Cooking Tips for the College Bound

This one’s for the college kids, the moms of college kids and, well, the ones who don’t know how to cook. The problem? You’re 18, you’re going to college, and you’ve never cooked a day in your life. Do you even know how to boil water? Is plastic-covered cheese the only cheese you know?

Homestead Fruit & Spice Park: A Taste Adventure

Welcome to the Garden of Eden, my friends. Or what we assume a paradisaical version of one would look like if it were a taste wonderland and located in the heart of Homestead. The 37-acre Fruit & Spice Park is truly a hidden treasure trove waiting to electrify your taste…

Miami Spice 2011 Heads to Bloomingdale’s in Aventura

Miami Spice is pulling out all the stops for its tenth anniversary this year. You’ve been using our guide to the two-month-long event, right? Quick, you can catch up here.Here’s a look at something different to do during the promotion. Spice is heading to Bloomingdale’s in Aventura for weekly culinary…

Hedy Goldsmith’s Macallan 12-Year-Old Sherry Oak Spiced Pecans Recipe

Earlier this week, we interviewed Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink executive pastry chef, Hedy Goldsmith. If you missed the interview, read Part 1 and Part 2. As promised, we’re bringing you a recipe from Hedy’s kitchen.Simply put, these spiced pecans are delicious. A first bite releases the tastes of a crisp…

Three Recipes to Whet Your Appetite for Avocado

Think an avocado is just for humdrum guac? Well, think again. Here are three simple recipes you never knew you could do with avocado. All recipes have been tried and tested.Note: To test an avocado for ripeness, give it a loving squeeze. If it’s rock-hard or too mushy, it’s either…

Making Flatbread At Home With Chef Oscar del Rivero

It’s one of those things everyone is reluctant to make for themselves. Baking bread just seems like so much more of a pain in the ass than simply picking up a loaf at the grocery store. Sure, the visual will be just as pleasing if you buy focaccia or lavash,…

Noble David’s “Vulgarly Seductive” Baba Ghannouj Recipe

We swear we’re not trying to brown-nose anyone here. It’s just that a particular guy who one of us might consider her boyfriend happens to have a Syrian father who is obsessed with a particular purple-skinned veggie and makes a mind-blowing baba ghannouj. We had to share his recipe.When we…

Make Your Own Pickles with Mark Zeitouni’s Recipe

​Lido’s Mark Zeitouni, executive chef at the Standard Hotel’s restaurant, adds his Egyptian background and the farm-to-table aesthetic he learned in San Francisco to his Mediterranean dishes. That includes his handcrafted pickles. According to Zeitouni, it’s a long process, but one that’s easy enough to do at home. “It is…

Three Killer Ways to Smoke Your Meat

Ever since we had our first taste of smoked ice cream last week, we’ve had smoke on the brain. Sure, we could take the easy road and hit our local barbecue joint, but there’s nothing like the feeling you get from smoking your own meat.If you’ve never tried smoking (food)…

Crumb on Parchment: Oh, Those Savory Scones (Recipe)

Michelle Bernstein was kind enough to post her recipe for Crumb on Parchment’s cherry-vanilla scones on Tasting Table. If you haven’t had the pleasure, the scones are oversize and somehow both dense and fluffy. It’s quite an achievement. The scone flavors rotate daily, so although the variety brings an adventure…

The Olsen Sisters in LED Bodysuits? Making Cottage Cheese Crave-worthy

Sometimes we food writers get the craziest, stupidest, and silliest pitches. Just yesterday we saw a subject line that merely read, “Friendship Cottage Cheese,” so we called up the poor public relations rep. She wanted us to announce that Friendship brand was updating its packaging (woohoo!) in an effort to…

Jelly Shot Test Kitchen‘s Fire-Breathing Dragon

Yesterday we heightened awareness of jiggly cocktails in an interview with Jelly Shot Test Kitchen author Michelle Palm, who is reinventing a frat-boy favorite for foodies with more discerning palates. Now we present an exclusive Short Order recipe, something Palm concocted specially for us. Inspired by one of our favorite…

Simon Bowker’s Chicken & Stuffing

In our interview with Chef Simon Bowker of the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, we learned what’s it like to work in a high pressure Michelin rated kitchen, and where he gets “naughty” in his down time. Today we present his formula for chicken and stuffing, a long-winded recipe that will redefine…

Vegan Juice Jam Ends Mass Fast at Choices Cafe (Video)

In the world of puritan health foodies, Welch’s grape, Capri Sun, and even Tropicana are not acceptable examples of “juice.” The word, and associated terms like “juice fasting,” “juicing,” or “on the juice,” instead refer to the nutrient-rich liquid produced by the complete removal of skin, pulp, pits, and fiber…

Baseball All Star Frituras Antidote To Midsummer Snub Of Hispanics

Rafael Almeida and Armando Marsans made their major league baseball debut with the Cincinnati Reds on July 4, 1911. Both men were Cuban — and as the national pastime was segregated back then, Reds management made sure to remind fans these players were purebred Spaniards with no African blood. The…

The Chill Stop’s Watermelon Mojito Recipe

​We already gave you a few ideas on what to do with a watermelon this season, and after speaking with The Chill Stop’s Tessi Diaz and John Maieli, we have one more (yes it’s another alcohol-infused suggestion — we can’t help it). The pair uses natural, local ingredients in making the…

July 4 Cookbook, Sen. Mel Martinez’s Apple Pancake Recipe

​It’s July 4 and you’re already feeling especially patriotic. As you don your favorite Uncle Sam hat and straighten up your star-spangled apron, perhaps you’re wondering, “Hmm… What recipe I can make to show my friends and family just how much I love my country?” Ah! Fret no more. Linda…

Ryan Poli’s Gazpacho & Grilled Vegetable Pinxto Recipe

Yesterday we dished about the Mercadito Group’s culinary tour of Spain, and discussed how Executive Chef Ryan Poli is using said trip to inspire the menu at his new restaurant, Tavernita, opening on SoBe. Today we bring you a sneak peek of what is to come; a recipe from Chef…

Under the Mango Tree: Local Artisans Branch Out

In our opinion there are two South Beaches: the one that tourists see, marked by flyer-ridden dirty sidewalks, $400 Grey Goose bottles, and fly-by-night restaurants attended by stoned waiters; and the one that locals enjoy, marked by eccentricity, health- and body-consciousness, and solid, “take care of our own” business practices…