Free Ice Cream at Morelli’s Grand Opening

Morelli’s Gourmet Ice Cream & Desserts is opening its second location on Saturday, June 18th and offering a sweet treat for customers — free ice cream! Morelli’s features a constantly changing menu of ice cream, gelato and sorbet made locally from fresh and natural ingredients.  Owners Donald Sargent and Clarissa Morelli create new flavors based [...]

Ice Cream with a View

The Amateur Gastronomer spent the month of August in Provence, France.  This is one of a series of articles on the region. I’m going to let you in on a secret: the best ice cream in western, or perhaps all of Provence.  But you have to promise not to tell anyone so it won’t get [...]

RM Seafood’s Ice Cream Tasting Game

Continued from Eating Las Vegas “No one has ever gotten all 16 flavors right.  Very few have guessed even half correctly.” A tip — or maybe a dare — from our server at Rick Moonen’s RM Seafood, as he placed our dessert on the table. The dessert: Rick’s Tasting Game.  It’s a platter of 16 [...]

Champagne Brunch Buffet at the Wynn

You can’t visit Las Vegas without checking out at least one buffet.  My pick: the weekend Champagne brunch buffet at the Wynn. For me, buffets can be dangerous — no matter what I tell myself beforehand I always eat way too much and leave uncomfortably full.  I never seem to learn that my eyes are [...]

Great Bites at 8 oz. Burger Bar

With overpriced and underwhelming steak restaurants opening up in South Florida on what seems like a monthly basis, it’s nice to see a new restaurant keep beef uncomplicated and affordable — and most importantly, tasting good. 8 oz. Burger Bar in Miami Beach does just that.  Executive Chef Govind Armstrong (best known in SoBe as [...]

Dining at the Fontainebleau: Gotham Steak

The Fontainebleau Miami Beach has a restaurant for every taste. My pick for best all-around restaurant is Gotham Steak, located in the Chateau section of the resort.  It’s by Alfred Portale, chef and owner of Gotham Bar and Grill in New York City. I was a bit hesitant to try it — one thing Miami [...]

Strolling on the Ile Saint-Louis

It’s in the middle of Paris, yet many visitors I’ve spoken with say they’re not familiar with it. The Ile Saint-Louis is a small island in the Seine right next to the Ile de la Cite. To get there, walk around the back of Notre Dame and you’ll see a small bridge connecting the two [...]