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Showing results 1 - 35 of 406 for the author: Greg Morabito.
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Today Josh Ozersky chats with Stumptown CEO Duane Sorenson, about the future of the coffee world. Duane's thoughts: "Starbucks laid the path. They made people aware. They offered better coffee in their time than was out there. But now there's far more specialty coffee out there today, and there will be even more so five years from now that will give the consumer — Midwest, West Coast, East Coast, wherever — a lot more options than Starbucks." [TIME]
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Mouthing Off gets some new intel today on Kevin Gillespie's follow up to Atlanta's Woodfire Grill, slated to open later this year. The new restaurant will be a barbecue joint that will roast two whole Berkshire hogs a day, with a rotating menu of sides. Everything will be in limited quantities, and the place will shut down once everything is sold out. The new project will be built inside of an old autobody shop just up the road from Woodfire, and will be named "with Atlanta in mind." [MO] ...
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Celebrated British chef (and legendary crankpot) Marco Pierre White started his career as a culinary apprentice. It makes sense then, that a UK non-profit group geared at getting kids to start apprenticeships would use White in an ad that shows what his life could have been like if he never participated in a similar program at a young age. Naturally, Marco would be working in a hamburger-shaped food truck in the middle of a deserted suburban parking lot. White's hilarious UK's National Apprenticeship Service commercial, "What Could Have ...
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Like a bad National Lampoon's movie come to life, last weekend more than a dozen armed policemen confiscated over 300 bottles and four kegs of premium microbrews from three Philly-area bars. Although the beer in question was purchased legally by the pub owners, the cops initiated the bust on allegations that the distributors and brewers who sold them the booze never paid the $75 registration per each imported product.
Curiously, all three bars involved in the bust were owned by husband and wife team Leigh Maida and Brendan Hartranft. ...
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An NYC chef is getting a lot of attention these days for serving a rare, artisanal cheese made from his wife's breast milk. The restaurateur, Daniel Angerer of Chelsea's Klee Brasserie (a former Iron Chef competitor), decided to put the stuff on the menu, after several customers learned about it through the restaurant's blog and asked to try it. The breast-milk cheese -- which is paired with Hungarian figs and goes well with Riesling -- is the hit of the menu these days, even if it has attracted its ...
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SF: The Lunch Line At Dynamo Donuts [Photo: Flickr/ sarahsuannecox]
·Q & A With Saveur Editor James Oseland [LAW]
䞆 Great Places To Eat In Austin for SXSW [VV]
·Skinny People Taste Fat More Than Overweight People Do[Daily Mail]
·New Recipe Site Caters To Men Who Cook Manly Food [SFGate]
·A Vineyard Grows in Queens, NYC [WSJ]
·Diners Are More Interested In Healthy Eating Than They Were Ten Years Ago [NRN]
·World's Largest Kosher Supermarket To Open in Baltimore [BS]
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BROOKLYN—Competitive eating king Takeru Kobayashi broke the world record for meatball eating today, after he successfully downed 26 Ikea meatballs in under one minute. [Dumbo NYC via Eater NY]
PINOTGATE—Last month, French Wine merchant E&J Gallo was charged with fraud convictions after selling Merlot and Syrah bottles lableled as Pinot Noir. Today a Gallo spokesperson released a statement saying ""There is no way to chemically test wine to establish its varietal composition with certainty." The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is looking into the case. [SFGate]
AUSTRALIA—A four-year-old boy ...
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In this edition of The Five Food And Dining Videos That You Need To Watch Today, Richard Blais demonstrates the strange art of sous vide cooking on a morning TV, the Deen Family appears on the Today Show, Guy Fieri's life is recapped in two minutes, and much, much more!
1) New Food Wars Clip: The Travel Channel's new competitive food show, Food Wars debuts tomorrow night. Here's a clip from one of the premiere episodes, where Chicago Al's Beef will go head to head in a hoagie throwdown with their direct competitor Chicago ...
