Each week, MIAbites features Each week, MIAbites features The Weekly Nibble, a curated listing of the upcoming week's best food happenings in Miami.  The listing is subject to change and details should always be confirmed ahead of time. 

Monday April 25th- Blue Collar will hold its first-ever “2016 Blue Collar Matzo Chase”, which will stretch across the City.  In keeping with the Passover Holiday, Blue Collar Chef/Owner Danny Serfer and his staff plan to hide 2’x2’ cardboard matzos all around Miami. On the morning of Monday, April 25th, Blue Collar will tweet out a photo and a riddle to help those searching for the matzos’ whereabouts. Based on the Passover tradition of hiding a matzo called the Afikomen, people who find the hidden matzo are asked to reply to @bluecollarmiami with a unique hashtag written on the matzo and a photo of themselves with their location. Blue Collar’s Chase gives all Miamians a chance to partake in High Holy Day fun. Prizes will include a $50 gift card to Blue Collar, a unique Blue Collar T-Shirt and Heroes of the Torah commemorative glassware. NOTE: To make the holiday preparation easier, Blue Collar is offering its first-ever Passover Basket! Each basket, priced at $35 per person, includes Chef Serfer’s tender braised brisket, roasted potatoes, latkes, apple sauce, choice of three veggies, Marsha’s salad and dessert. The restaurant is taking orders via email info@bluecollarmiami.com or by phone 305-756-0366.

Wednesday April 27th-  The Miami Beach EDITION invites locals and guest to go back in time, with a historic tour and 3 course dinner honoring the era, when the property was the glorious Seville Beach Hotel. On Wednesday, April 27 at 7:00PM The Miami Beach EDITION will host a historic property tour lead by none other than the hotel's Director of Culture & Entertainment Josh Wagner, who will showcase all the unique historical elements that live within the property. The tour will conclude with a delicious 3-course dinner and wine pairing at Market, Michelin-starred chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s gourmet eatery. The entire experience will be priced at $75 per person. Reservations must be made in advance through Eventbrite link here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/historic-tour-dinner-at-the-miami-beach-edition-tickets-24633282812.  The EDITION 2901 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, Florida. 786 257 4600.

Wednesday April 27th- Bazi Miami Beach hosts its next Kaiseki dinner. Chef Mike Pirolo and team have added two seating options at 6PM and 9PM, each limited to eight seats. Adventurous diners can enjoy an extravagant one-of-a-kind experience featuring 10-12 courses of carefully curated and artistically arranged dishes prepared by the James Beard Award semi-finalist, Chef Mike Pirolo, and Chef de Cuisine Brett Collier. Each course will be paired with a unique beverage by Beverage Director William Rivas. Hosted monthly at the restaurant’s downstairs bar, an intimate setting limited to eight seats, each seating. Priced at $150 (including tax and tip), each Kaiseki dinner promises to be different. Bazi at The Marlin Hotel, 1200 Collins Avenue on Miami Beach.  (305) 695-0101.

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Friday April 29th- Join world-renowned chef, restaurateur and TV host Tom Colicchio and Indulge Miami editor Evan Benn, Ambassador for the Evening, at Slow Food Miami’s “Snail of Approval” Tasting Party. Miami’s “Freshest Night Out”, will be held on Friday, April 29, from 7PM – 10PM at 1 Hotel & Homes South Beach.  Guests will savor bites from 30 of the city’s top farm-to-table chefs and cool off with compelling cocktails by GREY GOOSE Vodka, specialty wines provided by Vinecraft and craft beer from Miami Brewing Co. and Titanic Brewery, amongst other local breweries. The soirée will be perfectly situated at 1 Hotel & Homes South Beach with breathtaking views of the Atlantic. The first 50 tickets sold are priced at $85. After that, tickets will be $95 per person. Tickets at the door will cost $125. VIP Lounge tickets for 50 guests ($225) allow early entry (6:45 PM) and include a meet-and-greet with Chef Tom Colicchio with exclusive bites and GREY GOOSE cocktails and access to the VIP lounge throughout the evening. All tickets can be purchased at SFMfreshestnightout.bpt.me. with all event proceeds benefiting Slow Food Miami’s Edible Garden Program.  1 Hotel & Homes 2341 Collins Ave. Miami Beach FL.

