Alex Kuk grew up in a restaurant family. When other kids were out playing after school, Kuk was at work. While his friends celebrated holidays, he and his family were busy waiting on festive diners. “It’s not your typical lifestyle,” says Kuk. “Family time is creative. Dinner may be at…
This past weekend, plant-based businesses, chefs, celebrities, authors, and eaters swarmed Miami for the inaugural Seed Food & Wine Festival. This vegan wonderland featured two celeb-studded private dinners, a VIP cocktail party, a film screening, a kids’ cupcake affair, and the main event: festival day. With several thousand people packing…
Last weekend on a flight from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to Chicago, a man felt queasy and fainted. As paramedics met him at the gate in the Windy City, rumors spread throughout the plane: The man had Ebola. He had just come from Liberia. He was contagious. Of course, no…
Ah! A girl’s sweet 16 is a special coming-of-age celebration. This party, marking the transition into adulthood, has over time become a bit of a spectacle. The days of it being small parties at home have turned into full-on “bridezilla”-like monstrosities in hotels, boats, and/or halls with extravagant, thematic productions…
Fast food is on the hot plate these days. National chains are constantly being criticized for their calorie-dense fare that’s served at price points even supermarkets can rarely beat. It’s cheap food to fill you up — hence our current levels of obesity. And when it comes to fast foods,…
When it comes to food conversations these days, it seems that the focus is always on incorporating more plant-based and vegan options. Obviously, it’s healthier. But sometimes you just want to sink your teeth into a big ol’ hunk of meat. While other eateries are slimming down, Del Frisco’s Grille…
When it comes to desserts, there’s one item that tends to elicit the strongest reactions. Most people love it, few stay away from it, but it’s not very common to hear someone is so-so about chocolate. Fort Lauderdale chocolate lovers have a new reason to get excited: Palm Beach County’s…
Shelbey Ganzel has been passionate about baking her entire life, so buying a food truck last year seemed like a way to make her dream a reality. But sometimes on the road to success, you get a flat tire. Literally. Ganzel purchased a used food truck last year and turned…
Wednesday, October 15, marks the start of Florida’s stone crab harvesting season. More important — and for stone crab lovers across the state — it’s also the day Joe’s Stone Crab reopens after its summer hiatus to celebrate its 101st year in Miami Beach. For the next seven months, it…
Gastronomically speaking, Peru is a kaleidoscope of culture, the culmination of a nearly 500-year melting pot of Spanish, African, Japanese, and Chinese soldered together by the country’s own indigenous cuisine. Quintessentially simple, many of the country’s best dishes are peasants’ fare: whole fish pulled from the Atlantic Ocean and cut…
Music and food share similarities as forms of art. Passion drives both, and as such, you’ll have true practitioners of their crafts in the forms of master musicians and master chefs. Anything of lesser honor or execution can immediately be relegated to the arenas of “top 40” drivel or the…
Whether you know her best as Mary, one of the infamous Sanderson Sisters in Hocus Pocus, or as the voice of Peggy Hill on King of the Hill, it’s likely you’ve run across Kathy Najimy’s comedic talents more than a few times. A character actress with many faces, she’s been…
Anyone and everyone who is into food is used to hearing the value in local produce: it tastes better, it’s better for the environment, it supports the local economy, etc. And hey, that sounds great. We like all of those things. While buying from a local farmer is definitely a…
Chipotle is known for many things: sustainable foodstuffs, friendly employees, heart-wrenching animation skills. What it’s not known for, however, is flighty or frequent changes to its supersimple menu. It hasn’t introduced a new protein in, oh, 21 years. Until now. Answering the call of a growing interest in plant-based eating,…
“Tested batch after batch”… “sustainable Fair Trade cane sugar”… “a special blend of spices from around the world”… “a distinct foamy head.” Is this the description for a new, artisan, exotic beverage? In a way, yes. And no. The above words are part of the launch campaign for Caleb’s Kola,…
Courtesy of Betsy’s BestFounder Betsy Opyt and her butters. When it comes to healthy eating, the Jifs and Skippys of the world don’t exactly make the cut. Sure, peanut butter is touted as a good-for-you snack, but read the labels and you’ll quickly realize that most of the major brands…
Once upon a time, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and cell phones did little more than make phone calls, I walked into an Apple store where a “genius” proceeded to ask me a question that’s usually used by people who try to sell you flowers, pamphlets, and religions at…
In that past few years, the culinary world has become a bit of a congested mess, with chefs turning into household names and Hollywood-caliber personalities bursting from the kitchen into the limelight. Fledgling epicurean operations have resorted to gimmickry and “shticks” in order to stand out in this oft-confusing sea…
When it comes to cooking, not all courses are created the same. Sure, a topnotch chef could probably make an amazing cake — and probably way better than anything you’re going to make — but cooking and baking are two completely different things. And there’s nothing like dessert prepared by…
Few cultural festivals are more internationally celebrated than Oktoberfest, but odds are you have no idea how it came to be. It all started with a royal wedding. On October 12, 1810, Crown Prince Ludwig was married to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen in Munich. As was the case with any…
It’s October 6th, which means we’re about five minutes into pumpkin’s 15 minutes of annual fame. And while pumpkin edibles, drinkables and wearables (really Bath & Body Works?) are literally everywhere, it’s harder to find vegan options, particularly in the dessert department. Luckily, you’re the master of your kitchen appliances,…
In the past, in the interest of maintaining a little bit of decorum and/or a public persona, most people would’ve never openly professed their love for bacon. That was probably due to the fact that bacon had been mistreated in the kitchen. Gone are the days of the Greasy Spoon’s…
