Last night on Bravo was the final preliminary round of “Top Chef Masters,” and next week begins the finals, in which one chef will be voted off each week until someone is crowned Top Chef Master. And last night, more so than in previous episodes, there was a lot of love and mutual respect going on between the contestants…..Jonathan Waxman of New York City, better known as the dude who trained Bobby Flay; Roy Yamaguchi of Honolulu; Michael Cimarusti of Los Angeles; and Art Smith of Chicago (bett
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Top Chef Masters: more mutual respect
WASHINGTON, D.C (RPRN) 7/23/2009—The plight of the harp seals is among the priorities of Meshelle & Cathal Armstrong — long among the area’s most vital leading proponents of local farms, humanely treated animals and the community. Both Meshelle and her husband Chef Cathal Armstrong of Restaurant Eve, The Majestic, Eamonn’s A Dublin Chipper and PX worked with
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In Our Hands: DC’s Top Chefs, Bartenders and Restaurateurs Band Together to End the Canadian Seal Hunt
Last night’s episode of Top Chef Masters on Bravo, which has been mostly pretty dull, tried to pit the masters against each other but instead turned into something pretty wonderful.The challenge was that each chef bought ingredients for one of the other chefs to use to create his dish.The producers were probably hoping to set the chefs at each others’ throats, but that’s not what happened. Each chef chose ingredients that he thought would challenge the other, but not debilitate him.The camerader
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Competition that Improves the Soul
Africa is a land of beauty, nature, and natural wonder, and is one of the last destinations in the world that hasn’t been overrun by tourists or commercialized by corporations. In Africa, travelers from all over the world can experience the beauty of the country, the local culture and people, and the awe-inspiring wildlife in their natural habitat. While Africa offers a plethora of honeymoon experiences, newlyweds looking for that unique, one-of-a-kind trip are sure to enjoy the following.Safari
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Best Places to Honeymoon in Africa Written by Alexandra Harris in AfricaViewed by 0 readers since 07-23-2009
Sens, Downtown Phoenix (photo source: Cam Riley) [Source: Howard Seftel and Megan Finnerty, Arizona Republic] – Looking past the current economic downturn, optimistic restaurateurs believe downtown Phoenix is poised to compete in the next few years with Scottsdale as a dining destination. The momentum has been jump-started by a group of independent chefs and entrepreneurs who believe in the area’s potential. They, in turn, have inspired a fresh wave of high-profile names with big plans to
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A growing appetite for downtown Phoenix dining
Theme cruises are alive and well aboard MSC Cruises’ ships in the Caribbean next year. They’ve already announced numerous sailings with a theme and now there are even more. From rocking to the oldies to laughing the night away, they’ve got a whole lot of fun on tap.Rock-and-roll to the sounds of the oldies featuring The Lettermen and The Fabulous Stingrays while enjoying the sunny skies and balmy breezes of Caribbean ports onboard MSC Poesia for her March 20, 2010 7-night Oldies cruise.Tony Buta
I’ve been reading/hearing a lot lately of the celebrity chef. I think that this term is becoming an inaccurate blanket term that covers people who don’t necessarily belong under that category. With Food Network gathering more and more watchers and other networks such as Bravo, Oxygen and the Travel Channel adding chef shows of one sort or another to their roster, the American public is taking much more interest in the foodie culture. I, myself, have been a fan of the Food Network since I was
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Celebrity Foodies/Chefs
A true Luau Oahu Hawaii is sure to be one of the most amazing experiences that you can get and any trip to Oahu therefore must include this experience that has variously been described as a most magical experience on earth. Your gastronomic desires are fulfilled at Luau Oahu Hawaii. Typically, a Hawaiian luau is made up of the most delicious of all foods provided to you with typical warm Hawaiian hospitality and accompanied by singing of the traditional songs as sung by Hawaiian people and which
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Information About Luau Oahu Hawaii: Savor Magical Moments On Earth
Post and photos by Lena Aburdene On Tuesday, July 21st MeShelle and Cathal Armstrong of Restaurant Eve , together with the ‘Sirens for the Seals,’ and the Humane Society of the United States celebrated the national launch of the ‘In Our Hands’ campaign, which is an artistic expression of chefs, bartenders and restaurateur efforts to end Canada’s commercial seal hunt. The campaign has chefs lending their “red” handprint and signature to a large-scale canvas. This canvas
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Sirens for Seals – Chefs Unite for a Model Cause
Filed under: Other Reality Shows , OpEd , Pickups and Renewals You never think of these things until their renewal announcements come on the same day. While Spike was busy ordering up a second season of Deadliest Warrior , E! couldn’t sign the papers fast enough to bring Kendra back for a sophomore run . After all, Kendra’s been all over the tabloids lately with her pregnancy and Playboy Mansion wedding
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Kendra and Deadliest Warrior renewed, now how about a crossover?
