Cooking in Tough Times: The Poor Man’s Feast
Posted on February 26, 2009 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!She is now 93 and learned to cook frugally during the Great Depression. Here Clara Cannucciari teaches us how to prepare "The Poor Man’s Feast":
Read More..>>‘Top Chef’: And Then There Were Three
Posted on February 25, 2009 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
It’s do or die for Carla, Hosea, and Stefan, and now all they have to do is complete one very simple challenge: cook the best meal of their lives at renowned and historic New Orleans restaurant Commander’s Palace on tonight’s concluding episode of Top Chef.
With Carla’s having gained serious momentum in the last couple of challenges, [...]
Krispy Kreme Valentine’s Donut Sets Record
Posted on February 24, 2009 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
I guess it’s a sign of the (depressed) times that Krispy Kreme set a new record for sales of its heart-shaped Valentine’s donut this year at 400,000 during V-week alone.
I somehow wouldn’t consider a donut a fitting V-Day treat, so I hope they were just used for work-related events or as personal novelty items.
Anyway, Krispy [...]
Locating Those Hard-to-Find Wines
Posted on February 22, 2009 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
I’m always excited when I see a list of wines that not only taste good but also are affordable, but it’s usually the case that the particular wines being reviewed are nowhere to be found. That’s one reason I spent yesterday afternoon at the Wine Exchange in Orange, Calif., tasting "The Wines of Iberia." Now, [...]
Read More..>>First ‘Chopped,’ Now ‘The Chopping Block’
Posted on February 19, 2009 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
I’m always excited when new food competition shows come around. This year, Chopped debuted on the Food Network, and now NBC is responding with The Chopping Block in prime time (debuts March 11 at 8 p.m.).
It’s hosted by Marco Pierre White, who is said to be merciless. Here’s a video preview:
Gail Simmons Gets Her Own Show on Bravo Web
Posted on February 13, 2009 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
I’m beginning to sound like a shill for Bravo TV, but the economy and my need to work keeps me from getting out and about as much as I used to do to cover restaurants and demos, etc., so I’ll use these Bravo promos from time to time.
Turns out that Top Chef judge Gail Simmons [...]
Bravo to Launch New Series ‘Top Chef Masters’
Posted on February 11, 2009 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
On the heels of what it says is the best season yet for Top Chef, Bravo TV announced today that it is producing a spinoff called Top Chef Masters, which will pit celebrity chefs, 24 of them, against one another until only one–the Top Chef Master–is left standing. The Master will then get to donate [...]
Read More..>>Magic Lamp Inn on Route 66: Best Bet the Bar
Posted on February 9, 2009 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
I guess I need to do more research in advance of visiting restaurants, not that my experience at the Magic Lamp Inn (and steak house) along the old Route 66 in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., was without its charms and pleasures. I did indeed enjoy my Crab and Shrimp Louie.
It’s just that when I got home to [...]
Hell’s Kitchen It Ain’t, Gordon Ramsay (Restaurant) at the London Hotel West Hollywood: A Truly Splendid Experience
Posted on February 4, 2009 - Filed Under Food News | 1 Comment
To be honest, the first time I caught up with Gordon Ramsay’s show Hell’s Kitchen was just this past Thursday, four seasons after the show commenced. I was, of course, taken aback by Ramsay’s ascerbic comments, but the show was definitely highly entertaining, and I immediately squared off on those I wanted immediately eliminated and [...]
Read More..>>How to Properly Fillet a Fish: Top Cheftestants Find Out
Posted on February 3, 2009 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
With only six Top Chef contenders still standing, the pressure is on to make it all the way to the finale. The heat of the kitchen especially amps up when legendary chef Eric Ripert appears for the Quickfireround to judge the chefs’ techniques in fish filleting. When Eric then hands over his restaurant —NYC’s renowned Le Bernardin— to [...]
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