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If your kid likes playing with knives and fire, this competition is for you.

​If your kid would rather whip up some souffle in the kitchen than play Guitar Hero, you're doing something right. Whole Foods Market thinks so too, which is why it's searching for the best parent and kid chefs in Broward county.

The Whole Foods Market Healthy Entrée Challenge is open to families who think they've got what it takes to make the healthiest, most delicious entrée in South Florida.

One parent/kid team will be chosen from each Whole Foods store to compete in the challenge on March 10 at the International Culinary School. The teams will be paired with a student chef from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale.

Each team will have 40 minutes to make its dish, which will be judged by a panel of extremely accomplished judges, including: More >>

​This weekend at the 13th annual Delray Beach Garlic Festival, chefs will be cooking up garlic pizzas, garlic ice cream, garlic shellfish, and everything in between. They'll also face off in garlic competitions all weekend long.

On the main stage, G. Love and Special Sauce play on Saturday night along with dozens of  performers throughout the weekend. Tickets are no longer available online, though they're $10 per person per day at the entrance.

Thank you to all who threw suggestions into the comments for their favorite garlicky dish. Congrats to YourLilChef for her win with garlic crab at The Crab Stop in Deerfield or Rustic Inn in Fort Lauderdale.

If you'd like to divert from the crowds for a civilized seat, Angelo Elia will feature a Garlic Fest-inspired menu at his newest Delray outpost, Trattoria D'Angelo, which will include branzini with broccoli and roasted garlic; rack of lamb and rosemary garlic mashed potatoes with an amarone sauce; and pizza of course, with roasted garlic, clams, and arugula.  

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​We've got a pair of tickets to give away to Garlic Fest, the quirky Delray Beach event that celebrates the odiferous vegetable.
Why celebrate a flavor that keeps away vampires and ensures trench mouth breath that rivals the taste of stale cigarettes?

Like other maligned foods, garlic has an interesting history. Though garlic was found in the U.S. as early the 1700s, its popularity bumped in the '20s, with the influx of immigrants from Europe. China is the biggest international producer of garlic, while California and Oregon grow the most garlic in the U.S.

Garlic is more complex than the one type offered at the grocery store. It branches in ten varietals, such as the earthy rocambole with browned skin; artichoke garlic that's the what you see in Publix; and the photogenic creole garlic that's among the most mild. During a tasting, garlic is ranked according to three characteristics: flavor, pungency, and aftertaste. Garlic lovers who've tasted varieties compare it to trying a chili pepper, with references to peaks and how the heat of raw garlic unfurls.

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Hard Rock Cafe won Most Unique Bite with a pulled pork bahn mi.

​Las Olas staple YOLO clinched the top award from JA World Uncorked last night by serving a "forever-braised" short rib over a potato risotto with crispy shallots.

A majority of the Clean Plate Charlie panel of judges picked YOLO to win the Best Plate award at the second-annual Uncorked event. Here's the full breakdown of the winners:More >>

For the kid who's obsessed with Anthony Bourdain or the one who asks for a Waring blender for Christmas, there's the Art Institute's Best Teen Chef Competition for high school seniors.

And for high school graduates who are thinking of a career in the restaurant world, there's the Culinary Scholarship Competition. Each of these competitions gives participants the opportunityMore >>

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Enter your baby in the Great American Bake Off.

​Is your pie to die for? Do people quake for your cakes? If your treats are better than our rhyming abilities, enter them in the Great American Bake Off this Saturday, January 21, at the Boynton Beach Civic Center.

The bake-off is part of Boynton Beach's second-annual Craft and Treasure Sale, which features crafts and jewelry vendors, pie giveaways, and free food samples courtesy of Publix. The sale runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and admission is free.

The bake-off is open to all individuals or teams 16 and older, with an entry fee of $5 per pie or cake. Each baked treat must be made from scratch and accompanied by a recipe on a 4x6 card (see entry form and complete rules here).


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We need your help and your appetite. New Times is looking for a judge for the second annual Junior Achievement World Uncorked!, a swanky event on January 21 at Broward College from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Details after the jump.

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Teens and adults can compete for an AI culinary scholarship.

​If you've always dreamed of going to culinary school (or know of a teen who spends more time in the kitchen than at the mall), the International Culinary School at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale has two culinary scholarship competitions you should check out.

The Art Institute's Best Teen Chef Competition allows high school seniors with culinary skills to compete for a $4,000 tuition scholarship. The High School Graduate category allows high school graduates the same opportunity. Each competition is very much like a live Top Chef episode. 

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​Every home and every office in America has one -- the dreaded menu folder. 

You know how it is: You stash away takeout and delivery menus from restaurants you might want to order from. But over time, they get shuffled around, misplaced, or covered in won ton juice and pizza sauce. By now, those menus are nasty, and when the crucial moment arrives -- you come home late, starving, and cranky -- you're too tired to deal with going through them, so you dial Papa John's yet again 'cause you just don't want to deal with the mess.

A new service called GrubHub.com has got your back and cleaned up the whole delivery/takeout process.
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