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Consistency. Consistency does not mean boring. To me – it means that the kitchen is well organized and the staff follows recipes. From day to day the plan is followed and who ever is working that day – picks up where that following day left […]
One of my gold star moments is having the best foie gras at Spago. Served 5 ways and each perfect. The holy grail was found (did I mention it was served by Chef Puck). Wolfgang Puck restaurants came to Denver in 1998. Fusion cuisine, casual […]
Attended an End of Summer Party where Pizza Friday and Travel Eats ran together. Wood fired, anywhere is the mantra. Basic Kneads followed through. They did a great job keeping in front of the guests appetite. The pizza did not end at the end of […]
Johnshaven is a coastal village along the North Sea located in Aberdeenshire, down the road from Grandpa in Laurencekirk Scotland. The travel eats this week is Scottish Smoked Salmon. When I visited grandpa in September it was to cold to sit water side. Thank goodness […]
Tony P’s Pizzeria: the perfect location, and the perfect family dinner experience…. well… maybe not perfect, but it has “kid friendly” potential. When my family and I went down to the Highlands this weekend, we found an original and gorgeous pizzeria. As we ventured inside, the first […]
Malley’s Chocolates from Cleveland, Ohio has adopted the motto (“Whats the motto with you!” {Lion King}) – The perfect gift that is never returned. – In trying these wonders, we found this to be true. There were 4 different varieties of milk, dark, coconut and […]
Foodie discovery from the thread of Mort Rosenblum’s book “Chocolate a bitter sweet Saga of Dark and light”. Cooking “Mole De Olla” under a Mexican volcano..what a vision. The “Mole De Olla” recipe is copy cat recipe found in Diana Kennedy’s book. Diana Kennedy’s is […]
Shake Shack recipes and stories is what brought me to the book. the book has excellent photos and shared recipes. We went to experience the Shake Shack opening in Rhino first hand (Blog March 27 2017) For me – the unexpected in the book […]
Travels Eats and destination comfort food are the culinary threads from The Funky finds in Flavortown. America’s classic Joints and Killer Comfort Food lay out a culinary road map for finding joints with the “funky and scratch-made real deal recipes”. Northeast and Mid-atlantic, South, Midwest, West and southwest. […]
Heard on NPR weekend edition spun a great culinary thread. Wisconsin State fair for cream puffs. The iconic cream puff is sold at the fair and is 94 years in the making. There is a cream puff hotline to pre-order. the story starts as “proudly […]