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Fire Station 9 Rescues Fourth of July Dinner: Alex's Spinach Salad with a Side of Antics

By Jackie Sayet in Bacon Files, Confessions, Great Chef Recipe Files

Friday, Jul. 3 2009 @ 12:30PM

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This clean plate club always chips in, even with the dirty work

Lieutenant Ignatius "Iggy" Carroll, Public Information Officer for the City of Miami Fire Department, didn't mess around when I rang earlier in the week. I was looking for a firehouse willing to play guinea pig for a story on July 4th eats. He sent me straight to his old stomping grounds, Station 9 in Little Haiti.

Lemon City's finest may not have the iconic pole, but after hanging out on their home turf for a couple of hours during dinner, it's safe to say these firemen deserve to preside over an area named after a food (the wild lemon trees of its past.)

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Weekly Wrap Up - Friday Fresh - A Poem

By Jacob Katel in Weekly Wrap Up

Friday, Jul. 3 2009 @ 12:02PM

Dade county, AK's, fireworks, cherry bombs,
fresh greens, suited up, chopstick unagi dons,
dirt brown, Homestead, sawasera, 8th street,
make, sell, frog legs, taco filling, gator meat,
fry, serve, Hialeah, be organic, navy cook,
raw fish, tiger milk, bbq, fried food,
meal deals, four course, cutta ridge, south side,
shrimp, rice, big pot, legion park, night ride,
pop corn, shutter bug, hoe, rake, shovel shit,
work, play, babylon, fresh baked, rip, dip.

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Tags: cook, dade county, meal deals, tiger milk

Lamoy's Living Food is Raw, Vegan, Organic, Alive

By Jacob Katel in Health Food

Friday, Jul. 3 2009 @ 11:01AM

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Lamoy's living eggplant salad.

Lamoy Andressohn is a dedicated raw food lifestylist. Her specialty is preparing all raw, vegan, organic meals from scratch. She says "the idea behind my food is health, wellness, and simplicity. It's all my own creation. I've been raw for 9 years and I thank God everyday for it, I feel like it's my gift from the universe. I think about my Caribbean culture, the spices and herbs they use in Jamaica. It's just a matter of substituting meat with nuts. I also use a lot of thyme, culantro, cilantro, garlic, onions, dill, and I think about different dishes and whatever herb it calls for, I use it. I think a lot about different cultures." Here are some more images of Lamoy's Living Foods.

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Tags: lamoy andressohn, living food, organic, raw

Gerbaud Bakery Serves Up Market Fresh Baked Goods at Jackson Market

By Jacob Katel in Gastronomic Gatherings

Friday, Jul. 3 2009 @ 10:03AM

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Gerbaud's Rugeleh.

Gerbaud's Bakery has stood in Hollywood for "about 15 years" according to Johanne Cyr who has worked there for around ten months. Johanne works the Jackson Memorial Foundation Green Market every Thursday and sells fresh baked danishes, sweet potato pudding, rugalach's, coconut candy, poppy seed rolls, walnut rolls, a coconut drink called Kremas and more of what she calls "European and Caribbean goods." Here are some pictures to prove it.

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Tags: bakery, coconut candy, danish, gerbaud bakery, rugalah, sweet potato

Anet's Baked Goods Sells Colombian Antojitos in Miami

By Jacob Katel in Cheap Eats

Friday, Jul. 3 2009 @ 9:33AM

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Arepa De Carne.

Anet's Baked Goods is a Colombian antojitos specialist owned and operated by Anet Marin. He says "I sell baked goods," but he doesn't cook them, he's got people to do that for him. The goods come from Los Tres Monitos, a restaurant in Hialeah. Anet started supplementing his income by selling Colombian baked goods about 3 years ago by selling every other Saturday at the Aventura Mall Farmer's Market. About two weeks ago he expanded to the Thursday market at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Here are some more pictures of Anet's baked goods.

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Tags: aji, antojitos, arepas, bunuelos, colombian, empanada, pan de bono, papa rellenas

Friday Food Funnies: Silly Stuff

By Lee Klein in Friday Food Funnies

Friday, Jul. 3 2009 @ 7:00AM

Sign on bakery window: Cake 66 cents; upside-down cake 99 cents.

Diner: Waiter, do you have any lobster tails?
Waiter: Certainly, sir. Once upon a time there was a little lobster...

