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Cassata Parfait Tort from Chef Warren Le Ruth

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Chef Le Ruths extensive pastry background is revealed in this impressive dessert Cassata Parfait tort. It is an adaptation of Italian desserts, with sponge cake layers alternated with ricotta cheese or ice cream.

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Say cheese – Napa Valley Register

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Say cheese
Napa Valley Register
Chef/restaurateur Lidia Matticchio Bastianich's “Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Sicily” (Knopf, $35), a recipe from Sardinia for baked eggplant.

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Sadly, No! » Troll The Ancient Fooltide Carol1

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

Not, that is, that we would count ourselves as fans of Jean-Georges Vongerichten, unless by ‘fans’ you mean having helped at one time or another to throng crap restaurants like Spice Market in a self-worried ecstasy of Ewige Spießer … 4 An unfinished joke of long standing has someone funnily referring to Chez Panisse, the demesne of chef Alice Waters, as “Cheese Penis.” The speaker may or may not be a restauranteur named Al Swatters, who may or may not be opening porn …

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CMN Video: Lidia Bastianich Cooks

Monday, December 7th, 2009

We join Chef Lidia Bastianich at the NY Botanical Garden’s Edible Garden as she demonstrates some great recipes using fresh garden herbs and vegetables. Here she makes a savory crostata filled with rice, zucchini & ricotta cheese… …

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Guest blogger: Michael Schwartz

Friday, December 4th, 2009

After a few months of emails and in-person meetings, chefs Jonathan Eismann, Michelle Bernstein, Kenny Lyon and I have each designed four course dinners with tomato and cheese, saffron, beef, and strawberries as the common threads in …

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Ad Hoc at Home by Thomas Keller Book Review 2009 | Apartment …

Friday, November 27th, 2009

The angle: Thomas Keller, perhaps today’s most famous and well-respected chef, takes on home cooked classics and they’re all here: burgers, mac ‘n’ cheese, fried chicken, coleslaw, bread pudding. But don’t get the impression that Mr. …

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Putting cheese in its proper place on the plate

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

But I had to smile when I saw the picture above posted on Twitter by Tia Keenan, a chef and fromager in New York. That not only makes the cheeses appealing, it makes them downright interesting, as they should be. …

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Putting cheese in its proper place on the plate | A Marin Foodie's …

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

But I had to smile when I saw the picture above posted on Twitter by Tia Keenan, a chef and fromager in New York. That not only makes the cheeses appealing, it makes them downright interesting, as they should be. … What restaurants in the Bay area do cheese right? Gary Danko and Jardiniere were the early leaders in this category. Where are the cheese innovators now? And are there cheesy offenders, too? Let’s out them. [Posted from my iPhone]. Sphere: Related Content …

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Sonoma County :: 100 Miles – A Food Blog

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

I sold cheese at Oakville Grocery — the S.F. food emporium; I cooked at Jeremiah Tower’s Santa Fe Bar & Grill in Berkeley; I helped Chef Tower open Stars restaurant in San Francisco; I met all the chefs and foodies in town; …

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Dining in France: Pizza wars in NYC

Monday, November 9th, 2009

The chef is a bread maven and his talent shows in the chewy crust. The restaurant is an upscale Chelsea place with butcher block tables and a subdued decor. There are appetizers, drinks, and desserts. Chris started with a fabulous radicchio salad with taleggio cheese and a great balsamic vinaigrette.We had the Popeye–a true winner of a pizza with spinach, garlic and a variety of Italian … Jean Paul Hevin Marquise. Jean Paul Hevin Marquise Birthday party gourmandise …

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