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Ray Rigazio, 41
In the beer wasteland that is South Florida, Ray Rigazio owns an oasis: the Abbey Brewing Company. Since taking the helm in 1995, he has worked hard to make this microbrewery nothing like a typical South Beach bar. He rid the door of snobbery and, more important, the refrigerators of quotidian beers. In their place chills an eclectic selection of…
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Personal Best
Myles Chefetz, 47
Nowadays the 210-acre enclave south of Fifth Street, which used to be a no man's land populated by graffiti and panhandlers, is indisputably Myles Chefetz's land. The Miami native has marked his territory with four of the most popular restaurants in Miami Beach -- Nemo, Big Pink, Shoji Sushi, and Prime One Twelve. When Chefetz, a former real estate attorney,…
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Best Bakery
Le Boudoir
Le Boudoir is sort of a stealth bakery. It looks like a café, is self-labeled a tea salon, and has a menu mainly devoted to elegant Parisian-style sandwiches and salads. But the sandwiches' astonishingly good bread serves notice that baked goods are truly taken seriously here. Proprietor Michel Chiche is a master patissier who grew up in France and interned…
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Best Argentine Restaurant
The Knife Argentinean Steakhouse - CLOSED
The Argentines have tasty empanadas, wonderful chorizos, delightful sweetbreads, and charming ceviches. But let's quickly establish one thing: A true Argentine culinary experience is a steak-eating experience. Argentina is, after all, a place where eating a decent rib eye is a birthright. For the penultimate carnivore splurge in South Florida, head to The Knife in Coconut Grove. With its thriving…
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Best Bagels
Tasti Café
Although this café/bakery originally opened as part of the Tasti D-Lite frozen yogurt chain, it became immediately clear its main draw was not faux ice cream but the rest of the menu: sparkling, crisp salads; genuinely light yet assertively flavorful spicy sesame linguine; and baked goods. The bagels (95 cents each, $1.75 with cream cheese) are not housemade -- not…
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Best Japanese Restaurant
Sushi Chef
This is one of those books-by-the-cover things. If you glanced at this nondescript Japanese market while fighting the endless traffic on Coral Way, you would have no way of knowing that inside is a tiny dining room surrounded by shelves of chopsticks, pottery, and produce -- a prime destination for superlative Japanese cuisine. Though sushi is obviously a large part…
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Best Bread
Paul Bakery Café - CLOSED
When Paul opened last year in the newly built Biscayne Commons mall -- located on a stretch of Biscayne Boulevard formerly known only to those stocking up on 50-pound packages of chicken wings at Costco -- it instantly became a worth-a-special-drive destination for true gourmets. The salads and sandwiches are good, and the authentic French pastries even better. But Paul's…
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Best Inexpensive Asian Restaurant
Asia Bay
Asia Bay brings a big bang for the buck. A bowl of miso soup is $2. House salad or steamed edamame is $3. Most of the other starters don't cost more than $8, and dozens of entrées served with soup or salad go for less than $15 -- including steak teriyaki, chicken tempura, shrimp pad thai, and sizable bowls of…
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Best Croissant
La Brioche Dorée
It is supposed to be a flaky, crescent-shape roll painstakingly prepared by rolling butter and pastry dough into thousands of microlayers. The crisp, crusty exterior should give way to so ethereal a bite that it will taste like a Ferran Adriá concoction called "butterair." And, preferably, it should be made fresh daily. The croissants at La Brioche Dorée match all…
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Best Brazilian Restaurant
Carnaval Deli Market
The best time to visit Carnaval is weekdays from noon to 3:00 p.m. Why? Every Monday through Friday this market offers a hot lunch buffet that features different homemade dishes, from traditional specialties like feijoada to adopted Brazilian favorites such as beef stroganoff. Choose from anything on the buffet for only $7.50 per pound; then grab one of the coveted…
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Best Doughnuts
Sunshine Donuts
For a doughnut-hole-size family shop to hold its own next to Dunkin Donuts and Krispy Kreme in this sticky business, you know the product has to take the cake (or the glazed or the cruller). Paired with café con leche, the classic glazed will melt on your tongue, the moist chocolate cake will make you moan, and the velvety cream…
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Best Caribbean Restaurant
Caribbean Delite - CLOSED
What hamburgers are to Americans, roti is to many Caribbean islanders. In Trinidad and Guyana, roti is considered soul food, and few places outside the islands do it better than Caribbean Delite. This hole-in-the-wall is embedded in a strip mall that amounts to a miniature Caribbean district. Reggae music blasts from the record store down the way, and Jamaicans emerge…
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Best Birthday Cake
Karlo Bakery
Screw Betty Crocker, forget Duncan Hines, and stay away from supermarket bakeries. If you really want to make a birthday party memorable, head straight to Karlo. Everything is freshly made, so simply entering the store can induce an olfactory orgasm. Freshly baked bread, cookies, empanadas, croissants, and pastries crowd the glass cabinets. Pick up some pastelitos for the party and…
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Best Chinese Restaurant
Tropical Chinese
Yes, it is in a strip mall. Yes, the red lanterns and waiters' uniforms remind you a little bit of a James Bond movie, somehow. But the food ... the aroma of mushrooms wafting from a bubbling clay pot, of shrimp nestled deliciously in semitransparent dumpling wraps, of kung pao tofu with a hint of pork and mini chili peppers.…
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Best Key Lime Pie
Blond Giraffe Key Lime Pie Factory
Sweetened, condensed milk was introduced to the Florida Keys 150 years ago. Owing to the lack of cows around, the new canned product was taken to with gusto by the citizenry, who developed all sorts of new recipes in which to use it. Key lime pie was far away the most successful of these concoctions, and the ingredients have hardly…
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Best Colombian Restaurant
We like to visit this clean little two-year-old Colombian joint in a nondescript East Little Havana strip mall Sunday afternoons, when the mondongo and sancocho ($5.50 each with rice) are at their zenith. These soups are the basis of the weekend diet in Bogot� and beyond -- and here they are cooked to perfection, particularly the tripe in the mondongo.…
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Best Chocolate
Romanico's Chocolate
Four things you might not know about chocolate: 1. A single chocolate chip provides sufficient food energy for an adult to walk 150 feet; hence it would take about 35 chocolate chips to go one mile, and 875,000 for an around-the-world hike. 2. Chocolate has in excess of 500 flavor components, more than twice the amount found in…
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Best Cuban Restaurant
Canela Café
Admittedly this new neighborhood café's Cuban specialties are spotlighted only at lunchtime, when Cuban-American co-owner Margarita Vasallo is the kitchen dominatrix. Although the menu is limited to sandwiches, starters, and a few full-size entrées, all items are of high quality -- and are the real thing. Dishes include several typical Cuban beef cuts, a fish and soup of the…
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Best Gourmet Grocery
Epicure Market
The history of this South Beach gourmet food market is long and illustrious, but space does not permit us to go into detail. Nor can we describe the flawless cuts of fish, meats, and poultry displayed in their respective cases like Prada handbags. But trust us, the selection is huge and pristine. The stock of cheeses is also enormous, but…
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Best French Restaurant
Palme d'Or
A three-plate (generally appetizer-size) tasting dinner of roasted chestnut soup with seared foie gras and toasted walnuts; roasted Maine scallops with pumpkin cr�me, purple potato, and smoked bacon; and crisp plum tart with pink peppercorn ice cream: $39. The aforementioned courses with an extra tasting plate of Hudson Valley foie gras terrine with dried fruit chutney: $44. And another course…
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Best Asian Grocery
Tim's Oriental Grocery
The problem with many Asian markets is that they specialize. If you want potsticker skins and chili paste with garlic, you go to the Chinese market. If you need ponzu and wasabi, you head to the Japanese grocery. If it's kim chee, the Korean; fish sauce the Vietnamese ... you know the drill. But Tim's offers one-stop shopping for otherwise…
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Best Greek Restaurant
Mykonos Greek Restaurant
