Okay, kids, fire up your guessing machines — it’s time for our weekly installment of “Guess Where We’re Eating!?” This lovely little eatery is located in southern Palm Beach County and has a focus on locally-sourced and organic eats. Lunch is brisk business here, but it’s also open for dinner…
It’s that time of year when bars and restaurants are scrambling to figure out what they’re going to offer on New Year’s Eve and how they’re going to pull in the crowds. New Times is the best local resource for cool events, and tons of people will be checking here…
Yesterday, we posted this photo and challenged you to guess where we were eating — and “Dani” won! Turns out it was the 11th Street Annex, which its proprietors describe as “a coffee shop meets teahouse meets gourmet lunch spot meets gathering spot.” The menu changes daily. Located on 11th…
This low-key, cozy Fort Lauderdale eatery serves only lunch. The menu — usually five or six items — changes daily and is scrawled on a board on a wall near the door. The chefs — they self-deprecatingly refer to themselves as “two ugly sisters” — pluck herbs from a small garden out front,…
Saute of Canaveral Shrimp with Jalapeno White Cheddar Grits, Swiss Chard, creamed leeks and Garlic Thyme Pan Sauce Grits 1 cup yellow grits 4 cup water 1 jalapeno diced and seeded 1 cup shredded white cheddar ½ cup unsalted butter Salt and pepper to taste Bring water to a boil…
Today we have the rest of our Q&A with chef Daniel Ramos, of the newly opened farm-to-table restaurant Market 17 in Fort Lauderdale. To read the first half of our interview, click here. Sounds like it’s quite a project to source food locally. In New York, it is hard not…
After months of anticipation (and a few delays), the new farm-to-table eatery Market 17 is now open on 17th Street in Fort Lauderdale. The restaurant is no small undertaking. All dishes are prepared from scratch. It serves ostrich. It makes ceviche tableside. The owners, brother and sister Aaron and Kirsta…
If you’re looking for something to do before launching into a food coma after Thursday’s big feast, take your sweetheart to see a couple of foodcentric films at the quaint and historic Cinema Paradiso. Soul Kitchen screens Wednesday at 6 p.m. German-Turkish director Faith Akin won the Special Jury Prize…
We must be in the wrong business. Looks like the big money is in knickknacks, trinkets, and doodads. According to court documents in a federal criminal case, Kristin Haynes, creator of the Dreamsicles line of collectible ceramic figurines (like the one pictured here) raked in nearly $3 million (and that’s just counting…
We’ve told you before that a steakhouse called Rare was set to move into the former home of Bova Prime on swanky Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale — but now we have the deets on the lease. CentraArchy Restaurant Management, which operates 20 eateries in multiple Southeastern states (including…
At press time, there were still seven seats available for tonight’s class on Thanksgiving wines at the cooking school of our friend and renowned chef/ cooking school guru Jean Pierre. The instructor tonight is Eric Hemer, the Educational Director for Southern Wine & Spirits. Eric is said to be one…
Café Maxx in Pompano Beach is holding a cooking class specifically teaching the art of holiday platter creations and hors d’oeuvres this Thursday, November 18, at 5 p.m. Chef Oliver Saucy, now in his 19th season of cooking instruction, will lead the class. (Ask him about growing up in a…
If you haven’t yet been to Northwood Village, the funky historic walking district in West Palm Beach, tonight is a good evening to check it out. From 6 to 10 p.m., there’s an Art & Wine Promenade in the 400 and 500 blocks. That means complimentary winetastings in some of…
Foodies/literary geeks (often one and the same) might overdose on sensory/intellectual goodness when legends and legends in the making of the food-writing world convene in Key West for the 29th-annual Key West Literary Seminar. This year’s theme is “the Hungry Muse.”The seminar is scheduled for Thursday through Sunday, January 6…
This Friday, November 12, from noon to 2 p.m., hip-hop star Ludacris will sign bottles of Conjure Cognac at Super Duper Liquors in Lauderhill (4188 N. State Road 7, Lauderdale Lakes 33319). According to a news release, “In 2009, Ludacris created and launched Conjure with renowned cognac house, Birkedal Hartmann,…
Judging by all these contests for the Spanish-speaking set, American food companies are seriously courting the Latino market. This one is from Olive Garden…
We hear that Bimini Boatyard had its best sales days ever during last week’s International Boat Show.The numbers are in, and they are ridiculous. …
Rachael Ray can keep her EVOO.Latina chef Michelle Bernstein, darling of the foodie set and queen of upscale comfort food, has teamed up with Crisco — tool of Everymoms everywhere…
Over the years, we’ve kept in touch with South Florida doctor Sanford Siegal, inventor of the Cookie Diet phenomenon. When we heard he had released a new cookbook (with surprisingly yummy low-calorie recipes… including chocolate and cheesecake!), we had to catch up with him. His son, Matthew, who handles the…
This just in: Michelle Bernstein at the Omphoy is now offering a jazz brunch every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. And there’s a perk: After eating, you receive a one-day pass to lounge around the swanky hotel; this includes lounge chairs and towel service. (Gotta love Bernstein’s uptown/downtown…
It’s sort of the opposite of Turducken: Sublime, the gourmet vegetarian restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, has announced its Thanksgiving menu: — Waldorf salad (apples, celery, raisins, and walnuts) — Choice of “turkey” made from Gardein, or Roasted Acorn Squash with quinoa stuffing — both accompanied by fresh green beans, button…
Lindsey Nick is a 17-year-old senior at Highlands Christian Academy. In September, she came down with symptoms that resembled a cold and flu. Things went from bad to worse, and on September 12, she was admitted to the pediatric ICU at Broward General in severe respiratory distress. Lindsey’s loved ones…
