This morning began early. (Side note: I’ve been asked a lot recently what I’m planning to do. I’d like to figure out a work day that consistently begins and ends at the same time. This whole work late, work early thing is wearing me out!) Anyway, it began early, running around the apartment gathering my [...]
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I have fallen in love with cooking greens. The beef and the sweet potatoes? Those are kind of easy to be successful with. But greens… There is a window between fibrous and grey mush that you have to hit just right to make them sing. In a nutshell, greens cook really quick, so get everybody [...] 2 comments to Roasted Filet of Beef, Braised Greens and Roasted Sweet Potato Cubes
I have a Halloween story for you. Read the whole whole post, as its intertwined funny and natural; weird and supernatural. To start, apparently I have some verbal tics. On film today I learned that I start pretty much every sentence with “so, ok” and I discovered this in my first real live video shoot. [...] 2 comments to The Big Video Shoot
I want to share with you a group that has really touched my heart, both the chef-heart and the teacher-heart. My instructor, colleague and friend Neal Bermas has created a restaurant and training center in Vietnam to educate the street kids there in the hospitality and tourism industries. From the STREETS website: STREETS INTERNATIONAL (“STREETS”) is a not-for-profit, [...] Beginning Wednesday July 8, I’ll be the demonstration Chef at Community Farmer’s Markets in New York City and the Hudson Valley. I’ll keep you posted with dates and will post recipes after each demo. If you are in Croton-on-Hudson tomorrow, I’ll be cooking and handing out samples from 4-6pm. Stop by if you are in [...] 2 comments to Chef at the Market Begins Tomorrow!
Standing in the newly renovated Astor Center, I met Chef Eric Ripert of Le Bernadin. I was nervous, this being my first official interview, but as soon as the Chef, smiling, relaxed in jeans and a green button-down shirt, walked in looking for me, I was put at ease, in that oh-my-god-I’m-interviewing-Eric-Ripert kind of way. [...] by Mark Peterson We met Stranahan’s Whiskey at the IACP opening night Gala at the Denver Art Museum. They were there, on the first floor, right when you walked in the door serving up something called a Colorado Cooler, a local mint julep of sorts, cold and refreshing. We were told that the museum frowned [...]
Mark & I have just returned from the International Association of Culinary Professionals’ annual conference and I am profoundly moved, inspired and changed by the people and plates that I met along the way. From the Denver’s mayor to fellow bloggers, cookbook authors, teachers and travelers that I had lunch with everyday, from as far [...] Traditionally, peas get planted on St. Patrick’s Day in our neck of the woods. They take about 80 days to harvest, which means they’ll be done in time to plant tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers and other heat loving vegetables. Peas and beans also magically “fix” the nitrogen in the soil. There are little nodes that form [...] |
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Great story Emily!