Busting out a raw, vegan recipe for Thanksgiving probably seems incongruous given that the holiday basically centers around cooking a dead bird for hours on end. But in case you want to add a lighter option to the menu or you just got word that your health-nut sister-in-law is coming…
Love cooking, but can’t seem to turn out an appealing — or edible — meal? Whether it’s a problem with overcooking, undercooking, forgotten ingredients, an inability to master the use of a kitchen appliance, or a tendency to lose track of even the simplest recipe instructions, we at Clean Plate…
Everyone knows that nine times out of ten, the Thanksgiving sides are better than the main attraction (perhaps because there’s so many creative ways you can totally screw up the turkey). Step up your side game this Thanksgiving and give a new spin to a T-Day classic: Sweet potatoes. Chef…
Coffee fanatics can spend many, highly-caffeinated hours debating the merits of French roast versus American, iced versus hot, or shade-grown organic fair trade versus Folgers, but one genre of coffee is universally adored: Free. Today, Saturday, September 29, is National Coffee Day, and while some places — like 7-Eleven –…
Are you always the poor sap sent out for office coffee? Do you like taking a break for a mocha but can’t seem to slip out quietly before your office mates notice and pile on their orders?Starbucks has picked up on your frustration. It has heard your howls of pain…
Julia Child set the mold for cooking show hosts to be unconventional. So really, these two lovely ladies are just continuing that, umm, unique tradition.After the jump, learn to make pulled pork wontons — with guava.Juleisy: How do you spell guava?Karla: Gwa-va!We only hope that back hair doesn’t end up…
Let’s face it; usually, here in Fort Lauderdale, we miss out on a lot of trends or we get them late. Think about about it– trends like dining in the dark, dubstep (kidding) and Wes Anderson movies always arrive post facto. Fortunately, thanks to the folks at Brew Urban Café…
Tired of dropping $12 for an appetizer-sized portion of smashed avocado and salt? You should be, particularly when you likely could do better (or at least as well) on your own at home. So said the entry for winner of Best Guacamole for the New Times’ Best Of Broward/Palm Beach…
Growing up in New Jersey, every summer my family and I would head down to the shore. While today, the connotation of the Jersey shore has become entangled with the images of Snooki and Pauly D, my recollection was of a perfect family seaside town. One of my favorite pastimes was…
A salty, sweet bacon jam spread may be the reason Rok:Brgr captured the fan favorite award May 11 at the Riverwalk Burger Battle, where it sang in a burger with Brie. On the gastropub’s menu, you’ll find bacon jam in sliders and as a sauce option for the build-your-own burger…
In my early 20s, one of my best friends decided to go vegan. She had been vegetarian for years, but this next step ended up being a struggle at parties. At many a barbecue, her only option was the green salad. If there was cheese on top, forget it. She…
My mom remarried when I was a kid, and I was doing everything in my power to dislike her husband. The only problem: He was a great cook, and I was a food-lover. Those attributes are difficult to keep separate, especially when it comes to pasta carbonara. Pasta and bacon…
We’re still a ways from touting baristas and roasters as beer nerds celebrate Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head and Garrett Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery. Yet we’re on the way, with baristas joining the festival circuit to make a name for themselves in the coffee world. Here in South Florida, our…
Sorry, ladies. Strikers’ soccer team starting defender Jack Stewart is not offering a private visit to cook up something special. (Or not yet, anyway.) He is, however, slinging sides and mains over on Cooking With Athletes, a recipe and nutrition blog for people who actually play sports, as opposed to…
Last Friday, Lifehacker posted a recipe for a healthy breakfast that was so stunningly simple, to call it a recipe might be a bit fanciful. Lifehacker credits reddit user fungzor for the easy, healthy combo wherein an egg is baked in the hollow of a halved avocado.The setup is easy. Preheat the oven…
Want to make everyone else’s holiday parties look like they were catered by Denny’s? Sharpen your edge this holiday season by investing in a couples’ cooking class. The Plantation and Boca Raton branches of Publix Apron’s Cooking Schools offer “Couples Cooking: Entertaining” on the December class schedule with menus that…
In this weird (but informative) video, Alton Brown teaches Santa how to make sugar cookies. But it’s not just any Santa — it’s biker Santa, clad in a bandana instead of a red fur hat.Watch Alton show Santa (and us) an easy sugar cookie recipe, including handy tips on how…
It’s the day after Thanksgiving and you’re fridge is stuck with what seems like ten pounds of leftover turkey. You could make a sandwich, but why not try something much more awesome? Since Clean Plate Charlie was all about pizza this week (when we weren’t talking turkey), we decided to…
Dos Caminos is celebrating executive chef Ivy Stark’s cookbook Dos Caminos’ Mexican Street Food: 120 Authentic Recipes to Make at Home on Friday, November 18. Stark’s cookbook contains 120 recipes and profiles of real Mexican cooks. Home chefs will enjoy recipes for traditional Mexican dishes like plantain croquettes, chilies stuffed…
Emeril Lagasse and his signature “Bam!” were the likely catalyst that sparked the celebrity chef revolution.Lagasse changed the television cooking show from the video instructional manuals of Julia Child into a talk/entertainment/cooking hybrid and paved the way for the likes of Rachael Ray, Paula Deen, and other megawattage hosts.Lagasse’s first…
This past week, Food Network’s Worst Cooks in America was searching for truly horrible cooks at a Miami open casting call. While there, Clean Plate Charlie encountered people who set fire to their houses, made their dogs sick, and glued food to the plate so it wouldn’t slide around (really!).The…
Yesterday, Clean Plate Charlie shared five easy recipes for tasty libations without the labor. We realized that at some point, you’re going to need food to go with those drinks. Lucky for us, celebrity chefs have simplified cooking to the point where it seems that you could make an entire…