Owner Yiannis Kagouros claims to have "trained in the best school there is." The esteemed education facility to which he is referring, as you no doubt have guessed, is his Grandma Yia Yia's kitchen. Not surprisingly, a sense of family permeates the mom-and-pop style of the restaurant's Greek cuisine and ambiance. Appetizers include traditional spanakopita, hummus, and taramosalata, all fresh…
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Best Kosher Bakery
Anny's Bread Shoppe
Want to stay kosher but don't want to eat bland bread? Anny's Bread Shoppe turns out loaves that would have pride of place in any toaster -- kosher or not. The two most popular breads here are the multigrain and the Blue Ridge Mountain herb bread. Both are hearty, full of flavor, and worth the price ($5.75 to $6 each).…
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Best Haitian Restaurant
Chez Madame John's
There is a good reason steady streams of Creole-speakers come into this nondescript joint. Six to eight dollars buys a massive serving of stewed meat or fried chicken or fish, served with rice, beans, and a boiled plantain on the side. A sixteen-ounce champagne soda costs an extra dollar. Tasty sauces with the perfect spicy/sweet balance complement the unusually tender…
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Best Kosher Market
Sarah's Tent
This place is a kosher cornucopia overflowing with gourmet delights and Middle Eastern staples, from homemade hummus and tahini to halvah and mushroom-stuffed Turkish bureka pastries. The five-aisle market is probably the only place in Miami where you will find five different kinds of frozen Yemeni malawah or six brands of gefilte fish. There's an impressive produce section and a…
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Best Honduran Restaurant
Adelita's Café - CLOSED
Honduran food may be relatively simple, but that does not mean it has to be bland. Adelita's is a great example of just how rich and varied this cuisine can be. Of course, it's also cheap and plentiful here, which doesn't hurt. Located on a corner in the same building as a laundromat, Adelita's Seventeenth Avenue restaurant has blue wicker…
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Best Health-Food Store
Whole Foods Market
The following is one of a series of recorded sessions between noted health advisor Dr. Alan Greenberg (a.k.a. Mr. Smartyplants) and his patient, Mrs. Penny Howard of Aventura. PH: If Whole Foods Market sells whole foods, does that mean other supermarket chains sell quarter, half, two-thirds, or five-sixths foods? Mr. S: Yes. PH: How can that be? Mr. S: The…
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Best Indian Restaurant
On a scale from one to ten, the décor at Raja's hovers somewhere around zero, meaning nothing -- but it's very, very clean. Nonetheless this hole-in-the-wall is a tiny treasure well worth preserving. Yet considering the now-you-see-them-now-you-don't pace at which downtown development is obliterating low-rent operations, one cannot help but worry about Raja's. And it's not just because the mom-and-pop…
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Best Healthy Fast Food
Giardino Gourmet Salads
Healthy fast food is an oxymoron. When describing those who frequent unhealthy fast-food restaurants regularly, you can take away the oxy. Eating is pleasure, so what's the rush? Yes, you have a point -- lunch hour lasts only so long. And sometimes you just do not have time to linger over dinner. But if you are going to go the…
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Best Inexpensive Italian Restaurant
Il Migliore
This humble neighborhood trattoria in Aventura boasts all the attributes one seeks in Italian dining: simple, rustic Tuscan décor; friendly, knowledgeable, efficient service; a great selection of "25 wines for $25"; and, most pertinent, perfectly executed Italian cooking. Chef/owner Neal Cooper's streamlined style of cuisine reflects the European tradition of freshness over flair and the Old World idea that honest…
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Best Farmers Market
Robert Is Here
An estimated half of our nation's tomatoes come from Florida. Many are shipped from fields in the Redland's agricultural area less than an hour outside downtown Miami. Yet even in peak season, most supermarket specimens (including those at expensive specialty stores like Epicure) are ethylene-injected, semigreen things that are hard and tasteless. You might as well eat a baseball. Try…
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Best Expensive Italian Restaurant
Neil Simon once said the only three sureties in life are death, taxes, and everybody loves Italian food. That explains why it is tough getting a table at Macaluso's. After all, in this town nobody cooks up better booty from the boot-shape country than this strip-mall restaurant on Alton Road. "Just say no" is the mantra here: No lunch hours,…
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Best U-Pick
Knauss Berry Farm
Once upon a time, the lands just northwest of Homestead promised agricultural bounty. Fields of tomatoes, strawberries, and tropical fruits stretched along Krome Avenue as far as the eye could see. The times certainly are a-changing. A recent tour of the Redland, west of South Dixie Highway, revealed a sad, startling dearth of U-pick farms and an influx of new…
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Best Jamaican Restaurant
Island Delight
If the tasty, inexpensive food at this hole-in-the-wall located in the back of a Jamaican market is not enough reason to journey to the far-off reaches of Kendall, the chance to hang out and schmooze with proprietor Audrey "Mama" Chai surely should get your rear in gear. As delightful as her modest little eatery, she will make you feel like…
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Best Prepared Foods
Joe's Take Away
This used to be known as the place to go for stone crabs when you couldn't get a table at Joe's main seafood house next door. It still is, but over the years, Joe's Take Away has emerged as a worthwhile destination in its own right. The sweetest of stone crabs are packed up with mustard sauce, melted butter, a…
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Best Mexican Restaurant
Taquer�as el Mexicano
You might think tacos are the specialty here -- they usually are at tacquer�as. Plus this place serves eight types, including spicy pork, steam-cooked beef, and roast chicken, as well as a mean brain taco, but we mention that only so you will note this joint's allegiance to authenticity. But what sets Taquer�as el Mexicano apart from other local south-of-the-border…
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Best Delicatessen
Arnie and Richie's
The first symptom of the craving is when everything else you eat suddenly feels like chewing chalk. You suddenly understand why people are addicted to getting tattoos and body piercings -- that desire for stimulation sets in. Mustard and horseradish and onions, endowed with unnamable healing properties, begin appearing in your dreams. Or perhaps it is some primordial connection to…
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Best Nicaraguan Restaurant
El Masayita
Like many of their countrymen, Carlos and Rosalina Martinez fled their native Nicaragua in the summer of 1979, within days of the Sandinistas' taking control of the civil-war-ravaged nation. There was no way the couple would have remained in their homeland, considering Carlos was one of a handful of West Point-educated captains enlisted in Anastasio Somoza Debayle's reviled national guard.…
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Best Cheese
The Cheese Market
Crammed to the rafters with good things to eat and drink, this cozy little shop presents a welcome slice of European civilization in our hurry-up-and-get-out-of-my-way urban treadmill. As the name suggests, cheese is the market's specialty. You can also pick up almost everything else, from caviar to dried mushrooms, along with wines from a small yet thoughtfully chosen selection. As…
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Best Peruvian Restaurant
Salmon Salmon
It often seems that with ethnic cuisine, the less obvious and ornate the location, the better the food. Salmon Salmon is discreetly tucked into an unassuming strip mall near Miami International Airport. The small interior is decorated with a few gold Inca plates, and fishing nets cover the ceiling. But patrons do not come to Salmon Salmon for an extravagant…
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Best Flan
Vicky Bakery
Those with a sweet tooth will have a heart attack -- we hope only figuratively -- upon entering Vicky Bakery. Elaborate cakes decorate the windows, while Danishes, buns, glory bread, and other baked goods lie glistening or powdered behind glass. The bakery itself is simple: white, nondescript, and sterile. But who needs fancy décor when colorful, sugar-saturated goodies are adornment…
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Best Spanish Restaurant
Casa Paco
From the white-linen tablecloths to the black-suited waiters, everything about Casa Paco screams expensive. But this restaurant, long as it is on atmosphere and excellent food, is shockingly cheap. A diner can easily make a full meal out of the excellent tapas offered at Casa Paco; one standout is the alcachofas salteadas, artichoke hearts sautéed in olive oil with chunks…
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Best Gelato
Bacio Gelateria
An Italian franchise that opened its doors in Miami in 2001, Bacio's gelato is simply the most delizioso. At least two dozen flavors are available on any given day, ranging from nutty (hazelnut, toasted almond) to fruity (lemon, mango) to chocolaty (at least five different variations on the basic flavor are offered). A small cone is $3.55, and a cup…
