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Il Grissino, Coral Gables

Il Grissino, Coral Gables

  Il Grissino ** 127 Giralda Avenue in Coral Gables, (305) 461-3391.   At Il Grissino Chef Simone Mua’s goal is less to surprise than to please with a mouth watering menu and deliciously prepared seasonal and locally sourced ingredients. ...

The Grill at The Setai, Miami Beach

The Grill at The Setai, Miami Beach

The Grill at The Setai, Miami Beach ***   2001 Collins Avenue, South Beach (305) 520-6400 or setaidining@ghmamericas.com   Executive Chef Jonathan Wright has raised the bar leaps-and-bounds higher with a new Mediterranean-style menu ...

 Gibraltar at Grove Isle Hotel & Spa, Coconut Grove

Gibraltar at Grove Isle Hotel & Spa, Coconut Grove

Grove Isle Hotel & Spa, Four Grove Isle Drive, Coconut Grove **  (305) 857-5007 www.groveisle.com   Chef Jeff O'Neill and the waterfront Gibraltar are a most welcome addition to Miami's restaurant scene.  Exquisitely crafted food, a welcom...

Dim Sum Weekend  at Hakkasan, Fontainebleau, Miami Beach

Dim Sum Weekend at Hakkasan, Fontainebleau, Miami Beach

4441 Collins Ave, Miami Beach * (786) 276-1388 Families with children and friends in sneakers and sandals can comfortably enjoy an informal  Dim Sum meal with a variety of delicious teas, sakes  and cocktails in a beautiful and chic Chinese Tea House decor.&...

Don Ignacio Culinary Arts School Restaurant, Doral, Miami

Don Ignacio Culinary Arts School Restaurant, Doral, Miami

10395 NW 41st, Doral, Miami www.donignacioculinary.com (305) 629-2929 At Don Ignacio, the chef and his students do justice to the exquisite Peruvian cuisine with the skills, care and love that they are taught to cook with at the school. A drive worth taking to the Doral area...

Blue Sea at The Delano, South Beach

Blue Sea at The Delano, South Beach

  Blue Sea   at the Delano Hotel **  1685 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, 305-672-2000. Hip dining. Chic Asian Sea Bar offers a fun, imaginative, affordable menu of sushi and sea food in an amazing décor.

 

What's New

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  • ZUMA, London award-winning restaurant, to open at Epic, Downtown Miami...
  • Chef Daniel Boulud's DB Bistro Moderne to open at JW Marriott Marquis in Fall 2010…
  • Brio Tuscan Grille opens new location in Gulfstream Park, Hallandale...
  • The Cheese Course, a European-style Shop and Bistro, opens in Mizner Park , Boca Raton …
  • Patagonia,  Argentinean restaurant, Bakery, wine vault & meat market opens in Coral Gables
  • Chilorio’s Very Mexican opens two restaurants in Coral Gables and South Miami…
  • James Beard Award Chef and Restaurant Semifinalists in Florida...

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    • Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink celebrates 3rd anniversary with Street Cart foods...
    • Sunset menu at Steak 954, W Fort Lauderdale...
    • The Oxford American releases issue on foods of the South...
    • Algebra and Food: National Pi Day at Morton's on 3/14 with $3.14 pies...
    • Flipany offers free seminars for National Nutrition Month...
    • Casting call for United Plates of America, a new NBC Reality Show...
    • ‘Tapas on The Bay’ Brickell’s newest happy hour at Mandarin Oriental, Miami...  
    • Philippe Chow Miami gets healthy with a new steamed menu, Miami Beach...
    • Friday Happy Hours @ Red Koi Thai & Sushi Lounge...
    • Sushi Maki open full service restaurant at MIA Airport... 

      

    Food & Wine News

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    • Chile's wine regions suffer heavy losses due to Earth Quake...
    • Deadline 4/1 to apply for National Association of Catering Executives (NACE) Scholarship...
    • Maison Joseph Drouhin in Beaune, Burgundy, France, awarded Organic Certification..
    • Monthly wine-dinner program at Acqualina, Aventura
    • Rum Renaissance Festival, May 5-9, Miami Beach......
    • French wine producers indicted for fraudulent sale of Pinot Noir to the USA... 

     

    TRAVEL

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    - Ann Arbor, Michigan, The city's culinary highlights have as much local color and history as its other cultural offerings. One of the top 25 U.S. cities to live in, it has a thriving music scene, farmers markets, the famous Zingerman's Deli, and new restaurants, coffeehouses, theaters and galleries.

    - Renaissance Splendor and modern comfort at the Palazzo Della Gherardesca, Florence
    21st century travelers can not only visit the sumptuous city of Florence and its treasures but they can also live like princes at the Renaissance Palazzo della Gherardesca, which has recently opened as the Four Seasons Hotel in Florence.

     
     
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    -The Royal Monastery of Broua 16th century jewel of Gothic architecture, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, Rhone-Alps, France.                  500 years ago, Marguerite of Austria, daughter of an emperor and princess of Savoie, built the Royal Monastery of Brou, the ultimate homage to her love for her handsome and short-lived husband, Philibert le Beau.

    - Brussels, Belgium: the “In” place to visit
    Brussels, the Capital of the European Union, is not only a busy metropolis with charming neighborhoods, world-class shopping and hotels, cultural life, museums, architecture, but a foodie heaven plentiful of gastronomic restaurants, fabulous beers, brasseries, regional cheeses and foods, street vendors, and chocolatiers.

    - What Cruise Lines won't tell you...

    - Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy.
    A pristine touristic destination rich in history and with a tradition of fine cuisine, products such as prosciutto San Daniele, Montasio cheese and world-class wines, including the region's renown Friulano.

     

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    Chile's wine Industry Report after the Earthquake...
    A Ray of Hope for Italian wine exports, a letter by winemaker Angelo Gaja...
    What's in a name? Chianti Classico vs. Chianti...
    Les Petits Grains, an elegant dessert wine from Le Minervois, France...
    A pink cava from Spain: Elyssia, from pinot noir and trepat...
    Spartico, certified organic Tempranillo from Spain, no sulfite added...
    Temper Tantrum by Rocio Osborne from Spain...

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    The third annual american fine wine competition (AFWC)

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    The winners of the
    American Fine Wines Competition 

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    Rocío Osborne, winemaker of Temper Tantrum

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    Listen to an interview with FOOD & WINE TALK WSFG

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    Sauvignon Blancs - Lure of the Loire

    Wine lovers often will speak of a grape “epiphany,” some transformative wine they’ve had, walking among the vines of a revered vineyard, or perhaps the poetic passion of winemaker as ...

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    The Wines of Slovenia - Part I

    Discovering the delights of native grapes with:
    Dusan Brejc, director of Slovenian Wine Commission; Darinko Ribolica, winemaker at Goriska Brda; Primoz Susmelj of 1894 Vipava wineries, Vivapa Valley

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