Juice Cleanse: What It Is and How to Do It

Indulge a bit over the holidays? Finding your energy a bit low and your pants a bit snug? Feeling the need for a physical or mental reboot? A juice cleanse might be just the thing to get you thinking and feeling differently. With so many juice bars across South Florida,…

We Ate Reindeer Over the Holidays: Why You Should Too

We know a lot of chefs over here at Clean Plate Charlie. So when we get a crazy idea in our heads, we know who to contact. Just before Christmas, we decided we wanted to get some ideas on how to eat Santa’s favored mode of transportation for the holiday…

Swank Farms’ Monthly Dinner Event is Back for the Season

Unless you strive to shop solely at farmers markets, chances are you have no idea where your food comes from. Even with all the farms we have in South Florida — Palm Beach is actually the largest agricultural county east of the Mississippi River — most of our produce is…

Universal CityWalk Plans Expansion; Food Lovers Will Be Pleased

If you’re a South Floridian like us, chances are you’ve got an annual pass to at least one Orlando attraction. The ride to middle Florida is relatively short, hotels are inexpensive, and there’s always something to do. Plus, roller coasters, superheroes, and people in giant animal heads never get old…

The 13 Most Overcooked Food Trends of 2013: #6 Ramen Burgers

Nanette GonzalesIkemen’s ramen burger at the Los Angeles Ramen Yokocho Fest.The world of gastronomy is as subject to the whim and whimsy of the “trend” as any industry, from fashion to music. Some foods are eternal, like pizza, and others come and go from our midst, for better or for…

Burt Rapoport to Open Apiero at Delray Marketplace

At some point or another, most foodies fantasize about opening a restaurant of their own. Few actually do it — and even fewer actually succeed. While South Florida has its share of restauranteurs, some are more recognizable than others. Burt Rapoport is one of the most renowned restaurant owners in…

Does Cold-Press Juicing Live Up to the Hype?

You see them all over the place these days. From hard-core vegans to women in matching Lululemon gear with yoga mats under their arms to men wearing business suits to parents with kids in strollers, those plastic bottles with brightly colored cold-pressed juices are becoming ubiquitous in Broward County. That…

Does Cold-Press Juicing Live Up to the Hype?

You see them all over the place these days. From hard-core vegans to women in matching Lululemon gear with yoga mats under their arms to men wearing business suits to parents with kids in strollers, those plastic bottles with brightly colored cold-pressed juices are becoming ubiquitous in Broward County. That…

Gordon Ramsay’s Hilarious Potty Mouthed Christmas (Video)

For most of us, Christmas is a time of good cheer, when carols fill the air. For Gordon Ramsay, however, the holidays are all about cursing up a storm. The celebrity chef known for having the mouth of a sailor, has just released an outtakes video from his Christmas Special…

Chick-Phil-A Day in Support of Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson Is Real

Dear lawd, please make it stop! By now, everyone’s familiar with the racist and homophobic remarks by Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson in a recent GQ interview and the subsequent backlash by civil rights organizations. On December 18, A&E Networks suspended the 67-year-old duck-decoy mogul for his words that included comparing…

Red Lobster’s Closure Rumor Gets Seafood Lovers in a Tizzy

Leave it to Village Voice Media publications to cause a shitstorm of controversy. First, Miami New Times forever changed how America sees baseball with the reporting of the Biogenesis scandal, now LA Weekly got seafood lovers’ panties in a bunch over story speculating that Red Lobster might be closing…

The 13 Most Overcooked Food Trends of 2013: #10 Kale

Tejal RaoThe world of gastronomy is as subject to the whim and whimsy of the “trend” as any industry, from fashion to music. Some foods are eternal, like pizza, and others come and go from our midst, for better or for worse. So, we got together all of the food…