Food & Drink

Thank God for alliteration. Yeah, in the wrong hands, it’s like a badly executed pun, but it also results in the likes of Margarita Mondays and Tequila Thursdays. Uncle Julio’s new take on the mother of all day-of-the-week/food combos, Taco Tuesday, presents a lunchtime bargain the likes of which you’d…

We’re counting down to New Times’ Best of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page. 47. El Jefe…

We’re counting down to 48. Wurst, Spaetzle, and Potato Pancakes from Checkers Old-Munchen”This is the most valuable thing in our restaurant,” said Matt More. He was holding a mill of sorts, a colander with a crank. “You add eggs to flour, like a pancake mix of sorts. You add salt.” He…

Timpano, Tap 42, Cheese Culture, and the many wine purveyors are the winners of this year’s Las Olas Wine and Food Festival. With the onset of thunder and lightning accompanied by inches of rain, these businesses were among the few to weather the storm, feeding festivalgoers hell-bent on getting their…

Whole Foods will no longer carry fish deemed not sustainable by organizations such as Monterey Bay Aquarium and Blue Ocean Institute. The company had announced in 2010 that it would stop selling red-rated fish as of 2013 but moved up its deadline.”Today’s a big day for us,” announces the Whole…

Starbucks late last week announced that its stores would begin phasing out the use of food coloring made from crushed insects. Well, that’s nice. The kerfuffle over the revelation of the nonvegan, and somewhat stomach-turning, ingredient’s inclusion in some of the chain’s  beverages is just one of many public food…

Just Cupcakes selection A warm thank you to this year’s participants at the New Times’ cupcake battle at Friday night’s Las Olas Wine & Food Festival, during which seven bakers whipped up hundreds of cupcakes for an enthusiastic crowd. Three judges sampled the bakers’ choice cupcakes to determine Best Decorated and Best…

Chief executive of California Pizza Kitchen G.J. Hart told attendees at a California restaurant conference that the chain will open only one new U.S. restaurant — a prototype — this year. And the location happens to be in Florida, reports Nation’s Restaurant News. No word yet as to which city.The…

After setting an overflowing basket of tricolored chips and two small bowls of salsa in front of me, my bartender at the recently opened Pinche Taqueria made a friendly threat: “You’re going to be my guinea pig,” he said, rubbing his hands together and surveying the bottles in front of…

In France, no one bats an eye when a Parisian brings her favorite pooch to the table. Not quite the case in the States. While the South Florida dining culture certainly is lax in many ways, it can still be a bit of a challenge for dog lovers to find…

We’re counting down to New Times’ Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page. 49. Avocado Mousse…

If you’ve always wanted to sweat it out on the line with some of South Florida’s culinary stars but you don’t have the chops to get a job in one of their kitchens, here’s your chance (sort of; no cooking is involved). Share Our Strength is hosting a service day…

We’re counting down to New Times’ Best of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top hundred favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page. 50. Pineapple Muffin…

Since early this morning, restaurant staffers and festival workers have been setting up for Las Olas Wine & Food festival that gets going tonight just after 7 p.m., presented by Premier Beverage and benefiting the American Lung Association. The event will feature more than 70 restaurants and 40 wine /…

More than 140 people in 20 states have been stricken with salmonella traced to yellowfin tuna meat scraped from bones and organs. One person in Florida has been sick, with the bulk of illnesses clustered in New York (28), Maryland (14), Wisconsin (14), and Illinois (13). The Centers for Disease…

On May 15, Michelle Bernstein will lead a Check, Please! tasting tour of Boca Raton by bus, sponsored by WPBT2. Michy’s provides the appetizers, with stops at Sushi Rock, Casa D’Angelo,Josephine’s Italian Cuisine,Bogart’s, and Tin Muffin Cafe. Check, Please! if you haven’t seen it, features three guests who recommend local restaurants, who…

Earth Day is Sunday, and according to Groupon, the planet will be celebrating its 400th birthday. After contemplating that failure in math and/or marketing humor, consider using this weekend to get out into the community and learn about ways to make an impact locally and globally, particularly when it comes…

We’re counting down to New Times’ Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top hundred favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page.Everyone loves a hot…