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Tonight was the first pizza crawl organized by Frodnesor of Food for Thought blog.  He proposed the crawl after some animated discussion on Chowhound about the best pizza in Miami.  Tonight we focused on downtown.  We tried Joey’s, Pizza Volante, and Andiamo. It was refreshing to see a group of people execute something from idea [...]

Chicken empanada, churros, and croqueta. We’ve been blessed with lovely, temperate days late into our “cool season.”   Cool weather is prime time for churros, starting with the holidays when out-of- town guests crave the doughy fried treats after holiday gatherings.   Really, any cool night is perfect.  Churros are also an ideal, all-absorbent snack [...]

Jim Harper is the winner of the Lunch Week “Man on the Street” contest. On the clock, he profiles Miami Dade College students and faculty, thinks big thoughts about education, and begs the New York Times to give MDC three lines. He is also the park critic for Biscayne Times; his columns are Park Patrol [...]

* * * Bayside Grill at the Standard Hotel * * * If you enjoy lamb or Mediterranean cuisine, Wednesday night’s Slow Food dinner is for you. Chef Mark Zeitouni of the Lido at the Standard Hotel presides over this menu, which will prominently feature the Navajo-Churro lamb. Slow Food USA promotes and features rare [...]

* * *Cynthia Betancourt pours wine at a WWS class.* * * Cynthia Betancourt is the sommelier at Azul at Mandarin Oriental. This summer, she launched a semi-regular wine class for women at the Mandarin called “Wine, Women, and Song.” Ladies quaffed wine, made friends, tried samples from Clay Conley’s kitchen, and listened as Betancourt [...]

I’m so excited about this brunch, especially because of my recent curiosity about exotic tropical fruit. Just reading the menu inspires me to cook more with these crazy fruits we are lucky enough to have in South Florida. Here is the menu: Amuse Bouche: “a shot” Avocado, “a shake” of Mamey; Tropical Fruit Spritzers; Baked [...]

Here are some reports from the field during last week’s cosmo-fueled rush to the movie theaters: Denise (Lincoln Road): I drove by last night (the opening). Never have I seen so many groups of women at a movie theater, lined up outside, packing the escalators. Jacqui (Dolphin Mall): When you get tickets, you have to [...]

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 [...]

by Sarah Phelps sarah@miamidish.net My family is composed of an eclectic mix of vegetarians, vegans, and meat-eaters, an arrangement that usually turns the pleasure of eating out into a daunting and interminable quest. When we choose a predominantly vegetarian restaurant, my mother turns up her nose at any and all soy-based products; when we settle [...]

By Sarah Phelps   If your desire for great food outweighs your need for snazzy ambience or sharp service, then your palate demands a visit to Udipi Café, named after a town on the coast of Southern India. Set instead in the middle of a small, outdated-looking strip mall on University just north of Sunrise, [...]