( Information provided by various sources and subject to availability. Always make reservations and check ahead to confirm details.)

 

 

 

 

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If you follow any of our MIAbites Contributors on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook,  you are constantly bombarded with some pretty amazing pictures of food and drink that has been consumed, it seems almost endlessly. 

How can anyone eat and drink ALL that food and go to ALL those places?  

Representing Miami’s neighborhood food community, our MIAbites Contributors do, from evenings out with friends, to lunches at favorite classic spots, to events hosted by restaurants, fellow bloggers and spirit purveyors.  It is hard to keep up and so as a special MIAbites feature we bring you....What I ATE. Watch for this mouthwatering feature every month exclusively on MIAbites.com.

Feast your eyes: 

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By popular demand, a new Ayurveda Cooking Class has just be added for Sunday April 23rd 10am to 2 pm at ALNO Kitchens. To register as there is limited space contact: 305-389-2408 954- 554-6731  www.sampoornacollege.com 

On a recent Sunday afternoon, I was invited to an interactive, informative Ayurvedic cooking class.  I had had Ayurvedic spa treatments years ago. I remembered something about it, but was looking forward to combining a refresher course of my spa experience with an Ayurvedic cooking class.  The backdrop of this lively, educational class was Alno Kitchen and Cabinets and was lead by Sabrina Dora Lopez, founder of Vesta Foods and Ann Harrison, a certified Ayurveda therapist.

What is Ayurveda?

Ayurveda is a 5,000 year old system of natural healing.  Ayurveda recognizes that human beings are a part of nature and describes three fundamental energies, I.e. Doshas.  The three Doshas are Vata (wind), Pitta (fire) and Kapha (earth). It is important to determine your dosha or your dominant dosha.

Sabrina and Ann passed out a questionnaire so that we could determine our individual dosha.  These questions pertained to our appearance, appetite, physical activity, emotions, etc. It was sort of like taking a Myers-Briggs questionnaire, if you have ever done that. Why bother with finding out your dosha?  I learned that when our dosha or energy is out of balance we obviously don't operate at our optimum capacity, either physically or emotionally.

What we prepared...

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StarChefs, the restaurant industry trends magazine, announces its 2016 South Florida Rising Stars Awards Gala on Wednesday April 13th, honoring up-and-coming chefs and hospitality professionals, who represent the vanguard of the contemporary American dining scene. From the Keys to Jupiter, the StarChefs team visited more than 100 chefs, pastry chefs, bartenders, sommeliers, restaurateurs, and artisans.

And MIAbites readers can score General Admission tickets at a 10% discount by following this link and using RSBLOG as code. And you can enter to WIN two tickets by visiting MIAbites on Instagram and LIKING and COMMENTING on the StarChef post. 

“Wynwood and the Biscayne Corridor have supplanted South Beach as food destinations—even Coral Gables and Downtown have emerging scenes,” said Antoinette Bruno, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of StarChefs. “It’s a sure sign that locals, instead of tourists, are driving restaurant business, and they’re making it possible for young chefs to build successful, community-oriented businesses.”

“There’s no defining cuisine at the top of the market,” said Will Blunt, managing editor of StarChefs. “Whether it’s traditional Vietnamese or high-end and conceptual, the best food in South Florida is personal. It’s not trendy or derivative—and it has attitude.”

The winners will be honored at the StarChefs Rising Stars Gala on Wednesday, April 13 at Marlins Park, beginning with an awards ceremony at 6:30pm and followed by a tasting gala from 7:15 pm to 9:30 pm. Guests will experience 20 of South Florida’s most exciting restaurants with beverage pairings and cocktails by the winning sommeliers and bartenders, in one location for one night only.

The 2016 StarChefs South Florida Rising Stars Award Winners are:

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