In this Video Bite, Ayesha D’Mello, of Ayesha’s Kitchen, quickly prepares winter squash (in this case, butternut) with coconut sauce.  You can prepare this recipe with any kind of winter squash, including the kabocha and calabaza types, which believe it or not, are in season here this time of year.  Special thanks to Brad Bryan [...] » Read more..

For this Video Bite, Michelle Bernstein gracefully carved out time in between three weeks in Spain and a book tour. This is one busy lady. Bernstein won the James Beard Award for best chef in the South this year. She hosts the PBS show, Check, Please! In addition to Michy’s, Bernstein is chef-owner of Michelle’s [...] » Read more..

Chef Howland’s Guava Glazed Snapper Guava Glazed Snapper In this Video Bite, Chef Graham Howland demonstrates how to select and prepare fresh, local fish with a sweet guava glaze. In the video, he uses yellowtail snapper. At my dinner, I served lane snapper. His specialty is seafood. Chef Howland is now retired, but his experiences as [...] » Read more..

For an appetizer, John DiRocco prepared a homemade brick-oven flatbread with Venezuelan queso de mano, homegrown basil, and tomato. In this Video Bite, John demonstrates how he makes flatbread or pizza crust at home. The queso de mano was my idea. I wanted to find some kind of local cheese, and the most local version I [...] » Read more..

John DiRocco made refreshing kalamansi water, akin to lemonade. He grows the plant in his yard; it was a gift from his in-laws.  The kalamansi, also known as the calamondin, is popular in the Philippines.  It has an acidic citrus taste, like a cross between an orange and a lime.  John says he has seen [...] » Read more..

I’m jumping-up-and-down thrilled to announce the first ever Miami Dish Video Bite! In Video Bites, I’ll explore the same array of food finds, recipes, and people that I do in this blog. In this first Video Bite, Boston transplant John DiRocco demonstrates how he creates homemade limoncello for gifts and parties. Special thanks to my [...] » Read more..