The last time I was at Cena by Michy (which would, alas, turn out to be the last time I would ever be at Cena, which closed a couple mont...

Sometimes, change is good. A month ago news broke that chef Roel Alcudia was parting ways with The Cypress Room, which he had joined as ...

According to Penelope Casas' excellent book " Tapas: The Little Dishes of Spain ," the original tapa was a slice of cured h...

Turns out, I'd been stalking Chef David Bracha for decades without knowing it. Go back about twenty years, and a couple of my favorite...

I will save the long-form version of the story for another time, but the short-form version is this: I've been eating Chef David Bracha&...

If you were following Paul Kahan's career trajectory from a distance, you might think it was in a downward spiral: fifteen years ago ...

When it comes to pizza, there are many styles. There's your basic Neapolitan. There's your hardcore Verace Pizza Napoletana. The...

Sometimes, with her radiant smile, former-ballerina perfect posture, and national ( Top Chef judge) and local ( Check Please host) televis...

One of the guiding principles of the Cobaya - Gourmet Guinea Pigs group is that it's intended as an opportunity for chefs to do things ...

It's that time of year, when culturati from all over the world, like the swallows of Capistrano, descend upon Miami for Art Basel . Ther...

[Sorry, this place has closed] I've come to realize that I am susceptible to the power of self-suggestion. When I was planning our u...

When Chef Jonathan Eismann, of Pacific Time and Pizzavolante (and soon to be a couple more), and I first started discussing the prospect of...

When I started this blog, I pledged - to myself anyway - that it wasn't going to be yet another site that simply rehashed the same press...

I've never been a big brunch person, particularly those where the approach seems to value quantity over quality. $50-60 and up just stri...

The good folks at Thrillist bring news that " Mai Tardi ," a new restaurant from the Graspa Group (the folks who run Spris , Tir...

A couple interesting events and promos to pass along: "Blue Hour" and "Green Hour" at Au Pied de Cochon Perhaps to compe...

Life is not all Michelin three star dining experiences. Sometimes, all you want is a good cheap meal - a burger, a sandwich, something that ...

Just received word that Brosia , which opened a little more than a year ago in the Miami Design District, has closed. Supposedly the restaur...

The first leg of the Miami Pizza Crawl kicked off last night, covering Wynwood / Design District candidates Joey's Wynwood , Pizzavolan...

As much as it is a favorite of mine, I've found it somewhat difficult to write about Michael's Genuine Food & Drink . Maybe it&#...