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Liz Balmaseda

Liz Balmaseda covers food and dining for The Post.

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Pistache bistro’s former executive chef, Julien Gremaud. (Photo by Brandon Kruse/The Palm Beach Post)

Quick bites: Dining deal back at Pistache, plus a Whole Foods cookout for a cause

There’s bittersweet news out of the popular Pistache bistro in downtown West Palm: the eatery’s longtime executive chef, Julien Gremaud, who also served as executive chef at sister eatery PB Catch on Palm Beach, has left the kitchen. Gremaud says he hopes to open his own restaurant, and is exploring ...

A Gin Alohu; Nolet’s Dry Gin, PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur, pineapple juice, and Sprite, served at Sinclair’s Lounge at The Jupiter Beach Resort and Spa in Jupiter. (Gary Coronado/The Palm Beach Post)

Seafood dishes are specialty at Jupiter resort

Our server cut to the chase when we asked what menu items he recommended.Any of the fish or seafood dishes, he said without pause.This is what you want to hear when you’re dining oceanside at a handsomely set place, as is Sinclair’s Ocean Grill, the recently renovated restaurant and lounge ...

Moroccan-spiced lamb burgers, grilled over a charcoal fire, are served with an orange salsa, as shown in Bon Appétit’s “The Grilling Book.” (Photo by Peden + Munk)

FIRE UP THE GRILL

Simmer down, grilling fanatics. You’ve got plenty of time for your outdoor culinary fireworks. There’s a long, hot summer ahead and ample opportunity to try out your fancy, coal-fired specialties.That Guinness-spiked leg of lamb, and that agave-glazed pork belly, and those elk backstrap medallions you’re raring to attempt? They can ...

Rosita, a double yellow-headed Amazon, one of Aleyda’s babies. (Taylor Jones/The Palm Beach Post)

Adios, Aleyda’s: A Tex-Mex institution closes, customers mourn — and the parrot cage is empty.

His son was a baby in a high chair when Marc Winer’s family first adopted Aleyda’s Tex-Mex Restaurant in West Palm Beach as its nontraditional Friday night Shabbat dinner venue. Little A.J. Winer grew up around floating sombreros and springy music and warm hospitality, as restaurant owner Aleyda Cardona doted ...

View of art work and clock over the HMF bar at The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach. (Bill Ingram/The Palm Beach Post)

HMF: It’s swankalicious (That’s swanky and delicious)

Glam cocktails, gorgeous bites, flaming desserts, little black dresses and pearls – this is the most fabulous party on Palm Beach. And they’re thrilled you could make it. Yes, you, Wellington worker bee, Jupiter soccer mom, Delray schoolteacher, Boynton blogger, Clematis gym rat, you. There’s no VIP list or secret ...

A big, yummy serving of Gelato Grotto’s signature dish: fresh, creamy gelato. Shown here is a heap of toasted almond spooned over coffee gelato (medium cup, $5.20), served and enjoyed at the Legacy Place, Palm Beach Gardens, gelato shop. (Photo by Liz Balmaseda)

INSTA-DISH: Gelato with gusto

It’s appropriate that my favorite gelateria in town is named after Capri’s serenity-inducing Blue Grotto. I may be more than 5,000 miles away from Capri, but I’m just a short drive from Gelato Grotto. It’s the grotto that offers respite – and unbelievably good, made-fresh-daily gelato – after a rush ...

Chefs Roy Villacrusis, at left, and Charlie Soo have joined forces to open a new Jupiter eatery in the summer of 2013. The 30-seat restaurant, Aah Loi, will offer sushi and take-out Thai. (Photo by Libby Volgyes/ Special to The Post)

WAS-AAH-BI? Top north county chefs plan space where Thai meets sushi

Hear that sizzle in north county? That’s the sound of hot flavor notes popping, of woks searing, of something truly delicious coming together. That’s because two of Palm Beach County’s powerhouse Asian chefs are joining forces in a new restaurant venture. Chefs Charlie Soo (of Talay Thai, Palm Beach Gardens) ...

A dessert of torrejas (Cuban-style French toast) is popular at Bread + Butter in Coral Gables. (Photo by Liz Balmaseda)

The Cuban comfort-food counter, reinvented

In Miami, the quintessential Cuban cafetería is as ubiquitous as traffic. These are the bustling café-con-leche counters that are virtual shrines to hot, buttery, perfectly pressed pan cubano, and rib-sticking comfort dishes guaranteed to fortify your spirit before it again braves the urban gridlock. At Bread + Butter, a cozy ...

Boynton Beach: View of a Category 5 IPA beer, one of Due South Brewing Company standout beers in Boynton Beach. (Bill Ingram/Palm Beach Post)

CRAFT BEER ON TAP: Bistro Ten Zero One joins the weeklong party with Florida-brewed specials

The ever-inspired Bistro Ten Zero One has always been a booster for Florida-brewed beers. Every one of them, in fact. That’s a cause for celebration among craft brew geeks any day, but the party takes on new fervor next week as American Craft Beer Week specials roll through the county ...

Burrata, fried green tomatoes, shaved Brussels sprouts and pepper jelly prepared by Sundy House Chef Lindsay Autry (Taylor Jones/The Palm Beach Post)

Sundy House chef Lindsay Autry finds inspiration in her roots

Everything’s coming up ginger flowers in the garden that each day inspires chef Lindsay Autry. A chef without her farming background, her love of gardening, or her resourcefulness might not know what to do with all those blushing tropical flowers, or the calamondin citrus fruit, or the wild spices, or ...

 
 

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