Find South Asian Seafood and Produce at North Miami Beach's Sonali Bangla
As 28-year-old Rizwan Sowkat tries to explain the taste of fish such as ayer, boal, and shor puti, entombed in his freezer cases at his North Miami Beach grocery store, he pauses and offers a curt nod...
View ArticleAs Palace Bar Closes, Owner Vows to Find Larger Ocean Drive Location and LGBT...
Miami Beach's Palace Bar went out with fireworks and a literal bang after hosting a week's worth of parties that culminated in a street bash along Ocean Drive on the Fourth of July.
View ArticleWhere to Get Stone Crabs: From On-Demand Delivery to All-You-Can-Eat Claws
The 2017 Florida stone crab season kicked off October 15 (or this past Friday for Joe’s Stone Crab devotees who lined up for their first night of service celebrating the institutions 104th season)....
View ArticleEssensia Debuts Farm-to-Table Summer Menu and a New Chef
Inside the Palms Hotel & Spa is its resident restaurant, Essensia, where locally sourced ingredients take center stage on a Caribbean-inspired menu. Recently, the farm-to-table eatery, which...
View ArticleBrendan Sutton Is the Farmer Behind Ghee Indian Kitchen
Brendan Sutton knew he wanted to be a farmer in his mid-20s. Now, at age 50, he grows produce that fills the coolers at Ghee Indian Kitchen, widely regarded as one of Miami-Dade's best restaurants.
View ArticleSlow Food Miami Will Plant More Than 100 Gardens at Local Schools This Fall
For the future of food to be sustainable, kids must get onboard. Such is the aim of Slow Food Miami (SFM), a branch of a global movement dedicated to promoting healthful, environmentally friendly food....
View ArticleBox Greens Hydroponics Brings Farm-in-a-Box Concept to Miami
Imagine growing 500 heads of lettuce every week in a space smaller than your backyard. That is what sisters Lisa Merkle and Cheryl Arnold of Box Greens are doing with hydroponics. But instead of...
View ArticleFlorida's Best Pork Producer Hangs It Up After Hurricane Irma's Devastation
Jim Wood's Palmetto Creek Farms in Central Florida is shuttering, leaving some Miami chefs scrambling to find a substitute for his top-quality, heritage breed pork that has been lauded statewide and...
View ArticleAdelita's Cafe Reopens in Little Haiti
Adela Alcantara had hesitations about going back into the restaurant business. After starting operations out of a laundromat in 1989 and opening seven restaurants across the county, Alcantara sold her...
View ArticleTropical Fruits, Okra, Asian Greens Are Miami's Summer Bounty at Local...
Few places in the world consider the beginning of winter a blessing, unless you're an avid skier or a Homestead farmer. In tropical South Florida, it's when all of the vegetables that disappear in...
View ArticleSuite Habana Café Serves Locally Sourced Cuban Coffee
When Nayelis Delisle came to Miami from Cuba in 2005, she found the city beautiful but lacking one basic need: a Cuban coffee shop.
View ArticleThe Native Guy Is the Man Behind the Honey in Your Favorite Local Cocktails
Out of sight on the 15th-floor balcony of the Bacardi headquarters in Coral Gables lives a modest bee colony. Its keeper is Nick Bofill, founder and CEO of the Native Guy. Bofill visits his beehives...
View ArticleNorth Beach’s Café Prima Pasta Offers Dishes at 1993 Prices
It’s an ordinary Monday night in North Beach. The parking lot at Abbot Avenue and 71st Street is nearly full. The corner restaurant, Café Prima Pasta, emits an inviting red glow. Past the red awning...
View ArticleFather-Son Team Opens Venezuelan-Style Sourdough Bakery in Doral
As luck would have it, the father and son independently found a passion for sourdough bread, and their disparate paths merged this month at the new Caracas Bakery.
View ArticleFlorida Lychees Are Latest Crop Threatened by Pest Infestation
Researchers, agriculture officials, and growers are asking anyone and everyone with a lychee tree — whether one or several acres of them — to look for signs of Aceria litchii, known as the lychee...
View ArticleHow to Prep Your Kitchen for a Coronavirus Pandemic
What’s that, you say? Fats, salt, and nitrates? Forget about it. This is no time to worry about long-term harm to our arteries.
View ArticleFear, Uncertainty, and Closures Swirl as Coronavirus Pandemic Hits Miami...
Miami restaurants respond to the coronavirus pandemic with reduced hours and meal pickups.
View ArticleIt's Time to Drain Your Favorite Restaurant of Its Wine
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, people are desperate to help their favorite restaurants, which are just as desperate and lost as to how to stay in business. Wine helps.
View ArticleGrow Roots Miami Aims to Transform Food Deserts into Thriving Urban Gardens
During the current COVID-19 pandemic, the organization is focused on serving residents most vulnerable at this time through community gardens and compost projects, and food distributions.
View ArticleUrban Oasis Project Launches CSA Program
Inside Urban Oasis' weekly $40 CSA box, you'll find a surprise assortment of locally grown produce.
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