As we wrap the week, Clean Plate Charlie wants to call your attention to a few things elsewhere on the site. We broke the news that Michelle Bernstein is leaving the Omphoy. Our new news guy, Rich Abdill, follows up on the “terrifying” Omphoy owner, Jeff Greene.Don’t forget to check…
During a recent lunch meeting over tacos, the Clean Plate Charlie crew debated the relative merits of the entertainment juggernaut known as the Super Bowl. While some looked at the sporting extravaganza as a sort of second Thanksgiving — wake up late, start drinking early, and stuff yourself silly with fattening…
Paula Deen might have thought she would be able to enjoy a nice, relaxing week on the Deen Friends and Family cruise she’s currently on. But you can’t really get away from cameras — even at sea — as evidenced by the video we found on Huffington Post Food of…
Storing fish you’ve bought from the fish market in a refrigerator that’s set at the standard 40 degrees is a sure way to reduce the shelf life of that fish, says fish expert and chef Dean Max of 3030 Ocean. “Every two degrees above 32 Fahrenheit takes a day off…
As tiresome as the prevalence of small plates may be, it seems they’re in response to a downsizing trend. In the past year, more people are cutting back on going out to dinner or are cutting out dinner entirely, reports Small Business Trendcast.Restaurant News reports that 40 percent of consumers…
Two summers ago I accompanied my friend James “The Amazing” Randi on a speaking tour of northern Europe. We visited Scandinavia and the Baltics, and enjoyed a quick southerly jaunt to the Netherlands. Our final engagement was in Reykjavik, Iceland, in the middle of the Atlantic.Reykjavik is a modest city,…
One of my favorite food and music sites, Turntable Kitchen, features the second Sleigh Bells’ track released from their forthcoming album, Reign of Terror. Check out “Comeback Kid” released this week and get excited for Sleigh Bells in Fort Lauderdale February 11 and in Miami February 14, if you’re lucky…
Ice cream giant Häagen-Dazs is announcing four new worldly flavors to its roster. The collection, called Global Creations, features ice creams made with globally sourced ingredients like coconut, vanilla bean, espresso, and imported cookies. Pints of the new flavors are being rolled out slowly, by region. So far, they’re available…
McDonald’s has released McBites, made of chicken breast — and rib — meat, nationwide, along with 20 additional ingredients, not including breading. The chain’s version of popcorn chicken debuted in Fort Lauderdale about three weeks ago.Served in a Chinese-takeout-inspired container, they’re available in three-, five, and ten-ounce containers through April…
The wealthiest 1 percent of Americans take home 24 percent of all national income, own 40 percent of the country’s total wealth, and are most likely to be seen dining in any restaurant where Jeff O’Neill is the chef. O’Neill, who cut his chops in the masterful New York City…
I’ve liked The Food List Challenge app on Facebook that lists 100 dishes and drinks to prove you’re a foodnik. So far, 335,345 people have tried it, including former food critic for the Washington Post, Phyllis Richman (97) and former New Times critic Gail Shepherd (85). Some of the items…
Vegan Black Metal Chef, the internet cooking star who proves that a meat-free lifestyle isn’t exclusively the territory of New Age hippies or cute college chicks, is back. Posted Monday, episode seven of the online series finds VBMC, the brainchild and alter ego of Brian Manowitz, preparing the “Indian Feast…
Somewhere in the history of politics, a candidate stopped for a bite to eat and was spotted by his adoring public… That was probably the watershed moment that began the tradition of restaurant stops. After all, nothing says “I’m one of the people” like a politician with ketchup on his…
Have you seen these peppers in bushes outside? The tiny tepin or chiltepin is the only wild chili native to the U.S. and is believed to be the oldest and hottest species of wild pepper.I first saw it in Tarpon River at a friend’s house, a spindly shrub my friend…
You might think twice before hitting up the drive-through for this morning’s McMuffin.The New York Observer, Huffington Post, and others reported how a McDonald’s twitter marketing ploy has gone awry. Two dipshit tweets from McDonald’s with the hashtag #McDStories — “When you make something with pride, people can taste it.” –…
Updated.Kapow! Noodle Bar has gone the way of Banana Republic by introducing sliders to the menu. This item signals a move to a conservatism to align with its Mizner Park location, prompting chef Roy Villacrusis to depart for other projects. The noodle bar conceived by Rodney Mayo and Scott Frielich…
It’s National Pie Day, according to the National Pie Council. Though I usually ignore food holidays, like this guy with a pie fetish, I could eat variations on pie every day for life. Pies are the ultimate comfort food that can be made savory or sweet. And don’t get me…
The end of January marks the closing of chef Michelle Bernstein’s tenure at her namesake restaurant, Michelle Bernstein’s at the Omphoy Ocean Resort in Palm Beach. Bernstein and husband partner David Martinez will continue to own and operate Sra. Martinez, Michy’s, and Crumb on Parchment in Miami. The couple is…
Every day, you dream of shopping for fresh-caught fish, tomatoes picked off the vine, and farm-fresh eggs… then you wake up and head over to a giant, big-box store to throw a package of frozen fish sticks into the cart.Fortunately, retail giants are hearing (and heeding) the siren call of…
Studies show that two-thirds of chickens are contaminated with salmonella, which would especially be troubling if we ate it raw. The government says that changing inspection procedures should help. In a cost-saving measure, the federal government is revamping how it inspects birds. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday that…
Read on for today’s link compilation.Frank Bruni writes on how chefs who encourage dining decadence stay healthy behind the scenes. His piece in the New York Times is a thoughtful response to the “unsettling” revelation that Paula Deen has only now revealed her diabetes, three years after diagnosis.The fragile but beautiful Temple…
It’s that magical time of year when little girls in green take to the strip malls of America and sell boxes of cookies to the masses in the hopes of raising enough money to go to the Girl Scout Jamboree… or something.If we weren’t so nice, we could insert the…
