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"Its going to be a celebration of the Black diaspora," he tells New Times. "You have low country and Midwestern. You go down to Louisiana and theres Creole. Theres even a Mexican mashup in the Mississippi Delta. The beauty of the International Black Food & Wine Festival is that there are so many cultures to highlight." Smith, whose Hungry Black Man site covers Black cuisine in Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, New Orleans, Austin, Montgomery, and Orlando, as well as Miami, says that he was lookin...

On Friday evening, Otto Othman and his Pincho partners Nedal Ahmad, Nizar Ahmad, and Adrian Sanchez will participate in the South Beach Wine & Food Festival's Burger Bash.

On May 13, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) performed an abrupt about-face on its mask guidance, recommending that people who are fully vaccinated could stop wearing facemasks under most circumstances. The update, titled, "Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People," stated that "fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask or physically distance in any setting, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, ...

Founder and organizer Lee Brian Schrager is still expecting to host a festival that entertains and educates. Here are his favorite SOBEWFF events.

Most recently, WCK has worked to feed people who were left without jobs during COVID, with an emphasis on the culinary community. Last year, before it even opened, Red Rooster Overtown partnered with WCK and Food Rescue US to serve meals to Miamians during the pandemic. The chef and humanitarian will appear virtually tonight (Monday, May 17) at the Broward College Speaker Series. The topic, "Changing the World Through the Power of Food" will address how everyone can help end hunger by starting ...

How to navigate the South Beach Wine & Food Festival safely and have a good time: Nine things you need to know before you go.

Laine Doss Laine Doss is the food and spirits editor for Miami New Times, covering the restaurant and bar scene in South Florida. She has been featured on Cooking Channel’s Eat Street and Food Network’s Great Food Truck Race. Doss won an Alternative Weekly award for her feature on what it’s like to wait tables. In a previous life, she appeared off-Broadway and shook many a cocktail as a bartender at venues in South Florida and New York City. When she’s not writing, you ...

Few strings are attached. New employees must be hired before Chi opens and they must work at least 90 days to earn the bonus. Emi Guerra, cofounder of Breakwater Hospitality Group and a partner in Chi, says the shortage of hospitality-industry workers isnt limited to Miami. "Its really a national problem. Everyone in the hospitality industry speaks to each other, and this is a universal problem." Guerra says that when the pandemic hit, employees at restaurants, bars, clubs, and hotels were...

Gramps owner, Adam Gersten tells New Times that the idea behind the vaccination day was to help hospitality workers in the Wynwood/Midtown area get a vaccine by bringing the site to a hospitality center. He says he contacted Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cavas office with the idea. "I reached out to the mayor to see who was in charge of the vaccine pop-up sites. From there I was directed to discuss logistics with the fire department. Im thankful that they responded in a positive manner and ...

The restaurant is set to open in Brickell in the next few weeks. To ensure theyre fully staffed, theyre offering $1,000 bonuses to all new front- and back-of-house employees. Few strings are attached. New employees must be hired before Chi opens and they must work at least 90 days to earn the bonus. Emi Guerra, cofounder of Breakwater Hospitality Group and a partner in Chi, says the shortage of hospitality-industry workers isnt limited to Miami. "Its really a national problem. Everyone in the h...