Food. Wine. Travel. Life.
Chef Raz Shabtai joins me for a candid conversation about his journey from his grandmother’s kitchen in Jerusalem to Mutra in Miami, the first kosher restaurant in the world to earn a MICHELIN Star. Long before the recognition, there was a shy young boy who found comfort in his grandmother’s kitchen. He watched her hands work without recipes […]
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The South Florida chapter of Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars came together one more time Monday night. This time away from the cameras and inside CALUSSO at the posh Pier Sixty-Six in Fort Lauderdale. Chefs Jonathan Kaiser of CALUSSO, Alejandra Espinoza of COTOA, and Jeremy Ford of Stubborn Seed gathered with fellow chefs, hospitality professionals, […]
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Some restaurants impress me. Some I admire. Some I leave thinking, yes, that was very, very good. And then there are the dangerous ones. The restaurants that follow me home, whose dishes randomly pop into my head weeks later. The ones that make me start plotting a return before I have even finished digesting the […]
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UPDATE: The South Florida cast celebrates 10.07.2026 UPDATE: Plot twist…I made the cut! There’s a familiar face among COTOA’s VIP guests. That would be me! After months of keeping this experience under wraps, it was surreal to finally watch the episode. And stay tuned. The South Florida story isn’t over yet. 09.25.2026 After being completely […]
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Public relations is one of those jobs everyone thinks they understand. Send a press release. Invite some influencers. Get the restaurant into a magazine. Secure a few awards. Voilà, publicity. Yeah. No. For this episode, I sat down with Larry Carrino, president of Brustman Carrino Public Relations, whose career in hospitality PR spans more than […]
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