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If we really want to turn this public scandal into an opportunity for growth, we should take the spotlight off Ms. Deen. Turn away from the tearful confessionals and interviews. There are better southern cooks, like Edna Lewis, more deserving of our attention. Look toward them.
Mark Firth, the owner and chief farmhand of the Bell & Anchor, "just want(s) to eat well and keep it unpretentious."
Inspiration rarely occurs in a vacuum, and luckily, in the world of a chef there is simply no need for it to. Our best friends, our sympathizers, the people we get drunk and laugh with: they are also very often our heroes and our greatest sources of inspiration. They are our fellow chefs.
COLORS has become a hub of the revitalizing Detroit food scene.
Its owners call it a free style restaurant. Mixing avant garde cuisine with recipes passed down from generations of cooking ancestors, they claim to cook meals for everyone. A family restaurant of another kind.
The latest "trend" in a do-it-yourself/locavore movement "sweeping" the nation, foraging is serious business. Andrew Taylor, chef and co-owner of Eventide Oyster Co. in Portland, Maine, frequently incorporates foraged items into the restaurant's menus.
Recently at Bouchon Beverly Hills, I had the pleasure to talk with Thomas Keller about his dessert book, Bouchon Bakery. Sébastien Rouxel, the book's co-author and the executive pastry chef of The Thomas Keller Restaurant Group, joined the conversation.
James Beard Award-winning chefs Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski of State Bird Provisions share their favorites.
Are there more restaurants springing up in one section of town? Are there new assisted-living centers? If so, it's a safe bet that there will be the need for more hospitality workers.
Stuart and Nicole of State Bird Provisions about their follow-up project, the versatility of pancakes and where they eat on their days off.
Danny Bowien tells us about his recent trip to Paris and reveals a surprising favorite movie pick.
As we have done every year since my daughter Alexandra "Alex" Scott held her very first front yard lemonade stand, volunteers across the country will host over 2,000 lemonade stands and events to raise funds for the fight against kids' cancer during National Lemonade Days.
We eat with our eyes first. Before I went to Chef David Myers' new Century City swankery, Hinoki & The Bird, I read online reviews as my amuse bouche.
Orlando is actually quite the foodie town, with chef-driven menus and farm to table restaurants. So, if the mouse is the only thing you're going to Orlando to see, well, you're missing out.
Unfortunately, harvesting puts the ramp's ability to multiply in jeopardy. In recent years, the enthusiasm for these wild plants has caused many patches of ramps to be completely decimated by over-zealous purveyors.
Cook It Raw might be the world's most talked about, yet simultaneously off-the-record, culinary event. That is until now.
