Thanksgiving Food Facts and Myths

The first Thanksgiving on record dates back to the fall of 1621, when 52 English colonists and 90 Wampanoag came together in Plymouth, Massachusetts for a three-day feast celebrating the bountiful harvest.  The Native Americans contributed five deer to the celebration, with the colonists supplying everything else.  In addition to celebrating their crop’s abundance, they [...]

Interview with Chef Michael Long

Chef Michael Long of Opus Restaurant has transformed the dining scene in Littleton. The restaurant has brought upscale dining to the forefront of Colorado. Trained at the CIA, Chef Long took what he picked up working at La Vielle Maison in  Boca Raton, the Inn at Bay Fortune in Canada, Topaz Cafe in St. Augustine and [...]

Interview with Chef Matthew Tivy

We had the chance to interview Chef Matthew Tivy of NYC’s Cafe Du Soleil, a Provencal French Bistro known for its slow cooked food and warm atmosphere. Chef Tivy has been attracting the loyalty of foodies and gourmands since his days at the Plaza Athenee Hotel, Maurice, QV, Canal Bar, Man Ray and La Cremaillere. [...]

There’s more to Italian Whites than Pinot Grigio

Italy is well known for it’s big voluptuous reds, it’s white’s; except for the so often bastardized Pinot Grigio are quite often and quite unfairly ignored. Sadly most PG’s are incredibly boring and homogeneous. Good ones are quite expensive and hard to find. Italy is home to some incredible white varietals that will wow the [...]

The Fat Duck Re-opens Under a Veil of Mystery

Fat Duck Reopens

“I am delighted that the health protection agency and the local environmental health office have given us the all clear to open the restaurant,” Fat Duck owner Blumenthal said in a statement. “Obviously we are overjoyed to be able to get back to business as normal.”
Business as normal isn’t quite the expression I [...]