Truluck’s seafood restaurant got its start in Texas, but its appearance in Florida is reason for stone-crab lovers to rejoice: The company keeps its own crab fishing fleet of 16 boats outside of Naples, Florida, where it hauls in enough crab to provide the chain with seriously fresh claws during…
Only one day a year we get to dress in stupid emerald green hats and down as much Irish whiskey and Black & Tans as we can drink with two fists: St. Patrick’s Day (not pictured above**) is ready to launch — just look at your local pub, they’ve already…
We nickname him Helmut the Pool Nazi. He’s six feet tall, thin as a skewer, his managerial pate shaved clean, and he holds our happiness in the palm of his hand. That hand, which doles out precious access to towels and deck chairs, is mostly balled into fists of rage…
Tomorrow night at the Jupiter Beach Resort, AAA will formally present its Diamond Awards to Palm Beach County restaurants and hotels that have gone way beyond the call of duty in terms of service, food, style, and amenities. The winners, though, have already been announced, and we’ve got two Five…
Goodness gracious, another Friday the 13th rolling around — that makes two this year. But we have a plan to help you beat back bad luck this week: On Friday, March 13, Slow Foods Glades to Coast is teaming up with the Cheese Course in Weston to demonstrate the art…
It isn’t often that we New Timesers get a bottle of $200 whiskey in the mail. We did, not long ago, thanks to the folks at Canadian Club, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year with the release of a primo 30-year-old, 80-proof, white-oak-barrel-aged blended whiskey retailing for a…
You wonder how a tiny, nine-table, family run Armenian cafe could survive two years on the fringes of Boca Raton’s ritzy Mizner Park: But order a plate of Boca Skewers’ falafel, and you’ll get the picture. These crunchy little balls of fried, spiced chickpeas may be served on a plastic…
The Florida Strawberry Growers Association wants to remind us that strawberries are not forever: The big season for our Florida beauties, grown mostly in Plant City and Dover, is November to March. It’s your last chance to gorge on one of our most delicious local fruits, so here are the…
Two things impossible to imagine Daniel Boulud doing at the South Beach Food & Wine Festival: (1) dropping his pants on stage, like Paula Deen; (2) spewing drunken obscenities at the King of Spain, à la Mario Battali. Boulud is the antithesis of Gordon Ramsey, Emeril Lagasse, Anthony Bourdain, and…
1. ChocolateTwo words: Flavonoids. Antioxidants. Dark chocolate, more than 70 percent cocoa, has both of them, and they destroy evil free radicals, lower blood pressure, and balance hormones. The folks at Galler Chocolate, a candymaker from Belgium, will be happy to consult with you about the optimal mix for good…
Now, I don’t want to make light of the eleven million Americans who suffer from eating disorders, particularly since around ten million of them are women or girls. This week is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, so let me say right now that in their most extreme forms, anorexia and…
Some of my favorite boondoggles over the years have involved the vast sums stupid companies have spent to fix what ain’t broke. Our latest example is Tropicana, headquartered in Bradenton, Florida. In a classic act of desperation, the ailing orange juice producer decided to scrap its familiar, easy to spot,…
Nobody loves getting insulted by a six-foot-two transvestite as much as a 70-year-old lady from Muskogee. At least, that’s the theory behind Lips, “the ultimate in drag dining.” When we pull up for the Sunday Gospel Brunch at 11 a.m., the lot at the Oakland Park restaurant is already full…
They don’t call it Fat Tuesday for nothing. Or Fat Monday, for that matter. We may as well stuff ourselves silly today and tomorrow, because you know what follows is a big long drag: Lent, which promises to zap all the fun from our lives for the following 40 days…
Mark Tuesday, March 10th in indelible ink and reserve now if you fancy the chance to cook with Miami star chef Michelle Bernstein: Bernstein will be demonstrating recipes from her new book Cuisine a Latina that night for a Miami Slow Food event sponsored by Whole Foods. In case you’ve…
Series 2 of Gordon Ramsey’s F Word comes out on DVD on March 17 (you can advance order it here), and the flaks are pushing it as totally uncensored. The claim is about 99.99 percent true. I previewed the show, and in the course of the season chef Ramsey utters…
It has been exactly ten years since Sforza Ristorante threw open its big glass doors for the first time at 223 Clematis St. The day Sforza debuted its Italian menu was a milestone in West Palm Beach history — it looked like the sun was finally rising again on a…
Tonight (Tuesday Feb. 17) from 5:30 to 7:30, Chef Michael Wagner and Slow Foods Glades to Coast team up for A Slow Winter’s Night at Lola’s on Harrison, where they’ll be hosting a mini mixology workshop (and yes, you get to drink the exhibits). Wagner and his team will be…
If you’re one of the ten bazilion Americans currently spending your free time glued to this season of The Biggest Loser (I confess! I’m right there with you!) and planning to diet your way through 2009 along with Tara and Filipe (my personal faves), chances are you’ve considered using sugar-free products as…
We can’t do this alone. This Spring, when we publish our Broward-Palm Beach Best Of issue, we’re going to put our reputation on the line: What’s the most delicious damn burger in Palm Beach and Broward counties? Who twirls the finest pizza crust? Which restaurant just blows all its competition…
We need some help here, folks. So many great restaurants, so little time. From the tiny corner bistro where you’ve been a regular for years to the splashy newcomer cheffed by a big name, Broward County can grapple with the big guys when it comes to fine dining. So what’s…
Palm Beach County has gone through one of the biggest restaurant booms in the U.S. lately: We’re finally on the culinary map. From the tiny corner bistro where you’ve been a regular for years to the splashy newcomer cheffed by a big name, Palm Beach has enough good restaurants to…
