French-born chef Alain Ducasse, the first chef to get three-Michelin stars at three of his restaurants in different locations, plans to close Adour, his five-year-old restaurant located at the St. Regis New York. The final dinners at the struggling restaurant are slated for November 17. Ducasse’s Adour in the St. Regis in Washington will remain […]
I’ve been a fan of Marcus Samuelsson for years. Ever since I attended New York Restaurant Week (this was probably 9 years ago) and I tasted his amazing dishes at Aquavit. Imagine my excitement when I heard he was opening up a casual restaurant at Lincoln Center. American Table is located at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully […]
Several news sources report that Tom Cruise attempted to kick everyone out of a hotel restaurant so that he could dine alone without being bothered by admirers. The actor, 50, made the demand when he tried to book an executive suite at the ten-room boutique, the Forza Mare hotel in Dobrun, Montenegro — a country […]
A chemical accident at a Germany factory run by US food giant Kraft caused a cloud of poisonous gas resulting in the evacuation of approximately 1,400 to 1,800 people. The accident happened on Monday in the town of Bad Fallingbostel, near Hanover in northern Germany, when Kraft employees accidentally poured acid into a tank containing […]
In an attempt to capitalize on the explosive popularity of the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey, an author who writes under the pen name F.L. Fowler, was inspired to write Fifty Shades of Chicken: A Parody in a Cookbook. Fowler, an anonymous food industry professional, told People Magazine that Fifty Shades of Grey had […]
The most loved foods (at least according to the interwebs) are bacon, Nutella, and Sriracha. As we all know, there are plenty of flavor combos for bacon: bacon ice cream, chocolate covered bacon, Bacon vodka. It seems that companies have been ignoring the please of Nutella and Sriracha fans. Sriracha lovers need fret no longer. […]
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Tom Downey explores what he calls the global moment for the micro-restaurant: a new approach to fine dining that feels both exclusive and conversational. The price is high and the seats are hard to come by, says Downey, but you’re separated only by a countertop from the people preparing your meal. The awareness for Downey […]
This year’s drought has done more than elevate corn and soybean prices, which has led to a feed shortage and sharply declining global cattle herds. As The New York Daily News reports, this is one of the worst spring growing seasons on record for champagne makers who anticipate the smallest harvest in the last 20 […]
I love sweets. I don’t usually eat them because food writing can be quite dangerous to my waistline and I enjoy being reasonably thin and healthy. Since I just started doing Insanity (I never want to hear the words “push harder” again), I figured it would be ok to accept samples of Forbidden Fruit. Forbidden […]
Last year, Cornell Creative Machines Lab touted 3-D food printing technology the company claimed provided families with the incentive to eat healthier diets. Most of today’s 3-D food printing concepts use inks that are foods in fluid form, like molten chocolate, cheese, or cookie dough. Foods such as meats and vegetables are ground and mixed […]
So you have heard me rant on how disappointing the food scene in Croatia was. But, believe me, it was not all bad. The lovely team at Taste of Croatia suggested that I make a trip out of Makarska to nearby Tucepi to a restaurant named Gusari. We were glad to take their suggestion and […]
Jose Andres is a Spanish chef who once trained under Ferran Adria at the restaurant El Bulli. Andres owns several concept restaurants in the Washington, D.C., area, with a focus on a molecular gastronomy. Andres also operates The Bazaar by Jose Andres at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, and China Poblano by Jose […]
Over a decade ago, Monsanto sued two farmers in Arkansas for saving and replanting 800 bushels of Roundup Ready soybeans. Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported that the U.S. Supreme Court accepted an appeal filed by a farmer seeking to sidestep Monsanto’s planting restrictions on its genetically modified seeds. The justices said they will review a […]
Writing for ProPublica, Dave Philipps explores The US Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) clandestine — albeit indirect — role in rounding up thousands of wild horses and sending many to their death by way of Tom Davis, a horse buyer and known advocate of horse slaughter. The horses find their way to slaughtering houses in […]
USA TODAY’s Nancy Trejos points out that according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), food and drinking establishments are doing the most hiring within the leisure and hospitality industry. The BLS reported that each month since hitting a low point in February 2010, there’s been an average of 21,000 new jobs in the sector, […]
Adweek’s David Griner reports on a disturbing event involving KitchenAid, a home appliance brand owned by Whirlpool Corporation. During the first presidential debate, someone at KitchenAid posted a tasteless and derogatory comment on the company’s Twitter feed about President Obama’s grandmother, who died shortly before he took office. The full tweet from @KitchenAidUSA read: “Obamas […]
Joël Robuchon is a French chef and restaurateur who has published several cookbooks and has hosted culinary television shows in France. He operates a dozen restaurants in Hong Kong, Las Vegas, London, Macau, Monaco, Paris, Taipei, and Tokyo, with a total of 28 Michelin Guide stars among them. Last month, French police questioned Robuchon a […]
France is one of the largest producers of honey within the European Union, producing some 18,330 tonnes annually, according to the national farm agency FranceAgriMer. And according to the Alsace region’s chamber of agriculture, there are approximately 2,400 beekeepers in northeastern France producing about 1,000 tons of honey per year. Beekeepers around the town of […]
Celebrity chefs have reached rock star status in the US, and command handsome wages for television appearances, best-selling cookbooks, and road trips. And because of America’s obsession with all things food, even food enthusiasts with no training as a chef are paid hysterically exorbitant fees. One such example is Guy Fieri. During high school, Guy […]
As part of a cheesy promotional campaign, Cheetos, the leading brand from PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division, released 3 by 4 feet Cheetos portraits of the presidential nominees ” President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney. The portraits debuted on Facebook, and are made of more than 2,000 individual Cheetos cheese snacks. Frito-Lay states that for […]