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,…

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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 –…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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October 27, 2007–According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety & Inspection Service, Del-Mar Provision Co., Inc., a Buffalo, N.Y., firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 50 pounds of ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli…

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Confess. You are ravenously curious about what a tarot card reader has to say. You thrive on overhearing what the psychic told your best friend about her latest beau and wonder what the telltale tea leaves mean at the bottom…

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At least once a week some kind of meat product is recalled. Is anyone still eating red meat? 

Oct. 26, 2007 – A joint investigation between the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and…

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Going out to dinner or lunch should be a joy not a ploy for the restaurant to treat you badly.

There are so many restaurants in major metropolitan areas that bad or indifferent service would most likely close down a joint…

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On Sunday, October 21, Gavin Kaysen (Executive Chef, El Bizcocho at the Rancho Bernardo Inn, San Diego, CA) and Morou Ouattara (Executive Chef, Farrah Olivia, Alexandria, VA) became the third and fourth chefs to be eliminated from the The Next…

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