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I said before that no chefs really stood out to me after the Top Chef premiere last week. Well folks, it’s the same story this week, even with Tom Colicchio declaring during the episode that he was thoroughly disappointed.
The quickfire challenge this week involved the classic New York City street food, the hot dog. Dishes [...]
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This is one of my “I don’t feel like cooking dinner” dinners. With finals right around the corner, the kitchen is seeing a lot less of me. These ham and Swiss rolls make for a quick dinner with simple deli offerings, plus the leftover ones make for a decent toaster oven breakfast the next day.
Ham and [...]
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I was preparing a German themed dinner of schnitzel and red cabbage with apples for the premiere of Top Chef New York when I suffered my first major knife injury: lost grip of my chef’s knife while slicing the apples and it slid right into my middle finger. Ouch! Talk about feeling demoralized!
As odd as it sounds, [...]
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In case you had any doubt that flying on a commercial airline has lost all its olden day glamour, I invite you to hop on any US airline for an economy class flight across the Pacific. I thought I was mentally prepared for the discomfort of the 20+ hour trip duration (including a 3 hour layover at [...]
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Scardello Artisan Cheese is the latest storefront to open in the recent explosion of Dallas cheese shop openings.
Scardello officially opened its doors to the public last Thursday. So two days later, we headed down to the shop to scope it out. Scardello is located in a classic 1929 building with original brickwork. The owner, Rich Rogers, [...]