This week, Clean Plate Charlie continues its countdown to the annual Best Of issue by asking readers to vote for their South Florida favorites, from pizza to bar beer selections to Best Restaurant in Broward County. When you get done voting for your favorites, find a few food and drink…
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. 92. The Fermi…
“Where are we going to dinner after The Burger Bash?” asked my friend Amber over a glass of wine on Friday afternoon. A foodie by profession, she joined visitors Amanda and Maddy for their first pilgrimage to the 11th annual South Beach Wine and Food Festival. Despite that more than…
Big 105.9’s morning show hosts Paul & Young Ron held their annual celebrity cook-off yesterday at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel. The competition, which was broadcast on the radio and streamed live had Paul Castronovo and Ron Brewer pairing off against each other in a 30 minute battle to cook…
Last Night’s Burger Bash at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival was a meat lovers dream. Vegans were out of luck with a mind-blowing choice of 32 different burgers available for the eating (and three different desserts…just in case you still had some room).Celebrity chefs were on hand to…
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. Anchovies have had…
The 2012 poll has closed. Click here after June 14 for the results. Here’s your chance to vote in our New Times Broward-Palm Beach Readers’ Poll 2012 for your favorite pizza. The results will appear in our annual Best Of Broward-Palm Beach issue June 14. Click here for a master…
The 2012 South Beach Wine and Food Festival is under way, with festivities getting into high gear tomorrow. Since we’re planning to call in sick (hey — it’s once a year), we figure you did your best Ferris Bueller imitation and are now on your way in your vintage sports…
There’s no denying that the South Beach Wine and Food Festival is South Florida’s premier foodie event. The four-day festival turns Miami into one giant celebrity-chef mosh pit — where the likes of Paula Deen, Anthony Bourdain, Emeril Lagasse, and Rachael Ray all come together to mingle with fans and…
Before Top Chef: Texas, Lindsay Autry was best-known for her duties as executive chef of Michelle Bernstein’s at the Omphoy in Palm Beach.Being the protégé of Bernstein and executive chef at one of her restaurants (since then, Bernstein has left the Omphoy) is an amazing feat for anyone at the…
The second annual chef’s challenge, which pits local chefs against each other in a friendly little battle of wits and skills, will be held this Friday, February 24 at Northwood Village in West Palm Beach. The chef’s challenge is part of Northwood Village’s monthly Art & Wine Promenade, a free…
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. 94. Margherita Napoletana…
The 2012 poll has closed. Click here after June 14 for the results. Here’s your chance to vote in our New Times Broward-Palm Beach Readers’ Poll 2012 for your favorite barbecue joint. The results will appear in our annual Best Of Broward-Palm Beach issue June 14. Click here for a…
Credit Lee Brian Schrager, founder and organizer of the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival, for keeping things fresh during the 11-year run. Like the general manager of a sports team, he spends each offseason tinkering with the lineup — adding a big bat here (like Roy Choi),…
The true heart of the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival is the Whole Foods Market Grand Tasting Village. Encompassing several blocks on the beach along Ocean Drive, the GTV features wine- and food tastings, celebrity appearances, and live entertainment. To help you get the most out of…
While other industries are touting electric cars and phones that give advice, chefs and restaurateurs are taking a step backward. And that’s a good thing. Though television might have us believe that every kitchen has a tank of liquid nitrogen, some of our favorite chefs and foodies insist that classic…
They’re the stuff of novels and television shows. Pablo Picasso traded sketches for food at a dive in Paris. Hemingway stumbled home from dives in Key West. Deals and friendships are made there, and there’s at least one in every town, from Portland to Pompano Beach. The neighborhood dive bar…
South Florida truly is a melting pot. People from all over the world, especially the Caribbean and South and Central America, have made our part of the world their home. This is good news for us, because that gives us access to authentic food. We’ve listed a few of our…
The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau likes to boast that Fort Lauderdale is blessed with 3,000 hours of annual sunshine and a year-round average temperature of 77 degrees. That’s great for the beach but not so much for crops. “Florida is the hardest state to grow produce in,”…
No straight man to its burger pair, French fries have become the main contender in a variety of scenarios. Whether it’s the renaissance of moules frites, the revival of house-made dipping condiments, the import of poutine, the embrace of artery-clogging chili-cheese fries, or the use of fries as garnish, as…
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. 95. Cheese Plate…
Nadine Whiteman loves Trader Joe’s. The former New Yorker used to shop at the organic market, which features fair-priced produce, cheap wine, and private-label foods. A nurse living in Hollywood, Whiteman misses her trips to Trader Joe’s so much that she’s started a campaign to bring the store to Broward…
