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Food Day, Farming & Festivals

Here’s what’s on my mind October 24th is National Food Day. Check out FoodDay.org for events in your hometown and how you can get involved! I am going to be at Babson College doing my best to promote sustainable healthy food production and consumption in America. I believe in the civic power of entrepreneurship to change our lives…  Read More

Marea

Italian Indulgence Chef Michael White‘s seafood-centric Marea never disappoints. When the soulful Italian plates arrive at your table, you’d be hard pressed to imagine a born-and-bred Midwesterner behind the burner. Prior to his success with the Altamarea Italian restaurant empire, White honed his craft at Chicago’s Spiaggia and then in Italy at Ristorante San Domenico.…  Read More

Marea

Italian Indulgence Chef Michael White‘s seafood-centric Marea never disappoints. When the soulful Italian plates arrive at your table, you’d be hard pressed to imagine a born-and-bred Midwesterner behind the burner. Prior to his success with the Altamarea Italian restaurant empire, White honed his craft at Chicago’s Spiaggia and then in Italy at Ristorante San Domenico.…  Read More

5 Questions: Raquel Pelzel

Queen of the Test Kitchen Tasting Table‘s senior food editor Raquel Pelzel lives and breathes food. As director of TT’s test kitchen, her head’s in the fridge most days crafting creative content for their daily email publications, she’s also written over a dozen cookbooks (including a few James Beard award-winners) and she still loves to…  Read More

AZ Rocks Out

Train rambles on, Andrew rocks out. Train played a special concert Andrew’s Trucks & Train event at the NYC Wine & Food Festival. Special cameos from AZ’s wife… and his [former (?) Deadhead] lawyer, Tom Wiese.

AZ Rocks Out

Train rambles on, Andrew rocks out. Train played a special concert Andrew’s Trucks & Train event at the NYC Wine & Food Festival. Special cameos from AZ’s wife… and his [former (?) Deadhead] lawyer, Tom Wiese.

Bizarre Foods in the Kitchen: Beef & Lemongrass Skewers

A Cambodian-Style Snack Shack Favorite Roadside eateries in Cambodia serve little skewered dishes from morning to closing time, and this simple beef and lemongrass version of mine is the type of recipe that grill freaks will turn to all year long. I also use the same recipe for chicken parts, pork, etc., with equal success.

Pizzeria Lola

Pizza Perfection Pizzeria Lola always makes it onto my top-ten list of favorite pizza joints, not only in the Twin Cities, but in the entire country. Yes, it’s true, Minnesota has the best pizza in America. Let the debate begin! Chef Ann Kim is a perfectionist when it comes to her crust and an artist when it comes…  Read More

Pizzeria Lola

Pizza Perfection Pizzeria Lola always makes it onto my top-ten list of favorite pizza joints, not only in the Twin Cities, but in the entire country. Yes, it’s true, Minnesota has the best pizza in America. Let the debate begin! Chef Ann Kim is a perfectionist when it comes to her crust and an artist when it comes…  Read More

Squash Gnocchi

Squash Gnocchi with Brown Butter & Sage

Craving Carbs? This One’s For You. My carbo-meter goes “ding” every time the weather turns cool. If you can relate to this at all, I suggest you make this recipe right away. There is no better autumnal treat than this amazingly insane gnocchi classic. I dare you to eat just one bowl.  This classic northern-Italian…  Read More

Andouille, Crab & Oyster Gumbo

Andouille, Crab & Oyster Gumbo

Bayou Soul Food Deep in the Louisiana bayou, Cajuns still live off the land—trapping, shrimping, crabbing and hunting. Cooks make gumbo with nutria, a giant, water-dwelling rodent. I learned my gumbo techniques from a trapper’s wife, but I use oysters and crab; no rodent required.  This dish’s success hinges on the roux, which is the foundation to all…  Read More

Go Fork Yourself: Food Fights

Food Fights Battles in the Kitchen This week Andrew and Molly talk about the DC Capital Food Fight and television cooking competitions. Plus, Molly chats with MasterChef casting director (and former Big Brother contestant) Erika Landin. Questions We want to include your listener questions in upcoming podcasts. If you want to ask Andrew & Molly…  Read More

Stray Hair

Not-so-personal Grooming Sometimes it takes a team to look this good.

Go Fork Yourself: Food Fights

Food Fights Battles in the Kitchen This week Andrew and Molly talk about the DC Capital Food Fight and television cooking competitions. Plus, Molly chats with MasterChef casting director (and former Big Brother contestant) Erika Landin. Questions We want to include your listener questions in upcoming podcasts. If you want to ask Andrew & Molly…  Read More

Stray Hair

Not-so-personal Grooming Sometimes it takes a team to look this good.

