Today is National Coffee Milkshake Day. We know that there’s a food holiday practically every day (most of them hyped by some PR hack from some food council), but everyone loves coffee, and everyone loves milk shakes, so this is a day worthy of parades and marching bands — all…
Before there were one-night pop-ups, followed food trucks, and celebrity-chef-preferred dives, the best way to get a taste of something unique and fleeting was a sampling of a restaurant’s creative favorites culled to create a tasting menu.In France, it’s referred to as a table d’hôte. In Japan, a teishoku. And,…
Pepsi Co. may have forked out millions to make “Pepsi Max” the official beverage of the NFL, but T.G.I. Friday’s takes the cake for being the official NFL lockout food. Charlie, never one to scoff at a chance to nosh on some free fare, is delighted to announce the deal of…
Chuck Burger Joint, yet another upscale “fast-casual” burger restaurant, is set to open in Palm Beach Gardens the beginning of August.Chuck Burger Joint is brought to you by the owners of PyroGrill, the “fast-casual” Mexican restaurant minichain. Chuck Burger will serve Creekstone Farms premium beef burgers, fries, and shakes. In…
This Wednesday, July 27, Fort Lauderdale’s Esplanade Park turns into a food truck festival as the Riverwalk Trust presents “Gourmet in the Park.” Sponsored by Crush Law and Stephen’s Distributing, the event will feature a dozen of the most famous food trucks on the South Florida scene. Trucks will serve…
South Park, food isn’t just funny. It’s also pretty gross. Like the recipe for Chef’s salty, chocolate balls… Now, Comedy Central and Frito-Lay have teamed up to bring you something even better. To celebrate the show’s 15th season, look for the specialty release of Eric Cartman’s favorite, Cheeto-like snack. That’s right. Cheesy Poofs…
Thick pasta layers drown in a pool of rich meat sauce
while creamy ricotta and feathery Parmesan mingle about.
Bubbly, gooey, chewy.
Burnt, crisp edges crunch as
herby tomato juices hope to run down chins amok… Mmhhh, lasagna.
Am I making you hungry yet?
Visit Rachel’s Adult Entertainment in West Palm Beach on Monday and you’ll have an excuse to do more than simply ogle a perfect pair of breasts. Now, you can support them, as well.On July 25, starting at 9 p.m., Rachel’s will be hosting the second-annual “Support Your Melons,” a breast-cancer-awareness fundraiser brought to you…
Patty Canedo is a chef in Palm Beach. She writes frequently about her kitchen exploits in this column, Half-Baked. A wide misconception about chefs is we eat very well. What the kitchen turns out every day for guests is a lot different from how we who work the line actually eat. Whether it’s because of…
• A prime dinner for a subprime price is the deal at swanky supper club Prime Delray, where Sunday through Friday from 4 to 8 p.m., a pair of prime mates (or primates, for that matter) can snag a three-course meal for two for $75, including a bottle of wine…
This Sunday, have lunch with the food trucks as they bring back their Party in the Pines. From noon – 3:00 p.m., enjoy some classic food trucks before heading out to the movies. That’s the recipe for a perfect family outing, don’t you think? …
We’re talking survivor. No, not the reality show! The real deal. This month, National Geographic examines the future food supply in a project called Food Ark. The article talks about the seeds the future depends on. The accompanying photo gallery includes Chinese farmers tossing millet in the air (the wind…
Mike Moskos has put an enormous amount of time and effort into his blog, which he describes as a compendium of “the best possible local sources for truly-fresh, nutrient-dense artisanal food, dairy, eggs, fish, meat, produce and provisions.”And comprehensive it is. Moskos has but one mission: to let locals know…
Author Barry Estabrook’s new book, Tomatoland, looks deep into the agricultural world that produces the country’s tomatoes. Where is he looking? Urrrrr, Florida. What does he find?…
Robyn Medlin Lindars, the local grill master and blogger/owner of Grillgrrl.com, is appearing on an episode of the Cooking Channel’s Foodography, hosted by Mo Rocca. You can catch Robyn on the Cooking Channel show this Sunday, July 24, at 11 p.m. and again at 3 a.m. (early Monday morning). We caught…
This weekend, be a part of one of the craziest noshing get-togethers in South Florida when more than 20 food trucks meet for the Miramar Food Truck Invasion Saturday. …
Giselle Pinto could be starring in a toothpaste commercial, with her perfect white smile and beautiful features, but instead she’s taken to the streets of South Florida in her Sugar Yummy Mama van to share her cupcakes and cake pops with us. Pinto decided on a van instead of a food truck because…
Dolce Vita wine shop may have left its tiny space in downtown Lake Worth, moving just around the block. But the good life continues with new tenants J Street Bakery (9 N. J St.; 561-533-0150), the breads, cakes, cookies, pastries, and more venture of Matthew Lamstein and Jacqueline Moore. Lamstein…
A McDonald’s customer in Indiana was a little displeased by the state of her ice cream cake. And by a “little displeased” we mean that she went into a rage about the state of her melted cake, threw the dessert at an employee, and then slapped the employee in the…
Admittedly, I can’t even suck on a ringlet of my own hair without convincing myself I’m developing a case of trichophagia. So when word came this week that scientists working at a university in Beijing were developing a method to create “large quantities of human-derived gelatin” for eh, human consumption, I…
Fast food restaurant chains looking to add alcohol to the menu to boost sales keep coming to South Florida as a testing ground. First it was the Burger King Whopper Bars, which placed two of the chain’s six locations pairing beer and burgers in Florida. Now Sonic Drive-in is getting in on the…
If you had to skip out on making terrible, margarita-fueled Cinco de Mayo decisions this year, Sunday’s National Tequila Day provides another opportunity to embarrass yourself in public at the agave’s behest. Whether you prefer yours mixed in a frothy fruity cocktail, as a shooter with training wheels (salt and…
