Festival, art walks, and outdoor fairs are a hallmark of the fall and winter months in South Florida and perhaps no city is more emblematic of this trend than Delray Beach. The city hosts so many festivals from October through May that one might think that Delray is Seminole for…
It’s a classic immigrant story: A pair of Greeks set out to create a restaurant providing fresh food inspired by their homeland. But along the way, Sophia Mylona picked up a degree in nutrition from New York University, and her husband, Gus Leontarakis, ran a New Jersey catering company. After…
We eat for many reasons: Celebration, sorrow, greed and even addiction. Yet this week is a rare opportunity to put your taste buds to the test and ensure your latest meal goes further than your hips. Restaurants in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties will host “Lights Out” dinners benefitting…
Lakeland-based Publix supermarkets has issued a voluntary recall for 11oz packets of frozenshrimp tempura. Actually, the shrimp is OK. It’s the dipping sauce packets, which that contain soy but aren’t labeled as such, that sparked the recall. No illnesses have been reported, according to a Publix press release. Customers with…
Now we know why the presidential elections fall around Halloween — they can get scary. Look, it doesn’t matter which candidate you’re planning to vote for (or if you’re still undecided) — we think some of these political ads and last night’s debate are…well…just a teeny bit frightening. We were delighted…
Last night’s presidential debate has the internet abuzz with sound bites, score cards, and fact checkers dissecting each sentence. Here’s a shocker — each side claims a victory for its candidate. If the debate has gotten you hungry for more politics, we suggest a way to put your money where your…
The restaurant industry is known as being an industry full of waste. Meat is fed corn that has been grown with petrochemical fertilizers. Produce is ‘protected’ with harsh pesticides. Provisions are trucked in from who-knows-where. Food scraps from the kitchen and huge meal portions end up in the trash. Recyclable…
Let’s face it, most of our food fun is for adults only, but when Halloween rolls around, we all get to act like kids for a change — even if some older trick-or-treaters take dressing up a little too far. Or course, there’s no harm in staying in and letting…
For a long time, people with celiac disease had a hard enough time following a gluten-free diet at home, and dining out in restaurants — forget about it. But times have changed, restaurants are coming around, and gluten-free eaters now have way more options than a salad without the dressing…
Thasos Greek Taverna is named for the Greek isle where co-owner Gus Leontarkis was born. The restaurant, both outside and in, bears more resemblance to an ultra chic lounge than the windswept island known around the world for its wine and seafood.It’s a leap from the Denny’s that once occupied…
Unless you want to deck out the interior of your megayacht, redesign your multimillion-dollar condominium on South Beach, or create some custom-built furniture for your new waterfront estate, there’s probably never been a reason for you to visit the Design Center of the Americas (DCOTA) in Fort Lauderdale — until…
Today, October 16, is boss’ day. If your boss is a real mover and shaker, a trip to the local lunch buffet just won’t do. We suggest taking him or her to Morton’s the Steakhouse for the Men Who Built America dinner menu.The steak-house chain has teamed up with the…
Today is world food day. Originally started in 1981 to honor to United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, it is now used to promote advocacy campaigns for nonprofits. This year, World Food’s focus is on ending hunger through Agricultural Cooperatives; however some groups are using the day to honor and…
It’s back. And it’s now in full force. The six weeks of Dine Out Lauderdale are just about halfway through. With that we figured we would check in with one of the area’s most well-known chefs, Chef Oliver Saucy of Darrel & Oliver’s Cafe Maxx, to see how things are…
If you’ve always dreamed of going on television and being verbally assaulted by Gordon Ramsay, your opportunity is coming soon to South Florida.MasterChef is casting for its fourth season. The Fox cooking competition features Ramsay mentoring amateur chefs who think they’ve got what it takes to make it in the…
Look out, there is a new steakhouse in town. Soo-Woo Japanese and Korean Steakhouse, is opening three places across South Florida this month. The most recently begun location is in Hollywood, and owner Bok An threw a grand opening party on Saturday to celebrate, including a “Gangnam-style dance-off and free lunches…
South Florida is famous for a number of things: the 2000 presidential-election recount, terrible drivers, year-round sunshine, and, well, stone crabs. Starting today, stone crab season is back. That means tomorrow restaurants will be filling their menus with the tasty little claws. And in case you had a summer-party-induced memory…
Snarkmeister Anthony Bourdain found himself the main course last evening when both celebrity chefs and professional comedians made mince meat out of him at the “On the Chopping Block: A Roast of Anthony Bourdain” at Chelsea Piers. The $400-a-plate event, part of the New York City Wine & Food Festival,…
When Chrissy Benoit told me she had sold Havana Hideout to open her newest venture, The Little House in Boynton Beach, a small part of me panicked. What did that mean for the future of the beloved Lake Worth establishment — the same place Guy Fieri had targeted for an…
There’s word that former Alaska governor Sarah Palin — known in the foodie world for her moose stew recipe and love of fresh-caught (and we do mean “caught”) organic fare — will be penning her own fitness and food-related book.According to People magazine online, Palin called the project a “unique…
Kellogg’s has issued a massive recall of multiple lots of their popular Mini-Wheats cereals due to the possibility of metal shards in the product due to a malfunctioning machine at the plant. According to the Wall Street Journal, the cereal giant issued the following statement: “According to Dr. David Acheson, an…
Fort Lauderdale is full of beautiful waterfront homes, huge yachts, and high-end restaurants. Suffice it to say, there is a bit of money running around this town. Unfortunately, for the average resident, keeping up with the Jones’ in terms of culinary delights can start to get pretty expensive.Lucky for us,…
