Are you an Anthony? If so, there are balls in your future. Meatballs, that is. On Wednesday, June 13, Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza is giving away an order of meatballs with ricotta cheese to anyone with Anthony as a first or last name (which means equal opportunity for ladies to…
Ties, mugs, socks, and talking fish. Dad gets some crappy gifts. Father’s Day is less than a week away, and the gift procurement clock is ticking. Did you already have a gift in mind? Make sure it’s not on this list of the ten worst foodie gifts that you can…
After watching a group of pigs transform from living beings to plated pork belly, I’m kind of questioning myself as a person. My dad even asked, “Did I do something wrong in raising you?”It’s understandable where he is coming from. What kind of person chooses to stand by and watch…
The first order of business for the week should be to secure reservations for Father’s Day if your plans include treating Dad to a special meal that you don’t have to prepare. Clean Plate Charlie has put together a few handy lists to help you to narrow the field. Find…
You know the drill. Buy Dad some cool new grilling tool. Pick up some some steaks, corn, and potatoes. Make a salad. Call it a day. Your Father’s Day celebration is complete, effortless. But it is the same old routine you’ve done year after year. This year, why not step…
At one point in his youth, chef Gary Wood seriously considered pursuing a career as a cop or a lawyer in Long Island, New York. A move to Florida and a job at a wing joint eventually led to culinary school and a new passion: “I just fell in love…
Father’s Day is Sunday, June 17. For many families, that means backyard or beachside barbecues and other meaty affairs. If you don’t have the facilities or inclination to put together a holiday meal on your own, Father’s Day in a restaurant in Broward County may be the easiest option. After the…
Everything’s bigger in Texas, and if you’re looking to go big for your Father’s Day barbecue next Sunday, Jeremy “Jay” Armstead of Texas Hold ‘Em has a few secrets for a Texas-style celebration for Dad.According to Armstead, “Texas-style barbecue is all about long periods of smoke with a slow-cooking fire…
We’re counting down to New Times’ Best of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top hundred favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page.21. Seaweed Salad from…
Boca Raton’s new restaurant and lounge, Stéphane’s, won’t be open until at least July, but we got the bartender, Melvin Negron, talking. In a modern lounge with a French-American menu, this place needs an equally all-star cocktail list. Negron says he got the inspiration behind his drinks after meeting Stéphane’s owner, Stephane…
It’s damned near impossible to locate a Father’s Day card that doesn’t somehow incorporate neckties or power tools (is that really the only thing that greeting card companies can think of when they think “dad”?) but your options for Father’s Day meals in Palm Beach County restaurants are a tad…
The UFC has Maynard versus Guida, but the food world has its own beatdown at the fourth-annual France versus Italy Cook-Off at Casa D’Angelo. At 7 p.m. Monday, we’ll have chef/owner of Casa D’Angelo restaurants, Angelo Elia, in one corner and Chef Jean Pierre of Jean Pierre’s Cooking School in the other, ready to…
We’re counting down to New Times’ Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page. 22. Bread Pudding from…
Market 17 is one of three restaurants in the running for the Nature Conservancy’s People’s Choice 2012 Nature’s Plate Award for Miami’s best green restaurant. The other two contestants — the Dome and Ortanique on the Mile — are located in Coral Gables. Finalists were chosen from among names submitted…
Over the course of the past week, I have followed some hogs on Palmetto Creek Farms from pig to pork. Now it’s time to see them on the dinner plate as Chris Miracolo of Max’s Harvest shows us how to make pork belly from his stock of Palmetto Creek Pork…
The new emphasis on healthy, sustainable eating has become a revolution of sorts, a means to protest the corporate agricultural system. This trend has even made it into the world of pet foods. However, as with human food, major corporations are looking to get in on the action. Petco has…
When chef Dean Max parted ways with 3800 Ocean — the restaurant he helped to open last year inside the Marriott Singer Island Beach Resort & Spa — at the end of 2011, chef Larry LaValley was given the reins (plus the role of resort assistant general manager). LaValley has…
The kitchen staff from sister restaurants the Office and Vic & Angelo’s will face off in two four-course wine dinners in June. The friendly “battles” will pit Vic & Angelo’s traditional fare against the Office’s more modern take. Incidentally, the event represents a more amicable kind of showdown than either restaurant…
Over the past few weeks, I have been spending quite a bit of time on Palmetto Creek Farms, watching first the slaughter of a pig and then the butchering that follows. This farm is a small operation, catering solely to chefs in high-end restaurants. These chefs can order anything they…
The process was described to me before I walked onto the kill floor. Jim Wood, owner of Palmetto Creek Farms, gave me the rundown. “They can’t see anything. There’s nothing to hear. I don’t think they have any idea what’s going on.” I was handed a long lab coat and…
The Old Fort Lauderdale Breakfast House has recently expanded its hours to include dinner service, and among the items on the new menu is a fantastic oyster pan roast. Chef Aaron Johnson was kind enough to expose his secrets and show us how to make his most popular appetizer.Step OneStart…
South Florida, which is seemingly one year late when it comes to all trends, has enough nightlife venues to give the world’s population a hangover. But brunch elsewhere (ahem, Manhattan) has become a party, with table-dancing debauchery and confetti tossed over waffles and eggs Benedict. YOLO Restaurant and O Lounge is one…
