Here’s something Palm Beach County hasn’t seen in awhile: a well-executed tapas restaurant.Whether you call it pinchos, chopitos, or tapas — derived from the Latin word tapar, meaning “to cover” — doesn’t much matter. All you really need to know is that Cha Cha’s certainly has all its bases covered where…
Michael Bennett isn’t content to just sit around on a rare day off from his executive chef job at Bimini Boatyard. Instead of sunning or fishing, Bennett writes. With two Caribbean-influenced cookbooks, In the Land of Misfits, Pirates and Cooks and Underneath a Cloudless Sky, under his belt, Bennett decided…
Your pal Clean Plate Charlie has two tickets to Fright Nights, the annual haunted house extravaganza at the South Florida Fairgrounds. These tickets would normally cost ya $15 apiece, but he’ll give them to you at the low, low price of absolutely free! The tickets give you access to the…
How do you make a chef a rock star? Take one part classically trained chef, add in host of the Food Network’s Secrets of a Restaurant Chef, and a dash of cohost of Worst Cooks in America, and you have the perfect recipe. You also have Anne Burrell, a celebrity chef who certainly knows…
Patty Canedo is a chef in Palm Beach. She writes frequently about her kitchen exploits in this column, Half-Baked. This week a former sous of mine posted an article about a group of students suing their former culinary school. The students sited recruiters misled the value of a culinary education and…
Do you ever find it a little odd that the leftover ears of corn you bought for the Labor Day cookout still sit in the back of the fridge with little to no signs of aging? Sure, this may sound awesome at first, but it has got to make you…
We love us some Snoop Dogg – from pimping with Katy Perry to smoking large amounts of herb, the man still finds time to tour the world…and personally invite noteworthy individuals via his YouTube channel.Using hashtag #WhenSnoopsInEurope, the rapper has been sending video invites to famous Europeans to come to…
When given the choice between Italian sausage or hot dogs, in my past it had been no brainer. Despite that they’re both made with animal innards, pork and pork fat is more of a delight than beef parts–or whatever’s inside hot dog casings. Italian sausage also arrives on better bread,…
Las Olas Gourmet and Wine tucks around the corner from the main drag, though you wouldn’t know it. A respectable eat-in option, it’s a lunch spot and after work stop-off that remains below the radar, despite that it opened in 2003. A dark marble bar and flooring, wooden chairs, and drop…
USA Today reports on the mini-dessert trend, which includes today’s rollout at Baskin Robbins of the four bite cake-and-ice-cream dessert that fits in the palm of a hand. While fine and mid-range dining restaurants have featured mini sweets for decades, the trend is finally hitting the mass market. USA Today cites…
In one of the more ingenious Facebook contests, Bacardi is giving away 5,000 Oakheart steins per week to fans who submit three-word toasts.Just become a fan of Bacardi Oakheart on Facebook and submit a three-word toast. The first 5,000 entries per week will win a stein. …
Weston’s JG McGuinness opened in March in the location that Swig, a martini bar for moms, used to call home. The decor, reminiscent of every other high-end Irish pub, still looks new and well-maintained. But one look at the crowd and it’s obvious: these roots might be growing from a…
Johnny Rocket’s and GameRoom have partnered to open a giagantic 20,000 square foot restaurant, bar, and arcade at the former GameWorks site at The Oasis at Sawgrass Mills Mall in Sunrise.The restaurant portion will feature an expanded Johnny Rockets menu that includes Monterey Chicken, Center Cut Rib Eye Steak, and…
This Saturday is the Delray Bash from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in Old School Square, for which we’re giving away two tickets worth $100 that pays for dishes and drinks from more than 25 restaurants, including The Office, The Falcon House, BurgerFi, Buddha Sky Bar, and DaDa, among others. We asked you…
This past week, my colleagues from Village Voice Media had a good showing the Association of Food Journalism awards, which I attended in Charleston. Around tables at dinner and during speaker sessions, topics such as how soon to review a restaurant after it has opened, the role of critics in the…
No one would accuse Anne Burrell, star of Food Network shows like Secrets of a Restaurant Chef and Worst Cooks in America, of being a shrinking violet. With that spray of bleached-blond locks and her spunky demeanor, Burrell’s no-holds-barred attitude and skill in the kitchen have earned praise even from…
Seth and Melissa Bryan, owners of the Fire Within food truck based in West Palm Beach, are having dinner on Dixie. And, yes — you’re invited.It’s a date South Florida foodies won’t want to miss, because it marks a “first” for West Palm Beach: It’s the city’s first regularly scheduled…
There’s one more weekend of Oktoberfest fun to be had in Lake Worth, but if you’ve already gone the traditional German beer fest route this month and would like to try something new, there are a few events premiering this weekend in Delray Beach and Boca Raton. Here’s a look…
The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood is hosting its weekly dinner and a movie. The event happens in the valet parking lot of the Seminole Paradise shops. Besides nearly two dozen food trucks on the scene, movie lovers can watch a movie under the stars after dark…
News flash — the first lady is like every other red-blooded American woman — she runs out to Target, Starbucks, and Baskin-Robbins as often as possible.In an interview on the Today Show, Michelle Obama admitted that she sneaks out to Target, Starbucks, Baskin-Robbins, and Petco. She also mentioned that on…
Slated to open October 27 in restaurant formerly known as Trina in the Atlantic Resort & Spa, East End Brasserie will debut with chef Steven Zobel as executive chef. A born and raised New Yorker who left the helm at the fancy, 40-seat French restaurant Triomphe in Manhattan, Zobel gives…
In the dining room of Dapur on a square white plate, a seafood tower leans like Pisa. A crispy homemade rice cake serves as the base, with separate layers of neon avocado, sweet lump crab, and spicy tuna. It’s topped with a tendril of green melon skin that cascades down…
