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Discussing Demos with Tim Love

Chef-on-Chef Action During the Austin Food & Wine Festival, Tim Love (Lonesome Dove) and I did a really fun demo together called “Heads or Tails.” It isn’t a typical demo where the audience watches as the chefs cook. In this demo, everyone participates. While Tim and I are on stage in the front, the grass…  Read More

The Border Check

Where does one place end and another begin? In my Travel Channel special, The Border Check, I discover the cultures and cuisines that blur the line between the United States and Mexico. There’s a focus on the region’s food, but we also talk with everyone from border police to musicians and artists to find out…  Read More

5 Questions: Ingrid Hoffmann

Latin Flavor Ingrid Hoffmann has built a large following around her Delicioso brand – she’s the lovely host of a popular TV show on the Cooking Channel and Univision, the creative director of a Latin-influenced cooking line and a best-selling cookbook author. Ingrid shares her go-to recipes for entertaining, tips for healthy eating habits from…  Read More

Chicken & Black Beans with Tortillas

Chicken & Black Beans

A One-Pot Fiesta A pot of chicken and black beans hits the spot any time of year. This hearty dish is so versatile, it’s great for entertaining or for a casual one-pot weeknight meal. Browning the chicken and adding a ham hock to the pot gives the recipe its rich, complex flavors. For a build-your-own experience,…  Read More

Things We Learned at Austin Food & Wine

A few nuggets for y’all from the Austin Food & Wine Festival: Graham Elliot always travels with a tuxedo…. T-shirt. Tim Love has the most badass tailgate set up of all time. Marcus Samuelsson is the only man on planet earth who can pull off floral-meets-camo pants. We love this man. Jason Dady‘s “Mexican street…  Read More

Singing with Sour Bridges

“A friend of the devil is a friend of mine.” During the weekend of the Austin Food & Wine Festival 2013, I hosted an event for The Munchies People’s Choice Food Awards at Torchy’s Tacos in Austin, Texas. Bluegrass band Sour Bridges played music for the event, and I had the pleasure of jumping on…  Read More

Austin Food & Wine Festival

The Live Music Capital Celebrates Food I just returned from another great year at the Austin Food & Wine Festival. Austin is one of the best food towns in the world, filled with talented chefs and adventurous eaters. It was a jam-packed weekend, I taught a grilling demo with Tim Love, cooked wild bird three…  Read More

Oxtail Picadillo

The Tail End I taught a grilling class called “Head-to-Tail with Tim Love” at the Austin Food & Wine Festival, where we were grilling with hundreds of people, all with their own grills. Tim demonstrated recipes for the head, I did the tail and along the way we gave folks a nice primer about grilling parts…  Read More

Austin Food & Wine Fest Recipes

Cooking Alternative Proteins in Texas I have a lot on my plate at this year’s Austin Food & Wine Festival. I’m judging Rock Your Taco, teaching a grilling class called “Head-to-Tail with Tim Love,” and also demonstrating Wild Bird 3 Ways: ducks, pheasant and dove. Hope you enjoy these recipes! Head-to-Tail with Tim Love Kyoto…  Read More

Pheasant ‘Tacos’ with Bacon-Fat Tortillas & Tomatillo Salsa

These tacos have a wild side. Homemade tortillas are on a whole different level from their store-bought siblings, especially when mixed with bacon fat and the green bite of fresh scallion. Don’t be intimidated—they’re fun to make and fairly simple. Stuff them with pheasant, top with homemade tomatillo salsa, and you have yourself a fantastic…  Read More

Go Fork Yourself: Italian Cuisine

Italian Cuisine Buon Appetito! This week Andrew and Molly talk about Anthony Bourdain’s potty mouth, the new food and travel shows coming to your TV, and why America loves Italian food (and why Molly’s not on board). Questions We want to include your listener questions in upcoming podcasts. If you want to ask Andrew &…  Read More

5 Questions: Curtis Stone

Bravo’s Golden Boy You may recognize this handsome Aussie as the host of Bravo’s Top Chef Masters, but Curtis Stone is also a classically trained chef and best-selling cookbook author with his own line of sleek kitchen products. His latest book, What’s for Dinner?, is packed with flavorful, unfussy recipes for the family on the…  Read More

Shin Chon Garden

Exquisite Korean Barbecue With the largest Korean population in the country outside of Los Angeles and New York City, it makes sense that Baltimore is home to great Korean restaurants. Just west of downtown in Ellicott City, you’ll find Shin Chon Garden, one of the top ten Korean barbecue joints in America. Expect a communal,…  Read More

