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Monday, November 9th, 2009
L Anne Enke blogs about sensual pleasures & celebrations, sensual living, sensuality, smart sensuality, wine, wellness, travel, spa, restaurants and fine food.
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Tags: Ad Hoc, Amp, Blogs, Celebrations, Celebrity Chefs, Chef Thomas Keller, Dolce Vita, Enke, Fine Food, Food Source, Good Heart, Great Chefs, Restaurants, Sensual Pleasures, Sensuality, Spa, Wine
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
At ABaC, Barcelona’s only two-star Michelin restaurant, I had the chance to enjoy the work of chef and molecular gastronomer Xavier Pellicer. Pellicer chose cooking as his trade when he was just 13, having grown up around fine food and …
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Tags: Abac Barcelona, Celebrity Chefs, Dispatch, Fine Food, Great Chefs, Michelin, Michelin Restaurant, Two Star, Xavier Pellicer
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Norma Shirleytaped atNorma's at the WharfsideMontego Bay, Jamaicahttp://www.seasplash.com/norma.htm Norma Shirley was called “the Julia Child of the Caribbean” by Food & Wine, and they were right on the button. Her enthusiasm for fine food, her belief that excellent cooking is within the reach of nearly every home cook, the creativity and excellence of her own [...]
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Tags: Bay Jamaica, Bon Appetit, Caribbean Travel, Creativity, Dishes, Fine Food, Fodor, James Beard House, Julia Child, Kingston, Miami Beach, Nbsp, Negril, Norma, Rat Bar, Rsquo, Visiting Jamaica, Vogue, Wharf Rat, Wharfside
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Patrick Clark taped at Hay Adams Hotel Washington, D.C. When the Clintons were looking for a new chef for the White House, they set their sights on Patrick Clark, chef at the historic Hay Adams Hotel across Lafayette Square. Clark declined the White House job, explaining, among other reasons, that a government salary was inadequate [...]
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Tags: Affections, Bright Personality, Clintons, executive chef, Fine Food, First Meals, flavors, Government Salary, Hay Adams Hotel, Hay Adams Hotel Washington, James Beard Awards, Lafayette Square, Michel Guerard, Mid Atlantic Region, National Reputation, new york times, Personal Qualities, Seasonings, Tavern On The Green, Top Chef, Two Stars
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Gregg McCarthyMurphy's, Virginia Highlands GAtaped at Buckhead Diner, Buckhead, Atlanta GAhttp://www.murphysvh.com Born in Albany, New York, Gregg McCarthy was always surrounded by fine food, reflecting the influence of both his mother and grandmother. His interest led him to the Culinary Institute of America in New York state, and he graduated in 1980. He worked at [...]
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Tags: Albany New York, Buckhead Atlanta Ga, Buckhead Diner, Culinary Institute Of America, Fine Food, Hotel Crescent Court, James Beard House, Mccarthy, Mother And Grandmother, Nbsp, New York State, Old Ebbit Grill, Queen Of England, Rsquo, Virginia Highlands Ga, Washington D C
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Jean-Michel LorainLa Cote Saint-JacquesJoigny, Francehttp://www.cotesaintjacques.com Jean -Michel Lorain was born with the restaurant business in his blood. His parents, Michel and Jacqueline Lorain, were proud of their family restaurant, La Cote Saint Jacques, and soon Jean-Michel was a part of the business. In time, Jean -Michel apprenticed with Pierre and Jean Troisgros in Roanne. There [...]
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Tags: Cote Saint Jacques, Father And Son, Fine Food, Formal Introduction, Girardet, Jacqueline, Jean Michel Lorain, Jean Troisgros, Joigny France, Michelin, Parents, Pere, Pierre And Jean, Restaurant Business, Restaurant La Cote Saint Jacques, Restaurant Taillevent, Roanne, Score, St Jacques, Three Stars
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Lucas RiveRestaurant de BokkedoornsHaarlem, The Netherlandshttp://bookedoorns.nl As an eight year old child, Lucas Rive was very interested in food. But not in the way most eight year old boys are interested in food. Young Lucas was interested in fine food: what made it taste so good, how what appeared at the table followed the seasons, [...]
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Tags: Amstel Hotel, Best Starting Point, Career Experience, Cooking School, Dish, Dishes, Eight Year Old Boys, Executive Chefs, Fine Food, Fresh Fish, Freshness, Haarlem, Head Chef, Hotel Restaurant, Kitchens, Michelin, Peers, Rive, Rsquo, Several Times
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Emmanuel Bassoleil Pure passion has left its fingerprints all over Emmanuel Bassoleil´s career. Pure passion for fine food, for great wines, for life itself. Born in Dijon in France, son of a man who was a gourmet and appreciator of fine wine and a woman who was an artist in the home kitchen, Emmanuel Bassoleil [...]
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Tags: Ambassade, Butchers And Bakers, Byblos, Chateau De Bellecroix, Choice Honors, Cruise Ship, Fine Food, Fine Wine, Gaston Lenotre, Home Kitchen, Hostellerie Du Chateau, Hostellerie Du Chateau De Bellecroix, Hotel School, Lameloise, Michelin Star, Nouvelle Cuisine, Practical Experience, Roanne, Son Of A Man, Troisgros
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Saturday, June 27th, 2009
William O’Callaghan Longueville House Mallow, County Cork, Ireland http://www.longuevillehouse.ie William O´Callaghan shaped his future two ways when he went to study Hotel Management at the Dublin College of Catering: he set his career path, and he met his future wife, Aisling. After completing college, O´Callaghan worked at La Ferme St. Simeon, a Relais & Chateaux [...]
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Tags: Aisling, Amp, Career Path, Chateaux, County Cork Ireland, Dublin, Ferme St Simeon, Fine Food, Honfleur, Hotel Management, Kitchens, Longueville House, Mallow, Normandy, Normandy Town, O Callaghan, Raymond Blanc, Sally Mckenna, Southwestern Ireland, Two Ways
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Christian Willer La Palme d’Or, Hotel Martinez Cannes, France http://www.hotel-martinez.com Since the middle of the ‚Äò80s, Chef Christian Willer has presided over the restaurants at the Hotel Martinez in Cannes, and more particularly over La Palme d´Or with its two Michelin stars. Willer brings a lifetime of experience with fine food to his kitchens. He [...]
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Tags: Academie Culinaire, Baule, Castel Marie Louise, Fine Food, Founding Member, Hotel De Paris, Hotel Martinez Cannes, Hotel Martinez Cannes France, Hotel Martinez In Cannes, Lucien Barriere Group, Maxim, Michelin Star, Palme, Parisian Restaurants, Personal Friend, Pount, Prunier, Restaurateur, Willer, Wine Producers
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