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Vancouver’s Chefs Table Society, to which a number of the Foodists belong, announced their new online platform today with this press release: Hi CTS members, The Chefs Table Society went Web 2.0 this morning…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, May 4th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Chefs Table Society, forum, vancouver, website | No Comments »
A truly inspirational talk by chef Dan Barber recounting a trip that he took to a goose farm in the Extremadura region of Spain run by Eduardo Sousa who not only produces a humane foie gras, but the best foie gras that…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: beliefs, Chefs, ethical, foie-gras, goose_farm, spain, traditional | 3 Comments »
I love to read. I love to travel. I love food. I love all 3 combined. Sound familiar? So what’s a girl (or guy) to do when you can’t carry Thomas Keller’s The French Laundry Cookbook in your purse (or manbag) to…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Sunday, February 1st, 2009
Categories: Meditations | Tags: book, bourdain, celebrity, chef, cook, culinary, Ellerbee, food, humor, journalism, kitchen, learn, recipe, school, training, Travel | 3 Comments »
Any dinner billed as The Dinner of the Decade has got to have some weight behind it. Not only does this one have some weight but also some of the most recognized names in Vancouver. David Hawksworth, Hidekazu Tojo,…
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Categories: Meditations | Tags: celebrity, chef, dinner, event, french-food, Wine | 3 Comments »
I just got a note that Gordon Ramsay, star of Hell’s Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares, will be in Toronto this month signing copies of his latest cookbook. There is a wristband policy in effect and you…
Posted by: Alexa Clark on Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Categories: Worship | Tags: Chapters, chef, cookbook, Gordon Ramsay, Hell's Kitchen, Ontario, Toronto | 5 Comments »
A little more about literature and show biz than food (but still loads of fun) Bourdain, this time, talks to the AV Club in this feature article.
Posted by: Dave Delibato on Friday, January 11th, 2008
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Anthony-Bourdain, chef, interview, literature | No Comments »
Lately it seems to be frothing up all over the place, but I just don’t know what a “foam” is. I’ve seen “tomato foam” on restaurant menus, “cherry foam” on a catering…
Posted by: Alexa Clark on Saturday, June 16th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: foam, sauce, steam, Top Chef | No Comments »
Sunday was a long morning. Nursing a post-Shiraz hangover, I slump into Savory Coast to package the wood-fired bread that Chef Romy Prasad created for our new company 700 degrees. Three months in and we’re in Capers…
Posted by: Paul Wallace on Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: 700, bread, chef, Frog-Legs, Romy-Prasad, Savory-Coast | 2 Comments »
Ben recently mentioned our new friend Don from 700 Degrees, the artisan breads by Chef Prasad of Savory Coast Restaurant. Don’s passion is gourmet foods made with local ingredients and is a huge believer in the…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, March 26th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: 700, bread, chef, coast, food, line, local, prasad, product, restaurant, romy, savory, vancouver | No Comments »
Anthony Bourdain is the guest contributor over at food author Michael Ruhlman’s blog, and once again he’s ranting about the state of chefdom and food television. Bourdain’s post begins “I…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, February 10th, 2007
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Anthony-Bourdain, chef, opinion | No Comments »
Imagine you are working away in your office on a cold January morning and in walks a nice lady loaded with warm fresh bread for you to eat, no strings attached. Yes, this really happened to us. Now, just because you…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, January 12th, 2007
Categories: Worship | Tags: bread, chef, review, Romy-Prasad | No Comments »
Yesterday Mark and I sat on a panel on branding at the Sysco Awards trade show. While preparing for the show we revisited our 2005 holiday greeting “Beefin’ Up the Holidays with Betty Fuller”. If…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, October 6th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: chef, meat | No Comments »
Since Vikram Vij opened his first restaurant twelve years ago, like many of my fellow Vancouverites I’ve been an ardent fan and enthusiastic supporter. What got me hooked wasn’t necessarily a by-the-book…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Chefs, cookbook, indian, vikram vij | No Comments »
According to Slashfood, Anthony Bourdain and his crew have become trapped in Beirut while shooting an upcoming episode of his Travel Channel show, No Reservations.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, July 20th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Anthony-Bourdain, Beirut, chef, No Reservations, website | No Comments »
Forget everything you were ever told about cooking an egg. This morning I spent almost twenty minutes lovingly preparing mine – French style. In one pan I slowly melted butter on the lowest setting my stove…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, July 7th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Breakfast, chef, cooking-tip, egg, french | No Comments »