Top Chef Just Desserts Season Two Cast Revealed

Bravo Top Chef Just Desserts is back. ​The worst part of summer isn’t the oppressive heat and humidity; it’s living without Top Chef. So when we heard that Top Chef Just Desserts is coming back to Bravo on August 24, we rejoiced — just one more month of Top Chef-less…

Martorano Launches Video Cooking Series

Cook, restaurateur, cookbook author, businessman, buddy to the stars. . . now Steve Martorano has one more title to add to his resume: cooking teacher.  In a series of nine videos entitled Yo Cuz: The Italian-American Cook, Martorano mixes a bit of Oprah-esque self-esteem building with his patented South Philly…

Angelina Jolie Likes To Eat Crickets

Angelina Jolie eats crickets like they’re potato chips. ​In a ten-minute long commercial for luxury designer Louis Vuitton, Angelina Jolie talks about Cambodia. In the video, she talks about hidden minefields, riding elephants, watching sunsets and….eating bugs.   Jolie talks about how she wanted her sons Pax and Maddox to…

BJ’s Restaurant to Open in Pembroke Pines, Now Hiring

BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse, a casual brewhouse chain that has five locations in Florida, is expanding to Pembroke Pines. The restaurant is set to open on September 19 and will serve the usual pub fare of pizzas, burgers, salads, and entrées along with its own line of handcrafted beers.   …

$10 Off a $20 or More Purchase at Davie’s Buca di Beppo

A meal that serves three for $17? Count me in!At Buca di Beppo, there are no individual meals, unless you eat for three. Meals come in two portions: The small serves three, and the large serves six. Unlike frozen dinners, these meals really feed the intended number of people…

Get Schooled by Steak 954’s Chef de Cuisine!

Resist the urge to ask pressing questions about the 15-foot jellyfish tank or the current availability of West Coast oysters at Steak 954 and let the restaurant’s chef de cuisine, Jason Landon Smith, do the talking. This Thursday, July 21, Smith will school you on more important matters like, among…

Rack’s Food Truck Gets Ready to Roll

The Grateful Dead’s “Truckin'” is one of the classic tunes of rock ‘n’ roll.  Now restaurateur Gary Rack is singing his own version of truckin’ in what he hopes will become a classic bit of Rack ‘n’ Roll. The owner of Table 42 and Racks Downtown Eatery in Boca Raton…

Anthony Bourdain Filming in South Florida

In early July, we told you about Anthony Bourdain’s new Travel Channel show, 24 Hour Layover, in which he eats his way through more accessible cities like… Miami and Fort Lauderdale. We’re sure that Bourdain is a fan of Clean Plate Charlie and read our blog posting, because he’s in…

DiSalvo’s Celebrates Anniversary With Bocce Ball Tournament, Specials

DiSalvo’s Trattoria and Pizzeria in West Palm Beach is having its Primo Anniversario celebration, and you’re invited. Unlike most restaurants that have a one-day party, DiSalvo’s is throwing a weeklong shindig starting tonight, July 19. The festivities include food and drink specials, live entertainment, a bocce ball tournament in their very own…

Gyroville: Casual, Fast Greek Now in Boca Raton

Everyone deserves a chance to eat like a god.And your chance has come in the form of Gyroville, the expanding South Florida Greek restaurant chain from owner, founder, and executive chef Lambros Kokkinelis.He’s even named his “fast, fresh” menu items after Zeus, Hera, and Athena, giving you god-like food at an…

Yo, Cuz! Steve Martorano Stars in Web TV Cooking Show

Steve Martorano, South Florida’s larger-than-life Italian restaurateur from South Philly, is starring on a computer near you. Starting July 20, nine webisodes of his cooking show, Yo, Cuz: The Italian-American Cook, is on his website, cafemartorano.com.Martorano teaches viewers to make foods that have helped him create a mini-empire of restaurants…

Allen West Does Pushups While Kids Enjoy Burgers at Five Guys

Five Guys’ newest location at Cypress Creek Station in Fort Lauderdale hosted a group of 15 Big Brothers and Sisters mentors and mentorees on Saturday for an afternoon of food and fun. It was a fun outing with a twist — taking the orders for burgers, fries, and colas was…

Half-Baked: Worst Dishes Ever!

Patty Canedo is a chef in Palm Beach. She writes frequently about her kitchen exploits in this column, Half-Baked. You would think that since I’m a chef, no one ever offers to cook for me. Most times, I wish that were the case. Fact is that I’m constantly headed to a family…