Lee Klein It was half-past midnight, and folks in the photo above were lining up for late-night street snacks. Actually, they pretty much queue up day and night at this bakery that has been operating for over one hundred years, and now is one of just a few Macedonian-owned businesses…
Friends in Skopje, Macedonia, and in nearby Dracevo, are like family to my wife and I; we’ve been here quite a few times over the years. So many people invite us to their homes for dinner that it becomes a rare occasion to eat in restaurants. We did dine at…
Table 8, the chic-Los Angeles import tucked into the Hotel De Soleil at the north tip of Ocean Drive, isn’t too coy on its Miami Spice preview page about why you should pay a visit: the chef, Govind Armstrong, is “famous”, the ambience is “trendy”, and the “celebrity fan-base” includes…
Oh la la, Metronome est bon! Metronome is a relative newcomer to the Palm Beach Gardens dining strip along PGA Boulevard, and in spite of this wearisome location, it’s a darling place both outside and in — oversized French bistro posters, cushy red banquettes, red and white straw chairs, a…
Lee Klein We stayed on a houseboat a bit outside the city, rode rented bicycles all over the place, and enjoyed Belgrade immensely — but truth be told, this particular leg of the journey wasn’t culinarily oriented. Generally our lunches were crafted from goods we’d buy at the market (pictured…
For everyone looking forward to the New Times’ Iron Fork event next week at the Miami Science Museum, it pains us to say that it has been postponed to October 30. Yes, we played a game of chicken with Hurricane Ike and we lost. But no worries, hold on to…
A stopover for lunch in New York; three days on a houseboat in Belgrade, Serbia; a week with friends in Skopje, Macedonia; eight days in a house, with many many kids, right upon Lake Ohrid, also in Macedonia; four days in Budapest, Hungary; an overnight stopover in Paris. Twenty-two days…
In her amusing memoir Serial Monogamy, Nora Ephron remembers how she used to cook for Craig Claiborne in her head, spinning fantasies of having this man she’d never met come to her house for dinner (and later, of course, he’d write an article about her, including her recipes). After her…
Photo via Flickr The future home of Maison d’Azur? Last month, we reported the sudden closing of Maison d’Azur at the Angler Resort on South Beach. Some comments were left saying Maison d’Azur isn’t closing but instead moving to the Sagamore. Is the rumor true? Well, yes and no. The…
Feeling the beat with Ronin Taiko A few years ago the Cornell Cafe at the Morikami Museum & Japanese Garden got a big boost when The Food Network declared it one of the three best museum eateries in the country. So I went, and lemme tell you: The award does…
Simon Hare We were more than surprised when Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink (130 NE 40th Street, Miami; 305-573-5550), located in Miami’s Design District, was noticeably absent from the Miami Spice participating restaurants list. We wondered if all the accolades, including a mention in the New York Times’ “Coast to…
Jose D. Duran Soyka’s grilled petit filet mignon au jus. I must admit that I’ve gone to Soyka countless times before, never considering it too expensive that a Miami Spice prix fixe menu is needed. But my friends decided to have dinner there Wednesday night and I took it as…
“Hmmm, I seem to have developed amnesia. Who am I? And where did this egg come from?” Since people haven’t been able to properly name our WTF is it?!? item for a few weeks now, I thought we would go with a food item nearly guaranteed to be identified. I…
My soul mate, the great J. Wellington Wimpy. This week, on the (dun dun dun!!!!) BLOG WATCH: All Purpose Dark skips town. Hey, it sounds like a good idea. Labor day weekend is upon us, and I know I’m definitely due for a road trip. Naples sounds nice, but I…
Men really had it made in the ’50s. You totally get the point of feminism after watching a few episodes of AMC’s Mad Men, a drama following the travails of a group of Madison Avenue advertising execs and their frustrated wives, disposable mistresses, and horny secretaries. Mad Men is a…
Photo via Dirty Dining As glamorous as South Beach tries to be, there is still plenty of grunge to be found, especially in the kitchens and food prep stations of local restaurants. There is some leeway to be had, because one’s home kitchen is complete sterile either, but you still…
Buy your tickets now for the New Times Iron Fork event at the Miami Science Museum Wednesday, September 10…
Tap Tap’s house band. It’s sort of a shame that the most popular Haitian restaurant in Miami is in South Beach rather than, say, Little Haiti. But Moped Whitey’s fear of an unknown ‘hood isn’t the only reason — although it probably helps — for Tap Tap’s (819 Fifth Street,…
The amazing dondakaya We seem to have exhausted the brainpower of blog-readers the last couple of weeks; once again, nobody carried off first prize in our WTF is IT??!! contest. The mysterious vegetable in question was the dondakaya, also known as the “ivy gourd,” a little bugger that looks like…
[Picasso, Blind Man’s Dinner] And if you’re feeling flush as ever, or pretending you are… You can help end childhood hunger and satisfy your own in one shot. The “Gold Medal Wine Tour” will be making its way around some of the best South Florida restaurants this fall, pairing wines…
Remember The Gong Show? Talentless hacks interrupted in mid-performance by a huge, cruel gong, signaling to the whole world the imminent and permanent separation of the hapless artists from the airwaves (and from their egos)? The concept is back at Dada’s (52 N. Swinton Ave), every Monday night at 9:30…
Strangest restaurant-review scenario ever. We’re trying to turn in to the Westin Diplomat Resort for dinner at Aizia, and a uniformed guy surrounded by a slew of orange cones is frantically waving us away. “You can’t come in here,” he says, breathing hard. “Use the next entrance.” My girlfriend is…