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·Why Don't Chinese Restaurants Ever Take Special Requests? [Yelp]
·What Cocktails Would Be Good For a Flask? [eG]
·Why Do Restaurants Always Put Cheese On Everything? [CH]
·You Might Be a Foodie If ________________ [SE]
·Recs For a Good Coffee Place (That Doesn't Rhyme With Shmarbucks?) [Yelp]
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Ever wondered what your favorite fast food mascots do when they're not filming commercials? The answer is, apparently, lots of hard drugs. Also: group trips to the strip club. Dance music outfit Rad Omen filmed this amazing (very NSFW) video for their song "Rad Anthem" that features Ronald McDonald, The Burger King, Colonel Sanders, Wendy, and Jack partying hard then hitting the streets for one insanely debauched night. The whole shebang is capped off with an early morning trip to a tiny mom and pop burger stand. Enjoy....
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In what is proving to be a huge day for Deen family news, Media Bistro reports that Paula's sons, the strapping, polo shirt-loving Jamie and Bobby Deen, are starting their own quarterly cooking magazine called "Deen Bros. Good Cooking." The mag's publisher (who also works with Mama Deen) notes that the glossy will appeal to a "dual audience," and will feature both healthy recipes and "have strong appeal with men." Jamie and Bobby have appeared on their mom's shows in the past, and also had a short-lived program on the ...
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While there were many bizarre moments in last night's Oscars telecast, one of the strangest was the commercial for a new web-based cooking series starring Rocco DiSpirito, Marissa Tomei and the dude from MTV sports, Dan Cortese. The series, "Into The Heart of Italy," is sponsored by Bertolli and features the oddly matched trio wandering around Italy in search of the perfect pasta ingredients. The videos hit the web on March 14, the preview clip -- complete with kitchen flirtation between Tomei and DiSpirito -- is below.
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With all of her food TV antics (and stints in Cameron Crowe films), it's easy to forget that Paula Deen got her start as the chef/owner of popular Savannah, GA bistro Lady & Sons. Now, after many years in front of the camera, Deen is returning to the restaurant biz with a brand new spot in Asheville, NC, called "Paula Deen's Kitchen." It will open inside The Harrah's Cherokee Casino and Hotel, a world-class gaming destination.
As with all things Deen, the new restaurant will be larger than life. ...
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Canadian-born Top Chef Masters Season 2 star Susur Lee shares his thoughts on opening a restaurant in Manhattan: “Your idea has to be suitable for New York. No matter how creative you are, if they don’t understand, they won’t come. Tradition is really important here... People won’t go for chicken feet no matter how many truffles you stuff in there.... It’s a question of culture. On Asian cuisine they are not that advanced.” [Toronto Sun]
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Last week, after making a speech at Savannah Tech, President Obama swung by area soul food gem Mrs. WIlkes' Dining Room to enjoy a little fried chicken, iced tea, and sweet potatoes with a few local diners. As is standard with these sort of things, the secret service shut the place down to anyone that hadn't already taken a table. Once the president arrived, he shared a family-style meal with the customers who were already there. Savannah Now has a bunch of pics of the chaos outside the restaurant, ...
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Wolfgang Puck files an exclusive hour-by-hour diary of the prep and service of yesterday's Governor's Ball dinner for Esquire. Of note: Wolfie's chef's coat was specially created by Oscar-winning costume designer Jeffrey Kurland for the occasion, only ten vegetarian meals were prepared for the 1,500 person dinner, Puck's teenage son served as his commis all day, and, yes, Wolfgang took time during the busy event to personally congratulate fellow Austrian Christoph Waltz on his Best Supporting Actor win for Inglorious Basterds. [Esquire]
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After winning over the public with their hilarious screaming chicken Super Bowl commercial, Denny's took a big misstep with another new ad that uses the Irish Potato Famine to promote their unliminted french fry and pancake offer. The commercial —which has been thoroughly scrubbed from the internet—cites the french fry and pancake deal (still valid through the end of the month!) as a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the end of the 19th century famine that left more than a million people dead.
The commercial initially drew heat ...
