes an amazing burger. All I know is that once I bit into the Latin Macho burger from the Latin Burger and Taco truck on Saturday, my insides melted…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach counties, here’s a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe. The elder statesman of Italian dining in Broward County, Elia Angelo, has opened the doors to a casual eatery…
The best thing to happen to chicken wings since the invention of hot sauce is the upscale pizzeria. Sure, everyone loves Buffalo chicken wings, perhaps the ultimate culinary achievement in turning a pig’s ear (or in this case, the useless appendages of a corporate-raised sack of virtually flavorless meat) into…
Ever bite into a deep-fried Oreo? A favorite treat of fairs and carnivals from Texas to Tequesta, these battered and fried versions of the classic cookie are stellar. They’re coated in funnel cake batter and fried so that the batter forms a balloon-like crust. The chocolate part of the cookie…
This season of Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nighmares has the British chef visiting two South Florida restaurants. The first, Le Bistro, had its television debut on Thursday night. If you missed the episode and didn’t TiVo it, you catch it in its entirety here…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com…
It took her a good 30 seconds of sniffing, poking, and staring before she’d just try the damned thing.”I don’t know about this,” Joanna said.”Trust me — it’s different than you think it will be.”We were in the kitchen again, this time with a platter of sausage variants that I…
Oops, I did it again. Last week, you may recall, I threw a minor temper tantrum over wines with stupid, cutesy names and stupid, made-up backstories, then went ahead and recommended one. Well, just to show I’m nothing if not consistent in my hypocrisy, this week I’m touting another one. …
This week on the blog:The Meatist rails against flavorless, overpriced cuts of beef.Garlicky hummus is easy to make at home, and here’s how.Our list of 100 Favorite Dishes continues with French toast, foie gras, and fish tacos.If you remember Dan’s Original Submarine’s in Fort Lauderdale, you probably remember their amazing…
Elevation Burger, the 100% sustainable, free-range, grass-fed beef burger joint, will open for business come Monday, March 15.The Arlington, Virginia-based burger chain’s slogan, “ingredients matter,” translates to organic burgers that are ground on premises, hand-cut French fries cooked in pure olive oil, and milk shakes made to order. The Coral…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com…
Restaurants are frowned upon if they don’t have menus online. I’ve got friends who have said they will not eat at a place that doesn’t have a website. Discovering where you want to eat by browsing online is natural for people circa 2010, but there are still some folks –…
Let’s start this one off with the label’s conundrum. First we’ve got corned beef “with juices” from a brand called Jamaican Country Style. Do Jamaican country folk eat this stuff? Anyone? Bueller? And it’s labeled “Product of Brazil.” Hmmm. Do Jamaican country folk living in Brazil eat this stuff? Any…
• Three of the four partners of Clematis Street’s Reef Road Restaurant & Rum Bar have hit the road in a reportedly friendly dispute over the direction of the casual, seafood-oriented, beachy-type eatery. Niteclub impresario Cleve Mash has bought out Rocco Mangel and Todd Herbst and Bill Watson of Big…
There’s a new moon rising at the Ritz-Carlton Fort Lauderdale and it’s called Via Luna. The unpretentious, moderately priced Italian grill takes the place of the Ritz’s ritzier Cero, which struggled to find an audience despite generally positive word of mouth. Via Luna will host its official grand opening party…
