Celebrity Chefs

By Amanda Jean-Georges Vongerichten gets on the blog today to pimp his new Market restaurant in Boston—one of 50 new spaces he plans to open before 2014—and say goodbye to his 18 year-old tribute to Southeast Asia, Vong. He still says he's... Jean-Georges Vongerichten gets on the blog today to pimp his...

By Madeline(everythingrachaelray@gmail.com) If you haven't already, go out and pick up Rachael Ray's new cookbook: Rachael Ray's Book of 10: More Than 300 Recipes to Cook Every Day. I picked up my copy yesterday and will report back on Monday with my thoughts! You can read a bit about the book from my first post about it here.

By Mise En Place(miseenplace08@gmail.com) •Flat is Beautiful II •Flat is Beautiful III •Cubing a Round The Rules *** Post a comment about one of the episodes in the set, the recipes from the recipes, why you need to this this DVD collection or what makes you an AB or Good Eats fan. You are entered, that easy! Good Luck and Good Eats!

By Lisa Spread seeds in a single layer across the parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for about 15 minutes. Stir them up a bit and pop them back into the oven until golden in color, about 5 minutes more. Taste and season with more salt if needed.

By Madeline(everythingrachaelray@gmail.com) Jessica of Johnstone's Vin Blanc is back with a review of Rachael's recipe for Tastes-Like-Spaghetti Mini Meatball Risotto.Mylinda of Sweet Tea in Texas is back with reviews of Gorgonzola Filled Meatballs with Bay & Onion Creamy Tomato Gravy and Creamed Chicken with Gnocchi Dumpl...

By Mise En Place(miseenplace08@gmail.com) Overall, this was one great episode for learning about using fermented alcohols, oh and how can you not like the ones when the yeasties appear? Five fine wine bottles for a great episode! Although, I liked the name on the fridge, Food Under the Influence, better for the title.

This happy news just in via @thefoodsection: Crocs will stay in business . And thus Mario Batali will not need to switch to Birkenstocks, for which we are all grateful.

By cathy So, we’ve mastered the art of French cooking, thanks to the wild resurgence of Julia Child via Julie & Julia (sales of her classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking have put it on the bestseller list!). Some of us may have even mastered the art of local cooking, by joining CSAs, shoppin...

By fnmusings@gmail.com (Sue) The chefs get to pick their sous-chefs in rounds. Betty says everyone loves Chef Hubert Keller and wants to be with him and no one wants to be with Michael Chiarello. She mispronounces his name. See? He was right to test them. Michael - Rustic Italian Buffet 1. Michael 74% Michael

 FL A celebrity chef or fishing captain in the Keys. I got to cook for Emeril Lagasse this year at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival and got rave reviews for my seared grouper and shrimp ceviche. I also wouldn't mind owning an Italian seafood joint. ...

 CA Janice Thornton of Merced shares this recipe, which is credited to chef Michael Chiarello. The chocolate could be eliminated and the bourbon in the sauce could be substituted with rum to make this recipe more like the one Knox was looking for. ...

A graduate of Ecole Hoteliere in Strasbourg, Keller started as a pastry chef and honed his culinary skills by working with master chef's such as Paul Haeberlin, Roger Verge, Paul Bocuse, Jacques Maximin and Gaston Lenotre. At the NBC summer press day ...

Emeril Lagasse stopped by the Gosselin house to celebrate the 100th episode of Jon and Kate Plus 8, and whipped up a batch of his Slap Yo' Mama Chili Mac -- an appropriate name, as there are many out there that want to slap some sense into Kate. ...

Over there is Jean-Georges Vongerichten, with plenty of stars himself, grilling shrimp satay for passersby. More than three dozen top chefs will assemble ... and more »

Ever since I found this Thomas Keller recipe (from Bouchon cookbook) I've been roasting 1-2 chickens a week. It's incredibly easy, and it's as ... chowhound.chow.com

The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters. This sustainable food activist has also been listed by the James Beard Foundation as Best Chef in America in 1992. All the Moosewood Restaurant Cookbooks by the Moosewood Collective. ...

