Hungry? No reason to tease you: this is the plate of prime rib that is created at your table, at one of San Francisco’s most iconic restaurants – and yes, it’s carved table side from this massive cart! Let’s dig… Read More ›
Fine Dining
A Delicious Chicken With Morels Recipe – Thanks To “Cook And Drink!”
The Site is called “Cook And Drink: The Art of Flavours!“ I came across these two Chefs when a blogging friend shared one of their recipes – and I’m hooked on their terrific mix of food and wine stories and… Read More ›
“Pulled Pork Pasta In Almond Cream Sauce”! This Recipe Has Me “Cooking Under Fire!”
Dig Into A Recipe That Had Me “Cooking Under Fire!” I’ve shared this before, but since I just cooked this terrific recipe again, I want to return to a show I produced for PBS in 2005, called “Cooking Under Fire”… Read More ›
Caviar Four Ways! My Valentine’s Day Menu Included A Caviar-Topped Dick’s Cheeseburger! 🍔
Celebrating Valentine’s Day With A Caviar-Topped Cheeseburger! This is exactly what you think it is. And I did it: Alex got a special Valentine’s Day treat this year: an iconic Dick’s Drive-In Cheeseburger topped with Ossetra Caviar. Here’s how it… Read More ›
Have You Tried “Vertical Lasagna?” Don Angie’s Iconic Dish Reviewed!
Who Wants A Bite Of “Vertical Lasagna?” As you all know by now, I love food, I love unique preparations and flavors, and this ranks as one of my favorite dishes of all time – because it’s bakes Lasagna served vertically!… Read More ›
From “Burgundy Stars” To “The Perfectionist!” Two Riveting Books About The Downside Of Haute Cuisine And The Death Of A Chef…
The Magic Of Food! When you see an incredibly inventive dish, created by a world renowned Chef, it makes your mouth water. Like these dishes from the first American female Chef to be awarded three Michelin Stars: More about the… Read More ›
America’s First 3-Michelin Star Female Chef! Chef Dominique Crenn’s Atelier Crenn – A Poem To Gastronomy!
Finally! America Has A Female Three Michelin Star Chef! It was long overdue, but the US FINALLY had a 3-Michelin Star Restaurant with a Female Chef! Bravo to Chef Dominique Crenn for receiving this honor in 2018! The above photo by Daniel… Read More ›
A Classic “Fish Balls In Tomato Sauce” Recipe From Claudia Roden – For Cookbook Confidential Review!
A Traditional Jewish Recipe Reviewed! Once again, Bernadette has put together a terrific review series where a number of us make a recipe from a single cookbook for review. Meet “The Julia Child Of Jewish Cooking!” I love this choice… Read More ›
Cookbook Confidential Has Traditional Jewish Cooking! Here’s A “Holiskes” – Stuffed Cabbage Leaves Recipe!
“Every cuisine tells a story. Jewish food tells the story of an uprooted, migrating people and their vanished worlds. It lives in people’s minds and has been kept alive because of what it evokes and represents.” Claudia Roden With that… Read More ›
Here’s Remy The Rat’s Animated “Ratatouille” Recipe! Chef Thomas Keller’s Famous “Confit Byaldi!”
Biting Down On Greatness! I get hungry every time I watch a movie with food in it. That was the initial inspiration for my series “Dinner And A Movie!” Time to make one of the most delicious “Dinners And A Movie”… Read More ›
Bite! Eat! Repeat! 