Five Awesome Gifts for Vegan Foodies

Foodies tend to get lots of love around Christmastime, since the stores are awash with indulgent sweet treats and sky-high gift baskets. But what about your foodie friends who are vegan? What can you buy them besides mail-order pears or a lifetime supply of tofu? With plant-based businesses popping up…

A Holiday Chain Restaurant Survival Guide for Vegans

Holidays can be truly problematic for vegans, as they are a celebratory chance to be with people you love deeply, but they are often gathered around a holiday roast, of one species or another. While meals at their home can prove to be a little easier if you bring a…

Boca Raton’s New Coffee Roaster: Wells Coffee Company

Boca Raton resident Brandon Wells has a favorite saying: “drink deeply.” It’s a fitting philosophy for the man who stands as the owner and founder of one of Palm Beach County’s specialty coffee roasting companies. For Wells, “drink deeply” isn’t a slogan, however. It’s simply a way of life. See…

Martha Stewart Shows Us How to Make a Gingerbread Downton Abbey (Video)

As if our holidays weren’t filled with enough pressure, Domestic Diva Martha Stewart has just nullified all our plans for making an adorable little gingerbread house, decorated with gumdrops and candy canes. No longer is a simple Hansel and Gretel-style cookie cottage in vogue. Because Ms. Stewart has just forever…

Make Egg-Free Egg Nog for Christmas (Recipe)

Buttered rum? Mulled wine? Hot toddies? You call these holiday drinks? Puleeease. Eggnog puts them all to shame. Sadly though, eggnog is hardly suitable for the dairy-free drinkers among us, what with the egg and, um, nog. Luckily, the amazing animal advocacy group, Compassion Over Killing, has a mouthwatering recipe…

Asiatic Cuisine Chef Roy Villacrusis Opening Nitrogen in Jupiter

Do you know about Asiatic cuisine? If you’re a Roy Villacrusis fan, you do. If you miss the days of Kubo — Villacrusis’ Palm Beach Gardens restaurant offering his namesake Asian-slash-fusion cuisine — lament no more. Palm Beach County’s local superstar chef recently announced he will be opening a new…

Love at First Bite: Dating Websites For Every Foodie

Let’s face it, the holidays are all about eating. And it can be a lonely time when family and friends are far away — or if you’re spending the season in single-mode. But it can be even lonelier when you’re single and, say, gluten-free. For all those weird dietary restrictions…

Florida Beer: Puppy’s Breath Porter From Cigar City Brewing

It’s #FloridaBeerFriday, where we take a look at a beer brewed in the Sunshine State, giving analysis to the burgeoning craft-beer movement of Florida. We’re back this week with another entry of Florida Beer Friday. Today, we’re cracking open a bottle of Cigar City Brewing’s Puppy’s Breath Porter, a robust…

Ten Best Beers Brewed in Florida In 2014

It’s December, and that can mean only one thing: end of year list time. Those who have followed the blog for the last year have seen our attempt at tasting and sampling a Florida produced beer every week – a.k.a. Florida Beer Fridays. That has lead to a vast archive…

The Den at Kitchen Expands With Private Chef’s Tasting Room

Not even a few weeks into season, and West Palm Beach’s Kitchen is already running on a two-week, pre-booking reservation schedule. The 36-seat dining room is booked full each night as chef-owner Matthew Byrne, once Tiger Wood’s private chef, prepares his small tasting menu. To expand the concept while still…

The Seed: Third Wave Coffee Bar and Cold-Pressed Juice Under One Roof

If it’s one food trend South Florida crushed this year, it’s the juice bar. Both Broward and Palm Beach counties saw their fair share of cold-pressed juice bars and smoothie shops. This year, we’ve also seen a new movement take hold: specialty coffee, a slow-growing community of local roasters and…

Whole Foods Opening Four New South Florida Stores

Whole Foods Market is expanding their South Florida presence with the opening of four new shops in the coming months. The Austin, Texas-based grocer that specializes in organic foods, vegan goods, and sustainable seafood, has just announced several new locations, including stores in Downtown Miami, Pompano Beach, Davie, and West…