Billboards have popped up all over the U.S. declaring that Rapture, or Judgment Day, is May 21. That’s less than a week away.Sure, the Bible said that no one will know when rapture will happen but that didn’t stop Harold Camping, the president of a California-based religious broadcasting network called…
Nine local restaurant business years is the equivalent of 100 or so regular old human years. Nine restaurant years on Las Olas Boulevard, well. . . that’s downright prehistoric. Celebrating those nine years of scratching, clawing, fighting for business, Big City Tavern has redone its indoor and outdoor dining areas,…
Entire foodie messageboards are dedicated to them. Cholesterol meds are developed to counteract them. And if you want to start a fight, ask any South Floridian where to find the best one. I’m talking about juicy, delicious, American burgers. A host of local burgers stand out from the pack: the…
A couple months behind an anticipated March opening, Luigi’s Coal Fire Pizza opened its doors for service Tuesday, May 17.Locals seemed eager to try Napolitan chef Luigi DiMeo’s (previously of Rino’s Tuscan Grill) fare at the new neighborhood pizzeria. By 8 p.m. Tuesday night, a line of hungry customers snaked…
We love chef Lillo Teodosi’s Boca Raton Italian eatery, Caruso Ristorante. So after our 100 Favorite Dishes extolling his antipasti amuse posted yesterday, we were shocked to see a comment from a reader claiming Teodosi was no longer in the kitchen.Posted by Michael, 9 hours ago Unfortunately Chef Teodosi is…
If you’re looking for a place to take the family for dinner you’re in luck because 22 of South Florida’s best food trucks are gathering at Ed Morse Sawgrass Auto Mall tonight. From 5:00 – 9:00 pm, the Food Truck Party hits Broward with plenty of free parking and just…
Get this — around the country “ag-gag” bills are being introduced that would prevent photos or video from being taken on farms. PETA has long thrived on these images for their anti-meat campaigns. Investigative journalists and documentary filmmakers have also used footage and images taken from farms to showcase to…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com. No. 14: Keste Pizza from Scuola Vecchia Let’s not beat around the caperberry bush here: This…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 15: Antipasti Plate at Caruso RistoranteI don’t know Lillo Teodosi personally, other than the time I…
The votes are in, folks, and for the second year in a row, Wilton Manors’ Georgie’s Alibi claimed victory in the Riverwalk Trust Burger Battle, held Friday on Las Olas Boulevard. For Georgie’s, winning this competition two years in a row proves it can’t be a fluke. This burger, a…
Friday night’s Burger Battle continued the ongoing debate over which Fort Lauderdale restaurant is the champion of the chuck. And for the second year in a row, that champ is…Georgie’s Alibi. Click here for a full slide show from the event. The veteran Wilton Manors restaurant and bar wowed the…
Potatoes, puhtahtoes, tomatoes, tomahtoes. What’s the difference, right? For most of us, what we buy is heavily influenced by price. Most people assume that farmers’ markets in the U.S., while lovely to look at, are not as affordable to regularly shop at as local chains. But is our assumption totally…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 16: Short Rib-Stuffed Burger from Bizaare Ave Café Is there any dish that can’t be improved…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 17: Pan-roasted Clams With White Beans From Himmarshee Bar and GrilleTo turn the expected into something…
Patty Canedo is a chef in Palm Beach. She writes frequently about her kitchen exploits in this column, Half-Baked. It’s been said by so many: it doesn’t matter how good the food is if the service is lousy. The kitchen only runs as well as our front of house staff does…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 18: Whole Wheat Tagliatelle with Shrimp and Asparagus from Vic & Angelo’s Most pastas are like…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 19: Hearts of Palm Cake From DarbsterThe problem with a lot of vegetarian cuisine is that…
The Kansas City Barbeque Society — the United Nations of barbecue contests — has just three simple categories for its judges: taste, appearance, and tenderness/texture. Even still, judges and contestants in nationwide KCBS events have long complained about the criteria, mostly because critics say appearance shouldn’t be given the same…
Marie Castro of Wilton Manors is a working mom. She’s been reading stories about food swaps around the country and started looking for one she could get in on. But there weren’t any.”Since I cannot find one here in South Florida, I’m starting the trend,” she said. “I need to…
As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 20: Bouillabaisse from Café de France There are reasons certain dishes have lasted hundreds of years…
Rock music and food go together in interesting ways. We’ve read Sheryl Crow’s cookbook; we’ve got a copy of Mosh Potatoes, and we checked out that episode of Gene Simmons trying to find his way around a kitchen (He’s never had avocado?!). But nothing prepared us for the visual and…
McDonald’s recently began a billion-dollar renovation project to update its stores to a more inviting, modern look, as reported in USA Today. The refurbishment project, which began with stores in Tampa, is the largest in the chain’s history. The transformation is expected to complete the renovation of most of its…
