With comfort food being the rage these days, the hot dog is among the formerly forgotten foods that have made a comeback. And we’ve got our share of some fine frankfurters. So in honor of the Fourth, here’s a list of the best local joints serving up the all-American dog.*…
It was 6 p.m. the night before a long weekend, and so far my getaway trip was going smoothly. I’d made it through the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport security screening line with half an hour to spare before boarding time. Now, I was starving. But where the hell could I…
You’ll have to do a little ordering at Carini’s to get a filling “meal” for under $7, but it’s worth the effort. Carini’s is a New York-style pizza joint on Federal Highway in Hallandale Beach worth visiting for the cheap appetizers alone. The mini rice balls (which are about the…
Is there any wine that goes better with barbecue than rosé? I think not. Barbecue is hot, rich, spicy, fatty. Rosé (that doesn’t suck) is chilled, lean, fruity, refreshing. It’s a marriage meant to be celebrated in backyards and consummated over a rack of baby backs smeared with tart-sweet-fiery barbecue…
Last night, Share Our Strength hosted the South Florida edition of Taste of the Nation with a mission to end childhood hungry in America. Local participating restaurants included 3030 Ocean, the Addison, Bulldog BBQ, Cafe Maxx, Chef Allen’s, China Grill, Johnny V, Lola’s on Harrison, Taverna Opa, YOLO and more…
Although Clean Plate Charlie is the only food blog you really need to read daily, some people just can’t get enough. Here are some highlights of other food blogs, this time with a focus on food disaster blogs:Cake Wrecks has countless pictures of cakes with the best of intentions gone…
“The real judges of your character aren’t your neighbors, your relatives, or even the people you play bridge with. The folks who really know you are waiters, waitresses, and clerks.” — attributed to Katherine Piper…
Dear Insufferable Know-It-Alls:My husband and I agree that we’ll give up just about anything — new Wii games, Stella McCartney frocks, our children’s dental checkups — if we’re forced to cut back on our spending. But the one thing we’re stubbornly refusing to budge on is our once-a-week restaurant meal…
There’s a certain kind of man who never fails to impress me, a guy who does things (apart from the obvious) that I could never do. Vacationing in Cape Cod last week, I met one of them: the contractor who was renovating the upstairs loft in my sister’s new house…
“Zee cabbage does not run away from zee corn-beef!” — Pepe Le Pew…
Obama is speaking in Cairo, even quoting verses from the Qur’an, glad-handing Arab leaders, and no doubt settling down for intimate talks with King Abdullah II over a pot of Turkish coffee and some sticky pastries loaded with pistachios. And here’s Hillary Clinton, touring the Middle East wearing a headscarf…
The well-heeled boomers who live in the swank Mizner mansions behind the new Joy Noodles & Rice are already steering their Benzes and Beemers into Joy’s cramped parking lot for carry-out cartons of Thai noodle soups and Philippine egg rolls; and they probably don’t demand a whole lot in the…
When I was a kid, I remember my mother packing lunches in a brown paper bag and throwing in a little note on my napkin throughout grade school. As I complained of embarrassment, the notes disappeared, as did the carefully prepared cream cheese and sliced green olive sandwiches. They were…
At the table of a gentleman living in the Chausee d’Antin was served up an Arles sausage of enormous size. “Will you accept a slice?” the host asked a lady who was sitting next to him; “you see it has come from the right factory.” — “It is really very…
Slow Foods Glades to Coast, our local chapter of the global organization dedicated to spreading the word and supporting food grown in our own backyards, is planning yet another of its scrumptious dinners at Lola’s in Hollywood. If you haven’t attended these events, foodies, you are really missing the slow…
With all that rain the other day, it dipped down to what, mid-70s? That’s sweater weather in South Florida, and that meant breaking out a winter recipe. This is something of a take on the classic English bangers and mash, a dish that, if you eat it enough, will make…
The Food Network has a new show called The Best Thing I Ever Ate (9 and 9:30 p.m. tonight), and it features the usual roster of the network’s chefs and celebrity foodies running down the best things they’ve stuffed in their constantly yapping mouths. In the first show, “Totally Fried,”…
You don’t get to the food until the end of Babette’s Feast, the 1987 Danish movie based on a short story by Isak Dinesen, but it’s worth waiting for the elaborate dinner scene that occupies the final third of the picture. I’d seen this movie years ago and long since…
“He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart.” — C.S. Lewis…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter for Broward and Palm Beach, here’s a taste of what you missed this week. Click here to subscribe.The perfect Irish pubs have the same things in common: a solid draft beer selection from the motherland, the ability to…
Hurricane Grill and Wings won a Best Of award this year for best wings, so I just had to check it out. Luckily enough, I walked in to the Plantation location just after 2 p.m. and was handed a lunch-special menu. So long as you purchase a drink (fountain drink…
Saturday I was wandering around Publix looking for sundries for a Father’s Day brunch I was having at my place for my girlfriend’s father. He’s a real dad’s dad: He enjoys motorcycles, power tools, target shooting, good booze, and, of course, meat. So whatever brunch I put together had to…
