Vegan St. Patrick’s Day Recipes for a Cruelty-Free Holiday

For many an Irish-American child growing up, there is a distinct memory of the week leading up to St. Patrick’s Day. The house filled with the scent of brine and cabbage. From my own memory banks, the foods and accompanying aromas were for a massive spread at my parents’ bar…

New Times Is Getting Some Work Done

If anyone understands beauty upkeep, it’s you, South Florida. Yes, New Times is getting a little nip and tuck and coming back to you very soon looking a bit more, um, refreshed. While we’re gone, there won’t be any new content on our site until midday Monday, March 16. (It…

Fill Growlers and Kegs at One Kombucha Brewery in Palm Beach Gardens

With so many breweries popping up left and right, it’s not exactly startling news to announce the recent opening of yet another in Palm Beach Gardens. Of course, this is one brewery that doesn’t fit the traditional script: it brews kombucha, not beer. One Kombucha owner Danny Mancini officially opened…

Florida Beer: Finn McCools Irish Red From Twisted Trunk Brewing

It’s #FloridaBeerFriday, when we take a look at a beer brewed in the Sunshine State, giving analysis to the burgeoning craft-beer movement of Florida. This week we’re heading up to Palm Beach Gardens to find ourselves a new watering hole that goes by the name of Twisted Trunk Brewing, which…

South Florida Breweries Win Gold at Best Florida Beer Championships

Every year, the Best Florida Beer Championships are held to both promote the growing craft beer scene in the Sunshine State and to provide an avenue for the fun-yet-competitive nature that accompanies brewing. That competitiveness is seen from lowly homebrew competitions to the Great American Beer Festival, and for Floridians,…

Paula Deen Has a Video Game: Recipe Quest (Video)

Paula Deen loves games. I know, because for years, Deen and I played Words With Friends together (and she was seriously good at it). Then, one day, Deen disappeared from the site. Now, it seems as though the celebrity chef isn’t content to just play video games — she also…

Vegan Peeps Are a Thing, and So Are Vegan Peep S’mores

Peeps are a glorious Easter tradition, a necessary part of every basket, right alongside plastic grass and rainbow-hued jelly beans. But for vegans, the gelatin-laced treats are a no-go. Luckily, vegan marshmallow company Sweet and Sara makes a cruelty-free Veep — i.e., vegan Peep — and they’re available for order…

Qbar Burgers & Blues Offers Live Jazz and Cajun Classics Nightly

Laurent Tasic has been listening to his customers complain for many years. Not about the food he serves at his longtime French-Americas restaurant, Sage Café. Not about his service or even his prices, which have always been fair. Instead, the jovial chef says with a twinkle in his eyes and…

The 2015 Hukilau Returns to Fort Lauderdale With Two New Events

The Hukilau is coming back to South Florida, and it’s better than ever. This year, prepare yourself for a weekend of midcentury Americana when tiki culture returns to Fort Lauderdale with a series of symposiums and two new events. In Hawaii, “hukilau” is a term used to refer to the…

Drink Pappy Van Winkle at Stache’s Inaugural Monthly Supper Club

Fort Lauderdale cocktail bar Stache is upping its game with the introduction of a monthly supper-club series. Starting Wednesday, March 11, at 6:30 p.m. and monthly following, Stache is hosting a dinner series, pairing gourmet meals from South Florida’s best chefs with fine and rare spirits. The inaugural dinner will…

Good Spirits Neighborhood Tavern Coming To Fort Lauderdale

The owners of the Quarterdeck Seafood Bar & Neighborhood Grill chain, the Dive Bar Restaurant in Jupiter, and the Beach Bar at Newport Pier in Sunny Isles Beach, are bringing Fort Lauderdale a new concept next fall. Paul Flanigan and Frank Zaffere have partnered with Joseph Zebrowski and the real…