By Mise En Place(miseenplace08@gmail.com) Heading out bright and early Friday morning to get down to Atlanta for the show taping and seeing Alton Brown on Saturday. I had to resist naming this post The Devil Went Down to Georgia. ;) But, I will try to post what I can on Saturday night after the event.

 FL Makes 4 to 6 servings. Source: Adapted from Mastering the Art of French Cooking, by Julia Child. Per serving (based on 6): 213 calories, 15 g fat (9 g saturated), 177 g cholesterol, 11 g protein, 6 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, 394 mg sodium.

 United States The gaggle of gourmands includes Christopher Lee, Cindy Pawlcyn, Douglas Rodriguez, Rick Bayless, and Hubert Keller.) During a conference call yesterday with a few of his fellow foodies, Schlow said he was flattered to be asked on the show. ...

The Stew - Chicago Tribune Blog, IL Nahabedian will join Charlie Trotter (the group's first inductee in 2006), Jimmy Bannos and Rick Bayless. The induction ceremony will take place September 22 at the Union League Club. Michael Garbin will be the chef host of the event.

 United States - Nick Fox Jean Georges in Manhattan was named outstanding restaurant at the James Beard awards Monday night. By NICK FOX Jean Georges, the flagship of the chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, won the James Beard Foundation's outstanding restaurant award Monday night ...

 CO She said she got the garden idea after watching a recent episode of CBS's "60 Minutes," in which Alice Waters, founder of Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, Calif., and a fervent advocate of growing organic food, urged the Obamas to create an organic ...

 United States With stills and clips from “The Gold Rush” to “Ratatouille” and beyond, she plans to show that, next to eating, movies are the perfect way to enjoy food. (Top, the celebrity chef Thomas Keller, right, gives Brad Lewis, producer of “Ratatouille,” some ...

 UK - Frances Hardy He is clearly very fond of US chef Mario Batali, who once trained under him. "I was fuelled by insecurity; that need to be accepted. I worked 100 hours a week" Batali will be invited onto Hell's Kitchen, even though he alleges Marco once threw a pan of ...

This is a great trick courtesy of Michael Chiarello's At Home With Michael Chiarello cookbook. I haven't found any great ways to store basil except as pesto in the freezer. If you freeze the pesto in ice cube trays, it's easy to grab just what you need ...

 CA Vongerichten, who already has 24 restaurants under his belt, has created a joint venture, Culinary Concepts by Jean-Georges, with Starwood Hotels and Catterton Partners, a private equity firm credited with turning PF Chang's into a national chain. ...

Alice Waters, the culinary impresario from Berkeley, California's Chez Panisse, must be a very happy woman. She's done what few chefs before her have managed: influenced the president of the United States. Waters, a cheerleader for the organic food ...

One of the best people I’ve seen use this trivia is Food Network’s Alton Brown, host of Good Eats, Iron Chef America and others. Whatever show he’s doing, he always interjects a healthy dose of knowledge: SUBSCRIBE TO THE DENVER TRIVIA EXAMINER: Click ...

By rss@youtube.com (TheHarperStudio) Don't be afraid of fresh herbs! Emeril teaches how to use them here Author: TheHarperStudio Keywords: Emeril Lagasse HarperStudio herbs cooking cook Added: March 3, 2009

By Chris Perrin I know this all sounds harsh.  Still, I can’t help but wonder if the Food Network is turning out too many new shows at once.  The chefs seem ill at ease behind the camera, the production values reminded my wife of a high school television channel, and the editing is jerky with odd sounding voice...

 CA Geir Skeie, a 28-year-old chef at Midtaasen restaurant in Sandefjord, Norway, received the golden Bocuse d'Or statue -- made in the likeness of the contest's founder, legendary chef Paul Bocuse -- and about $26000. "This has been my dream for 15 years, ...

