Hotel restaurants used to exist for the sole purpose of giving guests a place to satisfy their hunger without going outside. But unless you’re dining at the Four Seasons or the Taj Mahal, it’s not generally where you expect to find a good meal and lively atmosphere. The Rusty Hook…
Now that the new year has officially begun, there aren’t many people out there who aren’t hell-bent on starting 2015 with a clean, healthy kick. After a month and a half of ongoing parties (especially in your mouth), flowing liquor, roasted turkey, and a few dozen cheese platters, you know…
It looks like 2015 is turning out to be a year of change for downtown Fort Lauderdale. The nearly lifeless waterfront walkway along the New River is gaining new attractions in the coming weeks. The Riverwalk Fort Lauderdale team has collaborated with the city to bring new food kiosks to…
If your New Year’s resolution doesn’t involve counting calories, losing weight, or giving up liquor, you might just be excited for Taco Bell’s first promotion of 2015. For the entire month of January you can get free Doritos Locos tacos, the perfect cure for all those late-night hunger pangs, fast…
The new year is here, which means the annual tradition of bemoaning holiday overindulgence has probably started in your household. WHY OH WHY did I eat that fruitcake? Did I really need to drink a whole gallon of eggnog? How could mom let me raid her butter cookie stash? Regrets,…
There’s a new food delivery service coming to Palm Beach County, and it’s nothing like what you’ve seen — or used to order take-out — before. The new food-tech company, known as Cravy, is being touted as a fine dining delivery service with its own brand of CravyLuxe, a luxury…
January is imminent, which means your Facebook feed is full of summations about the year behind us — lists upon lists upon lists judging 2014 by various criteria. The best of this, the worst of that, the most whacked out Floridian nonsense. We love lists, so we’re adding to your…
Each December, vegan lifestyle magazine VegNews names its favorite places, products and people, from Restaurant of the Year to Cookbook of the Year to Person of the Year. And in 2014, it’s making history with the latter choice. For the first time, the popular publication has named a nonhuman as…
If you were to close your eyes and imagine a neighborhood café with a touch of Italian, you’d probably conjure something a lot like Pronto Café in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. The room would be given an informal layout with a lunch-counter bar, exposed brick, weathered wood decor, and, of course, an artisan…
Himmarshee Public House, located at 201 SW Second St. in downtown Fort Lauderdale, recently released the restaurant’s winter menu. Cofounder Marc Falsetto and corporate chef Robbyns Martinez have designed a new, seasonally inspired winter menu that highlights modern takes on comfort foods while adding global influences across the board. Many…
Grocery shopping can be stressful, from the mile-long track from your parking spot, to the crowded isles, and never-ending check-out lines. Sort of makes you think how much easier it would all be if you could shop with a glass of wine or beer in hand. Well, the next time…
Foodies tend to get lots of love around Christmastime, since the stores are awash with indulgent sweet treats and sky-high gift baskets. But what about your foodie friends who are vegan? What can you buy them besides mail-order pears or a lifetime supply of tofu? With plant-based businesses popping up…
Holidays can be truly problematic for vegans, as they are a celebratory chance to be with people you love deeply, but they are often gathered around a holiday roast, of one species or another. While meals at their home can prove to be a little easier if you bring a…
Buttered rum? Mulled wine? Hot toddies? You call these holiday drinks? Puleeease. Eggnog puts them all to shame. Sadly though, eggnog is hardly suitable for the dairy-free drinkers among us, what with the egg and, um, nog. Luckily, the amazing animal advocacy group, Compassion Over Killing, has a mouthwatering recipe…
Let’s face it, the holidays are all about eating. And it can be a lonely time when family and friends are far away — or if you’re spending the season in single-mode. But it can be even lonelier when you’re single and, say, gluten-free. For all those weird dietary restrictions…
Not even a few weeks into season, and West Palm Beach’s Kitchen is already running on a two-week, pre-booking reservation schedule. The 36-seat dining room is booked full each night as chef-owner Matthew Byrne, once Tiger Wood’s private chef, prepares his small tasting menu. To expand the concept while still…
Slaving over a hot stove is all well and good — if you’ve got oodles of vacation time and a penchant for forearm burns. For the rest of us, however, pre-made food and delicious mixes are what get us through the gauntlet of holiday dinners and picky relatives. To make…
It wouldn’t be fair to say Hollywood’s 2-month-old La Huaca Peruvian Cuisine is hidden; it’s just a bit off the beaten path. Sitting at Harrison Street and South 20th Avenue, one block south of Hollywood Boulevard, the new Peruvian eatery is really just steps from the clustered chaos of the…
The Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival is back again, that time of year where foodies from up north flock to the warmer climate of South Florida to show off their creativity and gather some inspiration. This year has been no different. There are a multitude of events, from Chef…
The 2014 Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival rolls into town this Thursday, December 11, for four days of eating, drinking, and food celebrity sightings. Now in it’s eighth year, the festival will take place exclusively in Palm Beach, and although many of this year’s events are already sold out,…
Let’s talk about sushi. Not the nigirizushi you’ll get in Japan — slices of raw fish on vinegar-infused fermented rice — but the Western variety: rolls made with cream cheese, imitation crab, cucumber, and avocado, to suit American palates. If you’re a purist, the sushi at Fort Lauderdale’s new Asian-American…
These days, you can learn anything and everything online. Because let’s be real: Who has time to drive to class, deal with parking hell, then sit through hours and hours of instructionals? Not nobody, not no how. It only makes sense that cooking schools would be making the migration to…
