The end of January marks the closing of chef Michelle Bernstein’s tenure at her namesake restaurant, Michelle Bernstein’s at the Omphoy Ocean Resort in Palm Beach. Bernstein and husband partner David Martinez will continue to own and operate Sra. Martinez, Michy’s, and Crumb on Parchment in Miami. The couple is…
This is South Florida Beer Week, and tons of beercentric activities like tastings, tap takeovers, and pairings are planned throughout Broward and Palm Beach counties (and in Miami, if you feel like making the drive). You can find details on a few select events after the jump. Not a fan…
Every day, you dream of shopping for fresh-caught fish, tomatoes picked off the vine, and farm-fresh eggs… then you wake up and head over to a giant, big-box store to throw a package of frozen fish sticks into the cart.Fortunately, retail giants are hearing (and heeding) the siren call of…
Studies show that two-thirds of chickens are contaminated with salmonella, which would especially be troubling if we ate it raw. The government says that changing inspection procedures should help. In a cost-saving measure, the federal government is revamping how it inspects birds. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday that…
Read on for today’s link compilation.Frank Bruni writes on how chefs who encourage dining decadence stay healthy behind the scenes. His piece in the New York Times is a thoughtful response to the “unsettling” revelation that Paula Deen has only now revealed her diabetes, three years after diagnosis.The fragile but beautiful Temple…
Las Olas staple YOLO clinched the top award from JA World Uncorked last night by serving a “forever-braised” short rib over a potato risotto with crispy shallots. A majority of the Clean Plate Charlie panel of judges picked YOLO to win the Best Plate award at the second-annual Uncorked event…
It’s that magical time of year when little girls in green take to the strip malls of America and sell boxes of cookies to the masses in the hopes of raising enough money to go to the Girl Scout Jamboree… or something.If we weren’t so nice, we could insert the…
As South Florida explores its taste for craft beer and gourmet brew tastings, we’re seeing more opportunities for local lessons in how an ale or a stout can complement a steak or cheese plate just as well as a bottle of vino could. On that topic, this coming Monday, PL8…
Since it’s the weekend and we usually break out the booze around now, we thought we’d help out a New Timesian who has been gifted cookie dough flavored vodka from Pinnacle. The brand is the Baskin Robbins, nay, the Swisher Sweets of vodka, with these ridiculous flavors:Apple, Atomic Hots, Banana,…
Since I arrived in August, I’ve been struck by how much seafood on menus is from up north, whether it’s swordfish, oysters, or lobster. I’ve also been curious at the pricing of local that’s often higher than what’s caught in the Caribbean and New England. What’s the story? I’ve been…
The California Milk Processor Board, the people responsible for giving us those ad campaigns in which sexy, hot celebrities like Angelina Jolie, Taylor Swift, and Kermit the Frog (do frogs drink milk?) pose with milk mustaches, has done it again.This time, it’s going after milk alternatives made from soy, almonds,…
The biggest pain for gluten- and lactose-intolerant people is trying to find quick food. Imagine the scenario — you’re on your way home from work. Exhausted from a long day, you’re looking for something to just heat up. You head over to the frozen food section and figure the only…
For the kid who’s obsessed with Anthony Bourdain or the one who asks for a Waring blender for Christmas, there’s the Art Institute’s Best Teen Chef Competition for high school seniors. And for high school graduates who are thinking of a career in the restaurant world, there’s the Culinary Scholarship…
We have a winner! Congrats to Castor Morales on being chosen to judge the second-annual Junior Achievement World Uncorked! on January 21 at Broward College from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Morales’ love for a variety of bread puddings made us hungry and secured his win. I’ll be sure to order…
Single people are reminded every day how vast the dating pool is and how difficult it can be to juggle choices. How to separate the wheat from the chaff? Base your dating life on a partner’s appetites. If you too are looking for an easy way to find someone ravenous…
“Do you have a menu?” I asked the guy behind the counter. “Nope. You create what you want from what we have here,” he said, pointing to the meats in the deli case. I drove all the way out here for a sandwich and a to-go menu and there isn’t…
Is your pie to die for? Do people quake for your cakes? If your treats are better than our rhyming abilities, enter them in the Great American Bake Off this Saturday, January 21, at the Boynton Beach Civic Center.The bake-off is part of Boynton Beach’s second-annual Craft and Treasure Sale,…
Josef and Beth Shibanetz have opened their new location for Josef’s, the former Plantation restaurant. Josef’s Table at 5030 Champion Blvd. in Boca Raton opened in mid-December for dinner and will debut for lunch in early February.The new space seats 180, more than doubling the capacity. The bar area seats…
I’ve written here before that the one indispensable tool of any moneyless mammal is a rice cooker. I even provided a recipe for low-cost rice cooker deliciousness. But in my months of protracted broke-assness, I’ve come to realize that my previous comments were facile. The rice cooker is a machine…
Timberlake Plaza in Plantation offers neither woods nor a lake, though it does display a collection of small immigrant businesses. On one corner, Doris Italian Market displays biscotti and bags of homemade pasta, while further down, a new Chinese grocery called New York Mart readies to open, its wares explained…
Before the holidays, I focused on trying as many Cuban restaurants as I could north of Miami. I wanted to be literate in the area’s offerings, but I also wanted to get a sense of two things. The first is why we’re seeing a mini Cuban restaurant boom in the…
Holy Mackerel! Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza is hosting a craft beer tasting featuring brews from Holy Mackerel brewery on Wednesday, February 1, at 7 p.m. at Anthony’s Coral Springs location…
