TV / Once the province of how-to cooking shows, food media has extended its reach—but has it become too big?

Next week, ABC’s All My Children will be replaced after four decades on the air by The Chew, a lifestyle show whose hosts include three chefs and which stars the food in your refrigerator. Who could have predicted that network TV would trade sex, scandal, and drama for dough hooks and mixing bowls? But consumers’ relationship with food now has less to do with lining stomachs and more to do with entertainment and reaction to an economy that fosters domesticity.
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OPENING / NAKED GRAPE - Wilton Manors - Finally at Full Strength Come in and Nibble and Quaff

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After gradually adding items to our small plates menu over the past few days, we are finally able to offer a full menu this weekend. Come in and check out the delicious nibbles and noshes Chef Kevin has created for you. Sip a glass of your favorite varietal or a chilled craft beer and order a plate or two or three for yourself or to share with a friend. It's a casual way to dine and relax. Small plate items are available on the weekends between 6PM and Midnight so you can nibble early or late! A few of the items featured this Friday and Saturday evening include baked parmesan polenta cakes with homemade pesto and chipotle mayo, fresh housemade mozzarella with assorted accompaniments, a prosciutto panini, roasted beet salad, and a mozzarella flatbread. Come and take a look at the menu and decide which item sounds scrumptious to you.
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Healthy Happy Hour

Women’s Health magazine contributor Keri Glassman advises happy hour goers who don’t want to see it impact their waistline to drink beer in moderation and avoid fruity drinks.

DEAL / Whole Foods Fort Lauderdale - $20 Dollars Worth Of Groceries For $10

They say beauty exists in the relationship between a "whole" organism and its parts. And with today's deal, lettuce show you the natural simplicity of healthy goods, courtesy of Whole Foods Market: Pay $10 for $20 to spend on high-quality natural and organic products. Whether you want local produce; freshly prepared foods; gluten-free goodies; or you simply want to avoid artificial preservatives, colors, flavors, sweeteners, and hydrogenated fats, Whole Foods Market has you covered.

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HOW2 / The Ultimate Standing Rib Roast - Cultured Carnivore Video Series by Josh Ozersky, Rachael Ray Buddy

Beef connoisseur Josh Ozersky shares his secrets for the perfect standing rib roast, including how to properly dress your meat and how to handle the precious deckle cut.

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Red Wine Barbecued Salmon-Food Network

Bobby's salmon with red wine barbecue sauce is topped with hazelnut butter. This video is part of Grill It! With Bobby Flay show hosted by Bobby Flay .

M BAR In Fort Lauderdale / REVIEW via Sun Sentinal - "None of the flavors is particularly authentic.... some prices seem higher than they should be" Juzzt Like Rating 35%

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THE PLACE exposed ceiling and brick walls do give the place a bit of a renovated factory feel, 
THE MENU over-salted and pretty much inedible...  failed on many levels.... chain restaurant quality.
THE BUZZ service quite good

>>>> read the full review By John Tanasychuk, Sun Sentinel, September 8, 2011
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Mama Mia Italian Ristorante - Hollywood - (DEAL) $25 for $50 worth of Food and Drinks

THE PLACE  Like a kitchen full of Italian grandmothers, Mama Mia Italian Ristorante's chefs serve up a menu of hot and cold antipasto, pasta, seafood and steak dishes, and all the traditional Italian entrees. Start off your experience with antipasto like crispy calamari tossed with a spiced sauce and basil, truffle infused risotto or stuffed mushrooms with tender filet mignon and mozzarella in a cognac sauce. Next, move on to pastas like the Pasta Bolognese Meat Sauce. Classic entrees include chicken parmesan with San Marzano marinara, Grilled Stuffed Skirt Steak or fresh grouper diavolo with calamari, mussels and clams. The courses don't end there though, finish off with the decadence of a traditional cannoli or go full force with the NY Style Cheesecake.
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From Miss Florida USA Dining Series. This is a three night feast of culinary delights that features the best or food our South Florida region has to offer. 

PROFILE / The Cheesecake Factory: Feeding the 'Common Man'

Walk into one of David Overton's 153 restaurants and chances are you'll end up ordering something that's been "cheesecake-ized." That is, a dish that represents a twist on a classic flavor served to you in a portion size that's large -- very large.

 "It's what America wants to eat," Overton said.

Overton, 65, is the founder and chief executive of the Cheesecake Factory restaurant chain, based in Calabasas, Calif. It's one of the most profitable restaurant chains in America with annual sales of $1.6 billion, thanks to menu items ranging from the eponymous cheesecake to pasta carbonara to chicken tortillas to miso-glazed salmon. The latter dish was inspired by the miso-glazed cod served at an icon of haute cuisine, the Japanese restaurant Nobu.

 

Chipotle Story - How it All Started

Chipotle Founder, Chairman and Co-CEO, Steve Ells, takes a trip down memory lane to discuss Chipotle's early years

Burger King's Mega BK Stacker, starring one of the manliest men of all—the UFC's longest reigning middleweight champion, Anderson Silva.

For those unfamiliar with Silva, he's famous not only for his mixed martial arts fighting but also for his unexpectedly high-pitched voice. (He's also Brazilian.) Burger King has a bit of fun with this by having Silva lip-sync "Lovin' You" by Minnie Riperton, which ends on a glass-shatteringly high note (not to mention juxtaposing him with a pair of tweeting songbirds). The object of Silva's affection is, of course, the Mega BK Stacker, an enormous pile of grease that appears to be made up of about 20 layers of meat and cheese. The serenade takes the form of a schlocky '90s music video, with Silva dressed in the requisite all-white suit, turtleneck, and black leather gloves as he over-emotes into a gold microphone—that is, when he's not busy playing the harp or staring longingly at the rotating hamburger.

FYI / Seafood sensation - A farm-raised freshwater fish from Peru is drawing raves from local chefs.

A new freshwater fish has landed at select South Florida restaurants, offering diners a rewarding taste sensation and chefs a delectable and sustainable alternative to rival the popular Chilean sea bass.

The Amazone paiche (pronounced pie-ché) gives the health and environmentally conscious a farm-raised option for an endangered wild, prehistoric Peruvian fish, considered one of the largest river fish in the world.

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