Sizzlin' Caliente Mexican food is the fastest-growing trend in ethnic cuisine in America, probably for no other reason than the popularity of the Mexican grill....
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By John Linn
Published: July 03, 2008
Diet for a Broke Planet You can't take two steps these days without running into somebody who's been laid off — or is planning to be. Suddenly, we're all...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: June 26, 2008
From Israel, With Love "In Israel, people came from all over the world," Ilan Cohen says. "So they brought their customs and flavors and kitchen dishes from Europe,...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: June 19, 2008
In With the Old, Out With the New Back in the late '80s, if you were looking to impress a date over a sophisticated dinner, there was only a handful of restaurants in Palm Beach...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: June 12, 2008
Give Bessie a Break I just got back from a trip to Santa Monica, California, a place so foreign to my experience and sensibilities that I felt like Marco Polo...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: June 05, 2008
This Is Not a Pancake There's only one country in the world that could take something so crude, a list of ingredients any bumpkin ought to have within reach — a...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: May 29, 2008
They Might Be Giants Del Vecchio's Italian Fishery appears to be run by a mythic race of men who are just, well, larger than the rest of us. They're the guys whose...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: May 22, 2008
Jump Cut Hip, sexy, and sophisticated is how I would describe local restaurateurs Brandon Belluscio and Brian Albe... er, no, actually, I wouldn't. I...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: May 15, 2008
Cool Blue Ask an American what he thinks of the Turkish people or Turkish food and, if all goes well, you'll get a blank stare. What we don't know about...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: May 08, 2008
Immovable Feast It's a recent Monday night on Clematis Street, and the only restaurants doing much business after 9 are Cabana, Pizza Girls, and Pistache French...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: May 01, 2008
Very Like a Whale There's a little amusement you can indulge in at the Whale Raw Bar and Fish House in Parkland while you're waiting for your basket o' steamers....
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: April 24, 2008
Cold Sake, Warm Heart We've evolved to protect ourselves from dangerous food. We have a genetic predisposition to find spoiled vittles repellent, and we must "acquire...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: April 17, 2008
Marriage is Like Mushrooms If you're like Amy Winehouse, Rod Stewart, and Tony Bennett, you got married for the first or third time in May or June. That means your...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: April 10, 2008
Kerala Killer Coral Springs isn't exactly inundated with ethnic dining options — if the suburban west Broward community of young families and Fort...
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By John Linn
Published: April 10, 2008
Chopsticks Say: Ka-ching! Here's a restaurant with volume set to "max," 14,000 square feet of surround-sound at the Fort Lauderdale Grande's new China Grill. From design...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: April 03, 2008
Yes, We Have Guacamole Read anything about Mexican mole (pronounced MOLE-ay), a sauce so contrarian few have been able to define it, and you'll probably run across at...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: March 27, 2008
Your Questions Answered What's your favorite food?
Whatever I'm eating at the moment. Whatever I just ate. Whatever I might eat tomorrow. Right now, faced with a...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: March 20, 2008
Clematis Lays Golden Egg The week they opened in downtown West Palm Beach, the staff at Forté di Asprinio (225 Clematis St., West Palm Beach; 561-833-3330) were...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: March 20, 2008
Not Your Average Jo I don't want to go all maudlin here, but what the hell happened to diners? Maybe they do exist still, like endangered pachyderms retreating ever...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: March 13, 2008
King Fisher These days, it's not just a question of where to find fresh produce, meat, and fish. It has to be organic. Local. Ethical. One market might have...
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By John Linn
Published: March 13, 2008
Devil and the Deep Blue Sea One of the focal points of the elegant room at Ke'e Grill in Boca Raton is a pair of blue marlin mounted on a bamboo wall. The other is a sheet...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: March 06, 2008
Havana Is Open Castro resigns! I'm not old enough to remember a Cuba without El Caballo in the presidential compound, but in solidarity with those who are, we...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: February 28, 2008
Thinking Outside the Noodle Box People don't want to cross the bridge to get here," says Peter Wong. He's talking about the little concrete blip that arches over the...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: February 21, 2008
Mas Tequila It's Friday night on Clematis Street, and the line for drinks at Rocco's Tacos and Tequila Bar is four deep. I'm checking the wall of patrons for...
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By John Linn
Published: February 14, 2008
Tet à Tet I got to know Japanese food intimately at Yoko, a long, thin strip of a restaurant lined with pleather-covered booths, smoked mirrors, and a...
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By Gail Shepherd
Published: February 07, 2008