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Anderson Cooper stopped by the Colicchio & Sons kitchen last week to chat with Tom about the recents reports on the poor state of food safety in the U.S.. The Top Chef host recommends staying away from frozen beef patties where e. coli is potentially ground into the beef before it can be cooked off, and also buying shoulder meat and muscle from a local butcher. While he acknowledges that buying meat this way is definitely more expensive, Tom suggests that it's possible to keep the cost down by eating more ...
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SF: The Grove Cafe [Photo: Flickr/ SFBart]
·Jamba Juice Rolls Out Salads, Ice Cream [NRN]
·Japanese Cafe Creates Image Of Political Hero in Latté Art [Japan Probe]
·New Site Helps Coffee Geeks Purchase Obscure Beans Directly From Growers [SPI]
·The Singer From Tool Shares More Details on His Wine [WSJ]
·F. Lam Recalls The Strange Night When Takeout Was Falling From The Sky [Salon]
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NEW YORK — Eater NY has a sweet, sweet photo gallery of the new Blue Bottle Coffee company in Brooklyn. Every drink at the new outpost of the SF transplant will be made with incredible precision, with the drip coffee poured by hand in a meticulous process that takes about three to four minutes a cup. The espresso machines are Italian, but the iced coffee slow-drip devices are Japanese. Brewed at 88 drops per minute, the entire process takes 10-12 hours and is made overnight. [Eater NY]
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In this edition of The Five Food And Dining Videos That You Need To Watch Today, Heston Blumenthal serves a crazy historically-themed meal to his celeb friends, Rick Bayless recalls cooking with Julia Child, Martha Stewart tests out some new recipes on the Today Show, and much, much more!
1) Heston Serves His Tudor Feast: In this clip from the finale of British TV show Heston's Tudor Feast, Blumenthal serves his strange historically-themed creations to a panel of British celebs, while watching their reactions from the kitchen via a closed-circuit TV:...
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NYC: Choptank[Krieger]
New York Times/Sam Sifton: Choptank, no stars (satisfactory)
New York Times/Sam Sifton: Bread and Butter
New York Times/Julia Moskin: Testaccio
New York Magazine/Adam Platt: Colicchio & Sons, 1 star
Village Voice/Robert Sistema: Tanoreen and Athena Express
Time Out New York/Jay Cheshes: Choptank, 3 stars (out of 5)
Insatiable Critic/Gael Greene: Bagatelle
The New Yorker/Mike Peed: The Standard Grill
Blomberg/Ryan Sutton: Prime Meats
Los Angeles Times/S. Irene Virbila: House Cafe, 2 stars
San Francisco Chronicle/Michael Bauer: Kokkari, 2 stars
San Francisco Chronicle/Nicholas ...
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Feast your eyes upon the rooftop patio of Drai, a new restaurant/nightclub/lounge opening atop the W in Hollywood next week. The new spot is the project of Victor Drai and brothers Cy and Jessie Waits who designed similarly spacious, chic projects for Steve Wynn in Vegas. For the 120 seat restaurant, Chef Claude Segal, a Ma Maison alum from the 80s, has prepared a pretty standard American lunch menu: seared ahi-tuna salad, chinese chicken salad, steak sandwich, grilled chicken sandwich, fruit plate. A more refined menu is offered for dinner with lobster ...
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Diner's Journal reports that the Vilcek Foundation— which recognizes immigrants in science, culture and the arts—is handing out awards to culinary professionals for the first time in their ten year history. The big winner is Jose Andres, who will receive the grand prize and $50,000. The runners up are Yoshinori Ishii, a Japanese chef at NYC's Morimoto, and Nandini Mukherjee, and Indian-born chef who owns Aamchi Pao in New York. They will each receive $5,000. [Diner's Journal]
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On tonight's episode of Nightline, Nobu Matsuhisa talks about opening a restuarant in Alaska early in his career, only to have it shutter by a fire: " between the dinner, there is one phone call from my partner. 'Nobu, you must come to restaurant right now.' “What’s going on?' 'There’s a fire!' I don’t remember much. But my next memory I was back home. I sit down at the table, my wife is next to me, my children around my leg, you know, and I was thinking the whole week I’m thinking ...
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Welcome back to A Moveable Tweet, where we present the most intriguing tweets in the restaurant industry.
