If you haven’t yet paid your taxes, you’ve already pretty much botched things, so at this point, the best thing to do is avoid unnecessary fretting. Relax. Have something to eat, like a soothing, scrumptious bowl of chicken matzoh-ball soup at the Odyssey Diner (15200 Jog Rd., Delray Beach, 561-638-9393)…
Sol Kitchen in Delray Beach is the sunny new sister of 32 East. Both are located on the same block of East Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach, both are operated by the Straub restaurant team, and both offer menus orchestrated by Executive Chef Nick Morfogen, whose glowing résumé includes training…
In 325 AD, the Council of Nicaea decreed that Easter should fall on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox, which would correspond to the height of the period of renewal of life after winter; in other words, the big day would come on one…
One way to describe Luce, a recent arrival to downtown Hollywood, is to say that it is an attractive new bar that serves decent brick-oven pizza and better-than-average Italian-style bar food. Another description would be: a poorer-than-average Italian restaurant with a bar. In either case, Luce (pronounced “LOO-che”) serves as…
The first two nights of the eight-day Passover holiday are celebrated with family get-togethers called seders, during which the history of the Israelites’ struggles for freedom is recalled. The uplifting series of stories describe enslavement, the insensitive Pharaoh Ramses II, Moses and his infamous “let my people go” speech, a…
A new restaurant called Bong has opened on the site where Boca Raton’s popular Mezzanotte restaurant used to stand. The space has been totally revamped, allegedly at a cost of $2.7 million; after taking a good look around, I can only wonder where all that money went. It’s not that…
Dick Cami has plenty of big fish tales to tell, beginning with his Cami’s Seashells chain of restaurants and Crabby Dick’s in Key West. Then there are the Islamorada Fish Company and the Oar House in Davie, which were opened by, respectively, his sons Richie and John. And of course,…
My theory that the upcoming presidential election may be determined by an incident involving Cheez Whiz is admittedly something of a long-shot. The scenario began in Philadelphia, early on in the Democratic primaries, when John Kerry sauntered into the landmark Pat’s King of Steaks and proceeded to place an order…
What wine goes best with deep-fried yabbies on bush tomato fondue? With paper-bark-grilled Barramundi, Quandong chutney, and lemon-thyme butter? How about with King Island Endeavour blue cheese, quince paste, and lavender honey? To find out, you’ll have to attend the third installment of the Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach’s “Visiting…
It was in 1925 that Addison Mizner’s land purchases, resort developments, and fanciful Spanish Revival architecture jump-started Boca Raton’s transformation from tiny, unincorporated town to sprawling land of luxury, retirees, and strip malls. The Banyan Bar & Grill at the Addison is a new moniker for the swank American restaurant…
St. Patrick’s Day means more than just wearing green clothes and drinking copious amounts of beer. It’s also about, um, uh…. well, OK, maybe that’s all there is to Saint Patrick’s Day, but choosing the right spot to celebrate is important too, and Rooney’s Public House (213 Clematis St., West…
Writer Calvin Trillin’s vision of purgatory is one in which he spends an eternity eating at the best Chinese restaurant that has ever existed, but his dining partners, “strictly meat-and-potatoes men,” do all the ordering for the table. “Maybe we should have some of that chop-suey stuff,” one of them…
Most food festivals are pretty weak, but the “South Beach Wine & Food Festival” (March 5 to 7; info: 305-FIU-WINE; tickets: 866-333-SOBE) is fast becoming the most impressive of all South Florida fests, culinary or otherwise. The celebration begins with Friday evening’s “BubbleQ at the Delano,” where guests stroll on…
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Here’s a tip for handicapping the upcoming Oscars: No soup scene, no hardware. After all, Spartacus ignited the slave rebellion by drowning Marcellus in a pot of bean soup, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’s Jen Yu ordered shark fin soup before destroying the tavern and everyone in it, and Forrest Gump…
Belleme & Schwartz might sound like a law firm, but they are, respectively, the outgoing and incoming chefs at Boca Center’s highly regarded Zemi restaurant. Both men boast worthy credentials: John Belleme cut his chops at Max’s Grille before becoming chef/co-owner at Zemi when it opened four years ago in…
Generations ago, émigrés from Warsaw skulked along the sidewalks of New York in search of decent pierogi. That same desperate wanderlust can today be observed among South Florida’s Big Apple transplants in their ceaseless quest for pizza on par with pies from their homeland. Well, listen up, all youse seekuz…
La Piazza Pasta Cafe doesn’t need this review. On a recent Saturday evening, there was a 30-minute wait to get into the Hollywood newcomer, followed by a harrowing, hostess-led trek through narrow aisles chaotically gridlocked with diners and waiters squeezing — and I mean squeezing — by. Our crowded push…
If books are food for thought, let it also be said that food is reading for the stomach. Charcuterie Too! (100 S. Andrews Ave. Fort Lauderdale, 954-463-9578) located on the second floor of the Broward County Main Library, offers a short selection of fresh breakfast and lunch items that are…
Johnny Vinczencz glides among venues like a cat burglar, stealing the hearts of diners from Miami-Dade to Palm Beach counties, leaving behind only discarded aliases and wistful memories of his bold kitchen antics. Vinczencz, a.k.a. “Johnny V,” was first noticed in the early ’90s as sous chef at Max’s South…
You’re so thoughtful to think about giving your sweetie a heart-shaped gift filled with Valentine’s Day chocolates. But keep in mind, it’s what’s inside the box that counts — meaning, you’re not going to arouse much passion with goo-filled chocolates picked up at Walgreens no matter how bright red the…
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