* * * Photo courtesy of Krake from Stock.Xchang * * * Now that Miami Spice is over, head north to Fort Lauderdale for dining deals. The Dine Out Fort Lauderdale program runs through November 14 at restaurants such as Hi-Life Café, China Grill, and Trina (no connection). You can dine on prix-fixe lunches and dinners [...] » Read more..

* * *Age Tofu at Oishi Thai* * * Venezuelan queso de mano and cachapas* * *anything hibiscus* * *age tofu from Asian Fusion and Oishi Thai* * *Miami Spice dinner at Chef Allen’s (Summer beet salad, mahi-mahi with giant Peruvian lima beans, and cheesecake with pineapple and oatmeal cookie crust* * *pulled pork on [...] » Read more..

Miami Spice is a great opportunity to see some top-caliber chefs in that center of Miami neighborhood life — Macy’s. This weekend Edgar Leal of Cacao is at Dadeland to showcase some of his Miami Spice dishes. In Aventura, La Marea’s Chef Pietro Rota will demonstrate selections from his Italian and Mediterranean menu. These events [...] » Read more..

Miami Dish loves a limoncello. We may have to send our John diRocco to The Tides Hotel to see if he approves of this unorthodox use of the yellow elixir. Chef Pietro Rota, of Tides’ restaurant La Marea, makes his own stash, which he uses for the genius invention of limoncello popsicles. The popsicles garnish [...] » Read more..