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Cheese production facility visits in France
I'm doing some research on this right now, but I'm targeting Alain Hess in Beaune. I'm not sure if the production facility has tours (yet), but the store he has downtown sounds incredible.
Six years ago, I stumbled upon Delice de Pommard while I was in the Loire Valley; it's an incredible cheese and I hope to see it production.
Deen - Why did she keep it a secret for three years while deep frying butter?
If she had just come out and said "Y'all, you know what, I've been eatin' like crap and now I have diabetes -- but I'm gonna come up with new ideas to make that bad food good for ya'" I would've respected the timing. But to coincide with the drug release and to not take responsibility that her food has a linkage to bad health is in...poor taste.
NFNS August 8th SPOILER
It was the best episode of the season -- I could watch Junior Iron Chef battles every week.
Aria has been going downhill every week, and last night, she just quit. She couldn't cut it. That make-your-own-French-toast was so incredibly lame. It look like bad diner food.
Tom is a bit wacky, and usually has interesting ideas but can't always execute on them. He should've known the pork belly cube wouldn't cook -- that's basic cooking. But at least he knew where paprika came from.
NFNS August 1 SPOILER
That's not the point -- the fact that he uses cream to "finish" his risotto means he doesn't know how to make a good risotto.
NFNS August 1 SPOILER
I can't believe that no one pointed out that Brad said, in the first challenge, that "instead of finishing of my risotto with heavy cream, as I always do, I used the ranch dressing." Glad to see he won't be getting his show "The Pro" any time soon.
Top Chef - D.C. - Ep. #7 - 07/28/10 (Spoilers)
Someone was applewood-smokin' some olive oil, I think. Better than your average Smoking Gun contraption. Any ideas what it was?
refused to eat, out of line?
Or just shake your head, and refuse to eat, also in Seinfeld :)
Top Chef - D.C. - Ep. #3 - 06/30/10 (Spoilers)
I really wish I had heard a better description of how that tasted, because it sounded awful.
Top Chef - D.C. - Ep. #3 - 06/30/10 (Spoilers)
I'm surprised that we didn't see a pizza pie, or a meat pie...
Top Chef - D.C. - Ep. #3 - 06/30/10 (Spoilers)
While that tart looked great...a tart is not a pie. They should've called her out on a technicality.
Top Chef - D.C. - Ep. #3 - 06/30/10 (Spoilers)
They really telegraphed her exit by giving her too much screen time.
Lunch in Mt. Pleasant, SC
Charleston's Cafe for me...
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Charleston's Cafe
1039 Johnnie Dodds Blvd, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
Sunday Madrid Recommendations
You may think I'm crazy, but try a calimocho -- coke and red wine. That's something you can't find everywhere, and is actually a lot better than it sounds. Sangria IMO is more expensive than it is worth.
Sunday Madrid Recommendations
I'll second Lateral. It's right there. There's also a beautiful bar around the corner, but I can't find it.
Cooking Channel
I just saw a preview of "French Cooking at Home" (I think that was the title). That seemed promising, or at least in the right direction. Of course, it was a 30 second set of clips.
Top Chef Masters 2 Ep. #2 - 04/14/10 (Spoilers)
On the bright side, the QF doesn't matter anymore. So they are only there to give away 5k, essentially.
Top Chef Masters 2 Ep. #2 - 04/14/10 (Spoilers)
I think it is because it is a bunch of chefs I've never heard of...last night was better, though, since they didn't have teams.
Top Chef Masters 2 Ep. #1 - 04/07/10 (Spoilers)
I'd blame the editor for that one. I'm sure he was just bringing up his analogy again, and for us hearing it twice in 10 minutes, it seemed repetitive.
Top Chef Masters 2 Ep. #1 - 04/07/10 (Spoilers)
Yeah, I'm not a fan of the newer format. I really enjoyed it last year. Maybe Rick Moonen complained too much (about not serving his QF dish, which essentially eliminated him last year) :)
Top Chef Masters 2 Ep. #1 - 04/07/10 (Spoilers)
I completely agree with you. Does anyone know what the first challenge's stars were for? They didn't seem to be added in the end...but I was tired, so who knows.
Top Chef: where are they now (ongoing)
There was a big Top Chef presence at the Charleston Wine & Food Festival this weekend -- Richard Blais, Kevin Gillespie, Eli Kirshstein, Brian Malarkey and even Ron Duprat...
Jeremy Fox & crew leave Ubuntu!
I'd be hesitant to jump to a conclusion based on that, considering the time of the year. It isn't tourist season, and when I think fresh, exciting vegetables, I gravitate towards the warmer months. Then again, that area may grow everything year-round anyway.
Julia Child's Beef Bourguignon...so-so
I just made that for a Christmas party. It was ok. Everyone else loved it, though. I think my expectations were different / too high. The frozen onions were a great idea.
As a post says below me, it is just beef stew. I had had another beef bourguignon that was more of a braise (with a very reduced, sticky sauce), and it blew me away. That was at one of the best restaurants in town.
Top Chef - Las Vegas - Finale Part 2 - 12/09/09 (Spoilers)
I wouldn't necessarily say he was 3rd place...Padma just said he wasn't the winner. They were just setting up the brothers as the last two possible winners.
Top Chef - Las Vegas - Finale Part 2 - 12/09/09 (Spoilers)
100% correct. There's no way that Padma thought "hey, I really want to get Kevin's hopes up and smash them to pieces."
Top Chef - Las Vegas - Finale Part 2 - 12/09/09 (Spoilers)
Kevin and Blais, both from Atlanta, didn't execute their pork belly well in the finale...and...banana scallop!!!!!!
Top Chef - Las Vegas - Ep. #12 - 11/18/09 (Spoilers)
It looks like they'll be cooking on the wine train out of Napa to Yountville. Perhaps they are cooking at Bottega, or just serving outside of it, as Michael Chiarello is in the episode.