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Best Thai Restaurant
Oishi Thai
Just when know-it-alls think it's safe to categorically poo-poo all Thai/sushi joints as cheesy hybrid sell-outs, a place like Oishi (translation: delicious) comes along. Since moving from Thailand in 1993, opening a first-rate restaurant has been the dream of chef/owner Piyarat B. Arreeratn (just call him Bee). The place's class is apparent before the first bite thanks to a tastefully…
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Best Ice Cream Parlor
Whip 'N Dip
Ignore the droves of soccer moms chauffeuring their sugar-craving offspring. And block out the Saturday-night teenybopper brigade heading postmovie to this South Miami institution. The smooth, creamy deliciousness that is Whip 'N Dip ice cream makes it worthwhile. Although the traditional chocolate and vanilla are always on tap, exotic flavors, including coconut and white chocolate mousse, rotate. That means you…
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Best Uruguayan Restaurant
If you're hungering for a reasonably priced hunk of expertly grilled churrasco, juicy blood sausage, or succulent sweetbreads, you head to your favorite Argentine restaurant, right? Wrong, or at least you should consider dining at Zuperpollo. Located on Coral Way just minutes from downtown Miami, this cozy Uruguayan eatery has been dishing up some of the tastiest parrillada this side…
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Best Smoothie
Gourmet Carrot - CLOSED
There is no doubt smoothies made from the nutrient-packed and easy-to-digest juices of fresh fruits are better for you than milkshakes full of fatty dairy products. Nevertheless some juice bars' smoothies, especially those whose heft comes from powders and so forth, do taste like they came out of a cow's back end. And the best-flavored of the rest often contain…
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Best Restaurant in Coconut Grove
Ginger Grove
In past years, this category has operated much like the Democratic presidential primaries, the winner plucked from a weak field of uninspired contenders. Ginger Grove has uprooted that notion, planting itself firmly as one of South Florida's sassiest Asian options. And prettiest, too, with floor-to-ceiling windows wrapping around the curved perimeter of the room, which is outfitted in bamboo, weaves,…
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Best Microbrewed Beer
Abbey Brewing Co.
In the land of mojitos, the Abbey Brewing Company is king of beer. Among Miami's precious few microbrew purveyors, the Abbey serves up a tasty selection of home-brewed elixirs. This is the place for full-body, high-alcohol-content drafts such as the Abbey India Pale Ale ($5.25 a pint); the smooth, nutty Abbey Bock ($6 for twelve ounces); and Trappist-style 12-Degree beer.…
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Best Restaurant for Kids
The Cereal Bowl - CLOSED
Trix are for kids. So are Cocoa Puffs, Cap'n Crunch, Froot Loops, and so many of the 35 hot and cold cereals served here. But it's the fixings that are likely to spark your child's gifted imagination, some 50 sweet toppings including mini Milky Way bars, Oreo cookies, malt balls, Reese's Pieces, gummy bears -- you get the idea. The…
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Best Café con Leche
Villa Habana Restaurant
The $2 café con leches are always perfect at this tiny, uncrowded Cuban diner on Coral Way. You never have to fumble with the sugar, because the Bustelo espresso, served aside a cup of steamed milk in a little tin pourer, is just as sweet as the cute and friendly little waitresses behind the diner-style counter. Villa Habana opens every…
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Best Restaurant in Coral Gables
Norman's - CLOSED
There is talk that Norman's ain't what it used to be. That the more time Mr. Van Aken spends overseeing his growing restaurant empire, the less attention he can pay his flagship Gables operation. It all makes for easy cocktail conversation, but those who have actually dined at Norman's lately can attest it remains one of South Florida's finest establishments.…
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Best Café Cubano
David's Café - CLOSED
If café Cubano is fuel for your own biped power vehicle, then David's is the best and most convenient service station in town. Located just off Lincoln Road, this South Beach stalwart has been around for almost three decades. Every day of the year David's dishes up hearty Cuban fare in its dining room and adjacent counter, as well as…
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Best Restaurant in North Miami-Dade
North One 10 - CLOSED
Chef/owner Dewey LoSasso changes his menu with the seasons, but everything else about North One 10 remains comfortably consistent. Wife Dale oversees one of the most professionally serviced dining rooms in town and promotes an ambitious wine list via special nights and flights. And night after night, the creative contemporary cuisine boasts audacious but honest combinations of fresh, local ingredients.…
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Best Cuban Party Platters
La Nueva Fe Bakery
Good bakeries open early, and great bakeries open at 5:00 a.m. There are not many places left in Miami where you can pick up your food before sunrise, but La Nueva Fe is one of them. Even if you don't need to have your party table set up before you drink your coffee, this Hialeah gem will still impress with…
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Best Restaurant in South Beach
Mark's South Beach
With restaurants such as Nobu, Casa Tua, Talula, Pacific Time, Prime 112, Vix, OLA, o-R-o, et al., it would be easy to forget about Mark's South Beach. After all, the stylish Deco restaurant is tucked away invisibly in the boutique Hotel Nash, and namesake culinarian Mark Militello is the quietest of star chefs. Also, many of the aforementioned spots have…
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Best Cuban Sandwich
Las Olas Cafe
In a region so densely populated by Cubans and their ancestors, a tasty Cubano should be as easy to come across as a wannabe model in South Beach. Not so. Finding a place that serves the ubiquitous sandwich is a breeze, but sinking your teeth into a truly fresh and flavorsome version presents a far greater challenge. And that is…
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Best Restaurant in South Miami-Dade
Origin Asian Bistro - CLOSED
Thanu "Joe" Sinevang and his daughter Lena Sumonthee found success after moving from Bangkok to America, and still more success after relocating their Origin Asian Bistro from South Beach to South Miami. The small square dining room hardly prepares diners for the big, round flavors inherent in chef Sinevang's mouthwatering menu of Thai, Japanese, Korean, Cambodian, and Chinese compositions. Sushi,…
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Best Fajita
Paquito's Mexican Restaurant
At first glance, you might think a Technicolor piñata had exploded here. Tables hide their tops in throbbing shades of violet and orange, vibrant streamers flirt from the ceiling, and landscapes in the colors of a Frida Kahlo painting cram just about every inch of available wall space. But what will really send you into orbit are Paquito's fajitas. For…
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Best Under-the-Radar Restaurant
Vida! Bistro & Wine
You probably have no idea there is a parade of great food marching through Vida's seductive dining room five nights a week. Duck magret over Granny Smith risotto. Char-grilled Bahamian wahoo with grape tomato vinaigrette. Panko-crusted prawns atop chilled peanut vermicelli. These very dishes could conceivably compose the first three courses of an always-changing prix-fixe menu. The meal progresses from…
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Best Taco
Consider the taco an element, like boron or lead or molybdenum. Beans, cheese, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream -- such abominations correspond to a taco about as much as wasabi beurre blanc does. A soft corn tortilla, meat -- lots of it, gum-tender, and highly seasoned -- and a dollop of salsa, preferably one with a kick to it, are all…
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Best Food Court
The Mix at Johnson & Wales
What other food court features professionally trained culinary school students preparing your meal? Don't rack your brain: The answer is none. The Mix, located on the North Miami campus of Johnson & Wales, not only has an enviable pool of talented workers from which to draw, but also the bright lineup of ethnic food stalls is more dashingly designed than…
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Best Paella
La Dorada
"The sign of good paella is really in the rice," says Beatrice Bajares, owner of Spanish restaurant La Dorada. "It's the same as with pasta. If pasta is not cooked al dente it tastes bad." And to get the rice right, explains Bajares, a good paella must be prepared fresh, slowly, and on the premises. La Dorada offers two varieties…
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Best Outdoor Dining
Talula - CLOSED
Duluth's feisty alternative newspaper, if it has one, probably doesn't accord a Best Outdoor Dining award in its annual roundup of the city's finest. That's one reason we don't live in Duluth, Minnesota. Miami, on the other hand, features a plethora of al fresco restaurants all year round. How can one choose among so many options? Hint: Select the surroundings…
