* * * Chef-instructor Michael Moran and students/ Photographs in this post courtesy of Mitchell Zachs-FIU School of Hospitality Management* * * My,  Lunch Week sure is long!  I suppose when you write your own blog you can take some liberties… FIU Hospitality School reopened its dining room last week.  On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, student chefs [...] » Read more..

The fourth grade girls spoke of last year’s mysterious taco salad.  “Nobody [the teachers] saw it but all the students were throwing their taco salads away,” said fourth grader Luly, “because they heard that somebody threw up in class right after eating it.”   Something in it might have been expired, the girls said. If you ask [...] » Read more..

Monday’s lunch at Miami Dade schools. /Michelle Gutierrez I’m a member of Slow Food Miami.  Slow Food is an international organization which advocates for the celebration and preservation of local and sustainable food traditions, community and culture.  The group fosters the sustainable agriculture of diverse foods, including heirloom seeds or rare livestock breeds around the [...] » Read more..

It’s the end of summer and the beginning of a new school year.  That means it’s time for Lunch Week again at Miami Dish.  This week is all about the midday meal. I’ll share a new Man on the Street contribution, as well as some links to help you think outside of the (lunch) box. People around [...] » Read more..

Man on the Street is a Miami Dish column about finding a lunch that scrimps on cash but not on taste. However, I haven’t been able to keep up Man in the Street since I started it, so I need your help! I am extending the contest through October, since the 24,24, 24 Farm-to-Table dinner [...] » Read more..

* * *courtesy of NOAA * * * OK, so maybe the Man on the Street contest for Lunch Week was not at the forefront of your mind this week. I realize that most people are dealing with the stress of “the cone”. So, I’m extending the end date for the Man on the Street contest to [...] » Read more..

I want to hear from you, so it’s time to enter the Lunch Week contest! I am sure you have a regular lunch spot —you know the one. Nothing fancy, but always delicious and a great bang for your buck. Share it with Miami Dish and you could be the next Man on the [...] » Read more..

* * * Summer bean salad adapted from a recipe in The Constable’s Larder * * * Here are some lunch links! I’ve combed the (mostly local) blogs to get some ideas for dishes that would make lunch-worthy leftovers! Lately, I bring a large container of a main course to work. I leave it in [...] » Read more..

* * * Rainy day picnic * * * Since this is Lunch Week and it’s a long weekend, writing about picnics seems like a good idea. However, this does not seem like such an auspicious weekend for a picnic, unless you don’t mind a little rain and wind. We South Floridians can sympathize with [...] » Read more..

Congratulations to Christina, new Miami resident, who won Miami Dish’s first ever contest! The prizes will be a nice “welcome to the neighborhood” package! I promised more than one contest, so here goes the next one: Man on the Street is a Miami Dish column about finding a lunch that scrimps on cash but not on [...] » Read more..