My soul mate, the great J. Wellington Wimpy. This week, on the (dun dun dun!!!!) BLOG WATCH: All Purpose Dark skips town. Hey, it sounds like a good idea. Labor day weekend is upon us, and I know I’m definitely due for a road trip. Naples sounds nice, but I…
Men really had it made in the ’50s. You totally get the point of feminism after watching a few episodes of AMC’s Mad Men, a drama following the travails of a group of Madison Avenue advertising execs and their frustrated wives, disposable mistresses, and horny secretaries. Mad Men is a…
Photo via Dirty Dining As glamorous as South Beach tries to be, there is still plenty of grunge to be found, especially in the kitchens and food prep stations of local restaurants. There is some leeway to be had, because one’s home kitchen is complete sterile either, but you still…
photo courtesy of kimicontrol.com ” target=”_blank”>Oklahoma Food Poisoning Outbreak Growing, Cause Unconfirmed 38 people confirmed sick in the Oklahoma e.coli outbreak, but that’s not even the worst of the news. Now we’re hearing this strain of e.coli is spreading around the country and is antibiotic resistant. To top it off,…
Buy your tickets now for the New Times Iron Fork event at the Miami Science Museum Wednesday, September 10…
Lincoln Road’s Segafredo Cafe has always been sort of the place that you could only find in South Beach; it’s part Euro-centric cafe, part chic lounge. But even with its dual personality, it is as much as a place to party as it is a place to grab a bit…
I don’t know about you, but I need a mid-week break, and a wine tasting sounds like the best way to get my drunk on while pretending that I’m A) continuing my gastronomic education and B) being all sophisticated and stuff. Here are three grape-flavored blowouts going on tonight that…
Tap Tap’s house band. It’s sort of a shame that the most popular Haitian restaurant in Miami is in South Beach rather than, say, Little Haiti. But Moped Whitey’s fear of an unknown ‘hood isn’t the only reason — although it probably helps — for Tap Tap’s (819 Fifth Street,…
Breakfast of Champions So, what’s the most hideous thing you’ve ever knowingly swallowed, food-wise? Do you crave the nasty bits? We’d love to hear your story. And to get the old creative juices flowing, here are a few images of delectable dishes served at the Olympics food concessions in China…
Taco Tuesday. For months, New Timesers went to Treasure Trove every Tuesday for Taco Tuesdays, a special day on which chicken, beef, or veggie tacos are just $1. We haven’t been in a while now — you can only ingest six- and seven-taco meals for so many weeks in a…
In which I Fall Down the Rabbit Hole “Every day the same thing,” my spouselet complained. “I want variety. Fix me….. hossenfeffer…” hit the jump to see what happened…..
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The amazing dondakaya We seem to have exhausted the brainpower of blog-readers the last couple of weeks; once again, nobody carried off first prize in our WTF is IT??!! contest. The mysterious vegetable in question was the dondakaya, also known as the “ivy gourd,” a little bugger that looks like…
[Picasso, Blind Man’s Dinner] And if you’re feeling flush as ever, or pretending you are… You can help end childhood hunger and satisfy your own in one shot. The “Gold Medal Wine Tour” will be making its way around some of the best South Florida restaurants this fall, pairing wines…
Remember The Gong Show? Talentless hacks interrupted in mid-performance by a huge, cruel gong, signaling to the whole world the imminent and permanent separation of the hapless artists from the airwaves (and from their egos)? The concept is back at Dada’s (52 N. Swinton Ave), every Monday night at 9:30…
Strangest restaurant-review scenario ever. We’re trying to turn in to the Westin Diplomat Resort for dinner at Aizia, and a uniformed guy surrounded by a slew of orange cones is frantically waving us away. “You can’t come in here,” he says, breathing hard. “Use the next entrance.” My girlfriend is…
If you weren’t at Pink Ghost Saturday night you missed one hell of treat: Not only was it the premier of the Ghostie’s Eight-by-Eight art show, but it was also the launch party for the Purple Pie Company, a very DIY-style operation run by Miami gal, Alex Van Clief. There…
I noticed something fishy about the “oysters on the half shell” we ordered from Jackson’s Steakhouse the other night.
a penny saved…. Everybody’s offering tips to save on dining out these days, but Miami foodist Danny Brody has a truly imaginative list of ideas on DailyCocaine that we all ought to print out and tape to the fridge, including: 9. Carry a flask. Order tap water-when no one’s looking,…
image courtesy pebblebedreactor.blogspot.com If you had an idea that biofuels (like ethanol) made from corn, soy, or rapeseed were going to solve our energy problems, think again. Er, well. Even if biofuels allieviate the energy headaches of the West, at the moment their cultivation has left populations around the globe…
I know everyone is probably scrambling this morning to get ready for Fay, but you still need something to take your mind off the impending doom, right? Well here’s a burning MMQ to bring those thoughts back to happier places. Well not so much happy as disgusted. Last week I…
above: Hurricane preparedness kit I’ve pretty much come to the conclusion that there are two types of Floridians. The first has stockpiled enough bottled water, canned chili con carne, sterno, matches stored in waterproof bags, and flashlight batteries to survive a nuclear holocaust followed by an invasion of cranky aliens…
