Easter is early this year and if you are a traditional style person, you will enjoy making this simple but impressive lamb rack for your friends and family. A great potato gratin classic, Greek style lemon green beans, and a simple rosemary sauce. Click below for the recipe.

Chef Max will be doing a culinary cruise with Holland America's Westerdam, touring the southern Caribbean leaving Ft. Lauderdale on April 6th, 2008. If you want to join us for this great getaway of food, wine, and fun, check out Holland America online for all the details. Hope to see you on deck!

This martini is simple to prepare and will give you a different taste that your friends will love. The mixture of the cilantro, melon, and fresh lemon juice are a perfect combination. You could add melon liquor if you needed to, but the simplicity of the fresh juice makes it more magical. Click below for the recipe.

Join Chef Max and a great line up of South Florida chefs as they show their wares at this spring's AIWF event. Each year it turns out to be a beautiful day at one of the most spectacular gardens in Miami. All proceeds from Bali Ha'i support the growth and development of The Kampong;s botanical living collection and provide student scholarships in some of the finest culinary institutes as well as supporting AIWF's Days of Taste Program. Click on for all the ticketing information.

For those of you that have been to one of Dean’s classes or to eat at 3030, you’ll know what I mean when I talk about the “wow factor”—that first bite of a dish you’ve just been shown how to make or the unexpected combination of the flavors on the plate that’s just come out. In South Florida, at least by my opinion, it’s not something all that easy to find, at least without digging a little deeper. (click below to read on)

This month chef Max judged the food stylist competition on the Food Networks show "challenge". Food Network shot overlooking the beach at 3030 Ocean and Marriott's Harbor Beach Resort, as some of the countries best young food stylists competed for $10,000. Keep an eye out in the newsletter and we will post more pictures of the event, and the on-air dates when the time comes.

On the one day a year where everyone wishes to be Irish, try this great little cake for your beer drinking friends. The sauteed apples and walnut ice cream are if you want to do a sit down dinner with this dessert, but just the cakes alone are fine to have sitting around the party.