Sign at dairy farm: You can whip our cream, but you can't beat our milk.

One thing is for certain about organic farms: They till it like it is.

Did you hear about the submarine sandwich shop? It went under.

He always ate his burgers plain and gave his condiments to the chef.

Arbitrator: A cook that leaves Arby's to work for McDonald's.

Scott Uehlein: "The Best Thing I Ever Ate"

By Jackie Sayet in Best

Friday, Jul. 3 2009 @ 7:00AM

Foodnetwork.com

Our turn!

Scott Uehlein, Corporate Chef, Canyon Ranch

I love my garden...

There is nothing like picking a tomato still warm from the heat of the sun, cutting it in half, sprinkling a little sea salt on it and eating it on the spot. The sweet, salty and slightly acidic flavor along with the juices running down your chin is always amazing. Or how about the home-grown arugula that is so spicy with that garlicky-peppery pungency - simply dressed with a little olive oil, red wine vinegar and sea salt?

Taking something that is so fresh, locally grown and in season, and not messing with is very much is an idea that is so "old" yet so "new". It is how I like to eat at home, and how we treat the ingredients we use at the Grill. Our cuisine is bold but simple with "reach out and grab you" flavors that smack of the season.

Beyonce Got a Cheeseburger, Baby

By Raina McLeod in Celebites

Thursday, Jul. 2 2009 @ 1:02PM

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Fresh off of us naming SoBe burger joint the Best Place to Meet (Let's Hope) Single Guys, Beyonce Knowles, pop diva and the (married) queen of single ladies, dropped by to pick up 2 hamburgers, 2 cheeseburgers, and a 6 pack of baby cheeeseburgers. According to owner Stephanie Vitori, "[Beyonce] came in and ordered herself. She comes in all the time, her and Jay-Z. We get a lot of celebs here and each one is super nice and no one bothers them."

Take note: Bey could have stopped at any of the foo-foo-la burger joints on the beach for an Angus or Kobe, luxury slab of meat but instead went to a spot with only a counter, a big screen, and a grill that produces some amazing burgers.

Las Delicias Fruteria y Nursery is Juan y Jose "Los Locos De Las Plantas"

By Jacob Katel in First Impressions

Thursday, Jul. 2 2009 @ 1:01PM

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Jose y Juan, "Los locos de la plantas."

Las Delicias Fruteria y Nursery has been open only 30 days, but owner Juan Hernandez is optimistic. "If the business no good, we go, if the business okay, fine," he says in a heavily accented Miami Cuban english. Juan has lived in the U.S. for 41 years "right here in Florida," and is an American citizen. "I have more years in the U.S. than you do, that makes me more American. You speak better english, I speak better spanish" says Juan in his native language. He spent 37 of those years working as a landscaper. Now at age 71, he's opened his new business on Krome Ave, just north of Quail Roost Drive in South Dade. He and his sobrino Juan Hernandez run the joint. They call themselves "Los Locos De Las Plantas" and specialize in hard to find, exclusive species.

"I did it for many years in Cuba, my country, I haven't done it in many years, but I still know what I'm doing" he says in Spanish. Check out some of what they've got for sale.

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Street promotion.

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Tags: aloe, anise, calabaza, cilantro, guava, herbs, mangos, oregano, sapote

Taste of the Nation's Tasty Freshman Class, New VIPish Room, and the Ritz on the Key is Practically Giving Rooms Away to Celebrate

By Jackie Sayet in Coming Attractions, Food Charity

Thursday, Jul. 2 2009 @ 11:45AM

Share Our Strength

The children won't go hungry and neither will you

Let the chowdown countdown begin! The 21st annual Share Our Strength Taste of the Nation is just four weeks away today in Miami, but event organizers already have a healthy crop of 19 restaurant newcomers confirmed for the July 30 orgy of eats.

Is it promising or disconcerting that this freshman class currently outnumbers alumni? Some of last year's participants hit the obits section like Prime Blue Grill, Tuscan Steak, and the KOBE Club. Others seem to just be holding out on us and the kids, like Michael's Genuine Food and Drink, and North One 10. The Fontainebleau restaurants are noticeably absent from the proceedings, where other major competitors of our Ritzy host set rivalries aside for the good cause.

Without further adieu, here are the newbies and the returnees, so you can play judge...

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