Dogfish, Shipward, Lefthand, Terrapin, and Stone are five of the seven microbrews being poured tonight at Angelo & Maxie’s Steakhouse. It’s the latest in this restaurant’s series of Thursday night beer tastings, which run from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. For twenty dollars, patrons can quaff the aforementioned quintet of suds…
Two things impossible to imagine Daniel Boulud doing at the South Beach Food & Wine Festival: (1) dropping his pants on stage, like Paula Deen; (2) spewing drunken obscenities at the King of Spain, à la Mario Battali. Boulud is the antithesis of Gordon Ramsey, Emeril Lagasse, Anthony Bourdain, and…
Beer Girls from MiamiNewTimes.com on Vimeo.There are many facets of the food service industry that stretch beyond the boundaries of culinary endeavours. For example, working the beer concession at a Motley Crue concert. Let us take you into that world for a minute. Find out about Rod Stewart, Dennis Rodman…
New Times received this email, which was sent to numerous folks, from Jason Smith, the talented chef de cuisine of Table 8:”Yesterday was my last day at Table 8 South Beach. I have resigned and left in good standing. I have accepted the position of chef de cuisine of the…
Meat Carving Station from MiamiNewTimes.com on Vimeo.Motley Crue has come a long way. You think they were serving casino quality beef and turkey at their early LA shows? Hell no. Check out this carving station they had in the lobby of the Hard Rock Live last night for the Crue…
Seems as though just about every restaurant is offering some sort of Miami Spice-type “deal” throughout this season. This is a good thing, but not always quite as good as it looks. Take I Corsini’s recent offer for a three course meal, including a glass of house wine, for $33…
I recently spoke to chef Joe Hahn of The Addison in Boca Raton. He talked about being a dishwasher, brunch, and volcano tuna. Here’s what he had to say.”I’m just the chef, been the executive chef for about a year now.Last five years before coming here, I was at Maxwell’s…
Bengal Indian Cuisine from Miami New Times on Vimeo.Bengal Indian Cuisine restaurant at NE 20th and Biscayne Boulevard specializes in “modern Indian” food, but its influences range from traditional Northern Indian to Central Asian and Bangladeshi cooking. Owner Mainul Chowdhury’s native country is Bangladesh.I walked in off the street, asked…
I discovered the Japanese Bag Fish Crunch — that’s my name for a product that’s in a language I can’t read — at Tim’s Oriental Grocery in Homestead. I like fish, I like crunchy foods, and I couldn’t resist the idea of small, fried fish in a bag full of…
Tarragon Middle East Market has been open in South Miami since 1994. Hassan Mehaydli runs the place with his twin brother. I went in to check out the place, got a free sample of baklawa (AKA baklava) and asked Hassan a couple of questions. BTW, the baklawa was awesome.New Times:…
Middle Eastern Festival from Miami New Times on Vimeo.The Coral Gables Middle Eastern Festival at The Cathedral of St. George featured food, drink, arts, crafts, and bounce houses. Nothing Middle Eastern about bounce houses, but hey, the kids love ’em. The Cathedral of St. George…
What the Hell Is She Crab Soup? from Miami New Times on Vimeo.One of the greatest things about livin’ in South Florida is our proximity to the Florida Keys. Calypso’s Seafood Grill has been standing at mile marker 99.5 in Key Largo, Monroe County, for 14 years. It’s not the…
1. ChocolateTwo words: Flavonoids. Antioxidants. Dark chocolate, more than 70 percent cocoa, has both of them, and they destroy evil free radicals, lower blood pressure, and balance hormones. The folks at Galler Chocolate, a candymaker from Belgium, will be happy to consult with you about the optimal mix for good…
Located across the Miami River on the ground level of NEO Lofts (10 SW South River Drive), River Gourmet Bistro and Market was recently debuted by Miami natives Alina Portuondo-Freyre and Teresa Alexandria-Hernandez (the same women behind For the Love of Food Catering). The menu is a potpourri of familiar…
Now, I don’t want to make light of the eleven million Americans who suffer from eating disorders, particularly since around ten million of them are women or girls. This week is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, so let me say right now that in their most extreme forms, anorexia and…
Some of my favorite boondoggles over the years have involved the vast sums stupid companies have spent to fix what ain’t broke. Our latest example is Tropicana, headquartered in Bradenton, Florida. In a classic act of desperation, the ailing orange juice producer decided to scrap its familiar, easy to spot,…
Holleman’s Restaurant of Miami Springs @ Food & Wine from Miami New Times on Vimeo.Holleman’s Restaurant of Miami Springs was representing at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival in a big way. They brought 7,000 portions of their Black Angus aged New York strip topped with cippolini onions grilled…
Nobody loves getting insulted by a six-foot-two transvestite as much as a 70-year-old lady from Muskogee. At least, that’s the theory behind Lips, “the ultimate in drag dining.” When we pull up for the Sunday Gospel Brunch at 11 a.m., the lot at the Oakland Park restaurant is already full…
Italian-Style Roasted Swordfish from Miami New Times on Vimeo. Ever wanted to make swordfish roasted inside parchment paper with tomatoes, olives, and capers? Chef Odel Arencibia from The Capital Grille Miami shows you how. This simple Italian dish has great flavor and aroma. Don’t feel like doin’ it yourself? Hit…
On Thursday, February 19, Miami New Times celebrated the end of calendar editor Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik’s illustrious five-year career with the paper. We had a party and got drunk at Uva 69 in Miami’s historic MiMo District in the Upper Eastside. At the end of the night, I fell…
Here’s a video of Chef Odel Arencibia from The Capital Grille Miami broiling up some herb-marinated beef tenderloin served on a crostini base with tomatoes, peppers, and onions. I tend to believe all meat tastes best off a wood-burning grill, but a high-quality cut of tenderloin marinated ten hours in…
Last night, Obama’s State of the Union address featured a lot of talk about energy this, renewable that, and let’s face it, he’s right. Matter of fact, if we don’t start fishing our waters in a more responsible, future-conscious manner, the only chicken of the sea left is gonna be…
