“I don’t know — maybe they’re on a diet.” I can’t tell if Beth Schibanetz is kidding or if she’s speaking metaphorically. These days, we’re all on a diet, tightening our belts down to the last notch. The owner of Josef’s, a fine-dining restaurant in Plantation, says she isn’t sure…
Amazing what you’ll find out reading Miami New Times. Apparently we’re putting on a terribly cool culinary event on September 10th: Iron Fork, in which “Top Chefs Battle Head to Head for the Prestigious Golden Fork Award.” Who knew? Celeb judges include Susser, Dean James Max, Clay Conley, Zach Bell,…
Don’t have a cow: The list is finally here Flavor Palm Beach, which runs through the month of September, has posted its list of participating restaurants offering a three-course dinner for $30, lunch for $20. The line-up is so disappointing, so baffling, it’s given me an ice-cream headache. Hardly any…
Hot enough for ya? Wings’n’Curls, arguably the most beloved and hopping little wing joint in all of Hollywood, has a new menu. They’ve dropped the trans fats from all their dishes and added a shit-ton of new items: buffalo shrimp, sliders, a double-stuffed Philly Cheese Steak, and plenty more. They…
image courtesy Bee Heaven Farm From October to early May we get our produce delivered weekly through a co-op CSA program at Green Cay Farms in Boynton Beach (they may already be subscribed for the coming season, but you can contact them at kes@bellsouth.net). But off season or for fill-ins…
there’s a pair of sticks with your name on them… I wish more Japanese and sushi restaurants would begin a practice recently instated at Sushi Bon, in Lantana. Customers can buy a set of chopsticks in a decorative box for $10, and the Bon waitstaff will see that they’re properly…
Last week Victoria Fedden sent us this awesome memory of finding free food in Delaware: “Each summer we were chicken-neckers. We stood on bridges in the dawn’s mist, over nearly stagnant creeks or nearly up to our knees in eelgrass, dragging strings tied to raw chicken necks through the dark…
OK, I took a lot of guff last week for posting a photo that made the game way too easy (yes, if you can read the fine print, backwards, that was UGLI fruit) sold at Whole Foods. So this week I have TWO weird edibles for you brainiacs out there…
I’m not eating any more tuna. That’s right. No more blathering in this column about that unctuous piece of bluefin toro I had at Salvatore’s Sushi Shack; no more blissed-out descriptions of the perfectly seared slab of big-eye at Bistro du Maison; nix the “ahi tower” or the “tuna tartare”;…
A skeleton walks into a bar and says, “Can I get a beer and a mop?” No seriously, mini lobster sport season in Florida opened last week (regular season starts tomorrow) and four divers have already ended up dead, crushed within the deadly claws of murderous mini-lobsters staging a well-organized…
UK: In a recent article in Healthy and Organic Living magazine, celebrity chef Antony Worrall “Black Widow” Thompson (pictured above), advised readers to scour their yard for fresh henbane as an excellent addition to a whole foods diet. When an interviewer asked Thompson if he uses any wild foods, Thompson…
One of our very favorite restaurants has rolled out a summertime prix fixe Chef’s Tasting Menu for the second year running. This is The Four Rivers (1201 N. Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale), an extremely classy fine-dining Thai joint so warm, so friendly, so designed to make you feel welcome and…
Brazilian Fish Stew. This is a great recipe for us Floridians because of the availability of gulf shrimp and snapper
OK, I almost got booted out of the store trying to photograph these this week: …evidently management doesn’t look kindly on paparazzi skulking around the produce aisle. Pictured above, not exactly the Nicole Kidmans of the botanic world, these have a face only a mother could love. But they taste…
Mystery as man vanishes on tour of Michelin restaurants Telegraph.co.uk Man vanishes into thin air after dining at El Bulli! Weirdest story ever. Maybe Adria’s kitchen had him vaporized? FDA recalls green beans on botulism concern WBIR.com The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat French-cut green…
Cash Cow: Bargain Menus Are Moooving Your Way Getting our dining fixe at a reasonable prix has never been easier than it will be this fall, when Flavor Palm Beach rolls out the roster of Palm Beach County restaurants serving three-course dinners for $30, and three-course lunches for $20, for…
Charity Begins at Home: Uncorked Sponsors CITYPLACE UNCORKED “TOASTS” FINE WINE AND CULINARY TREATS TO BENEFIT WEST PALM 100 An upcoming event that could be fun. One of our favorite jazz singers, SAMM, who croons like a cross between Sarah Vaughn and Ella Fitzgerald, will be breaking out the standards,…
The Gumbo Be Gone According to South Florida Menupages, Lauderdale’s oldest and best beloved Cajun restaurant, Creolina’s has closed. It was at this Himmarshee landmark that we sampled our first gator tail nugget, met the city’s happiest waitress, and wooed our loving spouse into etoffee-splattered submission. RIP, baby. Read about…
Above: Looks like the Ritz to us So Ritz-Carlton is taking over the St. Regis on Fort Lauderdale Beach. This is good for somebody, but it might not be good for those of us who love Cero, very likely the best restaurant in Broward County. Says our critic: “The interplay…
You all know the Proustian tale: French guy, now pretty old and sad, bites into butter cookie and is suddenly and viscerally transported back to a childhood room at teatime. We all have our own madeleine. Short Order wants to hear your earliest food memory. The gnosh that woke you…
Rarest of the Rare Every year around this time, I get an email from a friend obsessed with a fruit that, until recently, I’d never seen or tasted. He claims that the halcyon summers of his youth were saturated with the sugary tartness of this sublime edible. Since my friend…
DINING | What McCain and Obama’s favorite restaurants say about the candidates Chicago Sun Times “We believe that a candidate’s taste in food is a more reliable indicator of character than the carefully strained statements issued in this atmosphere of gotcha and gotcha back.” KFC’s “Vegetarian Sandwich” Isn’t, Stop Kidding…
