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Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods – “Spain”
Crazy man Andrew Zimmern’s visit to Spain didn’t disappoint when it came to finding weird and bizarre things to eat. As always, Andrew finds interesting things to try, some look good, some look downright disgusting… but Andrew seems to enjoy it all. Here’s a recap of the restaurants he visited and food he ate. In [...]
Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre World – “Cuba”
Andrew’s off to Cuba to see what bizarre things await. And I’m sure as usual; Andrew will find some very strange things to eat. After a short background on Cuba, he heads off to a local artist and the starts to discuss all the vintage autos that are driving around. A really interesting fact I [...]
Top Chef (Season 6, Episode 4) – “Vivre Las Vegas”
Quickfire: Guest judge Daniel Boulud, chef & restaurateur who owns Daniel in NY, Café Boulud, Daniel Boulud Brassiere in Wynn Hotel and others. The challenge… make a winning dish using snails as the main protein. Winner gets immunity and loser goes home. High stakes QF! Top 3: Mike, Kevin and Jennifer. With the win going [...]
Top Chef (Season 6, Episode 3) – “Thunderbirds”
This weeks episode starts with the contestants stepping into a kitchen which is full of potatoes. Every type of potatoe you can imagine. Standing next to the potato table is Padman and guest judge Mark Peel of Campanile restaurant in LA. The quickfire challange is to create an “out of this world” dish featuring… you [...]
Hell’s Kitchen (Season 6, Episode 8) – “9 Chefs Compete”
Last nights episode started with the palate test. The test everyone thinks they’re going to do good at until they try. As they find out though, it gets more difficult to distinguish tastes when you take away some of your senses. In this case the chefs are blindfolded and have to wear headphones so they [...]
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 [...]
