Archive for 2008
The winner is…
Locals won over my heart and belly at last night’s South Beach Food & Wine Amstel Light Burger Bash, where seventeen restaurants, including last year’s winner — New York’s Shake Shack — competed for the people’s choice best burger prize. Boston’s Radius took away the prize this year beating Shake Shack by five votes, but […]
Should I stay or should I go?
It’s not news that the 2008 South Beach Wine & Food Festival kicks off today. How many more articles about it do we need? But many, including me, question whether going to the festival is worth it (particularly at the prices).
My first time at the festival was in 2004 when I went to the then […]
This Valentine’s, have a picnic
It’s almost here, Valentine’s day. Some of you may remember my take on eating out on this day. Basically, I don’t want to be out dining out with the crowds. Last year, I put a little more thought into it and cooked a nice dinner for D, but this year we have much going on, so I thought ’screw it, let’s have a picnic.’
New Miami food blog
Leslie of Still Life With Food has started a new little project. The {read} kitchen is her new food blog and so far, it’s a joy to read. In her words, it’s wickedly delicious banter. Check it out.
tags: food blogs
Colombian candy
One of my favorite lunch spots, La Moon Restaurant on 8th Street, opened a small store of Colombian goodies adjacent to the restaurant last week. It’s not too hard to find Colombian foods in Miami; many Publixes actually carry a good selection of it, but somehow it’s always exciting to find more. Aside from the […]
Nice to meet you, Giacomo Vico
Don’t you love discovering something you really like? At a wine tasting at Casa Toscana on Thursday, I tried a Giacomo Vico Barbera D’Alba Superiore and right there, I fell in love. This is a full-bodied and intense Piedmontese red wine. Though our tasting notes described it as dry, it was incredibly smooth and so […]
Miami’s online food community
The Miami Herald gives Miami food blogs and websites a shout out.
On the road: Glass Wall
My family and celebrated my mom’s 50th birthday in Houston last weekend. Aiming at dining somewhere “different,” I chose Glass Wall restaurant in the Heights, an artsy neighorhood in Houston. I imagined an intimate setting where chef Lance Fegen, previously of well-know Houston establishments Zula and Trevisio, cooked up his creations for a few diners. Intimate the restaurant’s […]
Celebrate Chinese New Year
A reader emailed me yesterday asking for a roundup of the best places to celebrate Chinese New Year in Miami. I confess: I was at a bit of a loss, but after asking around and doing a little digging, I came up with a few ideas.
Chinese New Year, known in China as Spring Festival, starts […]
South Florida Farmers Market
I hit yet another market this weekend. It was a gloomy morning to be outdoors but that didn’t seem to deter the many visitors to the South Florida Farmers Market at Gardner’s Market in Pinecrest. The produce got a little wet but vendors and buyers alike were still out there enjoying themselves.
I first stopped by […]
ro.ma organic gelato
I am so close to ro.ma. organic gelato, yet I always managed to escape the temptation of trying it. Every time I visited the neighboring Starbucks I would tell myself: next time, next time. Next time finally came this week.
The tiny store reminds me of a young child’s bedroom, complete with hot air balloons and model planes hanging from the […]
Now open: Sake Room
The sushi restaurant next to Bin 18 is now open. We didn’t try it last night, opting instead to do the usual at Bin 18. I must confess we wondered if it was even open because it was completely empty when we walked by. The good news is, on our way out, we saw several […]
Getting to know kale
Kale was one of the ingredients in our third CSA box that I wasn’t too familiar with. Everything else — canistel, black sapote, scallions, red leaf lettuce, dill, watercress, arugula and green peppers – seemed pretty manageable, which I’ve found increases our odds of using it. Last week, for instance, we got oranges, lettuces, […]
Coral Gables Farmers Market
Today we headed to the Coral Gables Farmers Market. It’s not that I’ve been on some sort of farmers market rampage. Or maybe I have. In reality, I’m just trying to learn more about our local food and what’s available to us. I was also there to meet Miami’s Slow Food convivium leader and to […]
First impressions: Brosia
Not knowing that Brosia held its official opening party Thursday, D and I headed there for dinner last night. What first strikes you about this latest addition to the Design District is its interior — and exterior. The restaurant’s outside plaza, which is surrounded with walls lined with turquoise and green mosaics dotted with star-shaped […]
A note about Grimpa Steakhouse
We went to Grimpa for caipirinhas ($12), but as the hostess walked us to the bar, she gave us what looked like a menu. It really was a guide to the meat cuts they serve and the concept of Brazilian rodizio. Smart move on their part. What started off as a visit for a drink turned into a debate about whether we should eat there as we drooled over photos of steak.
Upper East Side Green Market
Right after D and I picked up this week’s CSA box, we headed to the Upper East Side Green Market that started today at Legion Memorial Park on Biscayne and 64th.
Turnips, check. Cilantro, check. A CSA update.
The week has been extremely hectic for me but surprisingly, I’ve been able to make use of a decent chunk of my produce, so I thought I’d give a quick update with links to recipes (since I have little time).
I cut up the turnips in cubes, placed them in a roasting pan with cubed apples, […]
Two markets to try this weekend
A lot of Miamians seem to be on the look-out for good farmers markets. Here are two to try starting this weekend.
- The Upper East Side Green Market opens Saturday, January 12, at 9 a.m. in front of Legion Park  (6447 NE 7th Avenue)[via Critical Miami].
- The South Florida Farmer’s Market (featuring produce from Redland Organics, […]
Hope for a South Florida farmers market?
Just spotted a post about a farmers market in Homestead via Critical Miami. Looking at the photos it reminds me of the type of markets you can find in Latin America. Maybe there is hope for a good market around these places, although it’s still quite a trek for a lot of us to make […]
