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Coral Gables Food and Wine Festival

I ate my fill at the Coral Gables Wine and Food Festival on Thursday. This was my second time attending. Bill of tinkering with dinner was not at all impressed. I agree that there were some underwhelming offerings. Overall, I think the samples at this year’s festival were satisfying, but not mind-blowing. I also noticed [...]

Upcoming Events: Music, St. Patrick’s Day, and Cooking Demos

Miami Dish talks about music for a minute This Saturday, Ingrid Hoffmann prepares some Cuban classic dishes in an homage to Calle Ocho on her show Simply Delicioso. Miami band, Locos por Juana, are her special guests. Locos por Juana did an amazing reinterpretation of Hector Lavoe/Willie Colon’s “Calle Luna, Calle Sol.” [...]

Upcoming Events: Coral Gables Wine and Food Festival

OK so now that THE weekend’s over, are you in the mood for a food festival that doesn’t require a “survival guide”? How about something that doesn’t necessitate the logistical planning of an international vacation? The Coral Gables Wine & Food Festival will cleanse your palate. On Thursday, March 27, thirty or so Coral Gables [...]

Good Food: From Farm to Sea to Table in South Florida

In college, I felt intimidated and unmoved by the theoryheads at school.  As I used to say: Macaroni and cheese or Foucault? Which one is of greater benefit to the world? You can guess which one I chose.  The 7th Annual South Florida Environmental Ethics Conference sounds philosophical and lofty, but there’s nothing more practical than the food we eat and the soil it [...]

Chinese New Year Resolution: Become a Wok Star

There are those among us, myself included, who would love to wander from the dictates of recipes and travel freely in the world of cooking technique. After being drilled in one thousand and one béchamel sauces at culinary school, all chefs know that when you’ve got the technique down, creativity follows. Eleanor Hoh’s cooking classes [...]

Slow Crabs…

Paula of mango and lime wrote in the Sun Post today about an upcoming Slow Food Miami stone crab picnic. It looks like Slow Food Miami is gathering momentum. There will be another event on February 24. The Sunday dinner at Fratelli Lyon will commemorate that first slow food meal. In 1986, Carlo Petrini led [...]

Eat among natural splendor or beside haute art this weekend

Winter Farm Day Sunday is Winter Farm Day at Bee Heaven Farm. CSA members, Slow Food members and local farmers will lunch al fresco at this annual potluck. There will be music, scarecrow making for kids, and samples of student chef recipes. I’ve never been, so I’m looking forward to meeting other [...]

One More Reason To Love Fall!

Chewy, soft cinnamon rolls. Fresh, plump strawberries and milkshakes. Warm, fresh-baked rolls. Soon, soon . . .  

Fall Cooking Classes that Won’t Break the Bank: Miami Edition

So you want to add some new techniques to your cooking repertoire, but you already yielded your last paycheck to the temptations at Whole Foods. Or perhaps you’d like to learn, but you also want to have some cash left to spend on replicating the meal at home. Here is the first [...]

Upcoming Events: Culinary Birthdays

There are two big Coral Gables birthdays this week. On Thursday, Cacao celebrates five years. Chef Edgar Leal’s contemporary Latin American creations are beloved by diners and critics. Cacao’s homemade desserts, crafted with Venezuelan “El Rey” chocolate, are swoon-worthy. Cacao will serve hors d’oeuvres by Chef Leal. You can also [...]