There’s little more than a week until Dine Out Lauderdale kicks off (it starts Monday, October 1). That gives South Florida diners a little time to sort through the special three-course menus on offer at the 40 participating restaurants, which range from Hallandale Beach north to Lighthouse Point, and as…
We’re not sure whether that’s a giant rat, a squirrel, or a really weird-looking kitten. We just know it should not be hanging out in a Wilton Manors restaurant…
Today is the official first day of fall — the autumnal equinox, if you will — and it feels just like it, right? Not so much? Whatever; doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate the non-existent-for-now season with a sampling of cool weather flavors (and no, that doesn’t mean candy corn Oreos)…
Oktoberfest is here again, folks. It is the time of year to party like a German in brown leather pants, guzzling endless liters of barley and malt brews. We know — sporting lederhosen in South Florida’s penetrating heat is not a logistical reality, considering the risk of massive chaffing and…
Baja Beach Club, the 1990s Fort Lauderdale haunt best known for the classic spring-break style parties — you know the type, scantily-clad bartenders serving up body shots to grinding, barely legal patrons — is getting ready for more action. The club was first launched in Chicago in 1987; eventually the…
If you and your stoner friends have ever wasted away an entire Saturday eating chips and thinking up ways to make an easy million bucks…this contest is for you!The good people at Lay’s potato chips are in dire need of a new flavor for their potato chips and they’re willing…
Yesterday, we caught up with Aran Goyoaga, the acclaimed blogger, photographer, and food stylist, about her upcoming cookbook. Today, we have a sneak peak into the book, which won’t be released until October 23. This is her children’s favorite cookie — soft, chewy and packed with chocolate chips and homemade…
What’s better than a plate of huge, tender meatballs? A side of hunky muscle?Here’s your chance to meet the Steve Martorano, the man behind Fort Lauderdale’s celebrity-frequented eatery, Cafe Martorano in Oakland Park. He also runs a Martorano’s in Las Vegas and another here at the Seminole Hard Rock in…
Oktoberfest celebrations are happening in South Florida through October 21, and since beer is a fundamental part of the two week celebration, it may help you to know a thing or two about it. See Also: – The Craft-Beer Craze Finally Finds Florida – Oktoberfest 2012 in South Florida: Celebrations…
From dining with divas to meeting the makers, there’s more than one out-of-the-ordinary event on the food and drink schedule this weekend in South Florida. After the jump, find a roundup of things to do this weekend in the realm of drinking and dining in Broward and Palm Beach counties…
It may seem incredulous to think that hunger is a problem in the United States — especially when we simultaneously have an obesity epidemic — but according to Share Our Strength, a national organization working to end childhood hunger nationwide, there are currently 16 million kids living without access to…
I went to high school with Jennifer Aniston. This was long before Friends made her a superstar, and Aniston was just another slightly awkward teen at the High School of Performing Arts/LaGuardia School of the Arts. You may know it as the Fame school, where adolescents danced in the cafeteria…
Aran Goyoaga, acclaimed pastry chef, photographer, food stylist, and James Beard Award-nominated blogger at Cannelle et Vanille, will release her first cookbook, titled Small Plates and Sweet Treats: My Family’s Journey to Gluten-Free Cooking, on October 23.The cookbook has been Goyoaga’s project for several years. “I signed the contract in…
The year was 1972. Head Coach Don Shula led the Miami Dolphins to their perfect season. It’s been 40 years, and no team has done it since. Sure the Dolphins have had some missteps; President Obama even had to make a jab about their not-so-stellar record. But loyal fans are still…
Food nerds and locavores, rejoice. Thousand Pound Egg, a specialty food store in Victoria Park, is hosting a complimentary open house/street party Saturday evening to introduce local gourmands to the blossoming business district on NE 20th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale. The gathering also will give shoppers a chance to mingle…
This Saturday, September 22, at noon sharp local time, the lord mayor of Munich, clad in lederhosen, will lead a procession and tap the first keg of Oktoberfest beer, kicking off a 12-hour-per-day, 16-day-long party that will end on October 7 with 6 million visitors having passed though its tents…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival has announced its 2013 event schedule.The multiday festival that brings a host of celebrity chefs, events, parties, and dinners to Miami Beach, will run from February 21 to 24. Although that may seem far away, we suggest you start making plans and circling…
Today, celebrity chef and restauranteur Mario Batali turns 52. Born on Sept. 19, 1960 in Seattle, Washington to parents of Italian and French Canadian descent, Batali is one of the most successful chefs in the culinary industry. He built his empire on the concept of cooking up simple yet delicious…
This Saturday, September 22, at noon sharp local time, the lord mayor of Munich, clad in lederhosen, will lead a procession and tap the first keg of Oktoberfest beer, kicking off a 12-hour-per-day, 16-day-long party that will end on October 7 with 6 million visitors having passed though its tents.There’s…
The Funky Buddha Lounge, the Boca Raton brewpub and hookah bar known for its speakeasy vibe, announced Friday that it will expand its brewing operation to Oakland Park. Part of a vision for a new culinary arts district in Oakland Park, the new brewery will reside in an 18,000-square-foot building…
Cooper City High School has a reputation for many things: high academic standards, football, hooking scandals, the kids responsible for the murder in the book Bully, and, now, celebrity chef Paul Niedermann. Since winning season nine of Hell’s Kitchen, Niedermann, a Cooper City High alum, has taken over the reins as…
Two-thirds of this will now be home to the Delray Beach Greenmarket.On October 13, the perennially popular Delray Greenmarket will return to downtown every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in its new location, Old School Square Park. Considering the amount of development, redevelopment, and outright growth downtown Delray has…