Manresa

Seasonal and Spontaneous By Bob & Sue David Kinch is one of the most innovative chefs of his time. We ate a special tasting menu, beginning with black olive madeleines on roasted red pepper gelee and ending with chocolate madeleines on strawberry gelee. In between were 18 bites which included two abalone courses, spot prawns…  Read More

Manresa

Seasonal and Spontaneous By Bob & Sue David Kinch is one of the most innovative chefs of his time. We ate a special tasting menu, beginning with black olive madeleines on roasted red pepper gelee and ending with chocolate madeleines on strawberry gelee. In between were 18 bites which included two abalone courses, spot prawns…  Read More

Christine Ha’s Stir-Fry Noodles with Seared Scallops

Simple Yet Stunning By Christine Ha Like a lot of Asian dishes, this one is all about prep. The actual cooking takes a matter of moments, but that’s only once everything is completely ready to go and lined up next to the wok. Overcooking rice vermicelli ruins it. The threadlike strands go from pliable noodles…  Read More

5 Questions: Christine Ha

Putting Her Best Dish Forward As the first blind contestant on the home-cook competition show MasterChef, Christine Ha had her work cut out for her, but she overcame the obstacles and cooked her way to the top winning over the palates of three notoriously harsh critics. We chat with Christine about competing with a disability and…  Read More

The New Jelly Belly Flavor Is…

Good Ole’ Louisiana Hot Sauce I’ve been hoarding two pounds of these for a month…. and now I can finally share my new favorite treat with the world!  This flavor has a fiery Tabasco kick (from those Avery Island peppers) with just the right amount of Jelly Belly sweetness. Dynamite.

5 Questions: Christine Ha

Putting Her Best Dish Forward As the first blind contestant on the home-cook competition show MasterChef, Christine Ha had her work cut out for her, but she overcame the obstacles and cooked her way to the top winning over the palates of three notoriously harsh critics. We chat with Christine about competing with a disability and…  Read More

The New Jelly Belly Flavor Is…

Good Ole’ Louisiana Hot Sauce I’ve been hoarding two pounds of these for a month…. and now I can finally share my new favorite treat with the world!  This flavor has a fiery Tabasco kick (from those Avery Island peppers) with just the right amount of Jelly Belly sweetness. Dynamite.

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Bizarre Foods in the Kitchen: Beer Garden-Style Red Cabbage & Sausage

Authentic Bavarian Grub Celebrate Oktoberfest in your own kitchen with this traditional German comfort food. Cabbage and sausage – whether it’s knockwurst, weisswurst, bockwurst or braturst – is the culinary national obsession in Munich’s beer gardens. We had the best version of this meal one day at the Englischer Garten, where the Chinesischer Turm (Chinese Tower)…  Read More

Sepia

A Modern Approach to Rusticity Located in an old print shop in Chicago’s restaurant-centric Fulton Market neighborhood, Sepia effortlessly blends vintage, rustic details with modern design. Michelin-starred and James Beard-nominated chef Andrew Zimmerman (not to be confused with yours truly) has developed a fantastic menu since he took over the kitchen in 2009, often breathing…  Read More

The Expired Farm Bill

A Threat to Agricultural Innovation On a serious note, the Farm Bill lapsed last week. No news is bad news. This is the food and agriculture policy document that guides many programs, among them are food stamps, crop insurance, commodity support, conservation, environmental protection, rural economic, community development, food system reform and agricultural research, rural…  Read More

Zagat Capital Food Fight Google Hangout

In Case You Missed It I got to hangout with Anthony Bourdain, José Andrés, and Carla Hall in a Google+ Hangout to discuss the DC Capital Food Fight (our segments starts about 15 minutes into this video). We had a blast.

Sepia

A Modern Approach to Rusticity Located in an old print shop in Chicago’s restaurant-centric Fulton Market neighborhood, Sepia effortlessly blends vintage, rustic details with modern design. Michelin-starred and James Beard-nominated chef Andrew Zimmerman (not to be confused with yours truly) has developed a fantastic menu since he took over the kitchen in 2009, often breathing…  Read More

The Expired Farm Bill

A Threat to Agricultural Innovation On a serious note, the Farm Bill lapsed last week. No news is bad news. This is the food and agriculture policy document that guides many programs, among them are food stamps, crop insurance, commodity support, conservation, environmental protection, rural economic, community development, food system reform and agricultural research, rural…  Read More