A short clip of Korean news anchor Yi Hye-rim’s sudden collapse during a live morning broadcast on May 27. She was immediately taken to the hospital and recovered soon after [video via Newdaily100@Youtube]… Korean news anchor fainted during broadcast from YeinJee’s Asian Blog
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Korean news anchor fainted during broadcast
Me showing off some fab Red Apron “Del Marva” prosciutto and beef jerky from my fridge. Photo: Aineki Traverso for brightestyoungthings.com This month, the fine folks over at BrightestYoungThings.com have been poking around in the refrigerators of chefs, food writers and other assorted food people, and last week they raided mine. See what’s in my fridge over on BYT.
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BYT Raids My Fridge
We’re happy to announce that Sommelier India Wine magazine is now distributed in top hotels such as Trident Bandra Kurla Mumbai. This is in addition to Oberoi Hotels around the country and select Taj Hotel locations. The magazine is also available in retail outlets like the Landmark bookstores in the major Indian cities, high-end locations such as Delhi’s Khan Market and Jor Bagh, Good Earth stores, some Gurgaon wine stores, Indigo restaurant, Apollo Bandar, and the Wine Warehouse in Andheri, Mumbai.
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Sommelier India Wine magazine distribution increases
We present the latest edition of A Moveable Tweet , where we take a look at the most intriguing tweets in the restaurant industry. Remember that casting call from Tuesday? Well, B-Flay is in town filimg the show, and here is where he apparently chose to dine last night.
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A Moveable Tweet: The Latest From The Industry Twitterati: Bobby Flay
LOWER EAST SIDE — It’s been a long time coming, but Casa Mezcal , the three story Mexican restaurant, bar, art house, cinema, and community center, promised back in December ’08 , is finally beginning to open. The restaurant section is still on the way, but the bars—and there are three— hosted locals brave enough to cross the plywood shed last night.
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EaterWire: Casa Mezcal’s Sneak Peek; Samuelsson Previews Red Rooster
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. 1) Carroll Gardens : A tipster writes of the above photo, “Primemeats gets a great review! Buttermilk Channel is one of the most successful openings of last year! The southern part of Court Street has become an appealing destination. It seems a new venture is coming up on that same stretch, few doors up from Buttermilk.
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The Plywood Report: Kung Fu Bing, Snack Dragon, Qathra, and More Coming Soon
If you are going to travel to London sometime between now and the next two months and start to see coloured elephants in the street, shopping malls, or at the park, rest assured you are not going crazy. In fact, there will be over 250 coloured elephant installations in order to raise awareness about the endagered species of the Asian elephant.
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Elephants Invade London, Luxury Hotels, 25 Best Road Movies
Chef Dan Singhofen (who wowed Metrocurean with a delicious pig showing at Cochon 555) opened the modern American restaurant Eola last fall. Before coming to the DC area, the Culinary Institute of America graduate worked at Gigi Trattoria , The Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Fla., and K Restaurant & Wine Bar in Orlando.
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Chef Five Bites: Dan Singhofen
24 Prince , the five year-old restaurant from Top Cheffer Nikki Cascone—which has had a sign pimping her appearance on the show up in the window for two years— has closed . As Grub Street notes, it was long in coming.
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The Shutter: Top Chef Fame Can’t Save Nikki Cascone’s 24 Prince
What a way to spend your weekends for a year! Helmer Toro, the owner of the group of famed New York bagel shops H&H Bagels was indicted for tax fraud, grand larceny, falsifying records, and violating labor law back in November. And yesterday the court handed down his sentence: 50 weekends in jail and a $500,000 fine to pay back what he stole over the last six years. Actually, it looks like they went easy on him.
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BagelWire: H&H Owner Sentenced to 50 Weekends in Jail, $500K Fine
12+ suicide attempts with 10 deaths in 2010… the suicide mania at China’s Foxconn manufacturing plants has caused uproar across the region. Foxconn, a Taiwanese registered corporation, is the world’s largest manufacturer of electronics and computer components. Among their main products are Apple’s iPhone, iPod etc., and also components for Intel, Nintendo and other big brands.
