Jennifer Reed is a pastry chef based in South Florida and owner of the Sugar Monkey. Every week, she’ll share her insights about life, local food, and the people who cook it. Summer birthdays are kind of a drag. Yeah, you could take your cupcakes to school on the last…
The deal: This duo of mom-and-pop Jamaican eateries offers a bunch of stick-to-your-ribs meals for under $10. One is near Broward Boulevard on 441, the other on 441 near Southgate. What you get: Daily lunch specials cost $4.77, which is crazy cheap for what you get: fried, brown stew, curry,…
Want to drink your wine and eat it too? Check out Wine Cellar Sorbet, a gourmet sorbet I found this week shopping at health food store Tunie’s in Coral Springs.The pint tubs of wine-flavored sorbet take the gourmet-ice-cream trend to another level. It comes in nine flavors, ranging from sangria…
Lobster is a steal nowadays, but that steamed tail on your plate could get even cheaper if Darden Restaurants has anything to say about it.According to the Orlando Sentinel, the company behind such national restaurant chains as Red Lobster and Capitol Grille is moving forward with lobster aquaculture. If all…
This week in Dish, we review Mama Asian Noodle Bar, a 5-month-old pan-Asian restaurant located in the outdoor shopping mall Promenade at Coconut Creek. It’s an attractive family-run restaurant bathed in red and black that serves a wide range of Thai entrées, inventive modern fusion dishes, plenty of Vietnamese- and…
The whole idea of “veggie protein wings” begs a question regarding the target demographic. Since they’re totally veggie-based yet titillate us with their meaty look, we wondered: Are they for longtime lovers of Mrs. Clucky who are transitioning to vegetarianism or for hard-core vegans just looking for a teeny taste…
I remember those narrow halls well — navigating the crowds of acid-jazz heads that packed all the way to the front door. Sidling up to the crowded bar to order La Fin Du Mondes and alligator tenders. Listening to the Pastorius brothers belt out hours of non-stop riff-age from the…
The article I wrote on Fort Lauderdale rogue restaurant Squat-N-Gobble got a little bit of national attention thanks to AOL site Rented Spaces. This piece from the site talks about apartment restaurants serving coq au vin in Fort Lauderdale and even links to our original story as well as Squat-N-Gobble’s…
If you’ve been keeping up with Top Chef this season, you’ve seen that one of the front runners to win the whole season is chef Kenny Gilbert. Each week, Kenny’s deep, complex food seems to land him in the running for a Quickfire or Elimination win. And even in those…
This Fort Lauderdale mainstay doesn’t offer a whole lot of healthy options — but it sure offers some delicious ones! Fried shrimp, fried clams, fried jalapeño poppers… It’s a good place to plop down with a pitcher of beer, and it also has quite the scenery. Check the jump for…
• Come September-October, Boca Wings & Ribs (2257 N. Federal Highway; 561-391-9110) will morph into the Smokehouse, a purveyor of serious barbecue and the second barbecue joint to open on North Federal Highway in Boca Raton this year. New owners Mark Uffer and Erik Frasco have brought in a custom-made…
When the cashier at the Middle Eastern market said he uses Cortas orange blossom water in his tea and he occasionally adds some of the stuff into vanilla ice cream, the first thought that came to mind was, “Hmmm. How exotic yet versatile! Must give this a try.”After all, being…
In the early 14th Century, the Italian writer Dante Alighieri penned an epic poem called The Divine Comedy. In it, he imagined himself on a journey through Hell, Purgatory and finally into Paradise (aka, heaven). Hell, he found, was composed of nine concentric circles, each representing a sin more grievous…
Jennifer Reed is a pastry chef based in South Florida, and owner of The Sugar Monkey. Every week, she’ll share her insights about life, local food and the people who cook it. I’ve been a hardcore vegetarian for two days now. What reason do I have for making this radical…
Eating a meal at Taste, the new Delray Beach gastropub from Allen Susser, is the gustatory equivalent of a World Cup draw. It’s like watching a Brendan Fraser film or listening to the latest U2 single. In other words, it’s wallpaper for your tongue. The entirety of the sterile-looking restaurant…
Want to find a nice cool Broward/Palm Beach spot to drink your guilt away — after you call in sick so you can watch what’s left of the World Cup? Yeah, us too. Here’s a list of recommendations for spending your AWOL time while you catch these following matches: Germany…
“Larry tasted the product and he made a decision.”
Lyndsay Anderson is a Scottish woman and culinary expert living the expat life in South Florida. Every week, she’ll share her innermost thoughts about our tropical-tinged foods, rum-soaked drinks, and all-around curious habits. Saturday 3rd JulyDear Diary,After years of trying, I’m going to lose my 4th of July virginity! How…
Just the facts, ma’am:We’d made the decision to start eating healthy, which for us meant not as many T-bone dinners, pork belly sashimi, wombat fritters, and the like. So we started a tradition (“meatless Mondays”) and adhered to it. We’d read about the new advances in Tofu Technology: Somewhere, scientists…
Where, oh where, is this ultra-busy lunch counter, where delicious hot and cold sandwiches are manufactured under the watchful eye of an animal head mounted on the wall? Hint: It is in Broward County; it is frequented by manly types like construction workers and cops; and the building is far…
• Delray’s Atlantic Avenue will finally get the Mexican restaurant so many people have been waiting for with the debut next week of Caliente Kitchen (8 E. Atlantic Ave., no phone yet), a stylish and stylized eatery that takes over the old Taverna Eros space. Proprietor Taylor Smith hopes to…
This week on the blog:Six kinds of food critics and reasons to hate on them.Lunch is always cheap at Paraiso Cuban Sandwiches.Get your bun thit on at MAMA Asian Noodle Bar.Check out this easy recipe for pasta frittata. Local rock jocks Paul and Young Ron hosted Charlie on the radio…
