Also known as "the claws come out." Miami Detour As soon as I saw that Michelle Bernstein was going to be the guest judge on this episode of Top Chef, I knew there could be some tension since both Michelle and Andrea are chefs in Miami. Andrea starts the day in a "good place" but as soon ...
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Top Chef: Catch-Up Edition
I'm back from my technology hiatus and have now watched each of the three episodes I haven't recapped at least two times each. I guess that's what happens when I deprive myself... I go overboard to catch up (just ask my weight which knows what happens when I skip meals or diet -- DOH!). But ...
Ippuku is a Little Piece of Japan in Berkeley
I am so happy right now. Really. I just ate dinner at Ippuku for the first time, and I am so happy that a true yakitori restaurant has landed right here in my town. Ippuku feels like a little piece of Japan transplanted into Berkeley. ...
Top Chef DC: School Lunch
We're back for the second week of Top Chef DC and as I watch the opening montage, I'm thinking, I didn't even notice some of these people last time. Like Andrea from Talula in Miami Beach -- hey, I used to eat there too! It is a White House themed episode with a "bi-partisan" sandwich and ...
Foodblog-a-Round: The Odd Fruit or Vegetable
I've got some plaintains right now turning a nice black in my kitchen. I have loved plaintains even before we lived in Miami, and now I'm bummed about how difficult it ...
Top Chef is Back — in DC
The new season of Top Chef is here. And bring out the snark, the snottiness and the nastiness. 17 chefs out of the gate. As always they are all over the place from self-taught personal chefs to the guy who has already earned a Michelin star and the one who won a rising star chef award. ...
Cochon 555: This Little Piggy Went to Perbacco…
Last night the biggest pig event of the year in San Francisco went down at the Fairmont Hotel: Cochon 555, featuring 5 different heirloom breeds of pig cooked up by 5 local area chefs and accompanied by some great wine. Tapped to compete in the San Francisco round (ahead of the national Grand Cochon) were ...
Food-Blog-A-Round: Is it Summer Yet?
I’ve been obsessed with berries this season, mostly eating them straight or maybe drizzled with lemon juice or coated in some vanilla yogurt or perhaps with a swirl of balsamic and a little sugar. But maybe it’s time to get baking.
Paris Trip Part IV: Dinner at L’Arpege
Our evening at L’Arpege was elegant, beautiful and surprising from start to finish. There were some lovely highs and some dishes that missed their lofty marks which were luckily only minor distractions and not able to derail the lovely experience.
Paris Trip Part III: Dinner at La Table de Joël Robuchon
Monday night, after spending the day scouring Paris 6 for goodies and the afternoon napping and recovering, we headed to La Table for dinner. Never having eaten at a Joël Robuchon restaurant before, we didn’t have much to go on for what to expect other than his appearance on Top Chef this past season (you may recall the episode where poor Kevin had the privilege of sitting with a whole table of people speaking French that later became the “what Kevin hears” segment?). Well that and the fact that I had heard about the small plates at L’Atelier.
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