Category Archives: South Beach Wine & Food

4 Minute Egg

The incredible, edible egg, here a farm-fresh mixed basket of quail, chicken, pullet (young chicken,) goose and guinea fowl on display at last Sunday's #SoBeWFF farm-to-table brunch from Dale Volkert at Lake Meadow Naturals in Ocoee, FL.

Happy Sunday everyone.  It’s brunch time @MGFD_MIA right now, but if you’re at home like me, maybe sipping an espresso and catching up on some reading, or planning your escape — this time next week, I’ll be on vacation in Italy! — you may have a growl in your gut for some breakfast.  I remembered some photos from Michael’s last visit to Grand Cayman that I hadn’t posted and it’s exactly what I have a yen for right now.  I’m missing the ingredient in my refrigerator at the moment, but if you have some good eggs lying around, the best way to enjoy them Schwartz-style is soft boiled.

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#SoBeWFF Botanical Brunch in Pictures. Plus, Our Monthly Farm-to-Table Dinner Series is Back in Grand Cayman!

Communal tables built by Panache brought the farm to our first garden party at Miami Beach Botanical Gardens.

How great was this past weekend?!  Each year the South Beach Wine & Food Festival gets more and more fun.  Thank you to Lee Schrager who offered Michael the opportunity to host the brunch and craft it around some of the local farmers we love to support at our restaurants.  And a big thanks to our guest chefs Andrea Reusing, Tony Maws, and Tim Cushman, and their bang-up teams for going along with it, despite the extra coordination involved. I’m excited that I now have another reason to look forward to be in Boston in May for my brother’s graduation.  Reservations at Craigie on Main and O ya!

You can see the delicious event in our pictures uploading to a set on Flickr, along with some shots of brunch drink (Caballero) mixer-juicing with Beverage Director Ryan Goodspeed and beach downtime with A-team members Jen Davidson and chef Jonathan Waxman.

For those of you in Grand Cayman or planning to travel there in March, our Farm-to-Table Dinner Series with Slow Food South Sound continues on March 17, after February’s successful Slow Food Day event. Tickets are about to go on-sale online at Brown Paper Tickets or make a reservation by calling (345) 640-6433 or emailing reservationsgcm@michaelsgenuine.com.

[UPDATED] Hedy is Baking Out Loud! for a Home Run

Update: Our first OMG! Dinner & a Movie with Harry’s Pizzeria is later this evening, but there was some #OMG action this weekend at #SoBeWFF! Here are the first of many images we’ll share — these a little more rough-around-the-edges from our collective camera phones of the madness from #DiamondDishes.  They are good for a giggle and to hold us over until I post prettier ones from our Farm-to-Table Brunch on the blog tomorrow. Enjoy them here, and congrats to Ms. Goldsmith for her “Ooh, It’s so good, lemon meringue pie in a jar” quote from Martha Stewart in yesterday’s Miami Herald! It was a home run weekend!

Hedy with her Black Bean and Ginger Cupcakes with Guava Frosting, a recipe developed for Goya for South Beach Wine & Food Festival's Grand Tasting Village.

With the news of her James Beard Award semifinals nod in the highly competitive and nationally-stacked Outstanding Pastry Chef category, our sweet executive pastry chef is rolling into her #SoBeWFF events this weekend with a huge smile. And so are we.  First things first, if you dine at MGFD, you’ll notice her cookbook postcard, complete with cover shot!  It was such a thrill when Michael’s first cards arrived from publisher Clarkson Potter, and we couldn’t be more excited for and proud of Hedy right now.  Check them out and reserve your copy of her cookbook, currently available pre-sale online.

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