Bizarre Bites: Octopus

Eight-Legged Treats Octopus is an ingredient used in dishes across the globe, but in Korea it’s prepared it a little differently. Sannakji is made by cutting a live octopus into small pieces right before serving. Though the animal is dead, electrical impulses still in the octopus’s arms cause the pieces to wriggle around on the…  Read More

Bizarre Bites: Octopus

Eight-Legged Treats Octopus is an ingredient used in dishes across the globe, but in Korea it’s prepared it a little differently. Sannakji is made by cutting a live octopus into small pieces right before serving. Though the animal is dead, electrical impulses still in the octopus’s arms cause the pieces to wriggle around on the…  Read More

Eating in Beijing

Peking Specialties By Bob & Sue Beijing is known for its colorful food and fabulous Peking duck (Dadong restaurant has the best duck, but Made in China at the Grand Hyatt is also excellent). The Taiwanese noodle house Din Tai Fung offers soup dumplings, double boiled black chicken soup and chopped pork in soy sauce.…  Read More

Eating in Beijing

Peking Specialties By Bob & Sue Beijing is known for its colorful food and fabulous Peking duck (Dadong restaurant has the best duck, but Made in China at the Grand Hyatt is also excellent). The Taiwanese noodle house Din Tai Fung offers soup dumplings, double boiled black chicken soup and chopped pork in soy sauce.…  Read More

Andrew Zimmern's Recipe for Pork Chops with Eggplant Salad

Grilled Pork Kalymnos-Style with Eggplant &Tomato Salad

Greek Isle Grill Two years ago, I spent a week on the Greek island of Kalymnos. This island is the real deal, you’ll find tiny taverns with octopus coming straight off the coal fire, hillside goat herders selling cheeses and yogurt, sponge divers still working the outer islands. One night before a shoot, several well-lubricated…  Read More

Eyebobs

Introducing The Zimm   I partnered with Eyebobs Eyewear to design these awesome reading glasses. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Eyebobs is known for their creative, quirky and affordable eyeglass styles. For every Zimm pair purchased, a portion of the proceeds will benefit the James Beard Foundation, an organization very dear to me that’s devoted to celebrating,…  Read More

Go Fork Yourself: Munich

Munich In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus An update on the IKEA meatball scandal, the end of cupcakes and a food-lovers guide to Munich. All of this and more on this week’s Go Fork Yourself. Read more about Carl Blake and his better-tasting pork here. Go to his Indiegogo site here. For Andrew’s Munich recommendations, go…  Read More

Eyebobs

Introducing The Zimm   I partnered with Eyebobs Eyewear to design these awesome reading glasses. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Eyebobs is known for their creative, quirky and affordable eyeglass styles. For every Zimm pair purchased, a portion of the proceeds will benefit the James Beard Foundation, an organization very dear to me that’s devoted to celebrating,…  Read More

Go Fork Yourself: Munich

Munich In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus An update on the IKEA meatball scandal, the end of cupcakes and a food-lovers guide to Munich. All of this and more on this week’s Go Fork Yourself. Read more about Carl Blake and his better-tasting pork here. Go to his Indiegogo site here. For Andrew’s Munich recommendations, go…  Read More

August

Flavors of the Big Easy Located in a 19th-century French-Creole building fitted with mahogany paneling and crystal chandeliers, August is the flagship restaurant of James Beard award-winning chef John Besh. The menu seamlessly combines French classics with Besh’s southern Louisiana roots, showcasing a stunning array of oysters, crawfish, pastas crushed under the weight of sliced truffles,…  Read More

5 Questions: John Besh

Southern Charmer John Besh is one of the most celebrated chefs in the American South, with nine acclaimed restaurants (including his ever-popular flagship August), two award-winning cookbooks and a beloved cooking show. The James Beard award-winner is New Orleans’ biggest advocate, not only playing a crucial role in helping the city rebuild after Hurricane Katrina,…  Read More

August

Flavors of the Big Easy Located in a 19th-century French-Creole building fitted with mahogany paneling and crystal chandeliers, August is the flagship restaurant of James Beard award-winning chef John Besh. The menu seamlessly combines French classics with Besh’s southern Louisiana roots, showcasing a stunning array of oysters, crawfish, pastas crushed under the weight of sliced truffles,…  Read More