The not-so-secret ingredient at Ovenella — an Italian restaurant that focuses on traditional entrees and pizza cooked in a wood-fired oven — is garlic. The aromatic bulb appeared in spades during a recent dinner at the Boca Raton joint. It arrived as whole, roasted cloves with the complimentary bread basket…
We’re counting down our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, email them here. No. 18: Mango Sticky Rice From Coco Asian BistroIn Thailand, moms don’t make Jello for the kids, they make mango sticky rice. It’s almost as…
America’s love for bacon runs deep. From jam to mayo to vodka, we want pork, and we want it now. Recognizing our weakness for bacon, superfluous calorie consumption, and premature heart attacks, Burger King has created a new bacon sundae that debuts today. At a mere 550 calories, this sundae…
We’re counting down our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, email them here. 19. Housemade Rosemary and Olive Oil Gelato at Tanzy Separate from — but adjacent to — the luxurious iPic Theaters, this modern Italian restaurant draws…
It’s Wednesday evening, the kids are already restless from less than two weeks off from school, and it’s too hot to cook. We suggest packing the family in the car and taking them to Village Commons in West Palm Beach for the Gourmet Food Truck Expo to benefit Project Ship…
20. The Irish Dip from Maguires Hill 16We’re counting down our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, email them here. There are plenty of good reasons to visit Fort Lauderdale’s Maguires Hill 16 Irish pub and eatery. Go…
Yes, we know. There’s a holiday for everything. But don’t you want to celebrate National Flip Flop Day? This Friday, June 15, we want you to walk into the law firm or bank you work at wearing your favorite pair of Havaianas and tell your boss that Clean Plate Charlie…
Going out with a big group can be tough. One person wants Mexican-style grub, while another is looking for Chinese. Too bad there isn’t one place that offers it all. Oh right, there is. 51 Supper Club recently revamped its menu with the help of one of the few American…
“We sell more octopus than anyone I know of in Florida,” claims Ernie Patti, owner of Ernie’s Italian Chophouse in Lighthouse Point. Although the veracity of that statement cannot be determined at this time, Clean Plate Charlie recently spoke with Patti and Ernie’s Italian Chophouse executive chef, Gary Wood, about some of…
Over the past few years, Peru has definitely become the hot gourmet travel destination. Serious foodies from across the world have been looking to Peru for inspiration. With that in mind, we decided to chat with Vanesa Fedak of Bravo! Gourmet Sandwich to get her take on a Peruvian-style Father’s…
If all goes according to plan — always a bit of a gamble in the restaurant world — Rebel House in Boca Raton should open its doors within the week. The date is subject to the outcome of a few final inspections and other final touches, but partners Evan David…
Local farming activist Patricia Curry and Jojo Milano of Goodness Gracious Acres got wind recently of a proposed law that could make farming locally all but go away. Both women sprang into action. Milano blasted her concerns over the web. Curry contacted Palm Beach County’s zoning department and got a copy of…
Are you an Anthony? If so, there are balls in your future. Meatballs, that is. On Wednesday, June 13, Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza is giving away an order of meatballs with ricotta cheese to anyone with Anthony as a first or last name (which means equal opportunity for ladies to…
After watching a group of pigs transform from living beings to plated pork belly, I’m kind of questioning myself as a person. My dad even asked, “Did I do something wrong in raising you?”It’s understandable where he is coming from. What kind of person chooses to stand by and watch…
You know the drill. Buy Dad some cool new grilling tool. Pick up some some steaks, corn, and potatoes. Make a salad. Call it a day. Your Father’s Day celebration is complete, effortless. But it is the same old routine you’ve done year after year. This year, why not step…
At one point in his youth, chef Gary Wood seriously considered pursuing a career as a cop or a lawyer in Long Island, New York. A move to Florida and a job at a wing joint eventually led to culinary school and a new passion: “I just fell in love…
Everything’s bigger in Texas, and if you’re looking to go big for your Father’s Day barbecue next Sunday, Jeremy “Jay” Armstead of Texas Hold ‘Em has a few secrets for a Texas-style celebration for Dad.According to Armstead, “Texas-style barbecue is all about long periods of smoke with a slow-cooking fire…
We’re counting down to New Times’ Best of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top hundred favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page.21. Seaweed Salad from…
The UFC has Maynard versus Guida, but the food world has its own beatdown at the fourth-annual France versus Italy Cook-Off at Casa D’Angelo. At 7 p.m. Monday, we’ll have chef/owner of Casa D’Angelo restaurants, Angelo Elia, in one corner and Chef Jean Pierre of Jean Pierre’s Cooking School in the other, ready to…
We’re counting down to New Times’ Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, please add them to the comments or visit our Facebook page. 22. Bread Pudding from…
Market 17 is one of three restaurants in the running for the Nature Conservancy’s People’s Choice 2012 Nature’s Plate Award for Miami’s best green restaurant. The other two contestants — the Dome and Ortanique on the Mile — are located in Coral Gables. Finalists were chosen from among names submitted…
Over the course of the past week, I have followed some hogs on Palmetto Creek Farms from pig to pork. Now it’s time to see them on the dinner plate as Chris Miracolo of Max’s Harvest shows us how to make pork belly from his stock of Palmetto Creek Pork…
