Caliente Kitchen to Heat Up Boynton

If you can stand the heat, get into the new Caliente Kitchen, which will makes its debut on Cinco de Mayo in the mammoth Renaissance Commons retail-residential complex in Boynton Beach.  The second Kitchen from proprietor Taylor Smith will join its Delray Beach parent with an all-day, “family friendly” festival…

Dennis Max to Make Delray Debut

He helped make “California cuisine” popular in South Florida, now Dennis Max is spreading the farm-to-table gospel that originated in California to white-hot Delray Beach, where in June he expects to open his own outpost of that now-nationwide culinary trend, Max’s Harvest.Max, who took a break from the sturm und…

Order Up: Calypso Restaurant & Raw Bar

View a slideshow of Calypso Restaurant & Raw Bar here.This week’s review in Dish, we revisit the 21 year-old Pompano staple, Calypso Restaurant & Raw Bar located inside an unremarkable strip mall off Cypress Rd. Husband and wife owners Chuck and Lora Ternosky, pride themselves as operating a casual fish…

Adventures in Extreme Couponing

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Celebrate Earth Day at Whole Foods Market in Coral Springs

If you’re having trouble getting the fam on board with your mission to go green, load up the Prius and shuttle everyone over to the Whole Foods Market of Coral Springs on Saturday afternoon to celebrate, among other things, Earth Month (Earth Day proper is Friday). The Earth Fair is…

100 Favorite Dishes: No. 42 — Escargots From Aruba Beach Cafe

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. 42: Escargots From Aruba Beach Cafe Everything sounds better in French. For example, if…

4/20: Top Six Stoner Snack Creations

Happy April 20, readers! Why are we so happy to greet you on this most ordinary of Wednesdays? Because right at this very moment, thousands of potheads have their lighters poised at the ends of their joints in honor of 420 — the pot smokers’ holiday, which apparently originated from…

100 Favorite Dishes: No. 43 — Gelato Cup from Sonny’s Gelato Café

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. 43: Gelato Cup from Sonny’s Gelato Café Sonic has capitalized on their catering to…

Wendy’s Natural-Cut Fries Not So Natural After All

Wendy’s natural-cut fries with sea salt sound almost like granola in their commercials. The fast-food chain touts that the fries are natural-cut russet potatoes, sprinkled with sea salt for a fry that’s better (and better for you). Shocker of a lifetime — Wendy’s may not be exactly telling the whole…

Half Baked: Top 10 Reasons Why Chefs Go Ramsay on Their Staff!

Patty Canedo is a chef in Palm Beach. She writes frequently about her kitchen exploits in this column, Half Baked. His voice may send shivers down a young cook’s spine and his temper may be infamous — but Gordon Ramsay has nothing on South Florida Chefs this April.  The days are getting…

100 Favorite Dishes: No. 46 — Paneer Makhani from The Palace

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. 46: Paneer Makhani from The PalaceThere are many things both good and bad that you…

Shops of Boca Center Mall to Get Brio Tuscan Grill

Upscale casual Brio Tuscan Grill, part of the Ohio-based Bravo Brio Restaurant Group chain, is slated to debut in the Shops of Boca Center mall sometime this fall.  The 8,400-square-foot Brio will be the chain’s fourth SoFla location, joining fellows in Hallandale Beach, Pembroke Pines and Palm Beach Gardens. At…

Vegalicious Recipe Scholarship Contest: Deadline Friday

In junior high, my best friend accompanied me to a science fair where one student’s experiment surrounded around what happens when you put a mouse and a snake in the same small glass case. I’ll spare you the slow motion National Geographic details and just tell you that the snake eventually…

Vegetarian Easter Dishes: Feed Your Meat-Free Friends

As a vegetarian, Easter is one of several holidays where I struggle to muster half the enthusiasm for the menu as most everyone else in the room. If, like me, you’ve ever gone riffling through the Easter basket rejects in search of sustenance while your compatriots drooled over a honey-baked…

100 Favorite Dishes: No. 48 — Falafel Sandwich from Falafel Bistro

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. 48: Falafel Sandwich from Falafel Bistro It’s not easy to find a decent falafel sandwich…

SAIA at B Ocean Fort Lauderdale: Modern Asian Fusion Arrives on the Beach

When you go to SAIA, do yourself a favor and accept the waiter’s suggestion to enjoy the tamari scallops. The three standing ruby-pink bundles resemble stocky skiers ready to slalom down snow-covered hills of wasabi aioli. On each bite, the exterior jacket of tuna sashimi swaddles a spicy scallop-and-crabmeat mixture,…