Category: Food

2020 has been quite a year—so it needs to go out with a bang. Here are seven picks for Miami New Year's Eve 2020 ranging in price from $75 at one of my favorite restaurants to total splurges with a group of friends for $10,000. These are nights you won't forget!
Love mushrooms? How about gardening on your kitchen countertop? Looking for a fun gift for a friend who loves to cook or garden? FUNJ. Shrooming Company is a real find. An urban mushroom farm in Saint Albans, Vermont is now shipping its grow your own kits across the USA. Think a harvest of several pounds of gourmet mushrooms in your own home. At the end the owner shares his tips on how to best saute mushrooms.
Lots to tell in Eating News for December including a new Mexican restaurant from former chef of Cantina La Veinte, the return of Celebrity Taste Event, restaurant and bar reopenings, terrific brunch deal from a Japanese fave, picks for holiday food shopping and more!
Miami loves its glam and now more than ever after having been day and night in athleisure wear or PJs. Team that up with inventive and delicious cuisine and it’s no surprise that handsome new restaurant MILA Miami was jumping the Saturday night we went. Unlike other restaurants here that have the let’s-dress-up-and-go-out vibe which evoke a St Tropez or Ibiza setting, MILA Miami's décor has a very attractive contemporary, artisanal aesthetic that’s serene and warm. It’s a fusion of Japan’s Wabi Sabi philosophy and Cycladic islands design. Even the staff are attractive, looking like they came out of a modeling agency. And the Mediterranean and Asian inspired dishes are creative and different.
New Vizcaya farmers market, live culture, return of bowling and ice skating as nightlife, rent a movie theater, free Nicky Jam concert, a wonderful day, and more this month in Things to Do in Miami in December.
Dear Readers and Friends, happy to share the good news!
Hands down some of the best gift items around can be found at museum shops worldwide. That has been the case for awhile but, with the dire need for funds with so many museums closed, they have stepped up their game in their shops, an important source of revenue. How about doing your holiday gift shopping or just pamper yourself and help museums. The perfect time, too, is this Sunday, November 29, more than 1,400 museum stores representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia, 23 countries, and five continents will offer inspired shopping at museums and cultural institutions during the fourth annual Museum Store Sunday. In South Florida I have some museum shop favorites and also, here's a list by the Huff Post of the top ten for online shopping in the USA.
Whether you want to skip the cooking and eat a top notch Thanksgiving dinner at home or eat out and be served, crave a beautiful view or live entertainment,  there are some great options for Miami restaurants for Thanksgiving and one for Fort Lauderdale, too.  And then there's an over the top holiday milkshake offered for the month of November.
A not to be missed popup at Brickell City Center, lunch and dinner deals, a new private chef just in time for the holidays, restaurant openings and closings and a foodie popup at Brickell City Center, all kinds of foodie goodies in Eating News for November.
Laotian cuisine doesn't get its due in my book, just as the country is underrated as a tourism destination. Some of the best eating I've had in my travels has been in Laos, a country wedged among Myanmar, Vietnam,Thailand, China and Cambodia. Laotian food is often compared with Thai , but to me it's more complex in flavor--- a blend of salty, sour, sweet, herbaceous, fermented and most importantly spicy and more like Vietnamese cuisine. I attribute this to its 60 years of history as a French protectorate. Now you can see for yourself what Laotian food in Miami is like thanks to the new addition to The Citadel --- Lil' Laos. The food is delicious and qualifies as cheap eats as well.