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Best Mofongo
Benny's Seafood Restaurant
Mofongo is the signature dish of any Puerto Rican restaurant worth its salt. Whether served as an entrée or an accompaniment, the mashed plantain concoction must not be too dry or too mushy, and it must strike the perfect balance between the mild saltiness that keeps it from being bland, and overseasoning. Benny's, which has been serving Puerto Rican food…
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Best Cheap Waterfront Dining
Shuckers is a dive in the most gloriously comfortable and time-worn sense of the word. Boaters, beachgoers, and tired worker bees are all habitués of this outdoor bar/restaurant. You don't need a platinum card or a tie to gain entrance; you simply need to know how to navigate the mazelike parking lot of the North Bay Village Best Western. If…
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Best Tapas
Bah�a at the Four Seasons
Bah�a, the outdoor tapas lounge on the Four Seasons Hotel's seventh-floor terrace, offers the European snack with a distinctively Latin American, oceangoing twist. Tapas developed from an old Spanish bar custom of placing a saucer on top of wine glasses. Someone put a few olives on the saucer, and from that evolved today's finger-food-as-a-meal. In Spain, tapas bars really get…
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Best Waterfront Dining
Big Fish - CLOSED
It's not so much the sweeping view of an iridescent Miami skyline that excites the senses -- though no place in the city offers a better scenic setting. Rather it's the outdoor dining patio's location adjacent to the water, which provides a rare, eye-level view of passing freighters, fishing boats, speed boats, dinghies, and yachts. It gives the sensation you…
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Best Jamaican Patties
Sonia's Patties
"What is ackee?" the newcomer to Sonia's will ask. And the proprietor will answer, "It's a Jamaican fruit that looks sort of like scrambled eggs." Eeeew! But no. Listen. For $5.49, you can get an ackee patty, made with tomatoes, onion, and cod fish, whose fragrant spice and flaky pastry will hook you forever on the savory little purses of…
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Best Restaurant Décor
The Restaurant at The Setai
To say this place looks like a million bucks would be to vastly underestimate the money invested. To describe in detail the gray stone walls tweaked with teak and bronze accents, expansive exhibition kitchen, lofty ceilings, plushly pillowed chairs, modern artwork, intricate woodwork, towering wine cabinets, and the other handsome attributes would not do The Setai justice, either. What wows…
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Best Conch Fritters
Captain Nate's
If there were an official Florida state fast food, it would have to be the conch fritter. Although Florida's queen conch population is so depleted that our conch meat comes from the Bahamas (and beyond), the fritters are everywhere. Too bad most are mediocre at best -- bland lumps of batter as devoid of conch as Florida's waters. But you…
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Best Place to Dine Alone
Joe Allen - CLOSED
Dear Abby: I have an inordinate fear of dining out by myself. Whenever I enter a restaurant alone, I am seized with a feeling that everyone in the room is staring at me and wondering why I couldn't find someone to eat with. Because I am single, live alone, and don't know how to cook, I find myself in this…
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Best Croquetas
Tinta y Café
These fried snacks can deliver a hit-or-miss assault on the taste buds, depending on how long they have been sweltering under a hot light. Coated in a toasty layer of breadcrumbs, a properly prepared fresh croqueta should be tender, flaky, and mouthwatering. But when these thumb-size devils are left to ferment, they end up dry with a mysteriously gray interior.…
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Best Restaurant for Intimate Conversation
Pascal's on Ponce
The dining room almost sounds like a library, respectful whispers rising and then dissipating like mist. The click of forks is audible, and conspires with other small, soft noises to form a subtle buzzing sound. Professional waiters, well acquainted with the contemporary French menu and exemplary wine list, provide attentive, even doting service -- while never trespassing into cuteness or…
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Best Ceviche
Captain Jim's Seafood
Ceviche is to South Florida what ice cream is to the rest of the nation: a refreshing, warm-weather treat that comes in so many flavors that Baskin-Robbins is blushing with envy. There is tuna ceviche with crabmeat, shallots, jicama, and black beer sorbet at Ola on Ocean. Salmon with watermelon, sprouts, avocado, and chilies at Chispa. And Cacao wows with…
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Best Place to Celebrate Your Birthday
Rusty Pelican
To most people, the ideal way to celebrate a birthday would be in a stunning environment, surrounded by good friends. We might not be able to help you with the friends, but we can with the location: Book a table on the outdoor patio of the Rusty Pelican. Sure, the interior is gorgeous: a collection of brightly colored chandeliers and…
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Best Fish Sandwich
Heads or Tails Seafood
A fantastic fish sandwich requires just two things: fresh bread and fresh fish. As you enter Heads or Tails, you can watch fishmongers filleting your lunch in the retail portion of the restaurant. That's fresh. Grab a stool at one of the long counters that line each side of the room and make your decisions: tilapia, grouper, dolphin, or salmon;…
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Best Place for Wat?
Sheba Ethiopian Cuisine
Wat? Wat dat? It's a thick stew served atop injera. Injera is a spongy sourdough pancake made from fermented teff. Teff is a teeny grain that tastes like millet. You probably know what millet is. The injera is customarily placed over the surface of the mossob. The mossob is a colorful dining table woven like a basket. Diners seated around…
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Best Fresh Seafood
Casablanca Fish Market
When this extraordinary seafood market was evicted from its long-time Watson Island location, Miami lost not only a small piece of its past but also an equally microcosmic yet very pleasant few moments of its multicultural present. Gone are the hordes that used to gather in the scruffy but spacious field that was Casablanca's parking lot, washing down the market's…
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Best Restaurant for Dining During a Hurricane
The Forge
It is a solid building with a great wine cellar. Is there really any need to elaborate further? Well, we are aware Hurricane Andrew flooded the prestigious wine collection in 1992, but the structure has been reinforced to prevent that from happening again. And there are five eclectically appointed dining rooms in which to shelter. Of course, it would be…
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Best Raw Bar
The Champagne, Crustacean and Caviar Bar
The Setai hotel's Champagne, Crustacean and Caviar Bar is a raw bar. But it's a raw bar on steroids. The fruits de mer are here, albeit a more opulent selection than normal -- not one but two varieties of chilled lobster tail (Maine and Florida); crisp cold-water oysters ($5 each), such as sweet, delicate Kumamotos, buttery Malpeques, and Fanny Bays…
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Best Restaurant When You're Paying
They have taken you out for dinner at fine restaurants on numerous occasions. Now it's your turn to reciprocate. You don't want to come across as cheap or ungenerous, but dinner at a local fine-dining establishment will suck the digits right off of your credit card, and moderately priced neighborhood restaurants ... well, to be blunt, there are few capable…
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Best Salads
Afterglo - CLOSED
Why are Americans obese? Blame it on Rich Melman and Jerry Orzoff, two Chicago restaurateurs who, in 1971, installed the first known salad bar in their aptly named J.R. Grunts. Ten billion pounds of mayo-soaked surimi salad later, Americans gleefully waddle from all-you-can-eat salad buffet to all-you-can-eat salad buffet, filling their plates with canned vegetables and their heads with delusions…
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Best Restaurant When Someone Else Is Paying
Vix - CLOSED
There is no charge for walking through the elegant lobby of the Hotel Victor on your way to Vix. A tank of jellyfish glowing in blue light is a free attraction too, as is the shiny open kitchen's nightly revue of culinary theatrics. A basket of warm nan bread freshly baked in a tandoori is likewise complimentary, but just about…
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Best Caesar Salad
Joe Allen - CLOSED
Making caesar salad is like playing rock guitar: Everyone does it, but hardly anyone does it well. Joe Allen does caesar salad well. The world's most popular salad (well, it seems to be, anyway) arrives at your table a study in pastels -- pale, crisp inner leaves of romaine under a blizzard of Parmesan cheese studded with crunchy, golden croutons,…
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Best Restaurant to Take Out-of-Towners
Barton G.
