If you don’t have any plans this Thanksgiving, there’s nothing wrong with giving “thanks” in the best way possible: by donating to a local non-profit organization.This Thursday, the Subculture Restaurant Group will be hosting its fifth annual Thanksgiving Charity Event at four of its Palm Beach County restaurants — Longboards…
With the breeze and the cold front that passed through, fall is definitely in the air. Okay, so it may not be the same sort of crisp weather you find up north–but hey, it’s something. Whether you’re feeling nostalgic for the change of season or you just want to try a…
It’s no secret: anything fried tastes better.Only problem: having a big vat of boiling hot oil can be kind of dangerous. How many times have you seen someone setting the house on fire after attempting to deep-fry a turkey?Well, if that fear of a holiday inferno has kept you from…
Busting out a raw, vegan recipe for Thanksgiving probably seems incongruous given that the holiday basically centers around cooking a dead bird for hours on end. But in case you want to add a lighter option to the menu or you just got word that your health-nut sister-in-law is coming…
If you haven’t yet read the awesome New York Times no-star review of Guy Fieri’s new Times Square restaurant, Guy’s American Kitchen & Bar, you simply must. Nothing short of pure genius, the review is just a series of over two dozen questions posed by Pete Wells to Guy Fieri like: Hey,…
Chef Wes Bonner has been with the Aprons Cooking School for the past several years, where he instructs people on all levels of cooking, from simple basics to entire Thanksgiving meals.See also:– Q&A with Chef Wes BonnerBonner was kind enough to share a favorite recipe: a pear and Maytag blue…
If you live and work in Sunrise, you may have to drive out of town to enjoy dinner from your favorite food truck.According to the Sun Sentinel, the Sunrise City Commission might ban food trucks from the city or impose regulations that would allow them to operate only during certain…
Some say the origin of chicken and waffles dates back to the 1790s, when Thomas Jefferson brought a waffle iron to the U.S. from France, after which the recipe began appearing in period cookbooks. Another theory says the dish was invented in 1930s Harlem, where late-night eateries started serving it…
Love cooking, but can’t seem to turn out an appealing — or edible — meal? Whether it’s a problem with overcooking, undercooking, forgotten ingredients, an inability to master the use of a kitchen appliance, or a tendency to lose track of even the simplest recipe instructions, we at Clean Plate…
No big surprise that this week is all about the turkey and the pre-turkey partying (find more details about all that in the links below). But if you’ve already got a house filled with out-of-town guests you’ll need ways to keep them occupied until the main event. After the jump…
When Isaac first started making eyes at Florida back in August, you went overboard on the last-minute hurricane supply frenzy. Now your broom closet is stuffed with so many cans of baked beans and bottles of ketchup that you’re starting to feel like one of those “Extreme Couponing” ladies. Instead…
More than 75 locals and select media packed inside the Pompano Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza on Wednesday to nosh on a four-course meal paired with select beers from Boynton Beach-based Due South Brewing. Even South Florida radio personality Paul Castronovo from the Paul and Young Ron morning show was visiting. The…
It’s a given that Wednesday, November 21, is going to be a non-stop party. After all, Thanksgiving Eve is one of — if not the — biggest bar night of the year. While you’re pretty much guaranteed to find a crowd (and lots of college kids) where ever you go,…
Let’s just say it — vegetarians get screwed on Thanksgiving. Frankly, on a holiday nicknamed “turkey day”, you’ve got a problem if you’re not into tucking into a golden roasted bird…
This week, scientists in Spain announced they had identified and isolated the gene in yeast that causes beer to foam. A blog about the discovery ran on NPR’s food blog, The Salt, extolling the virtues of more resilient, longer -asting foam.Confused? So were the commenters on NPR’s Facebook page who…
Russians like their vodka plain and simple, with no fruity mixers or funny business. Zoya Harms, the bartender at three-month-old Russia House Restaurant and Vodka Bar in East Boca — where there are 86 different kinds of vodka served — wouldn’t have it any other way. “These vodkas really shouldn’t…
Recently, City Place in West Palm Beach has become home to several new establishments, one of which is Pampas Brazilian Grille, a Nevada-based restaurant specializing in Brazilian churrasco that’s set to open Friday, November 16.A churrascaria is a South American-style steakhouse, and churrasco — which roughly translates to the word…
Once you get your pre-Thanksgiving chores out of the way — either putting together the menu or figuring out which hired gun is gonna do the work for you — it’s time to unwind with yet even more food- and drink-focused fun. After the jump, find a list of five…
Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and amid all the dinner planning and visiting relatives, we should remember to be thankful. And we should think about how we can help the less fortunate. We should all be helping those in need all year round, of course, but during the holidays it’s extra…
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Depending on your point of view, last week’s election was either a massive victory or an epic failure. For anti-GMO groups, it was the latter. California’s Proposition 37–the bill that pushed for the mandatory labeling of Genetically Modified Organisms in food–failed to pass the state legislature. The bill was defeated by…
Good news hemp heads; looks like you don’t have to move to Colorado after all. (It’s beautiful out there, but all that snow could really complicate a late-night Funyuns run). Nectar Ales’ Humboldt Brown Hemp Ale — which, perhaps sadly for some, is made with THC-free hemp seeds — will…
