Archive for October, 2007

A special ‘meet and greet’ event with chef and author Michael Ruhlman.  Book signing, wine, beverages and appetizers, and networking.
5-7 P.M.  Tickets are $40 and include an autographed copy of Michael’s new book: The Elements of Cooking.
For tickets, contact The Dayton Racquet Club. 937-224-4381

Call me old fashioned or maybe call me a nationalist, I don’t really care. Doesn’t the United States provide enough chickens for the U.S. population? Are we denying U.S. chicken farmers income and a distribution chain?
Oct. 30, 2007 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that the country of [more...]

NEW YORK, October 29, 2007 – On Sunday, October 28, Aaron Sanchez (executive chef and owner, Centrico and Paladar, New York) was the fifth chef to be eliminated from the The Next Iron Chef — Food Network’s new reality series that will award one chef the world’s most coveted culinary title: Iron Chef.
Hosted by Alton [more...]

Recently someone sent a press release to encourage me to write about flavored water. Personally, I find the concept disgusting.
I think it’s a ripoff. Look at bottled water: Look at how much bottled water costs and what a billion dollar industry it has become. All most of it is — glorified and purified tap water in a [more...]

Last week I had a birthday party for my greyhound Lily. She was 10 years young. She invited people only and my first thought was to go out and get a pizza and make a salad but because the temperature was dipping, I decided to cook. Living in Arizona, I had not cooked since May.
I had [more...]