Archive for August, 2009
Gordon Ramsay’s F Word (Season 4, Episode 10) – The Biggins brigade
The Biggins brigade bombed, but not the recipes they cooked. All three recipes looked really good and I’ll be cooking each one of them. The starter was pea, mint and lettuce soup with parma ham. Simply and really tasty. Full recipe here. The team did so-so on this one, getting 40 or 50 paid. The [...]
Top Chef (Season 6, Episode 2) – “Bachelor/ette Party”
Episode 2 (season 6) of Top Chef started with a quickfire challenge around a craps table… wait a minute, didn’t we just see a craps table a few nights ago on Hell’s Kitchen. Maybe craps is going to be the next World’s series of poker — World series of craps Ok, back to Top Chef. [...]
(New) Emerilware Pro-Clad 10 Piece Stainless Steel Set
The New Emerilware Pro-Clad 10 Piece Stainless Steel Set, made by All-Clad, is the perfect 10 piece set for your family’s kitchen. This Emeril Pro-Clad Cookware set includes: 10″ fry pan, 1-1/2 qt. saucepan with lid, 2-1/2 qt. saucepan with lid, Steamer insert (fits 2-1/2qt saucepan), 3 qt. saute pan with lid, 6 qt. stockpot with [...]
Hells Kitchen ~ up and down with the blue team
It was a roller coaster ride tonight for the blue team. Episode 7 started with a craps table. Each chef rolled a big die with letters, then they had to pick an ingredient that started with the letter they rolled. The women started strong choosing, rabbit, haricot vert, potatoes, garlic and hamhock. The men chose [...]
Kebabs & Tomato Salad ~ Recipe
Beef, potatoes, onions and tomatoes…. there’s nothing to dislike about that combination. This “Not Yest Ready for Stew” Kebabs and “Not Ready to Say Goodby to Summer Tomatoes” Salad recipe comes from Rachael Ray. What a perfect weekend recipe — and you can have it ready in under 30 minutes. Visit this page on Rachael’s [...]
Anthony Bourdain – No Reservations “Montana”
Anthony traveled to the beautiful state of Montana this week. In particular Livingston, Montana.. a beautiful town with a population around 7K. As always Anthony brings out the best of every place he visits. Starting with the local cattle ranchers he gets a first hand look at the day to day operations of life on [...]
Hell’s Kitchen – picking up during season 6
This blog is picking up the night before Hells Kitchen airs (w/ 10 remaining chefs). To start with, here’s a little of my overall view of the show. Gordon’s a master at what he does, in my opinion. Master chef, entertainer and “donkey” herder I love the show. It’s just to bad that most of [...]
Top Chef – Season 6
Top Chef Las Vegas (season 6) — this should be a great season. I think this looks like the best line up of chefs out of all the previous 5 seasons; and what a perfect place to have the show, in Vegas. The first show of the season jumped right in and gave a good [...]
