Patty Canedo is a chef in Palm Beach. She writes frequently about her kitchen exploits in this column, Half-Baked. In this industry whether you’re a culinary school grad or an honor student at HKU (Hard Knocks University, which I am) it seems we all latch onto someone while working our way through. Almost every chef refers…
At The Village at Gulfstream Park, the weekday 3-6pm time frame is ripe with food deals.Take Tuesdays at PrimeBar for example…
Since last month’s arrest of Food Not Bombs founder Keith McHenry in Orlando for violating that city’s ordinance against holding mass feedings in public parks, the free-food group has been organizing protest events around the state and country. Yesterday afternoon around a dozen Food Not Bombs activists, mostly young people, gathered…
This is one layover you definitely won’t mind waiting for. And, if you’re lucky, it will be coming to a South Florida airport near you.In 24-Hour Layovers, Anthony Bourdain really will have no reservations about where he goes, what he eats — or how he does it since agreeing to partner…
If you can’t make it out to the Hard Rock this Sunday for the New Times-sponsored Rock N Roll Beer B Que, you may want to hit up the 1300 block of Las Olas Blvd for a “Ft. Lauderdale Fiesta Fabulosa,” which sounds like an excuse to drink a bunch…
We all know that beer is not just for breakfast any more, but it’s equally true that wine is not just for expensive meals of unpronounceable dishes at snobby restaurants. Actually, it’s perfect for your Fourth of July barbecue. After all, beer only fills you up and cuts down on…
Just in time for Independence Day grilling, Myron Mixon, author of The New York Times bestseller Smokin’, demonstrates some Barbeque techniques to Team Coco. Of course, this degenerates quickly from a serious cooking lesson to hilarity. First, Mixon asks Conan help him make Sausage stuffed bacon wrapped turkey. Here’s a…
The Miami food trucks are invading Sunrise this weekend, with two stops in west Broward. On Saturday, enjoy food trucks while you shop for a new car at Sawgrass Ford and on Monday, enjoy an old-fashioned Independence Day celebration with live music, a parade, kiddie rides and food trucks. Stay…
Longboards Restaurant and Bar, which will be celebrating its grand opening with complimentary food and drink Saturday, July 2, from 5 p.m. to midnight. Join them for a free block party featuring live music by the original Surfaris from California, who will be playing their 1962 hits “Wipe Out” and “Surfer Joe” alongside…
Lately it seems that Delray and West Palm Beach have been getting all the restaurant glory but now it appears that Boca Raton is cutting itself a slice of fine dining glam. Expecting to debut in mid-August is the second SoFla outpost of New York-based high-end Chinese eatery Philippe Chow…
Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day — timed perfectly with the impending three-day holiday weekend — is Friday, giving dessert lovers time to indulge in any number of strange and/or unusual frozen flavors. Forget vanilla (bor-ing) — head to your local ice creamery for a taste of a regional favorite, or…
Troy Thomas and mom Pat roll out on their flame-engulfed truck once again. After hours of prep time, including marinating chicken in Thomas’ specialty jerk seasoning for five to six hours, it’s time to get The Rolling Stove to the roundup and set up for dinner service. The finished product is…
DIG in Delray Beach isn’t just “doing it green,” like its name symbolizes. With a truly forward-thinking concept, owners Chef Joey Giannuzzi and Robert Greenfield are doing much more than simply serving up organic eats. Unlike most establishments that offer all-natural, farm to table fare, DIG goes one step further to make the circle…
When making a cake, there are required ingredients like eggs, sugar, butter, fireworks, and hydraulics. Well, those are the ingredients in Cake Boss Buddy Valestro’s gigantic robotic Transformers cake, made to celebrate the new movie Transformers:Dark Side of the Moon. Modeled after “good” transformer Bumblebee, the cake depicts the robot morphing…
With a double-entendre name (SX Latin Liquors) and a red-carpet grand opening gala at Vibe Ultra Music Lounge (301 E. Las Olas Blvd.), SX is going all-out for its Fort Liquordale rollout.So far, the brand’s products are available at only a handful of restaurants and bars in Miami-Dade, but that…
Summer is calling, or maybe it is just that talking lemon…
Paris in Town Le Bistro (11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Ave., 561-622-1616), the younger brother to North Palm Beach’s popular Paris in Town Le Café, has opened its doors in the resurgent Downtown at the Gardens mall in Palm Beach Gardens. The 1920s-style bistro boasts indoor and outdoor seating for 150,…
Dirty Martini is Palm Beach County’s newest offering from the dark prince of late-night hot spots, Cleve Mash (Feelgoods, Monarchy). This upscale martini lounge nails the casual-chic formula, with a chilled-out atmosphere and heavy mixing performed by bartenders who have been through rigorous training and testing. A premium martini list…
The rabble have invaded Palm Beach. They’re nice enough rabble, I guess. Earnest, polite, well-spoken. It’s just that, you know… They’re not one of us. I mean, really. Those clothes! That cheap little Japanese car! That tacky house in one of those loathsome “bedroom communities”! They never vacation in Gstaad…
They’re putting a little English on Wild Olives in the tony Shops at Boca Center, where celeb chef Todd English’s posh but under-achieving restaurant has already closed and next month is slated to move next door and become a nouveau pub called The English Tap & Beer Garden. Not a…
More than two dozen food trucks will line the parking lot of Boca Center this evening at the Gourmet Food Truck Expo. Admission is free at 6:30 p.m., with trucks serving until 10 p.m. Families can enjoy live music, a DJ, magicians, face painters, and balloon artists. For $10, a…
In what appears to be the finale of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, Jamie gets the scoop on the new superintendent from Mike, a school leader at West Adams High School. Of course, they meet up at Patras, where Jamie checks in with Deno on his revamped fast-food concept. (Gotta say,…
