Avril Lavigne is known for her bad little skater girl image more than her culinary skills. To be honest, we picture her getting a burger and shake at the local mall food court as a culinary adventure. It’s just something about her black eyeliner that doesn’t say “chef de cuisine”. …
This is exactly what I wanted,” said my coworker Lisa as she forked through butternut-squash tortelloni. At an outside table at SpoonFed, she mused on missing the brisk Cleveland fall, when squash is among the season’s pickings at farmers’ markets. She had ordered a dish that reminded her of home…
Want to make everyone else’s holiday parties look like they were catered by Denny’s? Sharpen your edge this holiday season by investing in a couples’ cooking class. The Plantation and Boca Raton branches of Publix Apron’s Cooking Schools offer “Couples Cooking: Entertaining” on the December class schedule with menus that…
This month, the Restaurant Opportunities Center United ranked nearly 200 national restaurants in an effort to alert consumers where they can go to patronize more socially conscious chains. The report is also a shout out to the growing numbers of workers in the hospitality industry. Restaurants are graded according to five…
Get Crafty: Craft booze is booming, according to Good Magazine, as a result of the recession: “The Second Great Depression has been just as effective as the first at driving Americans into the soothing arms of a strong drink. Only this time around, our options for getting tanked are a…
Here’s our conundrum for the day. When Clinton Kelly shows the cast of The Chew (and us) how to make handcrafted Christmas ornaments, we thought, “How clever — this is just like Martha Stewart.” Then we realized that chef Mario Batali was making ornaments alongside Clinton, Daphne Oz, and Carla…
If you’ve been searching for the perfect way to wrap your favorite foodie’s gift but the gingerbread men and candy canes just aren’t edgy enough, how about wrapping their gifts with a burger? Start-up company Gift Couture has come out with a wildly delicious and inventive way to wrap gifts…
Do you hear a chorus of angels singing “Hallelujah”? If so, it’s because Starbucks has announced that it will start selling wine and beer in select markets, according to the Seattle Times. According to the article, Starbucks has been serving beer and wine at a few Seattle locations. Starbucks got…
Best German Breads — Edelweiss Bakery For brown breads, strudel, pretzels, and Black Forest cake, this bakery might become your go-to, offering Gemächlichkeit with your baked goods…
Nigella Lawson loves salted caramel. In fact, the gorgeous cooking diva devotes practically an entire issue of Stylist to the warm, gooey treat. Which is fine by us, because any time Nigella wants to be photographed doused with caramel, we’re totally fine with that. Read Nigella’s love story to a…
Thankfully, there’s no shortage of pizza around here, since it’s among our favorite foods. Here’s a pie we polished off in record time, 12 inches across with blistered crust, ripened tomatoes, and charred green peppers. Think you know where we’re eating this week? What’s the giveaway? Let us know in…
It’s Sunday, and your kids are hungry. Before they head out for their Mozart appreciation class or their Actors Studio Improv workshop, make sure your little hipster has a good meal. Because breakfast is blah and lunch is lame, serve them Brunchables, the new meal-in-a-box from Oscar Meyer’s Brooklyn headquarters…
Here’s something that should be shown in every history class in junior high school — a video representing every war that America’s been in from WWII to present day… using food. In this video by Stefan Nadelman titled Food Fight (what else?), food represents various countries. Burgers, chicken nuggets, and…
Last week, we gathered the top ten Zagat entries for Broward. This week, we’re doing the same for Palm Beach, where the price point is $20 higher on average. There are more lobster and steak houses in the top ten than in Broward, although a couple of funky places seed…
In some ways, this is a relatively quiet week in terms of events, but with a few big names on the bill — the Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival and Steve Martorano’s battle of the meatball, to name a few — there’s still choices for food and booze hounds…
Today is the 78th anniversary of the end of Prohibition, that dark era from January 1919 to December 5, 1933 when teetotalers banned the sale of booze via the Eighteenth Amendment. The law was created in an effort to end drunkenness, mental illness, crime, and poverty, lobbied for by folks…
The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. has opened its doors in Hollywood.The company says the secret to its bagels is in its Brooklynized water. In case you’re not sure what the heck that means, many people say the reason why New York bagels and pizza taste so damned superior is…
It has been a good year for Rok:Brgr Burger Bar and Gastropub. Accolades have been rolling in, including winning Best New Restaurant in Broward from New Times and a People’s Choice award at the Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle. So you can see why the folks at Rok:Brgr are ready to…
If supporting local farmers, artisans, and small businesses are among your priorities, we’ve rounded up a handful of food- and drink-focused gifts to focus on local. Knife skills classKnife skills and knife care are among the most essential skills in the kitchen. Allow your favorite budding chef to learn how to…
In this weird (but informative) video, Alton Brown teaches Santa how to make sugar cookies. But it’s not just any Santa — it’s biker Santa, clad in a bandana instead of a red fur hat.Watch Alton show Santa (and us) an easy sugar cookie recipe, including handy tips on how…
Yes, Virginia, there is a Sandy Claws, and he’s coming to the Whale Raw Bar & Fish House in Parkland tomorrow, December 4, for a holiday party fit for a dog!Bring your pup from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for fun and food specials for the both of you…
Since we’re all impatiently awaiting Herman Cain’s important announcement today, we decided to figure out possible public relations strategies for Cain to get back into the good graces of the American public.Cain has a background in managing a fast food chain and a penchant for talking big, so we think…
