Climate change threatens French truffle | Environment | Reuters

This week we are going over the regions of France. Yesterday we went over the region of South West France, which is famous for its Perigord truffles.  So when I came across this article, I felt that it could be a good add on to the lecture.
Climate change threatens French truffle | Environment [...]

Out of the ashes the Pheonix rises and the Dolphin swims

Last Friday Chef Dale took off for Paris to join the rest of the students from the last class. He could have left the previous week but he just couldn’t separate himself from his responsibilities at school. Chef Michael and I were ready to take control of the class and move [...]

Chicago Foie Gras Ban repealed

The ban has been lifted. Take a look at what Chi-town chefs are planning to add to their menus for the comeback.
The Stew – A taste of Chicago’s food, wine and dining scene | Chicago Tribune | Blog

Cou Cou for caviar

We just finished fish week and I stumbled on this article on Caviar. Enjoy.
A new crowd cultivates a taste for caviar – USATODAY.com

Paris the “City of Lights” and a gastronmic epicenter

I have been wanting for some time to post some of my favorite addresses and grazing grounds in Paris. This is without a doubt one of the world’s most exciting cities. I lived there for three months in 1989 (France’s Bi-centennial). It was a mind blowing experience . I experienced so [...]

Holy Cow

I was checking out this blog by Laurent Gras called L20 and got to this picture of a Wagyu rib eye imported from Japan. It is like no meat I have ever seen. The great thing about his blog is he often features products and provides detailed explanations about them. [...]

“The revolution will not be pasteurized: Inside the raw-milk underground” by Nathanael Johnson Harpers Magazine

This article is great and very succinctly argues the belief that I have had for some time that we have sanitized our world to such an extreme that we have created our own health nightmare of allergies and various other modern day maladies. I found this article on another food blog called “Chez Pim.”
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Good food pics from April 08 class

I was looking through the pictures of dishes I have taken from this class and decided that I should include a few for the blog. The students will get a compilation of these and all the others when they graduate. This should satiate some of you who were so used to the daily [...]

Great article in the New Yorker about Grant Achatz

Read this article “A man of taste” about the Mozart turned Beethoven of the food world. Great article and shows the commitment necessary to become a culinary icon. Now I have to get his book coming out this fall. I’ll put my order in soon.