Three of us were several pints deep on a Friday night at Brother Tuckers in Pompano Beach when Brandon brought up a theological discussion. We were in a bit of a beer haze at the time, but I remember it went something like: “Is indoctrinating your children into religion from…
The Lodge is Boca’s craft beer answer to the Ale House — a no-frills room with a row of steady-flowing taps and a collection of bottles that would make Charlie Papazian blush. Take a seat at the bar — every last inch of which is covered in wood — and…
In case you missed the gallons of ink spilled over the opening of the Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. in Delray Beach by the Sun Sentinel and the Palm Beach Post (where it was 1A news), allow us to get you up to date: a bagel shop in Delray Beach…
Ethical guidelines amongst restaurant critics has become a hot button topic these days, with outings of high-profile critics who show up to restaurants expecting preferential treatment tumbling down like so many business cards flung at a maître d’. Last week’s announcement of long-time New York Times writer Sam Sifton being…
I haven’t been more frightened to eat something as I was this week. Food critic and resident sadist John Linn walked up to my desk holding what looked like a glass trophy filled with long green peppers. He asked if I liked spicy foods and I replied that I did…
Updated: check out the full review of Brother Tuckers here. I imagine heaven to be something like Brother Tuckers, a Belgian-themed gastropub in Pompano Beach and the subject of this week’s dish column. I spent much of last week buried in the pub’s brilliant version of chimichurri steak — it…
A friend of mine lives a block away from Rufus Ribs, a roadside barbecue trailer with an outdoor smoker in Boynton Beach. He’s there pretty much every week, gobbling down styrofoam containers full of meaty spare ribs and pulled pork. But for the past week, he’s been telling me about…
Everyone has their own idea of what makes a perfect burger. For some, it’s the beefy flavor achieved from fresh grinding chuck, brisket, short rib, or round. Others wax scientific over the proper ratio of meat-to-bun. Purists prefer a the brilliance of one perfectly charred patty christened with only a…
We think of fast food as the ultimate convienance – if you’re hungry, all you have to do is head through a drive through and you can eat in minutes. Slow Food is the antithesis: the idea behind the movement is food that’s good for you and for the enviornment…
Although Clean Plate Charlie is the only food blog you really need to read daily, some people just can’t get enough. Here are some highlights of other food blogs.Will Jog for Food is keeping up with the whole “Let’s exercise AND eat so we don’t turn into huge hogs” thing…
My sister had a business partner in her restaurant for a number of years, who, to protect his identity, I’ll call him Tattoo. He was a vegetarian — I know, I know, but you can’t argue with crazy. Tattoo didn’t just avoid eating meat, he was grossed out by it…
I can’t think of a more unappealing sounding name for a roast beef sandwich than Roastburger. It sounds like something the characters in a Dr. Seuss book would simply refuse to eat. Roastburger implies that there’s a burger between the buns that’s been roasted. That is certainly not the case.Arby’s…
It’s a quiet Monday morning, and you’re in your kitchen, making yourself a cup of fresh ground coffee with your Starbucks Barista coffee grinder. You pop some beans into the hopper and press the grind button. Ah, smell that fresh coffee smell. After a few seconds, you remove the cap…
Florida spiny lobster season opens today and runs through March 31, meaning restaurants across South Florida should begin to stock the tasty, clawless buggers. The operative word here is should. Because, in reality, Florida lobster is a lot harder to get your mits on in a restaurant than you’d think…
Artisanal pizza is no longer a moron of the oxy variety, with pizzerias like Una Pizza Napoletana in New York, Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix, Pizzeria Delfina in San Francisco, and Pizzavolante in Miami’s Design District. And now you can add Dak Kerprich’s Pizzeria Oceano (201 E. Ocean Ave., Lantana, 561-429-5550)…
The Peruvian street food anticuchos is a dish with magnetic properties — you’re either instantly attracted to or completely repelled by it. The grilled chunks of meat are actually beef hearts. But if they’re rendered properly — like the ones at Taurus Steakhouse in Tamarac — they taste more like…
You may have thought cooking was just a way to get something to eat. Actually, it’s why homo sapiens developed bodies strong enough to bench-press a dump truck and brains that could create incomprehensible “financial instruments” to sell to widows and orphans and crash the world economy like a drunken…
This week, I was tasked with finding myself something for the blog. That actually seems worse than just showing up with something new on my desk. It’s almost like having to pick your method of execution. I knew I couldn’t get away with picking something that looked delicious, so I…
• Fire and ice cream is not a happy marriage, as the folks at Palm Beach’s Sprinkles ice cream shop found out last weekend. A kitchen fire gutted the shop, which not only dishes everyone’s favorite hot-weather treat but breakfast, lunch, and assorted retail items. Sprinkles expects to be again…
Every week in Coming Attractions, we give you a taste of what’s on deck in our Dish review column. This week, we take a look at Taurus Steakhouse, a Peruvian-style Parrillada in Tamarac.UPDATE: Please read the full review of Taurus Steakhouse here. Anyone with a modicum of skill can take…
For as long as I can remember I’ve had this nervous habit of opening up people’s fridges. Whenever I visit someone’s house, no matter how well I know the person, I get the irresistible urge to open up their refrigerator door and poke around. Some people would ask me, “Are…
Although Clean Plate Charlie is the only food blog you really need to read daily, some people just can’t get enough. Here are some highlights of other food blogs.By now, you’re probably checking out Burger Beast regularly, thanks to its reviews of Checker’s’ Baconzilla Burgers and tips on ordering from…
