Doggy Bag: This Week in Charlie

Here’s a list of five foods we’d like to see more of in South Florida.Halloween is right around the corner; here are a few themed recipes to try out! [Cookies][Stuffed Meatloaf]Chiquita unveils a new salad wash that should keep those salmonella scares at bay.Steer clear of Whole Foods’ burrito bar,…

I’m Eating What?! Adjika

​Continuing on with our theme of Russian foods we don’t recognize but are willing to try for the sake of science, we dug into a jar of what we later discovered was adjika, something that looked like it belonged between the categories of “dip” and “sauce.” ​Before we flipped the whole…

Casa Mia Makes Home in Jupiter

​A pair of local restaurant vets have opened their own Italian restaurant in Jupiter’s Fisherman’s Wharf Plaza.   Roberto Cavaliere, former owner of Ocean Grille in Palm Beach Gardens, and Stefano Paggetti, an alum of Jetty’s in Jupiter and Galaxy Grille in Palm Beach, have joined forces at Casa Mia Trattoria…

Raw Kitchen Is (Not) Cooking in West Palm

​If you like to eat it raw, you’ll cheer the debut of the Raw Kitchen (509 Clematis St., West Palm Beach; 561-820-0144), a raw/vegan/organic eatery that recently opened its doors on Clematis Street. The creation of partners (and sisters) Gigi and Iris Garcia and chef Brenda Kunkler, the Raw Kitchen…

Myung Ga Tofu & Barbecue in Weston: You Can Handle the Spices

Just the sight of the hellishly red noodle dish called nakjikuksu at Myung Ga Tofu & Barbecue in Weston is enough to send spicephobic eaters into heat stroke. The pencil-thick udon noodles are napped in a chili sauce so intensely red, it looks like it was painted into existence by…

Manny’s Empanadas Are La Bomba

What’s amazing about empanadas is how versatile they are. Last week, I grabbed some of the Spanish pastries from Colombian restaurant Pal Rancho. Those were filled with shredded beef and potatoes, with a supremely crunchy corn shell that was fried. Another version I had yesterday from Argentine/Peruvian bakery, Manny’s (10281…

Restaurant Transylvania in Hollywood: Dracula Would Love It

solarnavigator.net​What if Dracula moved to South Florida? Could you really blame our favorite blood-sucking villain if he abandoned the harsh climate of central Romania in exchange for lovely tropical seasons? If he comes, he has a welcoming place to eat. With Halloween just around the corner, we decided to check…

Cookie Diet Doctor, Sanford Siegal, Releases a Cookbook

Dr. Siegal with Snooki. ​A few years ago, I visited Dr. Sanford Siegal in the Miami-area kitchen where his bakers produce the cookies that made him famous. The white-haired doc told me all about his business-partnership-gone-wrong with Sasson Moulavi. Long story short (here’s the long version), Siegal had invented the…

Order Up: Myung Ga Tofu & Barbecue

Spicy nakjikuksu is chili-covered udon noodles with octopus, onions, carrots, and zucchini. ​This week in Dish, we look at Korean food, and what better place to sample that than Myung Ga Tofu & Barbecue in Weston? Weston? Yes, it’s way the hell out there (sorry to our Weston readers). But…

Where We Were Eating: Eduardo De San Angel

Noles86 was the first to correctly answer yesterday’s “Where Are We Eating?” quiz. The restaurant where we ate the dish to the right is Eduardo De San Angel in Fort Lauderdale.Open for more than 13 years now, this East Lauderdale restaurant is the playground of Eduardo Pria, a Mexican-born chef…

The New Burrito Bar at Whole Foods: a Taste Test

​Boca’s Whole Foods Market now has a burrito bar. If a giantmega salad bar, dozen-plus steam-table dishes, sushi bar, pizza station, barbecue station, deli counter, and impressive array of entrées to go aren’t enough, now you can build your own burrito.  Hey, it worked for Chipotle.  Burning question of the…

Sick of Salmonella? Chiquita’s New Salad Wash Wards Off Bacteria

Now with less salmonella.​Seems like every few months, we’re hearing about a salmonella or E. coli scare. Lettuce, tomatoes, eggs, and more are seemingly becoming gateways to pathogens in our food system.Leave it to food science to strike back. Cincinnati-based producer Chiquita announced Friday that it had successfully developed a new…

Where Are We Eating?

​(Cue my best Dr. Farnsworth impression) Good news, everyone! We’ve got prizes!OK, not as good as Pairings tickets. But we do have New Times hats and shirts to give away to the first person to correctly guess where we’re eating today…

Doggy Bag: This Week in Charlie

Eat, drink, and be merry at Old Heidelberg in Fort Lauderdale.​Here’s a poor man’s guide to snagging free food.St. Demetrios Flavors of Greece festival took place last weekend; here’s a look.Deviled eggs are the new ultratrendy food stuff at local restaurants. What do you think? [Recipe]Burt Rappaport is one scheduled…

“Eat Your Kimchi,” Your Guide to Life in Korea

​Eat Your Kimchi is a great website created by a couple from Toronto who moved to Bucheon, Korea, more than two years ago to teach English. They started the website to document what life was like for two foreigners living in Korea. These days, the website tracks all facets of…

The Best Empanadas Come in Small Packages at Pal Rancho

Two beef empanads with a cafe con leche and tart green onion salsa at Pal Rancho.​Empanadas are like little presents: They come wrapped, and what’s inside is often a pleasurable surprise. That was definitely the case with the house-made empanadas at Colombian restaurant Pal Rancho on the edge of Parkland…

I’m Eating What?! Cultured Horse and Camel Milk Drinks

​This is a first, and it’s not something to be proud of, but I have to be honest: I didn’t actually ingest this week’s “I’m Eating What?!?” products. Yes, the whole aim of this column is to chomp down on unusual things, swallow, research and report. But when something smells…

Restaurant News: Two Shut, One Opens; Reef Road Still Not Sucking

​• Even as local restaurant maestro Burt Rapoport readies his new Deck 84 for a November debut, a pair of other eateries on restaurant-rich Atlantic Avenue have gone out with the tide. Sonoma Café & Bistro is history, as is sleek ‘n’ trendy Blue Fish, a restaurant that always seemed…

Market 17 Finally Debuts

​A month later than expected, really only milliseconds in restaurant-slash-government bureaucracy time, Market 17 (1850 SE 17th St., 954-399-0017) will make its Fort Lauderdale debut Thursday, October 21.   The restaurant, from local industry vets (and siblings) Aaron and Krista Grauberger, aims to put itself squarely in the burgeoning farm-to-table, organic,…

Soma Center Café Shut Down, Facing Eviction

by Lisa RabThe vegan restaurant is locked and shuttered.​It’s been a rough year for the vegan/raw food Soma Center Café. First, a newly opened West Palm Beach location closed its doors after just two months. Now the original Lake Worth hangout for yogis and raw foodies has been padlocked and…

Prost! More German Eateries to Eat and Drink at!

This hideous little bugger is on display at Lake Worth’s Little Munich.​My review this week covered four German restaurants in and around Fort Lauderdale where you can celebrate Oktoberfest. But there are plenty more places that I didn’t cover, and some of those are worth mentioning too.Bierbrunnen Pub: Amid the…

Celebrate Oktoberfest at These Authentic German Eateries

To see more photos, click here. Ordering beer in a giant boot is like entering into an unspoken bet. In which you are gambling your pride. Finish a whole one and you’ll be the toast of your colleagues. Fail and you’ll face ceaseless ribbing, slights against your manhood, and unparalleled…