When out-of-towners visit our restaurants, they want more than good food -- after all, most are privy to fine cuisine where they come from. They desire something they can't get at home. For instance, someone from up north might wish to dine outdoors, in midwinter, amid lush tropical foliage. Barton G.'s lovely orchid garden would do that trick. Perhaps other…
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Best Fried Chicken
With its towering translucent blue columns offsetting imposing crystal chandeliers and an all-white décor, o-R-o looks like a Fifties Hollywood set designer's idea of Heaven. Meaning it is the kind of place where Marilyn Monroe's soul might hover in a sable stole (bleached white, naturally). It does not seem like the sort of joint where you would find simply heavenly…
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Best Last Meal on Earth
El Palacio de los Jugos
Jacques Pépin's choice for a final meal would be "a good piece of bread and some good butter." Ferran Adri� says he would ask for skillet-fried asparagus with olive oil and sea salt. Our ideal last supper involves indulging in anything our heart desires at El Palacio de los Jugos. We would begin with a batido from the jugo portion…
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Best Peruvian Pollo a la Brasa
El Pollon Grill
It slowly turns, browning to perfection, becoming so tender it falls off the bone. The chicken at this Peruvian grill will take you back to the glory days of Lima's La Granja Azul. And though no chicken outside Peru could ever match what you got in Santa Clara, El Pollon makes for a tasty alternative. And it beats getting on…
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Best Restaurant for Gluttons
The Knife Argentinean Steakhouse - CLOSED
Each diner begins with a bottle of red or white wine, or two glasses of soda, or two beers. Warm, soft baguettes are promptly brought to the table. Oink. A salad bar well stocked with greens, vegetables, appetizers, and just about any refrigerated item imaginable stands ready to be ravished. Oink-oink. A grill almost as long as the Great Wall…
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Best Chicken Wings
Sports Grill
Fact: Our planet is home to more chickens than people. And just as all men are not created equal, neither are all fowls. Don't believe us? Strut over to Sports Grill and order a platter of wings (10 pieces for $7.50; 16 for $10.80; 25 for $16.25) and then say we lie. One look at these monstrous, plump limbs and…
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Best Juice Bar
Gables Juice Bar
Walking into the Gables Juice Bar feels like stepping back in time. Most stores nowadays go for a cool, modern look, or attempt some kind of cohesive theme. Not this one. The walls are eclectically decorated with brightly colored paintings created by owner Fernando Lopez, accented with framed posters from gangster flicks like Scarface and Goodfellas. A row of colorful,…
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Best Chili
Cheyenne Lee's Snak Shak
David Baglin is on a roll. Earlier this year he won Most Edible Hot Chili at Homestead/Florida City's annual Super Chili-Bowl Cook-Off. Last year he took first place at the Springs River Festival in Miami Springs after securing second in 2003. The 45-year-old Baglin credits his grandmother's secret family recipe for his good fortune. "No one made better chili than…
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Best Breakfast Special
Deli Lane Café
Sung to the tune of "Penny Lane": At the tables are some diners on their way to work, And in the kitchen is a cook without a toque. Still he manages to cause some smoke With his frying pan. What a man! Over-easy, hash browns, bacon, and a side of toast, With fluffy pancakes that won our flip-off years ago. …
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Best Hamburger
Clarke's Miami Beach
A new McDonald's opens somewhere in the world every six hours, which means there are lots of bad burgers being eaten around the globe. And that makes the big, juicy, nine-ounce Black Angus hamburger at Clarke's Miami Beach all the more special. Just looking at it, coddled in a puffy poppy seed bun with crisp bacon, sautéed mushrooms, melted Swiss…
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Best Brunch Buffet
Bizcaya Grill
X: So what does this big-shot brunch you're always talking about have to offer? Y: Lush courtyard dining replete with gurgling waterfall. Ten culinary stations. Free-flowing champagne and mimosas. A dessert room. X: Did you say dessert room? Y: It's the bar/lounge area at other times, but on Sundays from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. the length of the bar…
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Best Hamburger Alternative
Burgerito at Sara's Vegetarian Café
You have your turkey burger, chicken burger, tofu burger, tempeh burger, Boca burger, Garden burger, soy burger, veggie burger, but it took a creative mind over at Sara's Vegetarian Café to think of substituting falafel for chopped beef. The "burgerito" here features a soft challah bun bursting with a delicately fried, parsley-happy chickpea patty; lettuce; tomato; onion; pickle; sauerkraut; tahini…
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Best Coffeehouse
Café Demetrio
Miami is not really the sort of town where disgruntled bohemians in berets linger over cappuccinos, discussing French postmodern philosophy. Usually coffee-drinkers have two choices: a cup of hot-and-sweet purchased hurriedly at a counter (where somehow a thimbleful packs a caffeine punch akin to pharmaceutical-grade amphetamines); or The Franchise, with its uniform couches, preservative-heavy baked goods, and smooth jazz. So…
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Best French Fries
Bistro Bisou - CLOSED
The perfect French fry is a thing of true beauty. It should be skinny, but not so skinny as to upset its delicate balance of textures. It must be golden, not too pale, not too brown. Of course it must be crisp, typically the result of frying at least twice (once to seal the exterior and mostly cook the inside,…
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Best � la Carte Brunch
Ice Box Caf�;
The Ice Box is a nice box, a big, airy square with colorful prints, hanging lights, and a bright stainless-steel kitchen. The first sight to grab your attention will likely be the glass display cases arrayed with outrageously delectable desserts. Take a mile-high wedge of legendary German chocolate cake, cuppa steamy espresso, and presto, your brunch is set. Actually the…
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Best Hot Dogs
Arbetter's Hot Dogs
The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council estimates Americans will eat more than seven billion little red tubes of "specially selected meat trimmings" between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends. Most will come fluffed in the traditional white hot-dog bun that H.L. Mencken once described as being made "of ground acorns, plaster of Paris, flecks of bath sponge, and atmospheric…
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Best Restaurant for a Power Lunch
La Loggia
It has a power location, smack-dab across the street from the Miami-Dade County Courthouse. A full bar boasts a full breadth of high-octane fuels: brandies, cognacs, scotches, and specialty drinks, such as the Lawyer's Liquid Lunch, a martini glass of Absolut vodka and sweetened espresso. The main dining room's lofty ceiling and frescoed walls reverberate with the click, clatter, and…
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Best Homemade Pasta
Salvatore Pizza & Pasta
Proprietor Salvatore Squadrito wants to fatten you up. That's the conclusion you reach once you're served any one of his pasta dishes. You get loads of silver-dollar-size ravioli. You get baseball-size meatballs in your spaghetti. You get heaping mounds of baked ziti. All of it made with the sweetest, tangiest tomato sauce this side of Napoli.…
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Best Late-Night Dining
Flanigan's Seafood Grill
Eat or sleep? That is generally the question as the clock bears witness to a long night's descent toward morning. But if you consider that life is short and Flanigan's menu is long on lip-smacking, late-night snacks, the answer becomes clear: Grab a stool at the bar or a seat at the table and dig in. Big Daddy Flanigan knew…
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Best Carry-Out Chinese
King Palace
When it comes to Chinese take-out, some produce powerful essence and others do not. And it is vital the food magically permeates your automobile's interior with that uniquely intoxicating aroma we like to call essence of carry-out Chinese. What, exactly, causes this heavenly fragrance? Perhaps a beneficent god. Perhaps MSG, red dye #9, or something else we would rather not…
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Best Lunchtime Bang for Your Buck
Lan Pan Asian
Located on the ground floor of Dadeland Station, this unassuming restaurant delivers the heartiest lunch deal in town. Simply put, it is truly affordable, truly yummy, truly filling Pan-Asian fare. What makes it so delicious? Simplicity matched with quality, such as pharmaceutical-grade sushi, delicately dressed seaweed salads with just enough sugar and acidity, and steamed, nutty brown rice. The lunch…
