Food Events: Limoncello + Popsicles = Happy Summer!
Posted on 1 August, 2008 by trina
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..

Food Events: Battle of the Chefs, Brosia Demo, and Endless Pours of Wine
Posted on 25 July, 2008 by trina
Last year’s Battle of the Chefs between Cindy Hutson and Jesse Souza Last year’s Battle of the Chefs was novel and entertaining. Advice: You might want to hit one of those Miami Spice preview restaurants afterwards, because all of that fine cuisine made me hungry, and the crudités available to audience members just didn’t cut it. [...] » Read more..

Five Ways to Get Your Ice Cream Fix!
Posted on 20 June, 2008 by trina
(Above photo courtesy of Shing Wang.) The ice cream mania at Miami Dish continues! Here are some of the ways I plan to indulge in the coming weeks. Shing Wang Vegetarian, Icee and Tea House Ok, so it’s not specifically ice cream but it is cool and refreshing. I was so excited to learn about this place; [...] » Read more..

Food Events: A School Lunch You’ll Love to Eat
Posted on 26 May, 2008 by trina
FIU Hospitality School is a local, somewhat hidden, gem. The school is largely responsible for the South Beach Food & Wine Festival and is a highly regarded hospitality school. The hospitality students hone their craft at a working on-campus restaurant which is open to the public weekly throughout the academic year. They take turns working [...] » Read more..

Upcoming Events: Music, St. Patrick’s Day, and Cooking Demos
Posted on 14 March, 2008 by trina
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.” I loved [...] » Read more..

Man on the Street-Pinolandia
Posted on 27 February, 2008 by trina
This is the first of a new Miami Dish column, which I’ve been chomping at the bit to start since the first days of the blog. “Man on the Street” brings you the dish on tasty, low budget lunch options from the men and women who work hard for the money. Back away from the [...] » Read more..

Good Food: From Farm to Sea to Table in South Florida
Posted on 13 February, 2008 by trina
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 [...] » Read more..

Slow Crabs…
Posted on 24 January, 2008 by trina
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 [...] » Read more..

In Season - Strawberries
Posted on 20 January, 2008 by trina
Whenever I smell good strawberries — flavorful, juicy ones– they demand my attention. It’s so easy to pass their lackluster cousins in the supermarket, but the ones from Knauss Berry Farm demand a full stop. Their aroma is heady with memories of childhood visits to the Farm in Tata’s Chevy Nova. My grandparents and aunt [...] » Read more..

CSA Show and Tell #7
Posted on 17 January, 2008 by trina
This week, I drank some delicious fresh-squeezed orange juice from the Uncle Matt’s Hamlin oranges. I expected great things from these oranges, since the Uncle Matt’s brand of orange juice at the store is always so tasty. I was not disappointed. Bill from tinkering with dinner was wondering what to do with the ginormous bunch [...] » Read more..
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