WINE

9 for $15 or less: Bargain bottles pack lush flavor

WINE

Bottles for big occasions

WINE

Trading cattle for grapes

WINE

Sauvignon blanc going tropical

WEBSITE

Bring your own wine

Here's a sign of the times: The new website gobyo.com has easy-to-use listings of restaurants in 10 U.S. me...

WINE

Pubs to pinot in summer reads

WINE

Deliveries from Down Under

DESPERATION DINNERS

Appetizing pizza: Go ahead, be crabby

We're always in search of easy appetizers during the impromptu summer entertaining season. When Alicia tast...

DESPERATION DINNERS

Mucho mangoes inspire an easy salsa

The only thing better than July Fourth is a July Fourth that creates a three-day weekend. Let the picnics, ...

DINNER IN MINUTES

Barbecued pork minus the grill

I love a great barbecue, but don't have the time mid-week to marinate the meat and fire up the grill. Today...

DESPERATION DINNERS

Canned potatoes make dinner great -- really

``The fact that this vichyssoise is made with canned potatoes just shocks the pants off me!'' And those, de...

DESPERATION DINNERS

Super steaks for Dad's big day

DESPERATION DINNERS

A new day for store brands

DINNER IN MINUTES

Soy and garlic glaze flavors grilled chicken

Savor the flavors of Korea with this grilled chicken coated with a garlicky soy sauce glaze that's inspired...

SUNDAY SUPPER

Unhurried curry skips the powder

A surprisingly easy Indian curry fits the bill for a different kind of Sunday supper. It's great for entert...

COOK'S CORNER

Mangoes great in easy cake

Q: Here's a coffee cake that my mother's longtime friend Claire Genicoff shared with me when I was bride in...

COOK'S CORNER

Boiled dressing perks up potato salad

Q: When I was little, my friend's mother made the absolutely best dressing on her potato salad. The only in...

COOK'S CORNER

Easy recipes for sure-to-please summertime sweets

When the heat of summer truly sets in, it takes a lot of motivation for me to spend serious time in the kit...

COOK'S CORNER

Easy cake recipe is a keeper

Q: Do you have a simple muffin or snack cake recipe that will use up that last handful of chocolate chips, ...

SUNDAY SUPPER

Slow down and savor Dad's special day

Life moves fast these days, but here's one delicious reason to slow down: a hearty Sunday supper of chicken...

COOK'S CORNER

Cafeteria's big cookies recreated

Temple Carpenter vividly recalls the chocolate chip cookies at the Forum Cafeteria in the Dadeland Mall abo...

A FORK ON THE ROAD

Spicy Creole dishes star at Moca Café

A FORK ON THE ROAD

Argentine sells grass-fed beef from Uruguay

Pablo Liberato is the exclusive U.S. importer of grass-fed Gaucho Ranch beef from Uruguay. The tall Argenti...

Sweet taste of mango stirs Cuban childhood memories

When I returned to Cuba in 1999 after 29 years, it took me days to gather the courage to drive up to Cuabit...

A FORK ON THE ROAD

Beat the heat with her rice pudding treats

A FORK ON THE ROAD

Playful Peruvian in downtown Miami

A FORK ON THE ROAD

Best buds run smokin' barbecue spot

A FORK ON THE ROAD

Donut Divas bring the party (and the treats)

THE EDGY VEGGIE

Lowly greens gain sheen

Vegetarian Recipe: Black Bean and Collard Green Salad

SALAD BLACK BEAN AND COLLARD GREEN SALAD Here, Hoppin' John, the traditional Southern dish of black-eyed pe...

THE EDGY VEGGIE

2 hits, 1 miss on fiber front

Vegetarian Recipe: Oatmeal Raisin Muffins

MUFFIN OATMEAL RAISIN MUFFINS Two nutritional champs, nonfat yogurt and oatmeal, get a boost from white who...

THE EDGY VEGGIE

A lovely bunch of coconut products to try

Vegetarian Recipe: Caribbean Cabbage and Coconut

SIDE DISH CARIBBEAN CABBAGE AND COCONUT Crunchy, creamy, sweet and spicy come together in this vegan stew. ...

THE EDGY VEGGIE

Have it your way: designer granola

STAYING IN

Dinner & a movie: Rosinella and 'Cinema Paradiso'

EAT: Fans of Rosinella, the family-owned Italian restaurants in South Beach and downtown Miami, may be disa...

Miami Spice Girls: Culinary students vie for national championship

Contrived and cookie-cutter as they were, the Spice Girls managed to inject girl power into the 1990s pop m...

BROWARD DINING

Review | Morton's brings its winning formula to Fort Lauderdale

After more than 30 years and 80 locations as far-flung as Singapore, Mexico City and Macau, Morton's The St...

MIAMI-DADE DINING

Review | Blistering pizzas, bountiful eye candy at Racks

Oh, I get it. Racks. When the press release crossed my desk, I naively thought this new North Miami Beach r...

A FORK ON THE ROAD

Spicy Creole dishes star at Moca Café

U.S.A. CHEF OF THE YEAR

Finalist cooks at country club

CLINK!

Organic gin keeps it green

If yoga by the beach and Reiki healing touch are your thing, Canyon Ranch is the perfect in-town retreat. B...

NUTRITION QUIZ

Test your yogurt knowledge

In the dairy case, yogurt choices are so numerous as to be daunting. You might end up making a selection th...

A FORK ON THE ROAD

Spicy Creole dishes star at Moca Café

DESPERATION DINNERS

Appetizing pizza: Go ahead, be crabby

We're always in search of easy appetizers during the impromptu summer entertaining season. When Alicia tast...

COOK'S CORNER

Mangoes great in easy cake

Q: Here's a coffee cake that my mother's longtime friend Claire Genicoff shared with me when I was bride in...

SUNDAY SUPPER

Unhurried curry skips the powder

A surprisingly easy Indian curry fits the bill for a different kind of Sunday supper. It's great for entert...

ON THE GRILL

Fire it up for cake and fruit

Summer makes us think about desserts that take on a new personality with at least some outdoor cooking. Gri...

FISH

Bacon, peas are perfect top for salmon

Though wild salmon can be pricey, you often can find sales on the brightly colored fillets or steaks from t...