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. 86. Lentil Soup…
A trio of strange headlines to send your way at the day’s end. Behold, Monday’s food news.The Economist reports that sales of squirrel meat have soared since it was introduced to North London grocery stores in 2010. Will the trend jump the pond? With few regulations regarding arsenic in food,…
Tropical Acres reopens to the public tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. for dinner, its first since the restaurant was stricken by a fire August 30. Since 1949, Tropical Acres has stood as a relic of an era in Florida when men wore jackets to dine and the Everglades started just west…
In the mixed verdict of Chow v. Chow last week, a jury awarded $1 million to Michael Chow of Mr. Chow in his claim against Philippe Chow yet cleared allegations against the restaurant group for 15 of 16 counts such as trademark infringement, unfair and deceptive trade practices, and misappropriation…
We’re counting down to New Times’ Best Of Broward/Palm Beach 2012 issue in June by serving up our top 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. 87. BLT Sandwich…
Happy Friday on this stunning 80-degree day. It has been a food-filled week here and around the intranets. This week, Tricia Woolfenden chronicled her obsession with McDonald’s shamrock shakes and informed readers of the best bars for out-of-towners and the best vegetarian restaurants for Meatless Monday.Laine Doss debriefed us on…
We’re counting down to 88. Poutine from Dairy BellePull into the parking lot of Dairy Belle on Route 1 is like entering a midcentury Americana roadside stand. Yet Dairy Belle has been around only since 1998, and it was conceived by French Canadians. Picnic tables parallel the interior of stand with…
We’re counting down to 89. Meatballs at Cafe MartoranoOne of the coveted Sunday tickets for South Beach Wine and Food Fest was Barilla Sunday Supper. Steve Martorano of Cafe Martorano and Michael D’Andrea of Macaluso’s in Miami Beach joined New York folks from the Meatball Shop and the Standard Hotel to…
Anna Feinberg, who recently was named executive chef at Kapow! Noodle Bar, has spent nearly a dozen years working in the restaurant industry and nearly every angle of the biz (dishes, front-of-the-house management, line work, etc.). More “school of hard knocks” than formal culinary school, this marks the first time…
A few years ago, a roommate and I Netflixed a portion of the first season of Punky Brewster. It was one of those months-later arrivals in which you open the red envelope and stare at the little white sleeve with zero recognition until Ah, yes — alcohol and the Netflix…
Ninety percent of Florida’s oysters come from Apalachicola Bay, a 30-mile region where harvesters still pluck them with tongs. Plump and mellow, these warm-water oysters are clean and less salty than most. Locals swear by them, and loyalists venerate them, yet you won’t find them raw at G&B Oyster Bar,…
Restaurant debuts are in full swing with the season. In February, we saw the opening of Dennis Max’s Assaggio del Forno and Fort Lauderdale’s own outpost of Lime. We also welcomed Rocco’s Tacos to Palm Beach Gardens, after a monthslong wait. While Mexican, Italian, and steak-house concepts serve the region’s…
We’re counting down to 90. Fried Pickles at Shuck N DiveFried pickles have become nearly as ubiquitous as French fries lately, with the revival of comfort food and Southern fare. Yet unlike fries, it’s easy to screw up a fried pickle. A too-fat fried pickle ends up a hot, leaky mess…
It seems that the honeymoon phase between the City of West Palm Beach and food trucks is coming to an end. Palm Beach County is behind Miami in food trucks, but certain owners, most notably the Fire Within and Curbside Gourmet, have risen to the challenge of bringing the mobile…
Weird Al Yankovic — the singer who famously implored picky young eaters to “just eat” their SPAM and tuna casserole — talked about his vegetarian lifestyle during an appearance on Monday’s edition of comedian Marc Maron’s cult hit podcast “WTF With Marc Maron.” The comedian mentioned spotting Yankovic in a…
Science: Two test subjects swallow pill-sized cameras — “M2A capsules,” they’re called, for “mouth to anus.” One subject then eats a meal of “processed” foods, and the other eats a meal of “natural” food. (I put those words in scare quotes because all food is both processed and natural. But you…
With a summer that lasts a good chunk of the year, the people of South Florida need — make that deserve — lots of options for cool, refreshing treats. While an ice cold beer does the trick nicely, sometimes you crave the innocence and nostalgia of an icy sweet treat…
The 17th-annual Las Olas Wine and Food Festival is slated for Friday, April 20, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. with 70 participating restaurants and 45 tables of beer, wine, and liquor to help you get your drink on. Proceeds from the $100 ticket price are donated to the American Lung…
Famed Iron Chef Morimoto turned in his kitchen whites for tennis whites yesterday at the Boca Raton Resort & Club’s tennis exhibition match.Morimoto held his own in an exhibition tennis match against tennis stars Pat Cash, Carlos Moya, and Michael Penfors on the resort’s clay courts. …
The Sunrise City Commission will vote tonight on whether to allow bar owners to obtain late-night permits. The meeting will be held at the Sunrise City Commission Chambers at 6:30 p.m. Amendment C12032 is the last item on tonight’s meeting agenda. The agenda has already had an initial go-around on…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s closing Trucks on the Beach party was a boisterous success. This was the first time the festival had a food-truckcentric party, though the New York Wine & Food Festival has had success with Trucks in the Park, a similar event.Travel Channel’s Andrew Zimmern…
This month, without a lot of fanfare, Anna Feinberg stepped into the role of executive chef at Kapow! Noodle Bar. Feinberg (whom you may have recently noticed in a rather badass new ad for the restaurant) assumes the spot previously held by Roy Villacrusis, who parted ways with Kapow! in…
