Regina Sacca wasn’t familiar with crepes when she decided to buy a food truck in 1999. Once greeted by a crepe maker inside, however, she began learning how to make them using a recipe that a co-worker gave her from a family member in Luxemburg. She picked it up immediately…
A quick look at the standard American spread at a Fourth of July gathering can be the biggest unintended commercial advocating for the GMO awareness movement. There are burgers made of cows pumped full of hormones and raised in miserable conditions, genetically modified seedless watermelon, sweet corn grown with trademarked…
If you caught the Cooking Channel’s Best in Chow Season 2 episode last night, “BBQ Wars Miami,” you’ll know that yet another TV show has rolled through our tip of the state looking for picturesque backdrops and culinary drama. The BBQ episode pitted Downtown joint Sparky’s Roadside Barbecue with North…
If you want to know what’s in your Chicken McNuggets, you can find the ingredients online…though McDonald’s doesn’t make it easy for you. The ingredients are listed on page eight of a 20 page PDF document on the company’s website, making it difficult to just search for without having to…
When not busy making special days possible as an event coordinator for a country club, Maria Tagliarino contributes to dogs’ special occasions, too. With the help of her husband Dennis who is an executive chef, she has started Three Bean Bakery, a pet bakery offering organic, natural and healthy cakes…
The Off the Hookah family of restaurants has always stood out a little bit among their peers for being quick and agreeable when it comes to fundraising and partnering with locals for good causes. This week, the Clematis location will be celebrating its fourth year of operation as well as…
Festivals. We love them. Whether they’re specialty themed, or weekend-long events with food and drink, it seems a new one pops up every year. To add to the growing list of seafood festivals in South Florida, Palm Beach County will be celebrating its very first annual waterfront Seafood Festival known…
Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza, a California-based build-your-own-pizza chain, announced it is entering the South Florida market with three locations to open over the next year. The company specializes in personal pizzas baked in hot, open-flame ovens by “pizzasmiths” who ensure that the thin-crust pies are “fast-fire’d” in less than 180 seconds…
On the unassuming corner of NE First Avenue and NW Third Street, surrounded by auto mechanics and flanked by the train tracks, sits a 1-year-old Peruvian restaurant that might just be Hallandale Beach’s best-kept secret. The décor does not fall into the kitsch of “ethnic,” nor does it strive to…
If there’s one thing that goes really well together, it’s hot weather and cold soft-serve frozen yogurt. After all, we’re hot but we’re in bathing suits, so we need a cold delicious treat that we can convince ourselves is still “healthy.” Which explains why the self-serve frozen yogurt chain known…
Scallop season usually begins on the first of July and runs through September 24 and has done so for a very long time. This past May, Gov. Rick Scott asked the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to expand the harvest by three days in an effort to boost…
The annual food and drink event known as Tastemakers in Delray Beach is back for its sixth year this August, and tickets go on sale this month. The event, organized by the Downtown Delray Beach Development Authority (DDA) in partnership with Delray Beach magazine, has officially announced the dates for…
Tampa-based Burger 21 is expanding its presence in the South Florida region with the addition of a second location. The fast-casual restaurant that features 21 different hand-crafted burgers made from 100-percent certified Angus beef, is opening a location at 2949 N. Federal Highway, just south of Oakland Park Boulevard in…
While this story has all the potential narrative trappings of David and Goliath, the truth seems closer to the harried dealings of taking care of an elderly relative who has gone fully into dementia with a lawyer’s number on speed dial. Last year, CityPlace had a dispute with Brewzzi concerning…
In the nation of burgers and hot dogs, the Fourth of July elicits a flood of meaty BBQs across South Florida. But if you’re looking for an event that’ll be more about the veggies and less about the cow parts, there’s a meatless picnic going down at Topeekeegee Yugnee Park…
Where do Food Network celebrities dine when out and about in Boca Raton? Chef Ming Tsai, who competed on Food Network’s The Next Iron Chef, was spotted at Farmer’s Table this past Tuesday. See also: The Farmer’s Table in Boca Raton Makes Dining Out Ethical and Affordable…
As a cook and former carnivore, Ryan Bauhaus was sick and tired of frozen, processed faux meats. He wanted fresh stuff to work with, so why didn’t it exist? Thus, the idea for Atlas Meat-Free Delicatessen was born. Bauhaus dreamed up his own fake meat product, dubbed vegitein, which he’ll…
At the west end of Himmarshee Street, just across from Old Fort Lauderdale Breakfast House, the interior of Taps is worlds apart from the rest of downtown Fort Lauderdale. To the left, a tufted charcoal bench runs the length of the room beneath a solid wood wall of crisscrossing panels…
For the third year in a row, Dada executive chef Bruce Feingold has been selected as the people’s choice for best chef in our annual Best Of issue. But these days, Feingold has more than a title to be proud of. He’s also the founder and creator of a charitable…
South Florida may be getting its very first cat café, a coffee shop where the main focus is on its feline inhabitants and not the caffeinated beverages. The idea to bring a cat café to Palm Beach County is the work of sisters Adriana and Andrea Montano, a pair of…
At the west end of Himmarshee Street, just across from Old Fort Lauderdale Breakfast House, the interior of Taps is worlds apart from the rest of downtown Fort Lauderdale. To the left, a tufted charcoal bench runs the length of the room beneath a solid wood wall of crisscrossing panels…
McDonald’s has created some new American-based sandwiches, including a new Florida beef sandwich. They only catch? So far, they’re available only in France. According to the website, the sandwich was inspired by Florida, with “two chopped steaks and summer sauce.” What’s summer sauce? Your guess is as good as ours,…
