Attilio Reale has been making wood-fired pizzas for 25 years.Originally from Naples — Italy, not Florida — he grew up in northern Italy. And his pizza closely mimics his background.”My pizza style is close to the Napoli style with an influence from the north,” says Reale in his melodious Italian…
Halloween is huge — $8 billion huge, that is. Seven out of ten Americans will be celebrating this year — that’s 170 million people. And let’s be honest, this is a time of year when normal folks tend to go a bit crazy. Bath salt zombies will be running down…
Dinner in the Sky is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. You dine. In the sky. A crane lifts a specially-constructed table 180 feet above the ground. Strapped-in diners enjoy a specially prepared meal served by a chef and wait staff who are tethered and work from the center…
Will Hurricane Sandy crash (and/or destroy) your Halloween party this weekend? That remains to be seen, but if you’ve got weekend plans anywhere in South Florida, it would pay to call ahead to ensure everything is proceeding as planned, as some organizers may pull the plug on events if conditions…
Osteria Acqua & Farina is the new concept from Giovanni Rocchio, owner of Valentino’s Cucina Italiana. The restaurant, which opened in June of this year, in the former space of Valentino’s, is Rocchio’s causal adaptation of his renowned high-end Italian restaurant.The menu is comprised of classic Italian fare: sauteed calamari…
Wine pairings have been around for quite some time. And it’s certainly no secret that we like our craft beers around here. But we are always looking for new and exciting ways to get alcohol into our bodies and so spirit pairings were destined to become a thing.And now they…
It’s dinner time and you break out the bag of delicious fresh greens for a nice healthy salad. Suddenly you see something pink inside the bag of lettuce. You look closer and see a tiny little amphibious hand. Then you see movement. Grossed out, you lose all your good feelings…
Discover. Taste. Share. These are the words chosen by Red Tapas Bar and Grille to embody what a trip to the new Palm Beach Gardens restaurant is all about.Red Tapas is the latest dining concept from the owners of nearby Cabo Flats, a popular Mexican cantina and tequila bar located…
They’re inescapable in South Florida: big, white-hulled yachts docked up and down the Intracoastal Waterway. This time of year it’s even worse. For four days, starting today, the waters of Fort Lauderdale will be overtaken with yachts during the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show.Everyone sees these magnificent vessels from afar,…
Last month’s New Times Pairings brought an opportunity to sample an abundance of tasty food and drink from around South Florida. Among the liquid offerings was something of a “sneak peek” of Hatuey beer, a new “old” favorite. Though the brand was born in 1914 in Cuba and introduced to…
Osteria Acqua and Farina: New Fort Lauderdale Pizzeria Prepares the Pies Pungently but Just Right
There are few scents more seductive than that of fresh donuts coming into being. Chanel should think about bottling it.Soon that scent will be coming to Tamarac in the form of a new Krispy Kreme location. Not every Krispy Kreme shop actually makes its doughnuts. In fact, in South Florida,…
Everyone’s favorite local egg and dairy farm is all grown up and ready for its close up this morning on the Today Show. During the 10 a.m. hour with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, husband and wife team Svetlana and Marty Simon and their Heritage Hen Farm in Boynton…
After owning Fort Lauderdale’s Hi-Life Cafe for 15 years, Top Chef season two contestant Carlos Fernandez decided to pack up his knives and go. Well, sort of. He sold the restaurant but stayed on as executive chef for another two years. He actually packed up his knives about six months…
True confession: I once had a blind date with someone who conversed only in Elvish. You know, that language spoken by elves in the Lord of the Ring trilogy. Here’s the problem… Elvish is not a real language. There was no second date.If I had kept the guy’s phone number…
When the Tigers blew the Yankees out of the running for the 2012 MLB World Series, lots of South Florida baseball fans probably checked out of the event altogether. But even if you’re not rooting for the Tigers or the San Francisco Giants, Taco Bell has devised a reason to…
Halloween. The one time of year everyone wishes they were dead. Well…better make that undead…as in vampires, zombies, mummies, and other eternal creatures of the night.In spite of all that talk of dead people and monsters, Halloween is basically a pretty benign, family-friendly holiday. You dress up, eat a little…
Crime. Social disorder. Chaos.Absinthe has been blamed for them all. The spirit — originally made as an herbal tonic — was once thought to produce medical conditions like epilepsy, and illness like turberculosis, and was eventually banned in countries like Belgium, Brazil, the Netherlands, France — even the United States.That…
Thousands of students, political wonks, local campaign volunteers, faculty, and corporate bigwigs got together least evening to watch the third and final Presidential debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton. Read Also:- Media People, Get a Free Beer at BurgerFi in Delray- Mitt Romney Eats Healthy at BurgerFi in Delray…
Ted Breaux didn’t set out to become the master distiller of Lucid absinthe — the first genuine absinthe to be sold stateside in close to 100 years.The New Orleans native had pursued a career as a research scientist after studying microbiology and chemistry, graduating from Harvard, Louisiana University and Louisiana…
How ever did our ancestors survive before the vast selection in the Publix frozen food aisle? Before the every-corner convenience of McDonald’s? Before pizza delivery???Well, they managed to slide by somehow, and probably for the better. In fact, according to food-friendly nonprofit Oldways, we should be digging into the past…
Life in the trenches of the media is far from glamorous. The hours are literally endless, the pay is lousy, and we are constantly blamed by the general public and both ends of the political spectrum of spinning things one way or another.If you are a poor schlub working in…
