2012 list of 3 Star Michelin restaurants in France

Every year every 2 star chef prays to the Michelin Gods and hopes they will be able to join this elite group of restaurateurs.  They also pray they will not be demoted from 3 to 2. This year only one was promoted to the ranks of the best on earth.  The number in parenthesis represents [...]

Choosing the right wine for Thanksgiving

The great annual celebration of Thanksgiving brings all our families together over a table with more food than any of us could possibly eat.  So much thought and effort goes into producing the food, but very little thought goes into which wines to pair with this abundant meal.  Beaujolais Nouveau often makes its debut as [...]

Why do you do what you do?

This is a very inspiring presentation on why some ventures are successful and others are not.  Should cause reflection on why you do what you do or why you are not doing what you should be doing.

Natural Foie Gras

Watch this presentation on natural foie gras by Dan Barber.  Dan just recently made this same presentation in Denver for the IACP conference in April.  Natural foie gras, what a concept.  It kind of takes the wind out of the activists’ sails. What is worse?  Naturally raised foie gras or industrially raised chicken?

Day 3: The storm takes a new direction across town, Wild and Rare

There was only one scheduled class on Friday and that was Extreme Cooking with Andrew Dwyer from Australia.  I had taken care of every major detail the day before so I was fairly confident it would run smoothly.  He had a group of Johnson & Wales students to assist him and some of them were [...]

Back on TV

Yesterday I had another shot cooking on TV.  The day before I was told I had to prepare healthy breakfast item and that I would be on a new segment with Dr. John Torres that might occur every Wednesday.  I was provided his cell number and a meeting time. I tried to call him several [...]

Andoni gets his stuff

Yesterday was hectic.  First I awoke to a dusting of snow.  No big deal, but the Boulder turnpike was a parking lot at 7:30am and the heavy spring snow became more intense as I got closer to Denver.  I took the toll road in to save time. The school is being cleaned and given a [...]

Now this is food porn…but can we please take it further

Just stumbled on this on yahoo.  There is no doubt that Carl’s Junior is going to sell more burgers.  It’s interesting that Padma is a spokesperson for the culinary world.  She could be one of those women that hang out with car racers waiting to be sprayed with champagne.  I might be ignorant, but does [...]

IACP public events registration

For those interested in learning about and signing up for the events open to the public click this

IACP Conference registration

If you are looking to register to the IACP conference coming to Denver April 1-4 click here Also, I have been informed by Sylvia Tawse the Program Chair that there will be a temporary $100 discount on IACP membership if you sign up for the conference.  You gain membership to a great Culinary Organization and [...]