La Ventanita

La Ventanita is a weekly live video food podcast. Miami Herald food editor Carlos Frías, a two-time James Beard Award winner, and co-host Amy Reyes, editor of Miami.com, talk to interesting people in food about pop culture and all the things we love to eat. We focus on Miami and the people who make it special.

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1
Banter Show: The Last Ventanita (maybe?)
Could this be our final podcast episode?
50 min
2
Pedro Cao, Vicky Bakery turns 50
How Vicky Bakery became a Miami icon
60 min
3
Stephen Sawitz, Joe's Stone Crab
Stone crab season opens and we talk to the legacy owner of the family-owned restaurant
59 min
4
Antonio Bachour on Instagram desserts (plus La ...
La Planchita is revealed and Antonio on why he takes his own Instagram photos
65 min
5
Vanessa Garcia, Amparo Experience playwright, a...
Her play on the real Cuban rum was the hottest ticket in Miami
63 min
6
Banter Show (Angry vegans, NyQuil chicken, Miam...
Vegans had opinions about our last guest's opinion of entitled diners
51 min
7
Ani Meinhold, Miami's first pop-up (plus The Be...
We talk to Ani who opened Miami's first-ever pop-up restaurant 10 years ago
67 min
8
Banter Show! (Why Larios matters, sourdough sta...
How Emilio and Gloria Estefan helped spread Larios Cuban cuisine
53 min
9
Jeremy Ford, "Top Chef" wrestled Anthony Bourdain
Ford wrestled Bourdain in jiu jitsu, demons as a Miami chef, and with raising 3 daughters
73 min
10
Jeff Houck, Cuban sandwich expert, food writer
Which city gets to claim the Cuban sandwich?
70 min
11
Rane Roatta, Miami Fruit (Cuban sandwich debate...
TikTok viral rare tropical fruit from South Florida
60 min
12
Randy Alonso, Fox's Lounge co-owner (plus RIP H...
Balancing old and new in restoring a 69-year-old bar
47 min
13
Netflix Street Food: USA director Mariano Carra...
Behind the scenes of how the Miami characters were chosen
58 min
14
Banter Show (Hanging out at Shoma Bazaar, Parad...
Two extremes for Miami hangout places
51 min
15
José Mendín, Pubbelly chef, plus Google review ...
We talk volleyball and cooking with Jose plus the one-star Google review scammers and Thomas Keller's upcoming restaurant.
52 min
16
Banter Show (Wood Tavern/Las Rosas close, Golde...
Amy and Carlos discuss the latest food news, including a secret burger club
47 min
17
La Ventanita/The Sporkful: a collab
In Search of Miami's First Cuban Coffee Ventanita
1 min
18
Chef Luciana Giangrandi, Boia De co-owner, Miam...
Luci, from Miami Lakes to Livorno, Italy to Vicky's ham croquetas
56 min
19
Michael Schwartz, 15 years of Michael's Genuine...
Micheal dead pans comedy
58 min
20
Banter Show (Michelin star predictions with Rya...
All banter! Amy and Carlos rap with Ryan, another Miami food reviewer
55 min
21
Harry Coleman, Smoke & Dough BBQ and Empanada H...
Harry has created two destination restaurants in Kendall.
56 min
22
Banter Show (Taco Bell pizza, Swensen's replace...
Amy and Carlos talk Miami food after a sober discussion of gun violence
47 min
23
Sef Gonzalez, "Burger Beast" food blogger, Crac...
Miami's comfort food expert talks burgers, wrestling, food truck and horror movies
59 min
24
Mitchell Kaplan, Books & Books founder, cafe owner
The patron saint of Miami writers on creating the perfect writing den
65 min
25
Jenny Lorenzo, Cuban "Abuelita" actor, YouTube ...
Miami's Jenny Lorenzo created iconic Cuban Abuelita and went vegan
66 min