I'm a big fan of collaborations. When you put two creative minds together, good things are bound to happen. Yet many "collaborati...

My first taste of chef Shuji Hiyakawa's food came at an event last spring hosted by the Japanese Consulate in Miami, described as "...

A couple years ago I got pretty excited over a tiny storefront along Biscayne Boulevard serving possibly the best Thai food I'd eaten ...

It's been quiet here at FFT, which is partly just the result of lots of other stuff going on; but it's also a sign that there's...

Last month, I had the good fortune to be invited to an event at the Japanese Consulate in Miami, extolling the virtues of washoku, or the t...

Many, many years ago, when I first started writing this blog, I made a big mistake: I wrote about Sushi Deli. It's not that my reco...

There's been a deficit of "best thing I ate last week" posts the past few weeks on account of travel – Seattle a couple wee...

Some sort of sound had involuntarily come out of my mouth. I'm not sure exactly what it was; it may have been a moan. It may have been...

Last summer, I wrote some " first thoughts " about Myumi – a food truck doing an omakase-only sushi service out of a lot in ...

Nearly a year ago, I posted some thoughts prompted by an Eater " Future Week " feature on the future of Miami dining. One of the...

I was surprised when I heard that pasta master Michael Pirolo of Macchialina  was opening an Asian-inspired restaurant – Bazi . Pirolo...

There are so many new restaurants opening in Miami these days that I have given up on the prospect of keeping current with all of them. In f...

It was nearly seven years ago that I first found my way into Naoe . Back then, I had no clue what to expect, having heard nothing about...

The idea was to break up the long hot summer by spending the weekend someplace cooler than Miami. Of course, our visit to Chicago coincide...