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Culinary, Culture, MSM Online

5 Local Restaurants Featuring Thanksgiving Dining

By Justina Coronel ‘Tis the season to feel blessed and for this Thanksgiving, there is no need to be stressed because there are five amazing restaurants that are offering delicious Thanksgiving dinner specials. Seaspice: This indulgent menu for $75 is created by Executive Chef Angel Leon. Course 1 features three starters including pan-seared foie gras. Course 2 includes slow-cooked free-range turkey to slow-cooked lamb chuck, then finish it off with dessert of warm sweet potato clafoutis to tocinillo de cielo. Mandarin Oriental: The Mandarin will have a full menu for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s. The MO Bar and La Mar will even have a holiday event, in which bar manager Steve Minor will have a special take on cookies and milk “Alfajores and Coquito” and Diego Oka will have a hangover cure cooking class including the secrets of Leche de Tigre. Novecento: Guests can pre-order or dine with a deposit of $50 for parties up to six or $100 for larger groups. The menu is $39 per person, including one glass of sangria, chardonnay, or cabernet sauvignon. BLT Prime: This new American steakhouse in Doral has a menu with a range of food items at $75 for adults and $40 for children. Three starters will be of choice, including a Kabocha squash risotto to lead into entrees of roasted turkey or striped bass. Lastly, dessert features a delicious pumpkin tart or a velvet chocolate rocky road. Thompson Miami Beach: Guests will be able to enjoy an amazing time at TALDE with a $25 holiday special Thanksgiving Ramen for 2, served with creamed spinach wontons to mushroom gravy tare. Also, in the Thompson Hotel is Seagrape, which has a prix-fixe, family style dinner for $65 per person. Items include over roasted turkey breast to braised short rib.

Fashion, MSM Online, Swimwear

Your Guide to Miami Swim Week 2015

By Gisel Habibnejad Miami Swim Week is only a day away and with so many fashion shows and events occurring this week, it’s hard to keep up. MSM has compiled a list of scheduled events to make sure you don’t miss a beat. WEDNESDAY, JULY 15TH Peroni Annual Sneak Peak ­– 6-9pm ­– STK Miami THURSDAY, JULY 16TH Art Institute Fashion Show – 1pm – Main Funkshion Tent Liliana Montoya – 6pm – Main Funkshion Tent If you love mermaids, you are not going to want to miss Liliana Montoya’s Swim Spring/Summer 2016 collection. The show will include “sea-jungle” inspired trends that are all the rage this summer. Planet Fashion TV VIP Opening Night Reception & SWIMMIAMI Kickoff – 6-10pm – W Hotel What better way to celebrate the first official day of Miami Swim Week than with a special performance by MSM’s co-owner, Julio Iglesias Jr.? Sponsored by Planet Fashion TV, the fun event will include a presentation by Lacoste™ to celebrate the opening of SWIMMIAMI 2016. RSVP: (305)793-1389 Art Hearts Fashion – 8pm – Main Funkshion Tent Peroni Emerging Designers – 9pm – SLS Hotel FRIDAY, JULY 17TH Gypsea Swimwear & Lychee Swimwear – 12-2pm – Kaskades Suites Issa de’ Mar Dinner & Presentation – 6pm – Soho Beach House Robb & Lulu – 6pm – Main Funkshion Tent SAME SWIM by Shea Marie ­– 6-8pm ­ EDITION Hotel Clover Canyon Presentation – 6:30-8:30pm – SLS Hotel Hammock Runway Show – 7pm – W Hotel Dijana Swim – 7pm – Bass Museum Filthy Haanz – 8pm – 1Hotel Mikoh – 8:30pm – 1Hotel Mikoh designers Oleema and Kalani Miller showcase their latest swimwear collection highly influenced by surfer chic meets femininity. Style Saves Swim – 9pm – EDITION Hotel Sinesia Karol – 9pm – The Setai San Lorenzo Bikinis – 9pm – W Hotel Wildfox NightSwim – 9pm-12am – Delano South Beach 6 Shore Road by Pooja – 9:30pm – Main Funkshion Tent Mia Marcelle – 10pm – 1Hotel At this year’s Miami Swim Week, fashionistas will be excited to learn that the Mia Marcelle 2016 Collection is bigger and better than ever. You can also expect the men’s line to be joining the runway once again! Hot As Hell Party – 10pm-12am – Soho Beach House SATURDAY, JULY 18TH SwimShow – 9am-6pm until Monday – Convention Center Hammock Trade Show – 9am-6pm until Monday – W Hotel Cabana Trade Show – 10am-6pm until Monday – Collins Park Zigilane Lunch & Presentation – 12pm – Delano Hotel Bungalow 253 by RxGenesys – 1-4pm – EDITION Hotel Escape Miami Style Lounge – 1-6pm – Shelborne Hotel Elite Gifting Lounge & Body Beauty Suite – 1-6pm – 1Hotel Keva J. – 2-4pm – Ritz-Carlton Hotel Mohini – 4-6pm – Shelborne Hotel DIVE Preview – 5pm – SPACEBY3 Gottex – 6pm – 1Hotel Tori Praver – 6:30pm – Main Funkshion Tent CFDA Fashion Incubator Presentation – 7pm – W Hotel Mara Hoffman – 8pm – Casa Casuarina – Invite Only DIVE IN Movie – Swim Week Edition – 8:30pm – The Standard Luli Fama – 9pm – Main Funkshion Tent Join Luli Fama as they present their latest swimwear dream catcher themed show. Being one of the highly anticipated designer brands at Miami Swim Week, you won’t want to miss it! Caffe Swimwear – 9pm – W Hotel Belusso – 10pm ­– 1Hotel With celebrities like Jessica Biel, Miranda Kerr, Eva Longoria, and Chrissy Teigen rocking this swimwear brand, you know you can only expect unique and detailed designs by Belusso. The comfortable pieces exude luxury as this year’s designs were inspired by Steve McQueen’s automobile collection. Frankie’s Bikinis – 10:30pm – W Hotel SUNDAY, JULY 19TH Akai, Alexibella & Siempre Golden Brunch – 11am – Seagrape at the Thompson Hotel Swim Week Field to Table Brunch – 11am-3pm – Mmmm French Café We Are Handsome Preview Brunch ­– 11:30am – EDITION Hotel The always interesting, We Are Handsome designs never seem to disappoint. This year, the Australian-based brand will showcase their latest pieces with an exclusive presentation at the EDITION Hotel. Lazy Sunday BBQ: Swim Week Edition at The Standard Spa Miami Beach – 12-8pm – Standard Spa Bungalow 253 by RxGenesys – 1-4pm – EDITION Hotel Swim Week Pool Party – 2pm – The Broken Shaker Anita Rincón Swim – 2-4pm – Riviera Hotel Nookie – 5-7pm – Mondrian Hotel Lycra Presents: Lybethras & Lila Nikole – 6pm – 1Hotel SwimShow Cocktail Pool Party – 7pm ­– Thompson Hotel Protela Colombian Trend (Maaji, Agua Bendita, Hernan Zajar, Saha, Malai, Firlan) – 7pm – W Hotel Maaji – 8pm – Main Funkshion Tent Hot As Hell Resort/Spring 2016 Collection – 8:30pm – 1Hotel Hot As Hell designer Sharleen Ernster debuts her first ever swimwear collection at this year’s Miami Swim Week. With previous experience as the Chief Design Officer of Guess, it’s safe to say this collection is one to watch out for. AD for Men – 9pm – SLS Hotel Floridita – 9:30pm – The Setai Acacia – 9:30pm – Main Funkshion Tent Indah – 10:30pm – W Hotel

