The lede to the Times ‘s piece on the “hipster hottie butchering phenomenon” : “If chefs were rock stars, they would be arena bands, playing hard and loud with thousands cheering. Farmers…are more like folk singers, less flashy and more introspective… butchers have the raw, emotional appeal of an indie band …And it doesn’t hurt that some people find them exceptionally hot.” [NYT]
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A Bit of a Stretch: The lede to the Times’s piece…
Even prior to the onslaught of celebrity chef-dom that we’ve seen in recent years they were still influential figures in many lives. Seeing Margaret Fulton on Masterchef just now reminded me of this, reminded me of searching through the Margaret Fulton Cookbook to find sweet things to bake as a youngster. Flicking through past the big red lipstick kisssed index pages, the flour and batter spattered recipe pages, creased and bent to remember the exact position of that special Christmas cake rec
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Spicy Asian Braised Brisket
Nous qui rêvions depuis la création de la revue d’un numéro spécial avec des entretiens sur le cinéma alignant Mouammar Kadafi, Kim Jong-Il et autres chefs d’Etat cinéphiles, savions l’amour du “frère guide” lybien pour le cinéma. Eu égard à ses obligations professionnelles, imagine-t’on, il a du opérer par le truchement de son fils pour parvenir à créer un fonds de production, suggestivement nommé Natural Selection et doté de $ 100 Millions ! Qadhafi, Beckerman start $100m production fun
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Mouammar Kadafi est cinéphile
Three seasoned chefs with resumes at some of Oklahoma City’s finest restaurants are teaming up … to start a taco truck.The idea of starting Big Truck Tacos might seem an unlikely venture for Chris Lower, chef at The Metro Bistro and Wine Bar, Cally Johnson, former executive chef at Boulevard Steakhouse and more recently Cheever’s, and Kathryn Mathis, who worked with Lower before moving to …
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Oklahoma City chefs unveil ‘edgy’ concept (The Oklahoman)
IMFF Cinedays M, taking place in Skopje through September 7, celebrates the past, present and future of the music and film. The Festival’s focus is on music-related content, including feature films, documentaries and short films submissions that have an emphasis on music – rock, jazz, blues, soul, reggae, punk, pop, reggae ….
If you aren’t paying attention while driving down Belle Chasse Highway, you just might miss O’Briens Grille due to it’s location next door to Mudbug’s Storage and behind the Drive Side Daiquiri Shop . It would certainly be a shame, because I’ve had two recent opportunities to eat there and was blown away. This is definitely one book you should not judge by it’s cover. You’d never know from the tall, skinny building, the location and even the casual sounding name that you were entering a
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O’Briens Grille | Elegant Gretna Dining in the Most Unlikely Location
TOP CHEF MASTERS MAGIC CHEFS 07-08-2009 10:00PM “Top Chef Masters” brings together distinguished chefs Anita Lo (Annisa), Douglas Rodriguez (Alma de Cuba), John Besh (Restaurant August) and Mark Peel (Campanile). The Masters find their hands tied in the quickfire challenge as they must cook an egg with one hand tied behind their back (All Stars Challenge, season three of “Top Chef”), and then must create culinary magic to awe their high-profile guests which include Neil Patrick Harris.
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Chefs Cook an Egg With One Hand Tied Tonight on Top Chef Masters
Robot chefs take center stage at Japan’s Food Machinery and Technology Expo 2009.
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Robot Chef
The joy of being able to attend authentic Italian cooking schools ! There are many excellent courses available, right here in America, for those wishing to truly learn the art of Italian cooking. Creative cooking schools such as the Institute of Culinary Education in New York are enjoying a new surge of eager students, ready to learn all they possibly can about American, French and Italian cooking. School president, Richard Smilow, says his classes have shown a substantial increase each ye
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The Growing Number of Italian Cooking Schools
It is easy to be intimidated by the speed and skill of professional chefs when you are a young, inexperienced line cook trying to move up the ranks. Believe it or not, kitchen knife sets play a big role in the ability of these young chefs to perform to their potential. If they have inferior cutting equiptment, they will fall behind their competition and be slower in prep time than their competition. A bigger problem is that they will lose confidence in their own abilities as they see themse
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Kitchen Knife Sets are Important for Aspiring Chefs
Chances are, there’s something you’re settling for right now. Something that annoys you periodically but you haven’t gotten around to dealing with it yet. We’ll tackle that problem in bite-sized steps over the coming weeks (and I’ll make the list of parts clickable as the series gets published), in this Heart-Centered Technology Tip 6-part series on upgrading: Part 1: Taking Stock (or: Meeting Your Fears Where They Are) Part 2: Laying the Foundation (or: Back Up Your Stuff) Part 3
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How to upgrade anything, part 3 of 6 (Heart-Centered Technology Tip)
Classic childhood toys that occupied the glory of after-school hours have long since vanished from retail shelves or been confined to obscure spots in the toy aisle. Collectors who search thrift stores, online sites, and bargain retail can own some of these entertaining gems and have a piece of childhood’s colorful past. View-Master While an old-school concept that hearkens back to Victorian picture postcards, the appeal of the View-master is still a part of childhood curiosity.
