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Winter Farm Day Sunday is Winter Farm Day at Bee Heaven Farm. CSA members, Slow Food members and local farmers will lunch al fresco at this annual potluck. There will be music, scarecrow making for kids, and samples of student chef recipes. I’ve never been, so I’m looking forward to meeting other local food folks. [...]

I was thrilled to collect my first half-share of veggies from my Redland Organics CSA subscription last week. I plan to share what I get and what I make with it each week. I’d love to find out others’ ideas about what they did with their CSA treasure. I used the komatsuna greens (a Japanese [...]

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 [...]

My mother does most of the cooking for our Thanksgiving. Even though she is Venezuelan, she serves a traditional Thanksgiving meal. We typically eat turkey with golden-crisp skin, raisin-flecked stuffing, Portobello mushrooms sautéed in butter and garlic, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie. My aunt adds spinach casserole or arroz con leche. This year [...]

There are two big Coral Gables birthdays this week. On Thursday, Cacao celebrates five years. Chef Edgar Leal’s contemporary Latin American creations are beloved by diners and critics. Cacao’s homemade desserts, crafted with Venezuelan “El Rey” chocolate, are swoon-worthy. Cacao will serve hors d’oeuvres by Chef Leal. You can also enjoy caipirinhas and mojitos by [...]

MIAMI   Taste of Asturias If the man in the photo above was in Asturias, Spain, the floor beneath him would be covered in sawdust. At traditional cider-pouring bars, the sawdust absorbs the spills from the escarciador (cider pourer) as he pours the sidra with a raised arm. This is to “break” or aerate the [...]