The latest issue of The New Yorker appeared this week with a profile of Jonathan Gold, the Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic for our sister paper, LA Weekly.The piece called “The Scavenger” by Dana Goodyear follows Gold down a path paved with odd edibles and organ meats, L.A.’s divey-est taco stands…
It’s a classic example of the bait and switch. During one of my recent late night television binges, I found myself drawn to a commercial that seemed to repeat during every break. It was for some kind of cheesy, bacony, Texas toasty burger at Checkers. Despite seeing the commercial at…
Wanna know why your gut hits your ankles when you walk? Why your thighs have more ripples than the Gulf of Mexico in a hurricane? Why your ass is big enough to blot out the sun? The “Twinkie Casserole” (24 Twinkies topped with caramel, mini marshmallows and brown sugar, topped…
My friend and New Times theater critic Brandon K. Thorp recently planned a pre-play dinner at Sushi Bon in Lantana. Soon after he arrived, his date called to say he wasn’t going to make it; worse, Sushi Bon’s credit card machine was down. He decided the best thing to do…
Executive chef Tommy Valdes sure knows how to shill — the Culinary Institute of America grad and author is making a bid to be on the Next Food Network Star, a fact you’ll find plastered all over his Margate Italian restaurant. There’s even a life-sized picture of him, looking authoritative,…
This weekend, self-proclaimed “foodies” with a gift for prose will descend on San Francisco for the first ever Foodbuzz.com Blogger Festival. The three-day gathering will culminate with an awards ceremony where Foodbuzz will hand out golden forks to the top food blogs in a number of categories (everything from “Best…
There’s nothing like buying something that I have no earthly idea what it might be. Normally even if the packaging doesn’t have much English on it, I can deduct from the pictures what I might find inside. Whatever this is, I have no idea. There are literally four English words…
The best thing I ate at my recent visit to Satoro Restaurant and Lounge in Hollywood was dessert. Which is not to say the rest of the meal I enjoyed a few days back was a disappointment — on the contrary, the meal whipped up by chef Alexander Dziurzynski formerly of…
If you want to get high at Roxy’s, come Saturday, Nov. 28, you actually can. Legally, even. That’s when the Clematis Street complex that includes Roxy’s Pub, 10@2 Saloon and Rome Nightclub is throwing a street-wide beerfest to celebrate the debut of its rooftop bar and restaurant, Roxy’s on the…
Photo by Jacob KatelChef Mark Militello Chef Mark Militello has left 1 Bleu at the One Resort and Spa (formerly The Regent Bal Harbour) to join The Office, a gastropub in Delray said to be opening in late November. Last December Militello took the reigns as executive chef of culinary…
In the interest of full disclosure: I was born in Philadelphia. Therefore, along with being a completely obnoxious sports fan, I have a special place in my clogged arteries for cheese steaks. I also get upset when I see the words “Philly Cheese Steak” on a menu only to find…
I expected not to like Callaro’s Prime, a very old-fashioned steak house in Manalapan and subject of this week’s Dish review. But my friend and New Times’ theater critic Brandon K. Thorp convinced me the 8-year-old gin joint can cook the hell out of a steak. We dined there a…
Give it to me, Chuck.The Fins flounder, but Bash in Sunrise delivers.What’s with using acronyms as restaurant names? Still L.O.L.A. in Delray sounds like great time.This merry go round is broken down: our review of Carousel Can Can in CityPlace.Riki avoids shooting food out of her noise while dining and…
For nearly 30 years, drummer Nicko McBrain has toured the world as part of one of the greatest rock bands of all time, Iron Maiden. He’s played arenas and festivals, in front of tens of thousands of people in places Bangalore, India and Gothenburg, Sweden, and hundreds of thousands in…
Although Clean Plate Charlie is the only food blog you need to read every day, some people just can’t get enough. Here are some highlights of other food blogs, this time focusing on some Halloween themed foods.Want to truly scare yourself this Halloween? It has nothing to do with the…
• A little recognition for the local folks comes from the James Beard House, where chef Adam Savage, top toque at Seacrest Grill in the Delray Beach Marriott, has been invited to strut his stuff on Dec. 3. On the menu, among other dishes, butter-poached Maine lobster with autumn cup…
Alex had dropped his menu and was staring at me. I was 17 or 18, visiting Texas for the first time, and we were out grabbing a bite to eat. With the exception of a few family vacations, I’d thus far spent my entire life in the northeast; I grew…
When I think of porridge, only a few things come to mind: Goldilocks, bears, poverty, and prison. Goldilocks and the Bears probably don’t need much of an explanation, as I’m sure many of our first times even hearing the word was in the children’s story. Poverty… well for some reason…
• Who says the hamburger has to be the symbol of American junk food? Not Hans Hess, founder of Arlington, VA based chain, Elevation Burger. The recently franchised burger hut pays much credence to its slogan, “Ingredients Matter,” building its double-meat patties out of 100% organic, free-range, grass-fed beef. The…
Peruvian food isn’t the standard beans-and-rice fare so common in South America. It has influences from the country’s Asian, Italian, and Spanish immigrants, and that shows on the menu of the new Fusion & Flavors. The tiny storefront sits next to a Subway and between a couple strip clubs on…
The enthusiasm was infectious on a recent Friday night at Carousel Can Can in CityPlace. Surveying the half-empty dining room of mostly couples and well-coifed gals out on the town, you could almost hear the collective yawn. About the only person who showed any sort of interest in the can-can…
As we were finishing our entrées, the woman with the Karen Carpenter voice had an announcement to make. She paused before a rendition of “Son of a Son of a Sailor” to let the dozen or so tables in a cavernous, beachfront dining room know that a couple was celebrating…
