Now that we’ve finished with Cinco de Mayo and Mother’s Day, we have one more food-related holiday coming up — Free Scoop Day at Häagen-Dazs! Today, May 10, from 4 to 8 p.m., just walk into any participating Häagen-Dazs ice cream shop and get a one-scoop cone for free! Häagen-Dazs will also…
Texting and tweeting are everywhere. You can text vote on your favorite show, tweet a celebrity… heck, you can even get fired via text like Charlie Sheen did from Two and a Half Men. But you could never send a friend an icy-cold beverage — until now. PepsiCo Pepsi’s new…
Are you the champion burger eater in your group? Can you chow down on dozens of burgers at one sitting with the ease of a frat boy? Do you study Man vs. Food like it’s the answer to life itself? Have you dreamed of some day being in a competitive…
If you haven’t heard about the Miami food truck craze, crawl out from the rock you’ve been hiding under and read this. Miami has been invaded by food trucks. Trucks serving tacos, burger, pizza, sushi, crepes, and more hit the streets daily, serving gourmet fare at reasonable prices to residents…
Conan hosted Dan Dunn, “professional drinker” and author of the book Living Loaded, for a few quick cocktail recipes. But when you mix Conan and tequila, a little craziness is bound to happen. First in a complete bout of TMI, Conan shares what Mrs. O’Brien sees in bed — his…
Earlier this week, we interviewed Executive Chef Tony Torres from Delray’s Buddha Sky Bar. If you missed the interview, you can read it here and here. Chef Torres has shared an easy yet delicious recipe for Wasabi Crusted Filet Mignon, an Asian-inspired take on the classic…
Last week Suvir was sent home for bitching about the horrors of eating meat and then making a bland veggie burger to clearly prove why one should still eat meat. This episode is about fast food. The cheftestants walk into the kitchen to find food ingredients with prices on each…
Yesterday, we shared Part 1 of our interview with Buddha Sky Bar’s Executive Chef Tony Torres. If you missed it, you can read it here. We continue now with Part 2. Clean Plate Charlie: What’s your favorite “go to” food? Chef Tony Torres: I like oxtails braised a long time,…
Chef Tony Torres is a native Floridian who, unlike many chefs, has made his career in South Florida and plans on staying right here. Chef Torres started working at the Boca Raton Resort and Country Club at age 19 and hasn’t missed a beat. After graduating from the Florida Culinary…
As details are released about the operation that led to the killing of Osama Bin Laden, one of the more interesting things to note is the food in the Situation Room on Sunday. A detailed story in the New York Times states, “On Sunday, White House officials canceled all West…
On Sunday night, President Obama told the world that Osama Bin Laden, the leader behind our nation’s most horrific terrorist attacks on 9/11, had been killed in a special operation by Navy SEALs. While most deaths aren’t celebrated, Bin Laden ain’t your average situation. We’ve been hunting this guy for nearly…
May is National Burger Month, which means that the air is filled with the fresh aroma of meat sizzling on the grill, onions being fried, and buns being baked. To celebrate this holiday of all holidays, Stop Burgers in Weston is offering a burger BOGO deal (and you thought BOGO…
Gourmet Cheap food restaurant chain Denny’s recently announced its Baconalia festival and menu. Labeled “a sacred festival of all things bacon,” Denny’s has gone all out with its bacon-inspired menu. Featuring a bacon/maple ice cream sundae, bacon sampler, and bacon meat loaf, the pig-pushers at Denny’s thought they had bacon…
Last week, we featured an interview with Chef Gordon Maybury at the PGA National Resort & Spa. If you missed it, you can read it here and here. In our interview, Chef Maybury talked about his stone crab salad. When we swooned at the description, he agreed to share the…
Yesterday, we shared part one of our interview with chef Gordon Maybury at the PGA Resort. If you missed it, you can read it here. We now present part two. Clean Plate Charlie: How many people can you serve at the PGA in one evening? Chef Gordon Maybury: In the…
Gordon Maybury has traveled the world as a chef, seeking to find a challenge large enough for his liking. A Dublin native, Maybury has worked at the tony Peninsula Hotel in New York and the Loews in South Beach and is now at the helm of the mega PGA Resort…
The cheftestants walk in and find a bunch of cheeses with hottie Curtis Stone. Quickfire Challenge Make a masterful cheese dish. The guest diner is a cheese connoisseur to be named. Hmmm..wonder if it’s Mickey Mouse (I mean Elmo was a judge on a recent Top Chef All-Stars Quickfire). The cheftestants…
If you’re still waiting for the Queen to e-mail you a royal invitation to the wedding of the century, you may have to come to terms with the fact that you’re not invited. Look on the bright side..London’s going to be totally crowded this weekend, the weather in South Florida…
Chef Allen Susser has announced he will close his iconic Aventura restaurant, Chef Allen’s. Susser is a cooking instructor, a celebrity chef at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, a consultant to large corporations like American Airlines, Sunkist and Tropicana and a philantropist. But, mostly – he’s the face…
Here’s just one more reason to love Jon Bon Jovi (besides the fact that he can totally rock out and manages to actually get younger and hotter each year). The Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation is opening Soul Kitchen in Red Bank, New Jersey, this spring. (If Red Bank sounds…
Mark Militello, the prolific restaurateur/chef, may not opening his long-anticipated Cabo Blue restaurant after all. The restaurant, announced early this year, was to have an upscale Mexican theme. The waterfront location at the Wyndham Deerfield Beach Resort was to also feature a taco cart on the beach to serve snacking sunbathers. …
Ahhh, Ikea. The place where millions of people flock like sheep to buy cheap couches and bookcases with names that sound more like fungal infections (blaxmo, slojda, staffli) than furniture. But who knew that Ikea is also a great place to go food shopping? The Swedish Marketplace, located conveniently near the checkout…
