The origin of the desserts known as Death by Chocolate has been loosely credited to Les Anges, a Santa Monica restaurant from the ’80s. Food writer Marian Burros describes the dessert as something novel in 1984, when she took a 15-restaurant tour around L.A. in eight days: “‘I think I…
Update: Insidefortlauderdale.com owner Dennis Baasch responds. See below.A website called Inside Fort Lauderdale posted a review October 24 of the new Philippe by Philippe Chow restaurant in Boca Raton under the headline “Philippe Chow’s Questionable Price Claim.” The main point of the snarky article — written anonymously — was a…
Each week, we cull eclectic stories from the internets so you don’t have to. 1. Author of Tomatoland Barry Estabrook reports that a 20-year-old labor-rights group representing tomato pickers in southwestern Florida marched to Trader Joe’s headquarters in Los Angeles to ask execs to work with the group to address labor…
This week, Clean Plate Charlie offered up a list of eight costumes inspired by Florida food and drink for all you Halloween costume procrastinators. The list included sartorial references to craft brews from the Sunshine State, as well as some of our more notable culinary inhabitants, like the spiny lobster…
Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi have plans to open a vegan restaurant on Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley, reports the Hollywood Reporter.Other investors include rocker Chrissie Hynde and entrepreneur Steve Bing. Hynde’s Ohio vegan restaurant, the Vegiterranean, closed in early October…
Every month, we round up the openings, closings, and up nexts for restaurants around our area. October ushered in the opening of some highly anticipated restaurants such as Glen Manfra’s SpoonFed, though a slew are wrapping up final details for November debuts. The two most anticipated: the newest beer bar, Tap…
For 31 years, Rosa Bozeman, owner of Bozo’s, has reserved Fridays for soul food. It’s the day in which the parking lot is packed and she stays open until 6 p.m., two hours later than usual. Oxtail and meat loaf are the highlights when it comes to meat. And since…
After a six week haitus for the off season, Valentino’s Cucina Italiana will reopen this Tuesday for dinner, with Giovanni Rocchio at the helm and the menu that has earned accolades. Why is this remarkable? Because Rocchio…
Trick-or-treating is hard work – first you have to dress up as your favorite monster, comic book character or Disney princess. Then you have to scour the neighborhood for the good candy, while avoiding the people who give out pennies and black licorice. It works up quite the appetite.Luckily, there…
In the ghost town formerly known as the Riverwalk shops near the movie theater, marketing and merchandise guy Robbie Barnes has been planning to open Tap and Cork, a craft beer, wine, champagne, and sake bar in the bones of what was once his clothing store. Tap and Cork will offer…
With Halloween just days away, most of the weekend’s food and drink related activities in Broward and Palm Beach Counties are geared to costumes, candy, and the undead (oh, and the nautical. The 52nd Annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show is today through Monday). But for those who are looking…
Most of us take great measure to ensure that what we put down our gullets won’t come back up to haunt us later. Stevie Starr, the Scottish performer perhaps better-known by his rather vivid stage handle, “The Regurgitator,” isn’t most of us. Starr, who’s been working the professional “regurgitation circuit”…
“How important is egg in a sushi restaurant?” I asked Takeshi Kamioka, owner and sushi chef at Gaysha New World Sushi, which opened in the Wilton Manors gayborhood in August. My friend and I sat at the counter well after 9 p.m. on a Tuesday, having worked up an appetite…
If you swore off IHOP promotional day last time you waded through a crowd of eaters for your share of free pancakes on National Pancake Day, you’ll be glad to know Friday’s promotion will be a little more streamlined with a kids-only event. Show up to any participating IHOP nationwide on…
As evidenced by the continued success of Lunchables, the KFC Famous Bowl and boxed wine, we really can be a lazy, impatient bunch when it comes to consumption. The flip side of all of these cheap and easy eats is often increased risk of obesity, hypertension and diabetes.This is why…
With shared stage time with Snoop Dogg, Julio Iglesias, and Toby Keith, you might call country music pioneer Willie Nelson the king of the odd duet. So it should be no surprise that the oddities continue as Nelson pairs up with Chipotle Mexican Grill and Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ frontwoman Karen…
Straightforward is the word I hear most when chefs and managers describe dishes at South Florida restaurants, be it the most humble local joint or the newest brasserie with access to the ocean. It’s an apt description of the food at Boston’s on the Beach in Delray Beach, the institution…
Patty Canedo is a chef in Palm Beach. She writes frequently about her kitchen exploits in this column, Half-Baked. Being a chef is like being on the island of Misfit Toys. It’s a tiny, dysfunctional circle we roll in. In this tight-knit community, you always seem to be working with the same people…
“There is nothing like this here,” said Kolotova…
Chef Allen’s Burger Bar in Palm Beach Gardens is hiring for all positions: line cooks, servers, hosts, and bartenders. Come by from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays to apply. For more information, check it out here. An organic brewery that’s opening in Hollywood is looking for back of…
The casual, Beijing-style Chinese dining branded by Philippe Chow in Boca Raton this summer is slated to open at 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., in the former Jackson’s Steakhouse building, confirms Philippe Chow CEO Stratis Morfogen. Morfogen said the company had been eyeing Fort Lauderdale for the casual concept. “It’s a…
There’s no denying that we’re still enamored with meals on wheels at various food truck rallies. And we want to support these fledgling businesses as much as the next person.Yet with the novelty of food trucks wearing thin, customers are becoming more discerning– which could lead to food truck fatigue…
