Archive for the ‘Miami’ Category
Summer’s here, grab a mango
This week I’m seeing mangos everywhere. Thanks to Rick’s SFDB, I found two delicious recipes using my favorite fruit. And then I realized it’s that time again. Time for Fairchild Tropical Garden’s International Mango Festival.
Last year, a fellow blogger questioned my spending $20 to go see mangos during mango season. In these difficult times, $20 […]
Miami New Times food blog
The Miami New Times has launched a food blog called Short Order. It seems that they’ve brought the food-related posts from Riptide into it but now all food posts will go there. This might mean more frequent food blogging and yes, more Lee Klein. The New Times Broward-Palm Beach critic, Gail Shepherd, will also be contributing. I’ve added it to my […]
How ’bout ‘em cupcakes
Who would’ve known there’s so much love for cupcakes in Miami? On Saturday, 10 fortunate Chowhound readers/posters got together at one generous cupcake lover’s home to taste cupcakes from nine local “cupcakers.” What followed were two hours of overindulgence finished with a sugar coma.
Go-to places in Miami
Well, I’ve been back from vacation for a few weeks now and, as always, I’m taking my time to get back into the swing of things. In fact, I think my brain is still in vacation mode. I couldn’t delay it any longer, however. Today, the new issue of Food&Wine awaited me at home. It […]
‘Dewey’s the man’
That was D’s reaction to the boneless short rib sloppy joe sandwich prepared by North One Ten chef Dewey LoSasso for the South Beach Wine & Food Festival Wine Spectator’s Best of the Best event Friday night. Topped with sliced filet mignon, lobster marmalade and a little Dewey hot sauce to taste, I must concur this was one […]
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 […]
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
Miami’s online food community
The Miami Herald gives Miami food blogs and websites a shout out.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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, […]
My first CSA box
Here it is, our first Redland Organics CSA box. We picked it up today and I immediately got to finding out more about some of its contents and what I may do with them. Since it’s a lot of food (only full shares are available for trial memberships) I figured I’d try to plan ahead […]
Small bites, big nights: 15 minutes with Govind
Govind Armstrong, the Los Angeles chef who one year ago brought his Table 8 to South Beach, is a busy man. He’s off to New York today having just arrived in Miami yesterday to make some menu changes at Table 8, then going to LA, then back here. Mind you he just got back from […]
Miami food blogs
When I began blogging, I couldn’t find many food blogs in Miami. There existed JeffEats, which is from Broward and seems to no longer exist, and Miami Foodie, which was abandoned. Now, though, now is different. Old-time Miami bloggers give food its fair share of coverage on their blogs, but blogs exclusively about food in Miami have been quickly sprouting around the […]
Tour the new Coral Gables Whole Foods
Whole Foods in the Gables opens Wednesday, September 26 (yippeee!), but if you make reservations here, you can sign up for a one-hour tour of their store Monday, September 24. I, unfortunately, will be out of town. Argh! [Via Coral Gables Blogspot]
Whole Foods
6701 Red Road
Coral Gables
305.421.9421
tags: Whole Foods, Coral Gables
The state of South Florida dining
The topic keeps coming up. Not long ago I posted about a Chowhound discussion on the changes in some South Florida restaurant menus to accommodate taste. The discussion about recent restaurant closings has also been kicking for some time on Chowhound and others. Today’s Herald takes a look at the situation.
South Florida fancies itself as […]
