Mario Batali is getting rid of half of what’s made him famous. No, we wish the Crayola-colored Crocs would go. Instead, the chef/restaurateur and host of our favorite show, The Chew, has agreed to lop off his ponytail — if the price is right!…
What does the new kid on the block have to do to make friends? How about offering not one, but two happy hours?Kabuki, the recently opened sushi and tapas restaurant on Clematis Street, is offering a happy hour deal worth checking into.From 3 -7 p.m. daily (including weekends), Kabuki is…
When times are tough, people get creative with how to save a dollar or two. Looking for sales and using coupons are strategies that almost everyone uses to some extent when buying groceries (we especially love the little pop-up instant coupon machines at the supermarket).Some people, however, take couponing to…
We admit it. Clean Plate Charlie eats fast food. We’re human, too. Even with all the good food that we eat and write about, sometimes we’re in a rush…or on the turnpike…or dreadfully hungover.When that happens, like you, we don’t want a Martorano’s meatball or sushi from Marumi…we want a…
We’ve seen some interesting pairings in our lifetimes — Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton, Cayenne pepper and mangos (delicious), cats and dogs sleeping together, chocolate in my peanut butter, but here’s one for the history books — food trucks and health clubs!Yes, at first we were confused, too. Then…
Here’s a suggestion for those of you wondering where you should spend your summer vacation — how about a wonderful cruise aboard Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas? This mega-ship sails out of Port Everglades and boasts Top Chef Texas alum Molly Brandt as chef de cuisine of its exclusive…
Here’s a great new food for those of you worrying how you’re going to get fresh bread to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches after the world ends by apocalypse, terrorist attack, or zombie takeover.Mark One Foods in Salt Lake City, Utah, has come up with the Candwich, a peanut…
On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Rachel Maddow introduced him to a new discovery of hers — the pickleback. Maddow explained that the drink — part whiskey, part pickle juice — is a shot that cures what ails ya. She’s not crazy — she’s got a point! As an ultra…
If you’re seeking the award-winning burger stylings of chef Ron Kerr, you’ll be happy to know that his Bite GastroTruck has announced a semi-permanent location in Wilton Manors. We say semi-permanent because, obviously, the whole point of a food truck is the ability to go mobile…
Q: What’s green and tries to take all your money by being cute? A: The Geico Gecko Girl Scouts during cookie-selling season!January 12 is the official start of Girl Scout cookie season in South Florida, which means you won’t be able to set foot into a mall or supermarket without…
Twenty people are in line at the Latin Burger & Taco food truck, where I’m working behind a hot stove. It’s about 8 o’clock on a hot, muggy evening in the parking lot outside the Magic City Casino in Miami’s Little Havana. Two dozen other trucks are here, and the…
It may sound like some truly bad straight-to-DVD movie, but Scientific American is reporting the discovery of zombie honeybees in Northern California, which may provide a clue in the search behind colony collapse disorder.A research article recently published in Plos One, a peer-reviewed science site, stated that the parasitic phorid…
Part of my job (and obsession) is eating at restaurants. While taking pictures of food, interviewing chefs, and dissecting menus, there was one restaurant position that I was always curious about — the server…
Perez Hilton noted today that The Chew’s Christmas episode with Dancing With the Stars’ Maksim Chmerkovskiy hit an all-time viewership high with 2.7 million people watching the unwatchable show.Hilton also noted that this was week two in which the foodcentric talk show hit a new ratings high. Honestly, we’re not…
Last Friday, the FedEx guy came by my house with a rather large box from Cushman’s Fruit. As I signed for it, I noted that it was addressed to my husband, so I left it unopened.When he came home, I told him someone sent him fruit. We opened the box…
If you’re tapped out after spending all your money on the big New Year’s Eve blowout party (not to mention the dozen or so boxes of Alka-Seltzer that you bought and consumed New Year’s Day), then head over to Sonic Beach in Fort Lauderdale for your free breakfast burrito…
New Year’s Eve is one jacked up holiday. Long known as amateur night, it’s basically one of two evenings each year (the other being Valentine’s Day, but don’t get us started on that one) in which people gladly pay $200 for some surf and turf and a glass of lukewarm…
We just knew that Festivus was Tony Bourdain’s kind of holiday. At first we thought that Tony was becoming a modern-day Grinch with a heart that grows three sizes in one day, after viewing pictures of him assembling a Disney Princess castle for his adorable daughter. In his jammies.But just…
I’ll admit I’m totally obsessed with shows on the Food Network, Travel Channel, and Cooking Channel. In fact, I recently upgraded my cable service (and bill) in order to get the Cooking Channel when the free trial period ended — just so I could watch Emeril tour the USA and…
If you’ve always dreamed of going to culinary school (or know of a teen who spends more time in the kitchen than at the mall), the International Culinary School at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale has two culinary scholarship competitions you should check out.The Art Institute’s Best Teen Chef…
2011 is dying fast, and we say good riddance. We’re looking forward to a 2012 and a year full of promise. There’s only one giant roadblock standing in the way of us and the shiny baby new year — New Year’s Eve.Look, it’s not that we hate New Year’s Eve;…
Chick-fil-A’s 2012 calendar is a moo-ving tribute to both bargains and great cows in history.We love the fact that Chick-fil-A hires bovine marketing and advertising reps. Sure, in a zeal to save their species from the plight of being killed and consumed they offer up their feathered barnyard brethren for…