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Best Curry
Kebab Indian Restaurant
Saag paneer. Chana masala. Rogan josh. Chicken tikka masala. Bengun bharta. If these words mean nothing to you, immediately get in your car and drive north. You have not yet experienced the mix of spice, ginger, vegetables, or meat, cooked with a touch of cream and carefully spooned over fragrant basmati rice that we so fondly know as curry. Precede…
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Best Meal Under $10
Grilled dolphin sandwich and beer at Garcia's Seafood Grille & Market
You're seated outdoors at a wooden picnic table overlooking the Miami River, with a little dish of dolphin dip and a green plastic basket of Saltines in front of you. Nice start. An ice-cold draft beer ($2) arrives next, set down in a frosty glass by an amiable waiter, followed by a hunk of grilled dolphin -- freshly filleted up…
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Best Falafel
Pita Plus
Ever since Bill O'Reilly uttered the romantic phrase "and then I would take the other hand with the falafel thing and I'd put it on your ..." -- well, we understand if getting back into eating the fried chickpea balls has been difficult. It may help to think of the Middle Eastern snack in a more biblical sense. With roots…
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Best Restaurant for Lunch
Sky Grille - CLOSED
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! No, it's a plane! No, wait -- it's a brisket sandwich on rye! Located in the Sky Lobby of the I.M. Pei-designed Bank of America Tower is Sky Grille, a cafeteria mostly inhabited by the building's sizable workforce -- but open to the public. The corporate-handsome dining room follows the famous curve…
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Best Early-Bird Special
Le Bon - CLOSED
You can't beat the beat-the-clock deal at this neat Lincoln Road café. Beginning at 5:30 p.m., the price for a half-kilogram casserole of steamy mussels with a side of Belgian fries is $5.30. At 5:47 p.m. the same serving costs $5.47, and as time continues to tick upward, so does price until 7:00 p.m. sharp! Regular price for a mussel…
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Best Dish Available Just Once a Month
Lasagna at Bugatti: The Art of Pasta
It happens like clockwork the first Wednesday of each month at 11:30 a.m. Sizable flocks of patrons file into Bugatti, settle into seats, take a cursory peek at the menu of Italian fare, perhaps peruse the reasonably priced wine list, dip their rustic breads into a plate of greenish olive oil, turn to the waiters, and say, "We'll have the…
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Best New Local Dining Trend
Big chefs opening small venues
A tip of the toque to Pascal Oudin, who five years ago left the safe and prestigious confines of the Grand Bay Café's grand dining room and set off to open a little French bistro of his own. It was a roll of the dice, a decision to work harder for less security and surety of financial reward. He did…
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Best New Restaurant
Not every kitchen crew breaks down its own chickens, ducks, steaks, and fish; rolls and cuts all the pastas; and prepares molé, mayonnaise, and madeira-laced foie gras torchon from scratch. Not every restaurant rustles up rustic dishes such as polenta with runny poached egg, bacon, Pecorino-Romano cheese, and shaved truffle; Southern-fried quail with honey and peaches; and watercress/tarragon salad with…
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Best Chef
Mark Militello and Allen Susser
This category was established last year as a sort of hall of fame -- win once, and you're no longer qualified. Because we have a lot of catching up to do in honoring our best chefs, from here on in we will induct two at a time. Last year's inaugural winner was Norman Van Aken, which makes Mark Militello and…
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Best Fight to Stay in Business While the City Keeps the Street in Front of Your Restaurant Busted Up for Two Years
Cocopelli Café
From the exterior, Cocopelli looks like the sort of bistro where the soupe al'oignon comes crusted with construction dust. Or like a place you can't enter without overcoming great obstacles. Worse, it resembles a restaurant that's closed. That's because this homespun bistro opened on a stretch of Biscayne Boulevard just as renovation on the road was beginning. Jackhammers blasted away.…
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Best Restaurant to Bite the Dust
M Woods
In May 2004, Marvin Woods opened his cozy, low-country restaurant at Biscayne Boulevard and 129th Street. In May 2005, M Woods' fried chicken was deemed best in these pages. Now it's May 2006, and Mr. Woods and his award-winning birds have flown the coop. Farewell, lobster dumplings in vanilla-bean lobster broth and coconut-steamed shellfish. See ya, Cajun rib eye and…
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Best Desserts
Pacific Time
Pacific Time's original pastry chef created what is generally regarded as South Florida's first chocolate bombe. Nowadays every restaurant serves a version of this warm bittersweet chocolate cake with melted bittersweet chocolate center. Some call it "molten chocolate cake" or "chocolate volcano"; more than a few deceptive proprietors refer to it as "soufflé." Regardless of how it reads on the…
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Best Restaurant to Survive Indifference
Plein Sud
Inconspicuously tucked into a nondescript strip mall, Plein Sud defines the term quiet little bistro. No star chef, glossy magazine ads, or featured appearances at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. No breathless word-of-mouth among the SoBe arbiters of hot spots. No marketing maven marveling at the rustic, flower-dappled décor. No PR machine boasting about the homemade foie gras…
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Best Show of Humility by a Restaurant
Oggi Caffé
Located off the 79th Street Causeway for fourteen years, the popular Italian café ran an ad in this paper that contained the tagline: "It is hard going from 'Very Good' to 'Great,' but we keep trying."…
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Best Chain Restaurant
Paul French Bakery & Restaurant
Francis Holder's little family bakery in Lille, France, which opened in 1889, was mostly known for its viennois breads, which are pretty much the same sort of artisan loaves you can find at Paul French Bakery in Aventura, in North Miami Beach -- and in some 300 other branches around the world. That is because Holder's son took over the…
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Best Pizza Joint
Spris Pizzeria
Five reasons why Spris is better than the place you go for pizza: 1. It boasts alfresco seating on Lincoln Road, the Piazza Navona of Miami-Dade County. 2. Paper-thin pizza crust is properly crisped, charred, and blistered in a fiery, wood-burning oven. 3. It offers more than 30 toppings, including prosciutto, arugula, wild mushrooms, and aged speck ham. 4.…
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Best Diner
Airport Diner
Connoisseurs of the good greasy stuff usually drive to Hollywood, an area disproportionately blessed with real-deal diners, to get their fix. Meanwhile, back in Miami, there is Airport Diner, a nine-year-old restaurant that fails one test: It is Spartan and spotless, way too clean compared to its peers. What's worse, the food is not nearly as greasy as its competitors'.…
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Best Natural Food/Vegetarian Restaurant
Sara's Kosher Restaurant
Sara's has been around for more than twenty years, and for fifteen of those years my husband Harold, may he rest in peace, dragged me here to eat. "Such a selection," he would say, who knows how many times, during social situations with other people. "More than 150 items to choose from." Then he would begin rattling off dishes, one…
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Best Sandwich Shop
Le Sandwicherie
In the early Nineties -- when Blimpie bases overran the land, Quizno's was not even a gleam in its mother's eye, and the Miami Subs and Grill on Washington Avenue lured SoBe's pioneer party people with Dom Perignon (at $95 a bottle, to give you an idea of how long ago those times were) -- Le Sandwicherie was a bright…
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Best Barbecue
Origin - CLOSED
Not all barbecue is slow-smoked pork (please don't tell that to any Southerners in the audience, though). It doesn't even have to be American. This sophisticated and accomplished Thai restaurant's killer 'cue is tiny lamb riblets ($8), whose tangy, tamarind-based Asian barbecue sauce glazes meat so tender it can fall off the bone with just a hungry stare. Stand the…
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Best Soul Food
Crabby's Smoke House
An area located off the tourist track -- despite being home to the largest collection of Moorish architecture in the Western Hemisphere -- and far from the ocean might not seem like the best place to go for a dynamite grouper-'n'-grits dinner. But Opa-locka's African-American population has given a big thumbs-up to this soulful smoke house. Other South Floridians reportedly…
