Did you know that there’s an official nine-step “pouring ritual” to get the perfect Stella Artois out of a keg? Although this news inspires some of us to pop the top on a can of Bud Light (so much simpler!), some of you may rise to the challenge and hope…
This just in: Jamba Juice is offering $1 smoothies on the following coffee- and tea- flavors of smoothie — today only, August 19. A warning to the office runners: only one per customer. Coffee Craze–a delightful blend of organic coffee base, nonfat frozen yogurt, soymilk and iceChill-icious Chai–organic spiced chai tea…
If you find yourself in northern Palm Beach County on Thursday afternoon hankering for a big mouthful of mozz, stop in at Stevi B’s in Lake Park, a new location of the Atlanta-based pizza chain. The corporate website advertised that its restaurants were offering free specialty pies to go to…
Better Than: Spending $325 on some ugly kid. The Review: You have to be amazed at the remarkable speed at which adorable Justin Bieber has gone from Canadian nobody to selling out arenas worldwide. According to my niece’s “collector’s edition magazine” called Justin: Share the Special Moments in His Life,…
It was more than three years ago that Eat, Pray, Love, the book about a New York writer getting divorced and traveling the world, dominated the bestseller lists. Just when we thought we had shaken our hate-her-because-we’re-jealous feelings for Elizabeth Gilbert (she grew up on a Christmas-tree farm!), the movie…
Usually, he’s walking around swinging one of those big old jailers’ key rings (better to shackle us to our desks) and sipping a fancy-toity beverage from an establishment that we staffers are too poor to patronize. So we were mighty innerested when we stumbled across this interview of our esteemed…
We were cruising Craigslist this morning (for “friendship,” we swear) and stumbled across this mighty odd post from a supposedly famous chef in need of an attorney (preferably female). Any guesses on this person’s identity?Lawyer Needed for Public Figure: I was told I’m supposed to be a famous chef. People…
The most exciting news in celebrity endorsements — besides Lindsay Lohan getting paid to tweet shoutouts on her way to the clink — is coming from the spirits world. This March, entertainment mogul Sean Combs, AKA Diddy, went around promoting Ciroc vodka. He declared all other brands “pee-pee” and ignited…
We here at Clean Plate Charlie are usually too busy judging the judges on the Food Network, puréeing foie gras for our little baby Emeril, or just generally stuffing our ding-dangled faces to get out to any concerts these days, but we were excited to live vicariously through our sister…
Over on our sister blog, the Juice, Jeff Stratton recounts how Ahmad Lai Bujang, a 61-year-old Malaysian Parliament member, “was taken to a hospital after he complained of breathlessness and dizziness from gorging himself on durian, a spiky green fruit resembling jackfruit (or a green hedgehog).”As Stratton reports, the politician…
Who hasn’t ever been tempted to go to town on a cupcake with an icing gun? But who knew there was a “method” to the madness — besides “Stick finger in frosting; lick; repeat”? Well, this is America, and any technique that can be commercialized and exploited will be! Thus,…
This Fort Lauderdale mainstay doesn’t offer a whole lot of healthy options — but it sure offers some delicious ones! Fried shrimp, fried clams, fried jalapeño poppers… It’s a good place to plop down with a pitcher of beer, and it also has quite the scenery. Check the jump for…
One might think that this weekend’s annual Mango Festival in Deerfield Beach might actually be about … oh, I don’t know… mangoes? But after calls to promoters went unreturned, a look at the website revealed that the event actually seems like a big R&B concert, not a foodie festival. Desperately…
Today, we continue our Q&A with celebrity chef Tal Ronnen, author of The Conscious Cook, who will be cooking a one-night-only meal at Sublime on Wednesday. Has the success of your cookbook surprised you? It’s been great. You know, the book takes a very different approach from most vegan cookbooks,…
Tal Ronnen made history when his book The Conscious Cook — the first full-color vegan cookbook to be published in North America — hit the New York Times bestseller list last fall. Since hitting the big time (thanks also to Oprah, who had Ronnen develop a 21-day vegan cleanse for…
Yesterday, a Fort Lauderdale-based yacht captain was boating about 12.5 miles offshore from Port Everglades when he and his passengers noticed the oil slick pictured above. According to the captain, the slick was about a half-mile long. It was unlike anything he had seen in years on the water. He…
If you’ve entered a Barnes & Nobles since October 2009, you may have seen Chef Tal Ronnen’s book The Conscious Cook, dominating the food books aisle. In years past, vegan cookbooks have appealed to just a niche audience, but Ronnen’s tome — the first full color vegan cookbook to be…
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has added urgency to the debate about weaning ourselves from oil. That’s no small task in our car-addicted culture. As some activists have pointed out, some solutions include walking more often, riding your bike more often, riding your bike naked, or switching…
This Sunday, “Furious Pete” Czerwinski will face off against “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti and Dale “Mouth of the South” Boone at Mardi Gras Casino in a major watermelon-eating contest. The event — which features a whopping 84 contestants — begins at 1 p.m. According to the rules, “Each contestant will have…
Can you guess this quirky little family-owned joint that offers a small but yummy selection? Click on the jump for another photo and enter your guess there! I’ll post the answer a little later on. …
We don’t often hucklebuck out to Margate, but it sounds like good times at Trattoria Bella Cibo. Tomorrow night, Chef D’Lish, AKA Tommy Valdes, is being challenged to a “Caesar Salad Throwdown” by a regular patron named Howard Serkin. The officiator is boxing champ Jose Morales, and Coral Springs “commissioner”…
A good way to start your day: with a glass of orange juice and a dose of happy news. This morning, word came across the transom that Fort Pierce company Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice scored a win “in the David versus Goliath battle for dominance over America’s breakfast table.” The…
