Most restaurants in Boca Raton’s Mizner Park area are known as genteel establishments where a tony crowd can savor a good meal and a few martinis. But 101 Cantina, the Southern cousin of Gainesville’s famous tailgate party place, didn’t seem to get that memo. The restaurant, which replaced another rowdy…

CNN has announced that Anthony Bourdain will return with season three of Parts Unknown, starting April 13 at 9 p.m. The cable news network is bullish on Bourdain, with rumors abounding that the celebrity chef is even on the short list of personalities to replace Piers Morgan, along with Rosie…

Happy St. Patrick’s Day. This evening is all about the green beer and corned beef and cabbage. But some of us have jobs to go to that require thinking and motor skills. That means that we’ll have to save the Irish whisky and Guinness for later and head over to…

This past weekend the Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral Miami saw an array of stars both on and off the famous (and revamped) Blue Monster. Of course, you’ve got to feed those thousands of hungry A-listers, so there were tons of options: Joe’s Stone Crab, Sushi Maki, and Coral…

Andrew Zimmern’s Appetite for Life: DIY is the television host’s informative web series that goes beyond the usual recipes and tips to show us useful culinary skills like growing an herb garden or building a crab trap. In January, Zimmern and crew made their way to South Florida to film…

If you’ve ever perused the Guinness Book of World Records, you’ll see a lot of insane world records — like the one for the most parmesan cheese wheels cracked simultaneously. The record was set by Whole Foods market on March 9, 2013, when a total of 426 cheese wheels were…

Fort Lauderdale’s most colorful cook is back and better than ever with season two of his web cooking series. We’re talking, of course, about Steve Martorano’s Italian-American Kitchen. The cooking show, filmed at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood, shows us how to make his favorite classic Italian-American dishes…

In this age of politically-correct food and organic farm-to-fork dining, we’ll share our guilty pleasure. The hot dog. Sorry, Farmer Joe. Your beautiful produce is great, and we love a good heirloom tomato, but every now and again, we get a hankering for a hot dog, resting in a white…

It looks like businesses all over the country are taking President Obama’s proposal to raise workers’ minimum wage to $10.10 to heart. The President, who proposed upping the minimum wage to $10.10 during his January 2014 State of the Union address, has also taken his fight on the road, talking…

The next time you slather salsa all over your Chipotle burrito, give a silent thanks that its spicy/fresh goodness is still around. The fast-casual chain that believes in serving ethically-sourced food including meat from animals raised without the use of antibiotics or added hormones, organic and local produce when practical,…

Sometimes what a person wears becomes iconic. Take, for example, Elvis’ rhinestone-studded jumpsuit, Marilyn Monroe’s White halter dress, or Pharrell Williams’ hat. The brown Vivienne Westwood chapeau shot to fame at the Grammy Awards, where people admired the cross between National Park Ranger head gear and a giant brown traffic…

Whole Foods Co-CEO Walter Robb was invited to speak at Lynn University this past Wednesday as part of the Dively Frontiers in Globalization lecture series. The annual series invites “outstanding individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in world markets” to speak to the community about their work. Past lecturers have…

If you haven’t been watching The Kroll Show on Comedy Central, you should. Nick Kroll, the star of the show is a master of characters like Young Larry Bird, the tunafish-obsessed George, and Gil. Nick came on Conan to chat — and we learned just how food obsessed he is…

Colleen Bokamper, wife of Miami Dolphins legend and restaurateur Kim Bokamper, died last Friday morning at her Plantation home. She was 57. According to the Sun-Sentinel, Mrs. Bokamper was diagnosed with colon cancer several years back but kept her illness under wraps, asking her husband to respect her wishes and…

How do Americans like their lunch? That’s the topic of a new survey conducted by Kentucky Fried Chicken. The KFC Famous Bowls Survey was conducted by Wakefield Research, polling 1,000 adults 18 and over in the United States using random-digit telephone dialing. The survey, which was released today, gives insight…