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Five Retro Toys That Deserve a Comeback
EVENTS Denise Roig: “Butter Cream: A Year in a Montreal Pastry School” The Cookbook Store, 850 Yonge Street 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM free Join us for a delicious book launch and signing. “Butter Cream” is a heartfelt memoir that encompasses Roig’s lifelong relationship with baking and sweets culminating in the 56 year old author’s decision to drop her fiction writing career to take an 11 month long professional pastry course and all its encompassing ups and downs. [ more info ] Food!:
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Flavours of the Day – Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
PRESS RELEASE – 6th July 2009 14-00 GMT – FOOD & DRINK/LIFESTYLE SECTIONS Napkin Ltd – Company Background Napkin.com – food at a click © Napkin.com launched in the UK in 2007 and is an internet food and drink portal that has developed an internet “takeaway” business. Founded by a former strategic consulting partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and his son, Napkin provides an online interface to help individual and corporate customers secure internet access to food and drink from all leve
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Napkin.com – Food at a Click
The generosity of chefs is truly a phenomenal thing: From Mario Batali to your neighborhood restaurant, you will see them donating their time, product and fabulous skill to a variety of different causes–and it is up to us to show them how worthwhile it is by supporting their causes. Seattle’s Tom Douglas is no different, and this Thursday, July 9th, you can catch him making a freakin’ fabulous dinner for a cause close to my little food blogger heart. The P-Patch Trust is a group that helps to br
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Chef in the Garden Benefit for P-Patch Trust
if you’re planning a special occasion even if it’s a low key or relatively informal affair like a Masterchef prepared meal in your own home, a relaxed summer garden party, a barbecue for friends or maybe a birthday with a Hog Roast to more lavish exercises such as themed weddings or civil partnership receptions for hundreds of guests in a marquee, then using outside catering makes a great deal of sense. Some venues like hotels will offer their own catering services as part of an all-inclusive
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How to select an Outside Caterer
Karen Cathey died today from complications from a battle with colon cancer that she had bravely fought since January 2008. Karen was the president of Bon Vivant, LLC, a food marketing consulting firm in Arlington, Va., and past chairman of The American Institute of Wine & Food that was co-founded by Julia Child and Robert Mondavi, Richard Graff and Robert Huttenback in 1981. She was founding chairman of The AIWF National Capital Area Chapter and remained active as its chairman emerita
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Karen Cathey: We Lost a Special Person Today
There’s Garrison Keillor’s essay about attending the inauguration: “It was more than Democrats feeling their oats or African-Americans celebrating the unimaginable,” wrote Keillor. “It was a huge gasp of pleasure at a new America emerging, a country we all tried to believe in, Healthy Recipes a nation that is curious and venturesome, more openhearted and public-spirited.” Healthy Recipes And lately the file has grown fat with stories about how the Obamas are changing the food culture of
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Obamas Plant A Garden And Set The Tone For What We Eat
With great pride (and joy) we’d like to announce that PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese took first place in the spreadable cheeses category at the biennial United States Champion Cheese Contest! For those of you who don’t know, this prestigious event is equivalent to the Super Bowl for cheese artisans, manufacturers, and fanatics! It’s kind of a big deal! So in the spirit of this epic win, we are going to give you the top PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese recipes that have been voted by our most important c
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Philly’s Five Star Food Week: Feta Cheese & Pesto Torta
There are some things going on at Walt Disney World in September that you need to know about: Crowd Warnings: Free Dining Promotion – September isn’t a particularly high crowd time at Walt Disney World – they wouldn’t offer the “free dining promotion”, if it was. But you will have a lot of competition at the sit-down restaurants; especially the most popular locations like Chef Mickey’s, Cinderella’s Royal Table, LeCellier, etc.. Make your dining reservations as soon as you are e
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Walt Disney World Resort in September – crowd warnings, ride closures, and special events