Culinary, The Issue

Michelle Bernstein: Girl Boss de Cuisine

By Nycole Sariol To most, she’s revered as Michelle Bernstein, James Beard Award Winning Chef and reality TV show regular. But to the voracious diners of South Florida who know her best, she goes by simply Michy. And while Bernstein has continuously wowed the nation with her deft cooking repertoire and covetable line-up of restaurants, it’s her most recent dining concept, Seagrape, showering the top toque with mass acclaim and etching yet another notch in her belt of world-class menus as of late. Taking precious time from her back-to-back schedule, we fiendishly chatted up Michelle about her newest brassier-turned-baby to hit Miami Beach’s Thompson hotel, Michy’s renovations, and how she manages to defend her title as the ultimate girl boss of the kitchen. MSM sits down with Michy to find out what she’s been up to: MSM: Let’s talk about your newest venture on the Miami Beach dining scene: Seagrape and it’s menu. What are some coveted plates that will whet our appetites there? MB: Seagrape at Thompson Miami Beach has really been an exciting project for David – my husband and business partner – and I. The menu is inspired by everything that makes Florida so wonderful like fresh seafood and beautiful produce. Some of our top-selling dishes since opening have been the Crispy Skin Florida Snapper, Braised Short Rib, Spanish Octopus a la Plancha, and the Ellensburg Lamb Chops. MSM: Seagrape is now ripe for the pickin’, having opened its doors late last month. What’s the crowd been like? Garnering any local love, or has it all been the jet-setting type? Reveal. MB: We’re thrilled that we’ve had such a successful opening. During Art Basel we were slammed with visitors in town as well as locals who were out and about checking out all of the fun events. We see a little bit of everything being on Collins, we love all of our guests and are happy to warmly welcome them! MSM: What of Michy’s? It’s temporarily closed due to its face-lift-heard-round-the-world. What sort of face-lifts are we talking about: drastic Joan Rivers style, or subtle like Christie Brinkley? There’s a difference. MB: Joan Rivers if she had fixed her feet up! It’s a new kitchen for me, new dining room for my husband and guests; new pipes, new walls, new everything! MSM: Random question time: Isn’t it ironic how society has always pegged women as laborers in the kitchen, yet men arguably have been recognized for dominating the modern- day culinary scene as Chefs de Cuisine? What’s it like being a woman cooking in a man’s kitchen? MB: I can’t speak for other women in the industry. The ratio of women I’ve seen in culinary schools is around 50%, but the actual percentage that becomes or remains a chef is pretty low. MSM: Speaking of being a lady within a testosterone driven industry: you’ve been knighted with a James Beard Award for Best Chef in South Florida; judged and mentored on Bravo’s Top Chef; and come on, how could we forget that one time when you slayed Bobby Flay on Iron Chef – truly a wonder to behold. What is the impetus behind such vociferous success? What’s your next plan of attack? MB: I figure its 50% luck and 50% good timing! I am driven, passionate and very, very disciplined but if it weren’t for my family and my amazing staff I wouldn’t be very successful! Photography Courtesy of THOMPSON MIAMI BEACH   Click here to view post on the January/February 2015 issue.

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