As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com. No. 50: Meatballs from Cafe MartoranoIt’s been the subject of Las Vegas meatball-eating contests and…
It’s no secret that I’ll eat pretty much anything made from, made with, or made in the same room as a meat or meat byproduct. Oddly, not everyone feels the same way. Occasionally, someone around here whom I won’t name because she knows where I sleep — cough, my wife,…
This week on the blog:The Meatist gets up close and personal with sausage balls.Tulipan, Jack’s, Woodlands, and more end up in this week’s 100 Favorite Dishes.Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares visit to Le Bistro was as dramatic as it gets.Here’s how to recreate Table 42’s wood-fired chicken wings from home.Everyone’s getting…
I’ve got to ask: What’s up with all the Italian joints opening in South Florida lately?It seems in the past few months we’ve seen more tomato sauce served than on a Sunday in Bensonhurst. If you count pizza joints that have opened recently, that number is even bigger.Just to touch…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com.No. 51: Burger from Jack’s Old Fashion Hamburger HouseJack’s, if the name isn’t indication enough, is…
Haven’t met Mochi yet? Well, it’s probably time you did, since this Asian item seems to be quickly making its way into the vernacular of foodies around the States. It has shown up on dessert menus, stuffed with ice cream, at various sushi and Thai restos around town and was…
Steve Martorano may have had humble beginnings running a one-man sandwich delivery business out of the basement of his mother’s South Philly home, but there’s nothing humble about his newest restaurant venture, set to debut later this month in the gaudy Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Consider this: Martorano’s…
Very few seats left at Savor the Avenue, but make this ceviche at home and pretend you’re there.
I’ve been doing a lot of eating at West Indian restaurants for an upcoming column, which means my days and nights have been full of doubles, roti, and aloo pie.What’s aloo pie, you ask? It’s a popular Trinidadian street food made up of a (usually) fried piece of bread, slit…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com. No. 52: Charcuterie Too’s Daily Lunch PlatesSure, this list is our top 100 dishes, and…
• Doc’s All-American Café, the 1950s-style Delray Beach diner where teenagers still wear bobbysox and the cars all have tail fins, has expanded the reach of its inexpensive burgers and ultra-thick, creamy milkshakes to Boynton Beach (1797 N. Congress Ave., 561-733-0997). Unlike its Delray parent, the new Doc’s is a…
The phrase “Japanese soul food” might not parse, until, that is, you step into Hiro’s Yakko-San, an izakaya-style joint serving beer, sake, and Japanese “tapas” to a late-night crowd. It’s a favored destination of South Florida’s sushi chefs, who stumble in after their shifts end (which explains the late hours)…
I’ve been asking myself what makes good service. It’s not just because I’ve received so little of it — though a distinct lack of anything will make you question what’s so great about it in the first place. There are the nuts and bolts, of course — proper wine presentation,…
Walking into a Deerfield Beach Tex-Mex restaurant last week, I noticed a handwritten sign on the door. It read, “Due to tomato shortage, customers are limited to one bowl of salsa per table.”Tex-Mex without salsa? That’s like pizza without cheese. Or sauce.After one of the coldest winters in the past…
Move over, the Office, there’s a new gastropub in town. And just think, before a few months ago, Delray wouldn’t have known a gastropub from an upscale beer bar (paging Tryst).Chef Allen Susser’s Taste Gastropub is slated to open in April at 169 NE Second Avenue in the Pineapple Grove…
Does organic beef taste better? That’s the question raised at Elevation Burger, the Arlington, Virginia-based chain that just debuted in South Florida. It’s new Coral Springs location started slinging organic, free-range, grass-fed beef burgers on Monday. The answer, by the way, is yes. …
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com. No. 53: Bruschetta from Noodles PaniniThis dish ought to come with a warning. Something like:…
Two food-centric events in Palm Beach Gardens for Haiti Relief and Hollywood for Slow Food
This, according to a post today on Worstpizza.com.The AMA recently published an article that calls for a “fat tax” to be levied on pizza, soda, and other supposed junk foods. The flat 18 percent tax would, according to the article, deter people from eating high-calorie, low-nutrition foods like pizza and…
As a countdown to the Best Of Broward Palm Beach 2010, coming in May, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to John.Linn@BrowardPalmBeach.com. No. 54: Tulipan’s Guava and Cheese PastriesMost Tulipan Bakery & Cafe customers come for one…
I’ve had a lot of complaints about service in restaurants lately, but Sette Bello is the kind of place that makes me think everything is all right. That’s because the service at this cozy Italian restaurant in northern Fort Lauderdale is topnotch. Throughout multiple visits, the staff was on point…
I’m not a burger expert. I’m not a burger connoisseur. I haven’t researched and written papers on the basis of what makes an amazing burger. All I know is that once I bit into the Latin Macho burger from the Latin Burger and Taco truck on Saturday, my insides melted…
