As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com…
Every minute in the morning is vital. The alarm goes off and you lie in bed, sometimes with your eyes open, sometimes closed, but you’re always doing the daily math problem in your head. “If I lie in bed for an extra 15 minutes, what am I cutting out so…
Most of the time, I love this gig. But damn — not so much today. I just bit into a “coconut crisp ball” made in Malaysia, and I’m still cringing. It’s not that the little thing tasted badly. Actually, it didn’t have much taste at all. But it’s this film…
“What are you doing?” My wife, Joanna, had returned unexpectedly from some errands was staring at me from the doorway.”What? The house is always filled with kids. I had some time alone — what do you think I’m going to do? You, uh, want to help me out a little?”…
Oops, I did it again. Well, sort of. Several days back I was so jazzed about finding a California Cabernet Sauvignon that didn’t bite my grapes I went out and found another one. And this one’s even better. It carries one of the most storied names in California winemaking,…
The owner of John G’s Restaurant in Lake Worth, John Giragos, died on Wednesday following a stroke.Giragos, who was 81, founded the popular breakfast and lunch spot in the Lake Worth Casino in 1973. The restaurant is operated by his children, and still enjoys the long lines that made it…
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com…
There’s going to be a whole lot of drinking going in Jupiter come January 29 and 30. That’s when the Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival transforms Roger Dean Stadium into a sudsy paradise just this side of heaven. With over 100 rare beers from Florida-based and national brewers, the fest is…
Think of the world as a giant meatball. Mambo Italiano’s does. The latest eatery to land on West Palm’s ever-burgeoning Clematis Street is all about the ‘ball–Italian “nachos” with mini-meatballs, meatball sliders, meatball parmigiana, meatball subs, meatball lasagna, spaghetti ‘n’ meatballs. You can even get a side order of meatballs…
The Gnarly Barley pale ale I was sipping at Corner Café and Brewery in Tequesta was rich and full-bodied, with a yeasty finish that reminded me of the bread my mother used to bake when I was a kid. Mom didn’t bake bread often, so when she did, it was…
• Iron Chef Cat Cora will be giving a cooking demo on February 27 at 5 p.m. at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa. Tickets cost $35 in advance through Ticketmaster. The celeb chef will be giving a free appearance at 3 p.m. in the hotel lobby that same…
• The old Rosa Mexicano in Palm Beach Gardens is getting a new high-concept but moderately priced MexiCal replacement. Early February should see the debut of Cabo Flats, a huge (8,000 square feet) and casual space that channels Mexican food and décor through the Chicano community of Los Angeles. There…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com…
These past few days have probably been tough for Ron Duprat, executive chef at Hollywood Beach Marriott’s Latitudes Beach Cafe, former Top Chef contestant, and Black Culinarian Alliance chairperson, now that his homeland is a mess of rubble. But images from his childhood still give him comfort and serve as…
It starts with seasoned steak — cumin, salt, pepper. A hot pan, oil, and flame. Add onions, peppers, and cilantro, and as if by magic, you have lomo saltado: steak sauteed Peruvian style. At Bravo Gourmet Sandwich Shop in Wilton Manors, the lomo saltado ends up not on the plate,…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to john.linn@browardpalmbeach.com…
This week in Dish, we review Corner Café and Brewery in Tequesta, a brewpub and restaurant that serves homespun dishes with international flair. Here’s an excerpt from the review:…
Let’s face it, things are pretty ugly nowadays. War, famine, pestilence. . . can the plague of locusts be far behind? Maybe what we need it a good shot of pretty. Pretty flowers, good food, fine wine, cool jazz. That’s the deal at “Wine & Jazz Under the Stars,” a…
A seemingly jinxed location and two weeks of shitty weather don’t make getting a restaurant off the ground any easier, but Delray’s new Surf Sliders is putting the finishing touches on its beachfront property and hopes to succeed where its two most recent predecessors have failed. …
This quirky, roadside eatery is a fun lunch and breakfast spot. But in back of it is a small parking lot with a blue painted driveway and interesting artwork hung along the fence. It’s one of the more original parking lots we’ve found in South Florida, which makes a great…
Last week, we told you about the Brews and Blues series going down at Whole Foods Coral Springs. Now, just in time for for the Super Bowl, the third Beer-Offs are hitting the store February 6 at 6 p.m. Just like previous incarnations of the event, the Beer-Offs will feature…