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By rss@youtube.com (samuriah) Rachael Ray teaches us how to make a delicious ranch, ketchup and cheese dip for backyard BBQs. Keywords: Rachael Ray cooking teaching how broccoli lettuce tomato boil broil simmer fry baste cheese bread cracker potato 30 minute oven salt tips pepper Added: January 5, 2009

Winston-Salem Journal  WA - Dec 17, 2008 Alice Waters, Alice Medrich, Anne Willan, Dorie Greenspan, Marcella Hazan, Julia Child, MFK Fisher – the list is a who's who culinary professionals and ... He's Not Shy: Restaurant owner's book is outrageous and oddly ... Winston-Salem Journal

A A Dec. 15: Chef Mario Batali shows TODAYa TMs Matt Lauer how to cook up some quick and easy winter pasta.

Don't Wet-Brine Your Turkey. Do Stir-Fry Your Sweet Potatoes.  - Nov 25, 2008 Food Network star Alton Brown, for example, is a big fan.) Brining is the process of soaking the raw bird in a bath of salty—and sometimes spicy and/or ...

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That way, Obama could bring in chefs like Thomas Keller and Jonathan Beno - the first American chefs to be granted three Michelin stars - molecular gastronomy guru Grant Achatz or Ethiopian-born Marcus Samuelson of Aquavit restaurant. ...

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By Jesse Adapted from Chez Panisse Vegetables by Alice Waters 1 small heads of cabbage, sliced finely into strips 6 green onions, whites only, sliced finely into circles 1/6 cup white onion, sliced into fine strips ...

 CT - Nov 14, 2008 By Joan Gordon Julia Child was an unlikely culinary guru. After working in advertising, she later spent World War II in the Office of Strategic Services. ...

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 United States - Nov 13, 2008 They are totally adventurous people ... they enjoy food," said chef Rick Bayless of Topolobampo, an upscale contemporary Mexican restaurant in downtown ...

By andrew.zimmern New York Daily News reports Chicago chefs Rick Bayless, Art Smith (aka "Oprah's chef") and Daniel Young are under consideration to be the White House kitchen's new head honcho. No matter who gets the job, no dinner guest will ever leave ...

  USA - Oct 27, 2008 The AAO has teamed with celebrity chef Michael Chiarello to provide recipes so children with braces can enjoy Halloween treats. ... Tricky treats tough for those with braces 9NEWS.com all 21 news articles

By rss@youtube.com (ChefTips) Author: ChefTips Keywords: how to make pumpkin soup recipe recipes French Halloween Thanksgiving autumn fall easy quick simple side dish Paul Bocuse nouvelle cuisine Added: October 15, 2008

By Chris is this chicken dish from Rick Bayless’s Mexican Everyday. The original recipe calls to prepare it in a slow-cooker, but, not owning one, we went with the oven-bake method instead. This was a perfect recipe match to our CSA box, ...

Maybe she wasn't a master spy, but she worked during World War II for the Office of Strategic Services, the huge spy network created by President Franklin ... Julia Child Shocker: The French Chef Was An American Spy! Defamer Australia

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 CA - Jul 23, 2008 Paul Bocuse, whose "back-to-basics" nouvelle cuisine tilted at the culinary establishment of the 1970s and who is a towering pillar of the establishment ...

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By rss@youtube.com (lud2046) Julia Child teaches how to make a perfect french omelette on her cooking show The French Chef (1963-1973) Author: lud2046 Keywords: Julia Child omelette cooking Added: April 7, 2008

Acclaimed chef Thomas Keller shows how to prepare lamb using a method called sous-vide, which involves cooking food in airtight plastic bags and hot water.

By podcrew@extrahoop.com Minneapolis, MN (Vocus) September 17, 2007 -- Meet Minneapolis today released its list of the fall’s best picks for restaurants using regional and organic ingredients from Minneapolis-St. Paul farmer’s markets. Deliciously diverse and ever-evolving, the Minneapolis dining scene p...

For an American, is it worth putting this kind of cash, sweat and years into a competition that a chef from the U.S. has never won? And does an American chef even have a chance of going to France and winning a competition created by Paul Bocuse, a father of modern French gastronomy?