Question: What was America’s first craft brew? Answer: hard cider. Today, whether it’s shelving at grocery stores or taps at the local bar, hard cider is steadily taking over real estate that once belonged exclusively to beer. These days, it’s becoming increasingly redundant to talk about the U.S. craft beer…
“People have a mistaken view of goat milk,” says JoJo Milano, owner of Delilah’s Dairy Farm and Goodness Gracious Acres in West Palm Beach. “They think the taste is gamey, but my nubians produce a milk that’s actually very sweet. I like it better than cow milk.” There are plenty…
If you love pink flamingo sauce, Cajun fries, and burgers stuffed between deep-fried tostones “buns” there’s good news for you: Miami-born Pincho Factory is headed to Fort Lauderdale. Launched on a shoestring budget in Westchester, Florida, today Pincho Factory has become a homegrown fast-casual success story of cousins and founders…
Call it “rockin’ ramen.” It’s a fitting name for the upcoming ramen-focused menu Shout Karaoke will begin serving next month in downtown West Palm Beach. Starting June 1, the one-year-old karaoke bar and lounge will launch a new food menu. And not just any food, but a curated selection of…
Mexican-born Danny Hernandez didn’t grow up dreaming of being a chef. Instead, he stumbled into the career by accident. Now, with nearly two decades of experience behind him, the former New Yorker can say he’s cooked a five-course tasting menu for celebrity chef Bobby Flay — no easy task. Born in…
If you can’t beat ’em, eat ’em. Lionfish are admittedly beautiful, from that adorable little unicorn horn to their colorful “mane” of fronds and brightly-hued stripes. It makes you forget that these fish are actually a threat to Florida waters, an invasive and destructive species with venomous spines capable of…
Maybe you’re a former English major with a refined palate looking to jump into food writing for the very first time. Or maybe you’re an experienced freelance journalist who’s looking to turn your talents in a new direction. Perhaps you are someone with some food, beverage, or hospitality expertise who…
Have you ever broken out into a cold sweat when, while heading out to eat, your friend suddenly utters the most dreaded word in a carnivore’s language – vegan? You roll your eyes and imagine sitting on pillows in a Zen garden while being served a plate of iceberg lettuce…
It’s a good play on words — ends meet, Ends Meat — a clever reference to a tight household budget. For Ends Meat chef-owner Kevin Dreifuss, making ends meet has an even more poignant meaning. A good portion of his professional culinary career has been spent working day and night,…
Food and football: They just go together. And that’s especially true of the annual OBIEs: A Taste of South Florida. Over the past three years the OBIE’s — which stands for Orange Bowl Impact and Excellence Awards — has helped to invest millions of dollars back into the South Florida…
Dos Equis beer may lay claim to The Most Interesting Man in the World, but Falafel Time in Fort Lauderdale just might have dibs on The Happiest Man in the World. “I love America! Everybody is so nice! It is my home and I feel so happy here!” Indeed, Yaov…
When you ask Okeechobee Steakhouse executive chef Jamie Steinbrecher what his favorite piece of kitchen equipment is, you’ll learn it’s not his chef’s knife, sauté pan, or even that fancy broiler. Instead, it’s his Robot Coupe — a commercial food processor that can literally chop, dice, and slice food into…
Adam Brigham is a man’s man. Massively built, covered in tattoos, and sporting a bald head, long beard, and nose ring, Brigham could easily blend in at any tough biker bar. And you had better keep your distance, because if you are not careful, he just might make you a…
It’s the middle of a busy dinner rush on a Saturday night at Hot & Soul in Fort Lauderdale. The dining room is packed with couples, families, and groups of friends seated at tables that wind from the front near the floor-to-ceiling windows to the back where still more huddle…
What do you get when you pit more than a dozen South Florida chefs against one another for a 16-week throw-down-style culinary battle? You get the second installment of the now annual Chef vs. Chef competition in Delray Beach, that’s what. Get ready to see some of your favorite chefs…
At I Heart Mac & Cheese in Fort Lauderdale, chef/owner Michael Blum’s dream is to be the Colonel Sanders of mac and cheese. To prove it, the South Florida chef has built a fast-casual restaurant model devoted to the comfort food of America’s youth. Located in the busy Southport shopping…
If you enter a nondescript building, beyond a dark wooden door marked only with an “M,” and hear the Sex Pistols blaring from the kitchen, you will know you are in the right place. But unless you find yourself in Beverly Hills with a fist full of cash, that is…
When one thinks of fusion food, dishes that balance the elegance of two distinct cuisines come to mind. The sushi burrito is one such melding and starting this week at Phat Boy Sushi in Fort Lauderdale you can order specialty rice and fish-stuffed nori-wrapped burrito-sized rolls — just one of…
When you’re a United States Congressman you can pretty much count on the best table at any restaurant. South Florida has no shortage of amazing places to eat, so why would an esteemed member of the House Judiciary Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee be grabbing eats at Whole…
Another spring brings the annual Las Olas Wine and Food Festival, which took place this past Friday April 29 downtown Fort Lauderdale. The event is a yearly benefit for the American Lung Association, shutting down the restaurant-heavy section of Las Olas Boulevard to tents and pedestrians. This year, the festival…
It was an unseasonably hot and humid winter day in 2009 when Chelsea Marando dug up the last pennies and dimes she could find buried within her cousin’s pickup truck. She used those 69 cents to buy a poster board on which she wrote “Farmer’s Market” with a black arrow…
When it comes to local produce, eggs, meat, or even dairy, there’s only one crop around that’s sweeter than all the rest: honey. A rich source of carbohydrates with 17 grams per tablespoon, it’s first and foremost an ideal energy food. Also a humectant, the amber-hued liquid is known to…
