If you’re heading to IKEA in Sunrise to pick up some cheap furniture and a snack, don’t worry too much about finding remnants of Trigger in your lunch.Earlier in the week, authorities in the Czech Republic detected horse meat in IKEA meatballs. Initially, the furniture company removed meatballs from its…
If you’ve ever driven around in your car at two in the morning wondering where you could find a mega gut-bomb, then read on because we’ve found a doozie of a burger. Steak ‘n Shake has introduced the 7 x 7 Steakburger, and it’s exactly what you think it is…
We consistently have to give PETA credit for its brilliant marketing strategies. To make their point, they’ll use any trick in the advertising playbook — including sex, sex, and more sex.Take, for example, their Sexiest Vegan Next Door contest, which seeks out the hottest vegan with the best bod. And,…
In case you missed the overwhelming extravaganza that was the South Beach Wine & Food Festival — or the Alka Seltzer did its trick and you’re planning where to go this weekend, take note Fort Lauderdale because the inaugural Galt Mile Wine & Food Festival – A Seaside Affair! is…
For four glorious days every year, Miami Beach is taken over by a cadre of chefs, celebrities, and fans of food and wine in an indoor-outdoor hootenanny known as the South Beach Wine & Food Festival.For those looking to hobnob with the likes of Robert Irvine, Geoffrey Zakarian, and Sunny…
Ziggy MarleyZiggy Marley comes from musical royalty. His parents are Bob and Rita Marley, who, with the Wailers, brought Jamaican reggae from the Kingston ghettos into the mainstream. Being the eldest son of musical icons has rubbed off on Ziggy. At age 44, he’s already had a musical career spanning…
Television star Hayden Panettiere was spotted in Hollywood Beach, having tacos with her ex-boyfriend, Wladimir Klitschko. The star of TV’s Nashville and the Ukrainian heavyweight boxing champ had lunch at Taco Beach Shack — after they were spotted cuddling on the restaurant’s couches. TMZ posted a picture of Panettiere and…
Michael Symon and the Burger Bash: For the love of meat.Last year, celebrity chef Michael Symon shocked the throngs of meat lovers at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s Burger Bash by winning the coveted People’s Choice award three years in a row. Symon’s “Porky Burger,” a pigfest made…
He’s won more competitive barbeque titles than anyone in the history of grilling meat on fire for prizes and he’s the star judge of Destination America’s BBQ Pitmasters. He’s also the chef/owner of Pride and Joy Barbeque in Miami, and the best-selling author of Smokin’ with Myron Mixon. Basically, we’re…
Dish Mob is coming to Orlando on February 20. The event, whose name sounds like an impromptu group of people converging on a restaurant, is exactly that. Sponsored by Restaurant.com, the event is a way to benefit independent restaurants by asking people to get out and dine at them. For…
For years, Kraft Foods has wanted us to believe that Miracle Whip is the far superior white goo to put on your turkey sandwich. The “dressing” was introduced during the Great Depression as a cheaper alternative to mayonaise. The reason why Miracle Whip is called “dressing’ by the way, is…
Anthony Bourdain is bringing his Guts and Glory tour to Orlando — which is, so far, the closest the bad-boy chef is getting to south Florida for his tour (the chef will, however, be in town next week during the South Beach Wine & Food Festival). Bourdain will take his…
Now that Valentine’s Day has come and gone, don’t think romance has gone out the window for the next 364 days of the year.Clean Plate Charlie invites you to fall in love all over again…with bacon!We’re talking BaconFest Florida, the porkiest, meatiest….baconiest…event to come to south Florida.On Saturday, February 23…
The South Beach Wine & Food Festival comes to Miami Beach in one week and if you didn’t get your tickets, better hop to it. The festival, which turns the white sand of South Beach red with vino, may be expensive and a bit of a drive, but if you’re…
It’s no surprise to anyone who’s tasted a taco from B.C. Tacos that the blue truck that features Fred Flintstone’s relatives has got a winning recipe for tasty food.But even chef/owner Brett Chiavari was a little surprised when Mobile Cuisine named his truck one of the best ten taco truck…
An unofficial greeter for The Heart Attack Grill, a Las Vegas restaurant that specializes in fat-laden bad-for-you burgers and fries served by sexy nurses, has died of a heart attack. 52 year-old John Alleman collapsed outside of the restaurant and was taken to the hospital where he was treated for…
If you’ve been procrastinating about Valentine’s Day and are about to just shove an ITunes Gift Card and a candy heart into a bag and call it a day, Pizza Hut may just be your saving grace. They’ve come up with a new promotion guaranteed to send your lover into…
It’s totally cool that one of the wildest eating and drinking days of the year has ties in religion, but Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, has those roots. The holiday, which is celebrated in the days leading up to Ash Wednesday, was created basically to gouge yourself in the rich,…
Bacon Fest, the all-things-porky event that’s coming to the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek on Saturday, February 23, has announced its restaurant and food lineup — and it’s nothing short of spectacular.For one evening and one evening only, forget your sodium and cholesterol intake and go crazy on nature’s pig candy…
Home town contestant Sarah Schiear was on fire both literally and figuratively on the first day of full-blown competition on ABC’s The Taste.The home cook and blogger, who hails from Fort Lauerdale, managed to make two great dishes in-between setting fires in the kitchen. Schiear, who is on Ludo Lefebvre’s…
The 16th annual New Times Beerfest is coming to Esplanade Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale on April 6 and it’s not too early to plan — you have heard of the early bird getting the worm, haven’t you? This time, the “worm” happens to be $15 of your hard-earned cash…
If neon orange isn’t your color, maybe plaid is more your thing? If so, meet the Kilt Girls from The Tilted Kilt. These babes, dressed in a innocent-Scottish-schoolgirl-turns-naughty-vixen uniform, want to serve you beer and big-arse burgers…and they are coming to Hallandale.The restaurant chain, based in Arizona, is opening its…