They “don’t want to disappoint” by setting an opening date yet, but the people working to open the Porterhouse restaurant/bar in the former Blackbird space next to the Admiral Theater told us today during a quick sneak-peek tour that they are getting closer. For one, the new taps are in — “We added 21″ (to the pre-existing 4), smiles co-owner Silas Reynolds , a West Seattle native, shown above with co-owner Linda Libby, posing with the 25-in-all taps in the background
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The Porterhouse update: Job interviews Monday, menu shortly
[Photo: © 2009 FOX Broadcasting Co.] I am thrilled to tell you that again this season, I got to participate in a conference call interview with Chef Gordon Ramsay of Hell’s Kitchen . Each time, I tell you what a very gentle and nice person he is to talk to, and whether you believe me or not, he really is! Here’s the conversation everyone had with him: Q: How was Whistler chosen? Are you familiar with that restaurant? What was the idea behind that choice for the grand prize?
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Interview With Chef Gordon Ramsay
Malcolm Gladwell is a wonderful storyteller – and an indifferent speaker. You can see the result in his video on TED.com: http://tinyurl.com/axtvyy . The video tells a great story about one Howard Moskowitz, an expert in food research. Gladwell hooks us with the claim that Howard has done as much or more than anyone in America to contribute to the general happiness by giving us the perfect spaghetti sauce. It’s a funny, fascinating look into food and food company thinking. Indeed, as t
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Malcolm Gladwell — great storyteller, weak speaker
Product Description Discover the recipes from America’s most popular family restaurants and cook them at home for a fraction of the price! Wouldn’t it be nice if you could treat yourself to dishes from your favorite restaurants anytime? Now you can — at home! In America’s Most Wanted Recipes, Ron Douglas reveals copycat versions of carefully guarded secret restaurant recipes and shows family chefs how to prepare them at home, saving time and money. With these easy and mouth-watering recipes,
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A broadside on doctors in Rome and their protective clothing against the plague; with an engraving after an Italian broadside showing a figure dressed with along coat, gloves, mask and hat, holding in the right hand a stick with a winged hourglass, in the left background the same figure and children running away, in the R background a view of an Italian city. About Doctor Schnabel’s costume, the attempt to treat people ill with plague and the remedies they used: ► A wide-brimmed black h
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A broadside on doctors in Rome and their protective clothing…
Close to two dozen Perini Navi sailing yachts will grace the quays of Porto Cervo’s New Marina for the third edition of the Perini Navi Cup scheduled to take place from September 3-5, 2009. The event, which combines a rendezvous for owners with spectacular racing aboard these technologically groundbreaking sailing giants, has seen highly successful editions in 2004 and 2006 and in 2009 will be organized for the first time by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda. The fleet of superyachts will range f
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Record Gathering of Perini Navi Yachts to Race in Porto Cervo
The San Jose Downtown Residents Association ( SJDRA ) will be hosting its Summer Quarterly Meeting this Thursday evening, July 23, at Axis . A full lineup of events is planned for this meeting. At the top of the agenda for this Thursday’s SJDRA meeting is a discussion with Scott Knies, Executive Director of the San Jose Downtown Association ( SJDA ), who will be talking about “Downtown San Jose: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.” Also scheduled for the meeting is the 2009/2010 SJDRA Board Elec
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SJDRA Quarterly Meeting at Axis Thursday Evening
Wunderbar! Or, as the late Lawrence Welk would say, Wunnerful-a, wunnerful-a.Swiss chocolatier Barry Callebaut has announced a new low-calorie no-melt chocolate.Sweet! A chocolate bar that won’t melt in your hands or pack on the pounds! The Zurich-based manufacturer, one of the world’s leading producers of industrial chocolate and cocoa, which it distributes to global giants such as Nestlé and Cadbury, claims its new product, called Vulcano, is the world’s first — and so far only — melt-resistan
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Swiss make low-cal no-melt chocolate
A weekly roundup of the newsworthy, notable and often head-scratching stories gleaned from police reports from the Chattanooga Police Department, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, the Bradley County Sheriff’s Department and the Dalton Police Department. • What was supposed to be a simple burglary call turned into a much bigger bust for Bradley County deputies. A report of a burglary in process at a house on Benton Pike last week turned out not to be just a burglary, but a working meth la
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Police Blotter: 7.23.09
Above: winning Boulangerie Nantaise tart, Tony Delguidice, Patrick & Alyssa Lewis. Below, Enza Sorrentino’s fruit crostata.Ah, summer, when a chef’s fancy turns to thoughts of fruit-filled pastry.We begin with a medley of tartes aux fruits entered in the inaugural Francophile Fruit Tart contest, sponsored by in connection with Bastille Day by the French-American Chamber of Commerce. The winner–selected by a panel of chefs and food writers–was Boulangerie Nantaise, the Belltown bakery & coffee
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Summer Fruit:Tarte, Pie, Crostata