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Bartender Q&A: Kerry McCabe of Kapow! Noodle Bar on his Favorite Drinks, Big Spenders, and Hostesses

By Sara Ventiera Wed., Jan. 30 2013 at 8:10 AM
Categories: Cocktail Culture, The Verbal Nosh
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Sara Ventiera
Since Top Chef and all of those other cooking shows made it big, chefs have become the new "in" celebrities: the rock stars of the the restaurant industry. And hey, we get it. It's hard not to love the person who tickles your tastebuds with amazing flavor sensations.

On the other hand, we kind of feel like someone else is losing out on some of the glory: the bartender.

That being said, we wanted to have a chat with the person who is not only impressing our palate, but getting us drunk in the process. Clean Plate Charlie chatted with Kapow! Noodle Bar's bartender and Creator of Things, Kerry McCabe.

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PB Catch Celebrates its One Year Anniversary Tonight: A Q&A With Restauranteur Thierry Beaud

By Sara Ventiera Wed., Dec. 19 2012 at 7:31 AM
Categories: The Verbal Nosh
Photo courtesy PB Catch website
Partners Reid Boren, Julien Gremaud, and Thierry Beaud
They say -- whoever "they" are -- the restaurant business is the toughest industry in the world. They say that 90 percent of new eateries fail in the first year -- it's actually less than 30, still high.

While it is probably easier to make it some towns than others -- i.e. the long awaited Olive Garden in Grand Forks, North Dakota -- Palm Beach would not be one of the easy ones. As a wealthy winter haven, the town's residents are used to the crème de la crème. 

Tonight, PB Catch celebrates its one-year mark and is going all-out with the party. Clean Plate Charlie spoke to restauranteur Thierry Beaud about PB Catch's first year and what's in store for the event.

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Secrets From the Sysco Guy (Suck It, Food Snobs!)

By Sara Ventiera Tue., Dec. 4 2012 at 7:32 AM
Categories: The Verbal Nosh
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Instagram user alexanderjsimpson
Think you can spot the Sysco product?
Sysco. The name is reviled by many in the culinary industry. It conjures images of frozen chicken tenders, packaged salad dressings, and soggy potato skins. Not exactly the finer points of going out to eat. While you may think you know a Sysco product on sight, you might be surprised.

Clean Plate Charlie caught up with one of our local Sysco delivery guys to find out the dirt about the real ingredients that make up your local restaurant's dishes. More after the jump.

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premade food, sysco
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The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: Interview with Author Dinah Bucholz

By Rebecca Dittmar Thu., Jul. 14 2011 at 7:31 AM
Categories: The Verbal Nosh
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​With Pottermania gearing up for perhaps it's last big hurrah with the release of the eighth and final film this Friday, a cookbook full of British favorites and wizard treats could not have been better timed. The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Cauldron Cakes to Knickerbocker Glory - More than 150 Magical Recipes for Wizards and Non-Wizards Alike by Dinah Bucholz.

First off, why a Harry Potter cookbook?
That is a good question. It goes back to when I was really into the Harry Potter series, the sixth movie was about to come out and I was rereading the series. I was really into the food - it sounded so good but I really had no idea what most of it was. Treacle is Harry's favorite and it sounded really good but I had no idea what it was. The idea came to me in a flash. If there had been one of these books out there I would have been the first to buy. As soon as I got home I searched to see of there was one. There wasn't. So I said, "There has to be one!"
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Q&A With Food-Truck Book Author Heather Shouse

By Terra Sullivan Sat., Jun. 25 2011 at 8:07 AM
Categories: The Verbal Nosh

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​In Food Trucks: Dispatches and Recipes From the Best Kitchens on Wheels, author Heather Shouse visits more than 100 food trucks across the country (including South Florida) and handpicks recipes from some of the tastiest trucks in the roadside business. Shouse talks to Clean Plate Charlie about everything from how the food truck's image has risen from dingy pushcart operation to gleaming Airstream trailer serving up everything from Vietnamese tacos to escargots puffs; how the lure of the four-wheeled food business attracts a certain, rebellious personality type; and the odd pairing of Miami's barbecue pits in strip-club parking lots. Read on...

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Feeding Your Other Senses: Some Unusual Uses for Foods

By Patty Canedo Sun., Jun. 5 2011 at 7:23 AM
Categories: Half Baked, The Verbal Nosh

Patty Canedo is a chef in Palm Beach. She writes frequently about her kitchen exploits in her column, Half-Baked.

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Photo by sun dazed
​We all know that food can do more than just nourish us. If you work in the food industry, you're bound to unlock some of its awesome power. You may get bored and begin messing around, stumbling on to some benefits that wouldn't normally occur to you. Either way here's some fun and handy ways to play with your food. These tips come right off the line.

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What's Cooter Ball? NSFW Interview With Brittany Bleidt, Bartender at Bimini Bay Bar in Fort Lauderdale

By Jamie Long Thu., Mar. 17 2011 at 1:56 PM
Categories: Behind the Line, Booze Hound, The Verbal Nosh
Bimini Bay Bar isn't your average dive; it's a special haunt nestled in a nondescript industrial section of town near the FLL airport. Beers are cheap, cigarette smoke burns your eyes, and porn is blasted on the TV. 

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Brittany Bleidt
​On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, the bar is a little more crowded. Why? Maybe it's because sexy bartender Brittany Bleidt is working. And she's not just a pretty face. For the past two and half years, she replenished your empty drink and offered a friendly wink while you watch her porno playing behind the bar.

Read Clean Plate Charlie's Q&A with Brittany after the jump.

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Q&A With James Gregory, Manager of Maguires Hill 16

By Erin Hilburn Mon., Mar. 14 2011 at 7:32 AM
Categories: The Verbal Nosh

Plenty of bars in South Florida want to lay claim to being "authentically Irish."
Charlie has been in and out of these places, some of them blaring Top 40 music and flashing lights, others covered in wall-to-wall green. Authentic? Hardly. Maguires Hill 16 is the real deal. 


Charlie spoke with James Gregory, who hails from Ireland and whose family has owned Maguires for the past 12 years.

Clean Plate Charlie: How did your family come to own Maguires Hill 16?

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Chef Victoria Allman's New Book Mixes Yachts and Food

By Jeff Stratton Fri., Feb. 4 2011 at 11:00 AM
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​Chef Victoria Allman does most of her cooking while traveling around the world on a yacht. Her first book, Sea Fare, was full of travel stories and recipes, which is what her new book, SEAsoned, is about as well.

Actually, this is what it's about:

"Add two inexperienced crewmembers, an anorexic diva and her bully of a husband, a CEO who thinks he's in charge, a randy wife who is bored of her own marriage and looking for a diversion and a drunken first mate. Stir it up with a violent storm and rapidly flooding engine room."

We asked Allman about her book, which sounds like a fun read:


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Interview with Chef and Top Chef Cheftestant Fabio Viviani - Part II

By Laine Doss Thu., Feb. 3 2011 at 7:00 AM
Categories: The Verbal Nosh
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Fabio Viviani Dishes For Us
​We're continuing our interview with Top Chef contestant and chef, Fabio Viviani. Part one of the interview can be seen here. More »

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