We once heard a comedian say all Mexican food was pretty much the same ingredients put together under different names. For example, what are nachos? Umm, beans, cheese, lettuce, tomato, tortillas, meat, salsa. And what are tacos? Umm, beans, cheese, lettuce, tomato, tortillas, meat, salsa. And what are enchiladas, burritos,…
Dirty Santas, slutty elves, reindeer fuckers unite!Tomorrow’s Nightmare Before Christmas 2 Xmas costume bash at the Electric Pickle is sure to make it a snowy day in the MIA.Live performances by Parable, fresh off tour, and Llamabeats, Rahsaan, and Skam2?, whose artwork you may have seen hanging around recently, and…
Last night, members of Miami’s own Chef’s Club got together over food and drink on the rooftop lounge of the Catalina Hotel’s Kung Fu Kitchen and Sushi on South Beach to network, knock a few back, crack jokes, and make the South Florida scene a stronger, more unified movement.Give thanks for local…
Kate Hudson and Alex Rodriguez breakup? A-Rod spotted partying in Miami at Wall Lounge at W Hotel South Beach and eating at Solarium above The Delano all alone. [AceShowbiz]The awesomely named Linda Gassenheimer’s recipe for shepherd’s pie. [DemoChron]Pensacola high school football coach laments costs incurred for food, travel, and hotels…
Kwanzaa, celebrated from December 26 through January 1, celebrates the seven principles of self awareness: unity, self determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith. It’s a Pan-African compilation of harvest festivals that uses corn (to symbolize children) on a mat along with a seven-candle holder called…
Here’s a freshly uploaded promotional video for Sublime’s demo song called “Miami” from track 11 of Disc 4 on the DVD that comes with the Everything Under The Sun box set, a collection of Sublime bootlegs and rarities released by Geffen Records in 2006.One of the band’s most popular songs…
Have you ever messed up cooking ramen noodles? If you answered yes, like we did, you could probably use some professional help of the cooking variety.Give thanks for South Florida’s bounty of highly touted, greatly revered, very experienced, mostly trained, and overall excellent chefs and for Whole Foods harnessing its…
Homemade ratatouille with fresh, local produce. And yes, Ratatouille is an excellent movie. [FoodForThoughtMiami]Has there finally been invented a chip that withstands the ardors of jarred-salsa dipping? According to one man, yes. [Chowfather]A hilarious review of Dolores, But You Can Call Me Lolita, Dade County’s most strangely named restaurant. [EatItMiami]The…
Chef Gonzalo Rivera says Miami is on its way to becoming a real food city. The well-traveled Michael Mina protégé from Northern Cali says, “Homestead is the new California.”Rivera is from Chico, “about an hour north of Sacramento, a real small town.” But after graduating from California Culinary Academy in…
Here’s video from a New York band playing Max Fish Miami on December 4. Leave a comment telling us who they are, really, we don’t know, and provide web evidence that proves it, and we’ll send you 20 free random music CDs…
Ah, the holiday season. The perfect time to pick terrible gifts for people whose passions you don’t understand. We’re not saying these are bad products, they all look like perfectly reasonable chef gadgets, cooking tools, and kitchen ware. We’re just saying these are the Top 6 worst gifts for home…
Some weeks run faster than a lobster from a hot pot of water, a chicken from a cleaver, or a pig from a bottle of Mojo. That’s what this one did to us. Here are some posts you might have missed over the week.Free drinks for diabetics with artist Purvis…
G. Love is the Philadelphia frontman for the band G. Love and Special Sauce. G was down here in Miami for Art Basel week 2009 and played Fountain Art Fair before heading up the street to another show at Bardot.G. Love shouted out Boston punk rock artist Dave Tree a…
People have been getting drunk for centuries, hell, thousands of years. American craft brewers Dogfish Head are putting on an Ancient Ales beer dinner at Pacific Time on December 17, and get this, the beers are modern formulations of ancient recipes whose ingredients are determined by Dr. Patrick McGovern of…
It’s all about The U. It’s a Canes thing. Miami loved the Hurricanes more than the Dolphins. Sloppy Jose, glass bottle Coke.Miami’s own Billy Corben, from Dade County’s own Cocaine Cowboy producing Rakontur, premiered his new ESPN Films commissioned The U about the University of Miami Hurricane football teams of…
December 17 at Churchill’s Pub in Little Haiti (5501 NE Second Avenue) punks not dead and hardcore lives when O.P.S., Beltbuckle Death Sentence, Nobody’s Hero, Johnny Sex Fuck and the Flesh Rockets, Unit Six, and DJ Skidmark take the stage for only $5. Are you easily offended? “The picture is…
This past Sunday, more than 500 voices rang out strong in Lakeland at Publix headquarters. Students, farm workers, religious leaders, and concerned citizens came together to protest the supermarket company. It has refused to align itself with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) in protecting against human rights abuses and…
Nothing says luxury like dinner in bed at B.E.D. on South Beach while a skirtless Sarah Palin look-alike circles the room, a sex kitten in a bodysuit purrs and crawls across the sheets while a mistress whips her, and contortionists, fire acts, and dramatists perform for your viewing pleasure.Sound like…
Lemoni Café is the Cheers of panini shops. When you walk in, you feel like family.Since March 2008, when Eugenia Pelati and Assia Dahrouch opened just north of the Design District in the Buena Vista neighborhood, they’ve attracted social and mainstream media attention, a faithful clientele, and recognition for their…
“We’re doing great. Everything’s totally perfect and organized” says Chef Jonathan Eismann with a sly smile. “Look. The last week before opening a restaurant is really frantic, and we’re three weeks away officially. We’re actually gonna be doing a special private event here in a week, but the idea of…
Here’s a video of Diablo Dimes performing Friday night, December 5th, at Fountain Art Fair 2009 opening for G. Love. Diablo Dimes is a an old-style blues character complete with torn hat, busted old guitar, harmonica, and kazoo, who plays gutbucket, Dixieland, rag time, swamp-ugly music about drinking, fighting, fucking,…
Scott Rothstein might end up a food service worker at Miami’s Federal Detention Center. [Sun-Sentinel]University of Iowa gets $1.95 million for making the Orange Bowl and plans an entourage of 600 Iowans eating, drinking, and hotelling in Miami. [Press-Citizen]Miami-Dade school cafeterias explore vegetarian options: veggie chicken nuggets, veggie burgers, and…