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Best Seafood Restaurant
Nobu Matsuhisa is to fish what Harry Winston is to diamonds: the go-to guy for gorgeous, expensive jewels. Each has built an international reputation as master of his craft and gained renown for sparkling presentations. There are differences, to be sure. For starters, Harry mines his gems from the earth; Nobu fishes his from the sea. For another, Winston doesn't…
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Best Sushi Restaurant
Bond Street - CLOSED
Even in a town swimming with cutting-edge sushi establishments, it is not every day you stumble on sun-dried-tomato-and-avocado rolls with garlic ponzu oil and green tea salt. If this sounds particularly healthy, perhaps it is because Bond Street is helmed by Japanese chef Hiro Asano, a graduate of the Hattori School of Nutrition (owned by Yukio Hattori of Iron Chef…
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Best Steak House
OLA Steak
Does OLA Steak grill up a better slab of beef than Morton's, The Palm, Prime One Twelve, The Capital Grille, Fleming's, or Ruth's Chris? In a word: no. But none of the above serves a house bread made from yuca flour and mozzarella cheese (pan de bono) that is out of this world. And though there is nothing wrong with…
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Best Wine Selection in a Restaurant
Vino Miami
Part wine bar, part restaurant, Vino Miami could embody the worst of both worlds -- the snobby cork-dorkery of a wine bar and the cooler-than-thou attitude of so many South Beach eateries. But it does not. In fact there is not a speck of snobbery or attitude to go along with the 50 wines by the glass, an eclectic selection…
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Best Selection of Liquor in a Restaurant
Two Chefs
Since opening in South Miami in 1996, this charming, unpretentious American bistro has earned a reputation for serving robust, heartwarming dishes such as escargot potpie, bacon-wrapped meat loaf, and creamy risotto with duck confit and a poached farm egg. Chef/owner Jan Jorgensen's signature souffles are fairly renowned as well, and the wine list is as delightfully eclectic as any in…
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Best Service in a Restaurant
La Cofradia
Great service is a first-time diner being made to feel like one of the restaurant's regular customers. It is a waitstaff nonchalantly maintaining the tenuous balance between personable and professional, and seeing to needs without being intrusive -- to the extent you are not even aware of them doing their jobs. It is having water and wine poured at appropriate…
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RUN FROM THE CURE - Curing Cancer naturally, the story of Rick Simpson
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Jungian Theory Archetypes - Which ones do you identify with?
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A natural cure for cancer & many other ailments - How to Make Rick Simpson's Medicinal Hemp Oil Safely
Printable List of Monsanto Owned "Food" Producers - Do not buy from these companies!
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The Top 10 Jobs Most Likely to Attract Psychopaths - You work with them, keep your eye on them and watch your back.
As King - A Simple Guide to Autonomous Living PDF, by Nathan Fraser
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Slavery By Consent - "Every War in past 50 Years a Result of Media Lies" - Julian Assange
When Should You Shoot a Cop - The title is shocking , but not what you think. REALLY WORTH WATCHING!
The Crumbling System of Law & Authority - Nathan Fraser & Henrik Palmgren, One of the best conversations you must hear!!!!!
Silent Weapons for quiet wars - An Introduction Programming Manual was uncovered quite by accident on July 7, 1986 from an employee of Boeing Aircraft Co. - The actual pdf document here
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It Can't Happen Here! by Larken Rose, ~ WOW, seriously, this is a powerful video.
People Against the NDAA - Find out the truth about this here.
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The Metahistory of Humanity - Humanity is a species endangered by its beliefs...
Amazing Near Death Experience Stories
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The Alphabet vs. The Goddess Lecture - by Dr. Leonard Shlain
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Why Doctors Must Stand Up for Their Patients - By Elaina George, MD
The Institute for Psychohistory by Lloyd deMause - The science of historical motivations, combines the insights of psychotherapy with the research methodology of the social sciences to understand the emotional origin of the social and political behavior of groups and nations, past and present.
Soldiers, War and Freedom by Stefan Molyneux - Did millions really die to set us free?
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Toward the Light |
A Message to Mankind from the Transcendental World, published in 1920 |
Michael Agerskov, 1870-1933. Photo: The Royal Library in Denmark |
Johanne Agerskov,1873-1946. Photo: Private collection |
R. Malling-Hansen, 1835-1890. Photo: Private collection |
Toward the Light- in Danish, Vandrer mod Lyset! - was first published in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1920 by secondary school teacher and author Michael Agerskov. The content of the book was received through intuitive thought-inspiration from the transcendental world by Michael Agerskov's wife, Johanne Agerskov, who was an intermediary. Johanne Agerskov was the daughter of the inventor, Rasmus Malling-Hansen. The couple was first involved with the spiritistic circles in the beginning of the last century, and very soon they experienced some very special events. There was called upon them from the transcendental world, and Johanne Agerskov was told that she was a mediator, and that she before her birth had promised to be the instrumental to bring some of the eternal truths to mankind. She got in contact with her deceased father, who was her spiritual guide throughout her work as an intermediary for the transcendental world. Together with two other couples the Agerskovs formed a circle, and during séances they were in contact with spirits of the light. The circle was asked to form questions concerning religious matters, and during séances Johanne Agerskov was given the answers to the questions through intuitive inspiration by the spirit of her father, who called himself Leo. Very early in their work, they were told that the work was initiated by God Himself, and that they would be given ''three golden fruits'', wich turned out to be three unique books, revealing many of the great mysteries of mankind, and our true relation to God. The main work was "Toward the Light". © Copyright: Sverre Avnskog |
This website is made by Norwegian Toward the Light-researcher and writer, Sverre Avnskog, born 1956 - married, with two children. Sverre has worked for about 30 years as a teacher in Oslo, Norway. |


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All FIRbees and FIR teaching assistants are invited to rediscover Woods Hole this June for our annual reunion symposium weekend at the MBL. We are proud to claim among our ranks 308 leading young researchers and practitioners from around the globe. Our symposium provides world-class networking opportunities with former classmates, FIR faculty members, distinguished guest investigators, and with FIRbees from fifteen other classes.
To be considered as a symposium speaker, please submit a one-page abstract (download template here) along with the estimated amount of your travel expenses. Send your abstract as an e-mail attachment to Symposium Coordinator, Dori Mebane. The abstract submission deadline is April 15, 2015. Plan for a 10 min presentation.
Topics relevant to reproductive science, and reflecting current research are relevant and encouraged. Preference will be given to abstracts from those who attended FIR in 2000, 2005 or 2010 (15, 10 and 5 years ago) but all FIRbees doing outstanding science; presenting new research topics; first-time presenters; and/or those who have not presented at a recent symposium will be considered. Travel funding priority goes to those making presentations, but please know that everyone is welcome to attend the symposium even if we are unable to include your talk on the program. Those submitting abstracts will be notified about speaker selections by May 7.
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The symposium will open with the Luigi Mastroianni Memorial Lecture at 6 PM on June 11. This lecture will be given by Liza Mundy of the New America Foundation. The symposium presentations, 10 min each for the class of 2015 and returning FIRbees, will be on June 12 and 13. The symposium will also feature the Mike McClure Lecture to be given by Dr. Marco Conti, our Pioneer Awardee; a lecture given by Dr. Charles Lockwood our Beacon Awardee; and a lecture given by Dr. Joao Ramalho-Santos (FIR'98) the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award. Other social activities include the boat ride on the evening of June 12 and the closing and awards banquet on the evening of June 13.


