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Two great wine dinners

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Chef Jonathan Eismann of Pacific Time hosts a New Zealand wine dinner with the American Institute of Wine & Food’s South Florida Chapter. The menu is set and so are the wine styles, but no news yet on what wineries will be represented. …

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Food for Thought

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Interview with chef John Fleer – The Oxford American Comfort food at its very best – The Irish Times Fried Chicken: A Migratory Bird -The New York Times Why are bananas so cheap? – The Independent UK Rethinking Rice – NPR …

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Street Style from the American Wine & Food Festival in Los Angeles …

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

What are you wearing? Forever 21 dress and shoes, Express purse. Which chef are you here to see and why? “Wolfgang Puck. I just think he’s amazing. And Stephan Pyles also.” Niko Margaros for StyleList. Name: Grace Kim …

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Street Style from the American Wine & Food Festival in Los Angeles …

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Forever 21 dress and shoes, Express purse Which chef are you here to see and why? Wolfgang Puck. I just think he’s amazing. And Stephan Pyles also. Niko Margaros for StyleList Name: Grace KimAge: 30From: Los Angeles, Calif.

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Forgione, Larry

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Larry ForgioneAn American Place St. Louistaped atAn American Place New Yorkhttp://www.anamericanplacestl.com When Hillary Rodham Clinton solicited the country’s best chefs for guidance on how to introduce American foods to the traditionally French White House menus, she sent an unmistakable signal that the food revolution started more than a decade before in the nation’s restaurant kitchens [...]

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Goff, Ken

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Ken Goff taped at Dakota Bar & Grill, Minneapolis MN Ken Goff thought that if Dakota was going to offer American music — jazz — it should also offer American food. Drawing on his lifetime of living in the midwest, he has put together a cuisine that celebrated the fresh fish, game, and produce from [...]

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Rathbun, Kevin

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Kevin Rathbun Rathbun’s/Kevin Rathbun Steak, Atlanta GA taped at Nava, Atlanta http://www.rathbunsrestaurant.com Exciting food that is beyond the expected: This is how critics describe Kevin Rathbun´s cooking. It´s the kind of food he has spent his career learning how to create. His previous position as executive chef at Baby Routh in Dallas let Rathbun bring [...]

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Eismann, Jonathan

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Jonathan Eismann Pacific Time Miami Beach FL http://www.pacifictime.biz ‚“I cook Asian-influenced American food with a French sensibility,‚” says chef/proprietor Jonathan Eismann. So he defines the food that has been luring people to Pacific Time on Miami´s trendy Lincoln Road. Indeed, Eismann has been drawing raves for his clever, exciting dishes with their Asian flair. Esquire [...]

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Palmer, Charles

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Charles Palmer Aureole New York NY http://www.aureoleny.com It was a home economics class in his hometown of Smyrna, New York, that introduced Charles Palmer to the joys of cooking. By the age of sixteen, he was already a pro, becoming head of the kitchen of the Colgate inn after the Swiss chef abruptly left. Now [...]

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America's Food Revolution by Jerry Weinberger, City Journal Summer

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Opened by JFK’s former chef, René Verdon, Le Trianon offered traditional French haute cuisine (escargot in garlic butter, sautéed sweetbreads, sole meunière, and so on), along with a mostly French wine list that few diners understood. …

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