Los Tacos by Chef Omar serves a mean mole. One of the great sauces of Mexico, this one is velvety-black, complex, and richly spiced. In Mexico, there are many types of mole. Depending on the region, mole can be red (a fiery poblano with mulato, ancho, and pasilla chilies kissed…
If it’s a given that plant-based foods make skin glow, excess weight drop off, and energy increase, then it’s clear that vegans are a pretty sexy bunch. Just ask Avia Feldman and Leaha Perl, the organizers of Broward County’s latest Meetup group: Crazy Sexy Vegan. After going to see Cowspiracy…
Nothing says American culture like American cheese. Highly processed, neon-orange in color and made up of a mish-mosh of other cheeses, it’s our country in a cellophane wrapper. Vegans, however, have had to make do with less-than-impressive substitutes for this kitchen staple. Luckily, Follow Your Heart has released a new,…
Happy Earth Day. The annual celebration of the planet which houses not only us, but every known species to mankind, started on April 22, 1970 by Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, after witnessing the ravages of the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. The celebration is…
A sign hangs on the wall at Fran’s Chicken Haven in Boca Raton, which pretty much says it all: “If the colonel had our recipe, he’d be a general.” Originally opened in 1964 by Fran and Joe Gerace, today the restaurant tucked into a shopping plaza off Federal Highway just…
Broward took on Miami for the title of most “delish” county this past Friday during ARC Broward’s Delish event and the home team took the title from its Goliath neighbor to the south. The event, held at the Young at Art Children’s Museum, saw eight of South Florida’s best chefs,…
By the time your server has finished telling you the philosophy behind the Kuro menu, you might stop wondering why you’re about to pay $24 for a tower of toro the size of a Ping-Pong ball. It’s a tasty, beautiful pile of toro, fatty and rich, paired with a trio…
Hand-dipped lavender almonds. You won’t be able to find any of these products at your local farmers’ market, grocer, or Whole Foods. But you can have them delivered straight to your front door. There aren’t many reasons why you wouldn’t be excited to travel the country and sample small-batch foods…
Sexy vegans are all over the place: in the gym, shopping the veggie aisle at Publix, gracing magazine covers and even living right next door. Hence the idea behind PETA’s Sexiest Vegan Next Door contest. Plant-based sex appeal is everywhere! The animal advocacy org has narrowed this year’s pool down…
PETA’s Sexiest Vegan Next Door contest is in full swing, and two of South Florida’s own made the finalist cut. Mom, model, actress and part-time teacher, Aisha Thalia of Pembroke Pines beat out hundreds of entrants to earn a spot in the final round along with nine other ladies. On the male…
Italian Master Chef Marc Vetri has finally achieved what he set out to do twenty years ago: write a cookbook on pasta. Before realizing his passion for cooking, the James Beard award-winning chef worked in restaurants throughout much of his life and fell in love with the art of pasta…
Chef John Moeller has had the culinary experience of a lifetime. As the former chef to three First Families, including President George H.W. Bush, President William Jefferson Clinton, and President George W. Bush, Moeller continually pleased both residents and guests of the White House by preparing très soigné cuisine. Thanks to a strong…
There’s something about Brimstone Woodfire Grill on the westernmost stretch of Pines Boulevard that screams “chain restaurant.” Perhaps it’s the giant, glowing red logo stamped across the top of the establishment’s enormous stacked stone façade? The sprawling 200-seat dining room? The familiar Americanized menu with its mix of seafood, steaks,…
Ikea, the Swedish furniture company that specializes in insanely cheap furniture with difficult to pronounce names (and impossible to decipher assembly instructions), has just introduced their newest creation. And, no, it’s not a bookcase. The home goods mega-store has launched their long-awaited vegan meatballs. The vegetable balls are available at…
To start the week off with a bang (or a ball), head to Fork & Balls in Fort Lauderdale. Every week, the restaurant offers its Meatball Monday Madness promotion, where you can get $1 meatballs all day — and night. Named as one of the “Top Ten Hottest Restaurants In…
This weekend, the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce will celebrate its 53rd year of the Delray Affair, nicknamed the “Greatest Show Under The Sun” and known as one of the largest arts and craft festival in the southeast United States. The block party will take over 12 blocks from the…
Fish Shack is a locals’ type of place. The sort of place where — if you don’t know the area well or have a smartphone GPS to guide you — would be really hard to find. You probably have GPS. And I have a longtime Pompano Beach native to tell…
Whether it’s canned tuna or prized tuna sashimi, the big blue fish seems to find itself in the midst of controversy time and time again. From canning processes to mercury levels and fishing practices that fail to comply or rather completely ignore responsible standards, tuna has become more than just…
Chili cookoffs are a national tradition—a chance to indulge of three of America’s favorite things: chili, competition and eating outdoors. And with beans as the main ingredient, chili is the perfect candidate for veganizing. That’s the premise behind the Bean Scene 2015 chili cook-off in Lake Worth this Saturday, where…
Whether you’re looking for chicken, fish, beef, or pork, there’s a South Florida eatery where you can find them come Taco Tuesday. Each week we’ll highlight a different restaurant serving some super taco savings or just some really amazing meat and fish-stuffed tortillas. Congratulations, you just found your new favorite day…
Ice cream can be quite the cravings generator. From kids in bad need of a sugar fix to the eternally baffling flavor-mixing/alternative modes of consumption of pregnant women, ice cream is often a welcome and necessary treat. Just look at 39 year old David Nathaniel Farrior who, in a surveillance…
At Batavia in Fort Lauderdale, it’s OK to order one of everything on the menu. In fact, chef-owner Sandra Tirtoatmodja encourages it. Her new Indonesian Restaurant, Batavia, occupies the easternmost stretch of Commercial Boulevard, just before the Intracoastal Waterway. When you consider food in this part of town, you might…