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Your information indicates that your ancestors arrived through the port of New York. Because of this, you will need to do some additional research before you can jump into the passenger lists. |
New York Passenger Lists
When most people think about New York, it is Ellis Island that comes immediately to mind. However, Ellis Island was a latecomer to the immigration going through New York. The port of New York City was in operation very early, with records existing from 1820.
The problem though is that not all of these records are indexed. For the port of New York City, there is a gap in the indexing that covers a fifty year period beginning in 1847 and continuing until 1897.
The good news is that these records are all available on microfilm. The bad new is that when all you have is the year of arrival, the number of pages you have to look through is overwhelming. So, you need to narrow down what you are looking for to a month or a year and the name of the ship.
Naturalization Records
You mentioned that you had some naturalization dates. It is often the naturalization records that can supply you with the details of the individual's arrival in this country. The exact date of arrival and the name of the ship are included in the declaration of intent.
For New York, you will want to begin your search of the naturalization records with the Index to Naturalization Records: 1792-1906. This set of cards is organized by soundex code of the last name. It is available on microfilm from the Family History Library.
Once you order the correct index film, the cards on the list will include the court where the naturalization took place. You can then return to the Family History Library Catalog to locate the correct court records.
A search of the various naturalization records may also need to be undertaken. They have the records divided up by naturalization (final papers) and the declaration of intent.
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Once you have gathered the information from the naturalization records, you will then return to the passenger lists. By this time you should have enough information to successfully narrow down your search, even if you didn't get the name of the ship.
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We've been tracking the progress of Blockberry, a Tetris-style game that was available free on Papped's website. The game has been updated with more features and is now available as a premium game for $0.99. In the latest version of Blockade, the game features:
- Supports saving of games and loading. Stop a game and resume it later!
- Native Blackberry application now rather than a Java midlet.
- Improved background processing and game always pauses when game is interrupted.
- Signed application.
- Blocks change color when they lock into place.
- Prompt on exit, other UI popups added.
- New sounds and music.
- Much faster loading and quitting.
Get more information about Blockade and download at this link.
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Papped let us know that the popular Tetris clone game BlockBerry has been updated to support the Storm and Torch. A few improvements and bug fixes have been made as well including:
v6.03 (Torch + Storm versions only)
- Game no longer needs to be started in portrait mode. It will correctly force portrait mode.
v6.01 (Torch + Storm versions only)
- Redesigned level select, options and score entry screens.
- Support for touchscreen controls, trackpad controls and keyboard controls (Torch only).
- Changed Tetris sound back to original (Torch only).
Download the donationware Tetris clone game BlockBerry from Papped.
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A while back we told you about a free Tetris game for BlackBerry called BBTetris. The game is a decent free alterternative to the Tetris that I believe EA has the rights to distribute for BlackBerry. The free version is now called BlockBerry, and is on version 5.78. The latest version saves your sound settings and improves the Storm experience.
Here are the OTA links for the game:
95xx Storm Version (Start the game in portrait mode. It won't display correct if you launch it in Landscape)
9000 Bold Version
97xx(Bold2) / 96xx(Tour) / 89xx(Curve) Version
83xx(Curve) / 85xx / 88xx Version
82xx Pearl Flip Version
81xx Pearl Version
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Today is the first day of owning a BlackBerry Storm 2 and as with every BlackBerry, you can get apps preloaded, from App World, and from third party stores such as ours.
In general, carriers do a fairly bad job at preloading your device with applications that are useful. Alternatively, there are a ton of great apps in App World and elsewhere that anyone can download. So let's take a look at the state of the apps for the Storm2 at launch.
Click through to see what is available for the Storm2
EA Mobile has launched some of their best selling titles on App World recently including Bejeweled, Need for Speed Undercover, Risk, Scrabble (in the US and Canada only), Tetris, Tetris Mania, The Sims 3, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour.
If you're thinking of buying any of these games, here is a quick review of some of the titles that I have played:
Bejeweled – Excellent casual game and easy to play on a BlackBerry. Definitely worth it!
Tetris – The original and a great purchase for a mobile game.
The Sims 3 – Not worth purchasing. The mobile version lacks any real Sims gameplay and is a cheap ripoff of the PC version.
Happy gaming!


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Woman Traveling Home From Miami Drug Trip Caught With Drug Straws in Vagina
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Mowery and her pals were arrested over in Charlotte County after their van was reported as being suspicious. They were apparently waiting outside a pharmacy waiting for it to open. The group had traveled from Tennessee and said they had had an appointment with a doctor in Miami and received prescriptions for oxycodone and other pain pills.
While searching the van, police noticed that Mowery was squirming and asked her to sit still. They searched her purse and found two straws, about four to five inches long, filled with a powdery substance which was later identified as an opiate. She was arrested and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.
When asked if she had anything else on her, Mowery reported that she had as two more drug filled straws hidden within her vagina. She later was released on $1,000 bail.
The drug has not been identified, but oxycodone is derived from opiates and may be crushed up into a powder.
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Martha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried and hanged as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. Like her mother, young Sarah Carrier is bright and willful, openly challenging the small, brutal world in which they live. Often at odds with one another, mother and daughter are forced to stand together against the escalating hysteria of the trials and the superstitious tyranny that led to the torture and imprisonment of more than 200 people accused of witchcraft.… (più)
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Chocolate Almond Butter-even if you're not a fan of Nutella, you'll love this version using almonds!
I like to be a good mom. I like to be the cool mom. So I buy my kids Nutella. They love it. Nutella is one of those things you either like or you don't. I don't. And honestly, I never really thought about it. I'm not a big jelly eater either. Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches, I think I've had maybe one in my entire life. So the Nutella craze didn't faze me in the least.
I never even thought about why I didn't like this chocolaty spread that everyone else just raves about. I just went on with life.
So I'm snooping around Silvia's Cucina facebook page and I find this photo for Homemade Nutella. I share it on my page because that's what I do, I share yummy photos with my friends. I don't think anything more about it and go on about my business. At the grocery store, I'm restocking my baking pantry and I notice the slivered almonds. Hmmm, maybe I'll try that recipe from Silvia's. I pop the 5 ounce bag in my cart and finish with the rest of my shopping.
I can now tell you why I don't like Nutella. It's the Hazelnuts! I am so in love with this Homemade "Nutella" I made 3 batches, using up all my almonds. I had to test out the cocoas, with and without the instant coffee. I wanted to be thorough for you. And maybe I wanted to keep licking spoons.
Making this takes no time at all and with Nutella running $5.00 and up a jar, I think we'll be sticking with this homemade version from now on!
Chocolate Almond Butter
adapted from Silvia's Cucina
- 1/3 heaping cup of slivered almonds
- 3 tablespoons oil, I used vegetable
- 1/2 cup cocoa-I used Hershey's both regular and special dark
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules (optional but really good in it)
- 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
- In a food processor or grinder, I have a handy dandy chopper, ground almond slivers to a fine grain. You want it to almost be like Flour. The first batch I made, I didn't grind my almonds fine enough and you could feel the almond granules on your tongue, still tasted good but not smooth.
- Once almonds are finely ground, add oil, cocoa, vanilla, brown sugar and coffee granules to your food processor. Blend for 1-3 minutes, until a paste forms.
- In a small saucepan, over low heat combine paste with about 1/3 of the sweetened condensed milk.
- Stir until smooth then add another 1/3, stir again, then add remaining milk. Continue stirring until mixture is smooth and fluid. Transfer to jars or other storage container.
- Once completely cool, store in refrigerator. When using, if thick, just microwave for a few seconds to soften and make spreadable. After licking that spoon, and Yes I licked it! I had to try this out on something other than a slice of bread.
By the spoon, on a slice of bread or toast, spread on crescent rolls and then baked as normal, this spread is good any way you choose to try it! I can't wait to try out all those Nutella recipes with this stuff.
I'm sharing at a few of these great parties.
Want more food in jars?
Pear Sauce (just like apple sauce but with pears)