Today Is Free Scoop Day at Häagen-Dazs

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…

Nearly Two Dozen Miami Food Trucks Head to Sawgrass Ford Today

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…

Five Osama Bin Laden Cocktails

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…

Interview With PGA Resort’s Chef Gordon Maybury, Part 2

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…

Interview With PGA Resort’s Chef Gordon Maybury

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…

Top Chef Masters Recap: The Biggest Loser Challenge

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…

Chef Allen’s to Close After 25 Years In Business

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…

Mark Militello’s Cabo Blue Project Shelved?

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.  …

Shopping at Ikea — for Food

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…