Kelly Choi shares some thoughts on nutrition:
Tom Colicchio does a little business travelling:
Gordon Ramsay still gets star struck every once in a while:
Tyler Florence ages gracefully:
LA Weekly Critic Jonathan Gold just doesn't understand kids these days:
It's business as usual for Guy Fieri:...
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Last night, after show in England, Lady Gaga had 35 orders of fish 'n' chips delivered to her hotel. The reason for the takeout call? She gave her chef the night off. [The Mirror UK]
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As chef at the Governor's Ball, Wolfgang Puck usually doesn't reveal his Oscar picks. But, there is one nominee he's pulling for this year: "We have an Austrian nominated as Best Supporting Actor, Christoph Waltz - I have to root for him, I was rooting for the Austrian skiers during the Olympics and they didn't win anything so I think we've got a second chance now!...I'll get him a Weiner Schnitzel on Monday if the Austrian wins." [UKPA]
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Now that the fate of Ferran Adria's El Bulli has been determined, it seems that Spain's tourism board is capitalizing on El Bulligeddon with a new ad campaign. Yesterday, Spain's ministry of Tourism named Ferran Adria a "tourism ambassador," and created a print ad featuring the chef throwing an apple in the air with the quote "The art here is not only in museums."
Spanish tourism dropped nearly 9% last year, and the new campaign wants to boost global interest by emphasizing the Spanish lifestyle. Naturally, with all of ...
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We knew that Nigella Lawson was the inspiration for the White Queen in the new Alice in Wonderland movie. But now we learn that the titular character in the Princess and the Frog is also based another famous female chef— New Orleans legend Leah Chase. The 85-year-old chef at NOLA's famed Dooky Chase says that the screenwriters interviewed her three years ago, and cribbed some of her biographical details for the character of Tatiana, who dreams of opening a creole restaurant in the film. [Sun-Sentinal]
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LA: Guy Fieri Ate At The Oinkster [Photo: Flickr/ nomsnotbombs]
·NZ McDonald's To Add Weight Watchers "Points" To Menu [Telegraph UK]
·Fancy Tea Service In New York Inspired by New Alice In Wonderland Film [MO]
·Medically-Themed Eatery Heart Attack Grill Expands Eastward [EatFeats]
·What To Do About Loud Tables [SFGate]
· Copenhagen's Noma Is a Fine Alternative to El Bulli [Bloomberg]
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NEW YORK—Some new intel today on one of the biggest New York openings of the year: Pulino's Pizzeria . Eater NY finds out that star chef Nate Appleman's pie is "so unique" that it will be cut "Bowery-style" in a "very unique" (sometimes unique doesn't cut it) way. [Eater NY]
MIAMI—Area hotspot Michael's Genuine Food & Drink is starting a food cart set to debut next week. While menu details are scant at this point, Eater Miami hears that the cart will serve 100 portions of food a day, and ...
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In this edition of The Five Food And Dining Videos That You Need To Watch Today, A hipster tamale cart pedals its way through New Orleans, Anthony Bourdain meets more food obsessives, Wolfgang Puck gears up for Oscar night, and much, much, more!
1) Bicycle Tamale Cart: The Times Picayune filmed a video profile of Holly's Tamales, a hot new mobile mexican food cart that is taking New Orleans by storm:
Holly’s Tamales
2) Anthony Bourdain is Still Obsessed: Yesterday we saw a clip of ...
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·Yelpers Debate The Merits of Amusement Park Food [Yelp]
·Is It Okay To Use a Gift Certificate at a Failing Restaurant? [SE]
·Is Sulfur An Acquired Taste? [CH]
·The Food Cooked A Pretentious Restaurants Is Usually Pretty Good, Right? [Yelp]
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While the "open carry" movement—where citizens tote unconcealed handguns as they go about their daily routine—is gaining momentum around the country, businesses like Starbucks are finding themselves caught in the crossfire. Anti-gun activists are pushing for the chain to ban guns in their stores. Click over to the WSJ for more on the heated debate. [WSJ via Eater SF]
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