As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 16: Short Rib-Stuffed Burger from Bizaare Ave Café Is there any dish that can’t be improved…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 17: Pan-roasted Clams With White Beans From Himmarshee Bar and GrilleTo turn the expected into something…
Patty Canedo is a chef in Palm Beach. She writes frequently about her kitchen exploits in this column, Half-Baked. It’s been said by so many: it doesn’t matter how good the food is if the service is lousy. The kitchen only runs as well as our front of house staff does…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 18: Whole Wheat Tagliatelle with Shrimp and Asparagus from Vic & Angelo’s Most pastas are like…
Sure, the commercials are catchy… partiers exercising off their beer before they’ve finished slugging it down. But Select 55 is betting that’s not enough to win your loyalty, especially from a low-cal beer. To get your attention, a 168-foot hot air Select Bottle is floating over Seminole Hard Rock Hotel…
Riverside Market is quite possibly one of Fort Lauderdale’s best-kept secrets. Located just across the swing bridge that connects the Sailboat Bend and Riverside neighborhoods, it’s an easy place to miss unless you’re in the know or in the neighborhood. The market has been open for more than a year…
American franchises are in this week. At Ruby Tuesday’s, that Prime Burger does not have to be prime in price…
Beach season is among us, and with the temperatures continuing to rise, it’s become pretty hard to continue hiding all that newly acquired “winter weight” under last season’s bulky sweaters. But, Hollywood’s own Muscle Maker Grill is here to help you get back on the beach in no time. Its new…
Earlier this week, chef Allen Susser spoke with Clean Plate Charlie about the upcoming Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle, the closing of Chef Allen’s after 25 years, and his plans for the future. If you missed the interview, you can read it here and here. We now present Allen’s recipe for tuna…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 19: Hearts of Palm Cake From DarbsterThe problem with a lot of vegetarian cuisine is that…
The Kansas City Barbeque Society — the United Nations of barbecue contests — has just three simple categories for its judges: taste, appearance, and tenderness/texture. Even still, judges and contestants in nationwide KCBS events have long complained about the criteria, mostly because critics say appearance shouldn’t be given the same…
Click here to see a full slide show from the Gourmet Food Truck Expo.Is Palm Beach County hungry for a food truck rodeo? Is a bear Catholic? Does the pope shit in a forest? Based on last night’s first-in-the-county Gourmet Truck Expo in the Boomers entertainment complex in Boca Raton,…
Marie Castro of Wilton Manors is a working mom. She’s been reading stories about food swaps around the country and started looking for one she could get in on. But there weren’t any.”Since I cannot find one here in South Florida, I’m starting the trend,” she said. “I need to…
The oppressive summer heat is settling on South Florida in earnest and the snowbirds have all but vacated our region, making it easier for locals to hit the beaches and enjoy some of that tropical paradise everyone’s always raving about. As anyone who’s felt the mysterious exhaustion of having spent…
The cheftestants walk into the kitchen to see Curtis and gourmet ingredients. Curtis says these ingredients are heavenly… Quickfire Challenge The table is full of heavenly ingredients like foie gras, scallops, and prime beef, and nary a bug or canned good is in sight. The catch? Remember the quickfire challenge…
Yesterday, we presented Part 1 of our interview with chef Allen Susser. If you missed it, you can read it here. We now continue with Part 2. Clean Plate Charlie: You recently closed Chef Allen’s after 25 years in business. What are you doing now? Chef Allen Susser: Well, I’m…
In an ongoing effort to bring our loyal readers free stuff, we raided our closet and found one last pair of tickets to the sold-out Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle this Friday, May 13, at the Riverside Hotel Lawn in downtown Fort Lauderdale. With these coveted and impossible-to-get tickets, you’ll be able…
Martinis from clean to very dirty, as well as ‘tinis channeling everything from watermelon to chocolate cake, plus bar bites like you’ve never seen before from Kubo chef Roy Villacrusis, are all on the menu of Cleve Mash’s Dirty Martini (11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Ave.; 561-799-1115) bar ‘n’ lounge, coming…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 20: Bouillabaisse from Café de France There are reasons certain dishes have lasted hundreds of years…
Rock music and food go together in interesting ways. We’ve read Sheryl Crow’s cookbook; we’ve got a copy of Mosh Potatoes, and we checked out that episode of Gene Simmons trying to find his way around a kitchen (He’s never had avocado?!). But nothing prepared us for the visual and…
Thank you to everyone who entered to win a seat at the totally awesome Krystal Burger Eating Competition at the Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle this Friday evening. The winner of a place in the competition and the eater who will represent Clean Plate Charlie and take us to glorious food…
Joey Giannuzzi, chef and owner of the Green Gourmet, and Robert Greenfield, owner of Greenfield’s, sure can! They have partnered to add yet another “Green” restaurant to their résumés. Located at Greenfield’s (5199 W. Atlantic Ave.) “Doing It Green” (set to open on June 15) will feature an entirely organic,…
