New Times’ annual food and wine event, Pairings, is all set to take place on September 15 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. The massive victual session hooks up tasty offerings from some of the area’s best restaurants with great wines, cocktails, and beers.New additions this year include…
Patty Canedo is a chef in Palm Beach. She writes frequently about her kitchen exploits in this column, Half-Baked. One of the oldest marriages in the kitchen was cultivated right on the line–sex and food. They’ve withstood the test of time through recessions, trends, competition, and untimely closings. Tantilizing flavors, unique…
Finally, an app beer-lovers can actually use: Technology to help you locate your favorite brew. The next time you’re in search of the nearest bar with the best selection of ice-cold brewskis, simply consult NearBeer…
And now, Clean Plate Charlie interrupts our regularly scheduled, totally serious food coverage to bring you a Big Ass Nigga on a Scooter Drinkin’ Capri Sun.We stumbled across the following video and recognized the landscape as distinctly South Florida, and yep — it’s Miramar. Why is this video fascinating the…
Does anyone remember the IHOP kangaroo? OK, then maybe Charlie’s getting old. But if you’re old enough to have kids, this is a good deal for you. Every evening from 4:00 – 10:00 p.m. in August, kids under 12 get a free meal from IHOP’s “Just for Kids” menu when…
Do you love wine but don’t know enough about it?If you want to learn what makes a Merlot different from a Malbec or taste a Monastrell from Spain, then head to The Blind Monk in West Palm Beach. Every Saturday, starting at 6:30 p.m. sharp, the wine bar’s sommelier, Krystal Kinney,…
Clean Plate Charlie reported yesterday that the Riverwalk Trust :Gourmet in the Park” food truck roundup was a success. In fact it was so successful that some trucks ran out of food and lines at certain trucks reached upwards of 45 minutes. Jim Heins, owner of Latin Burger & Taco,…
Surf ‘n’ turf the Japanese way has come to West Boynton in the form of Sawa Hibachi Steakhouse & Sushi (10817 S. Jog Rd., 561-375-9292), a sleek new eatery from New Yorker Jacky Chen, who also owns a Japanese-slash-sushi restaurant in the Big Apple. At the heart of Sawa…
I do not recall all the national food days (National Hot Dog Day, National Ice Cream Cone Day), but I am happy to partake in the deals. With a little research I unveiled a history lesson: the first Chicken Wing Day took place in Buffalo, NY on July 29, 1977…
The latest food truck round-up took place last night in Fort Lauderdale’s Esplanade Park, and if there was one common complaint it was that the turnout was actually too good. Hundreds of people queued up to try gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches, inhale short rib-smothered tater tots, and tweak off of…
Purple People Eatery – good food, friendly monster. Chefs Michelle Duncan and David Shipman named their truck, Purple People Eatery after the 1950’s novelty song. The truck features chef-driven slow food, each with a distinct flair. Burgers are made with lean bison meat ($6-$8), Mahi Miami, a take on the…
You’re at the mall and you’re hungry. This is usually a delimma because mall food is typically slim pickings. You basically have your choice between food court disasters and suburban chain restaurants. When Starbucks sounds like the gourmet dining option, you’ve got yourself a dilemma. Not so at the Mall…
Souvlaki Fast, a casual Greek joint offering traditional street food at seriously reasonable prices, has opened a second location in Boca Raton. The operation has expanded from the original spot, located in Mizner Plaza, to include a new restaurant in the plaza located at the northeast corner of Spanish River…
Saturday, July 30, is National Cheesecake Day, and we don’t mean photos of hot babes in thongs. To celebrate one of mankind’s most efficient and effective methods of ingesting excessive calories and cholesterol, thereby increasing the number of cardiologists who can afford to drive new Mercedes, on that blessed day…
Summer Sundays during my childhood, we would pile in the car and Dad would drive us out to Long Island or Orchard Beach for burgers and shakes. We could get the same food back in Brooklyn, sure, but it was the whole package — wood picnic tables so worn they…
Mamas shouldn’t let their babies grow up to be cowboys, this is true. But chocolatiers? That would be sweet. If you have a budding chocolatier in your house, or you imagine you can control your little angel when he/she goes starts bouncing off the walls on a king-size sugar high,…
RA Sushi has created three refreshing summer cocktails that pair perfectly with their sushi for a delicious cool meal when the heat index soars through the roof. The cocktails are created with south Florida in mind and include a coconut mojito, key lime martini and an orange dreamsicle. These tropical…
If you’re a fan of food trucks, head on down to Fort Lauderdale’s Esplanade Park for an evening of food, music, and fun on the river when Riverwalk Trust presents “Gourmet in the Park.” The fun starts this evening, July 27 at 5 p.m., when 15 of South Florida’s best…
When Kevin Gillespie hits Boca Raton for a Thursday-night cooking demo at Publix Apron’s Cooking School, celeb chef fanatics and Top Chef devotees will get a chance to rub tattooed shoulders (or forearms, as it were) with one of the finalists from the much-loved pressure-cooker TV show…
Smokehouse Grille & Wingery uses the same smokers as those seen on TLC’s BBQ Pitmasters, according to chef and cofounder Mark Uffer…
When Coulter and Kristy Lewis decided to start their own business making a new kind of microwave popcorn, they had no idea it would take just a few weeks to raise enough money to get their idea off the ground. Turns out, all they needed was a kickstart. With business plan and…
You catch ’em, they’ll cook ’em. That’s the deal at Burt Rapoport’s Deck 84, where from tomorrow, the beginning of the annual waterborne madness known as lobster miniseason, until Sunday, July 31, you can bring in your freshly caught bug and have Deck’s kitchen prepare it for you in any…