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iPhone maker Foxconn suicide mania
Earlier today, EV Grieve brought the news that a new eco-friendly Italian restaurant is vying for the old Graceland deli space on the corner of East 2nd Street and A. He now learns that restaurant comes to us from Frank Prisinzano, the owner of Frank, Lil’ Frankies, and Supper, which sits just a block away. Prisinzano had a run in with Community Board 3 last July when they wouldn’t give him a pass on his lapsed liquor license for Supper due to community complaints.
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Expansions: Frank/Supper Team Vies for Graceland Deli Space on A
Isn’t it great when BlackBoard Eats just happens to offer a surprisingly generous discount or freebie to that restaurant you’ve been wanting to try? Well, good news for fans of Church & State, Mozza2Go, Joe’s, Street, Akasha, and Bashan . Starting June 3 the foodie newsletter will offer a second round of coupons to the aforementioned eateries, so for those not yet subscribed, enroll here to play
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Take Two: Isn’t it great when BlackBoard Eats…
From loads of blue cheese to avocado, fried eggs, jalapenos, pineapple and beef marrow (!), y’all dished what you love on top of a burger to try to win a copy of Spike Mendelsohn’s new The Good Stuff Cookbook . The lucky randomly chosen winner is … Congrats, Greg! Please email your address to metrocurean AT gmail.com, and look for your book in the mail!
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Who Won Spike’s Cookbook?
You know, I had it in the back of my mind that the Pearl Market had started again for the season, but it wasn’t until Paul mentioned yesterday that he was craving Nellie’s Samosas that it even occured to me that we had a few extra minutes to go before heading to class. Since it was a bit past the lunch rush, it wasn’t too difficulty finding a parking meter along Gay Street.
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Farm Fresh and Local Produce 5/25/2010
Yesterday Eater SF reported that ex-Ubuntu chef Jeremy Fox had landed a gig as chef at Daniel Patterson’s Plum coming to Oakland this Summer. This news arrives after Fox shacked up for a week inside the Animal kitchen with his week-long pop-up of veggie-based dinners that attracted meat eaters alike to a full week of sold out success.
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Chef Shuffle: Jeremy Fox, New Chef For Daniel Patterson’s Plum in Oakland
Ferrari president and well-known Italian entrepreneur , Luca di Montezemolo , has announced at a Chamber of Commerce meeting in Monza that Italy’s famous Formula 1 race will stay in Monza. The announcement comes after concerns that the race would be moved to Rome, thus ending a historic relationship between Monza and the F1
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No F1 in Rome: Luca di Montezemolo says hands off Monza Grand Prix
LA TO VEGAS — A train between LA and Vegas is totally great, yet even better is the prospect of Top Chef Masters contestant and force behind Vegas’ RM Seafood, Rick Moonen , spearheading food operations. LAist reports that “Mr. Rick Moonen’s management company, Rick Moonen, Inc
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EaterWire: Rick Moonen Consults on X-Train Fare, Sprinkles New Blue Cupcake, Old Pasadena Restaurant Week, MORE!
The owner of El Pollo Fino , an Anaheim chicken restaurant, is in the hot seat after San Diego County animal services investigators uncovered 600 knives, fighting spurs, and 800 roosters bred to fight . Cockfighting is illegal in the US, and all birds were euthanized.
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Crime: El Pollo Fino Owner Busted For Chicken Fights
Delphine , Hollywood’s answer to a French brasserie, opened earlier this year in the new W Hotel. Along with the hotel’s two other eateries – The Station and The Living Room – Delphine’s launch kept Innovative Dining Group (Boa, Sushi Roku) busy for most of this year and last
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Good News/Bad News: A Mixed Bag of Tricks at Delphine Inside the W Hollywood