Check this out!… Aren’t these the coolest Halloween candies you ever seen? They are made out of bubble gum and icing. Pretty yummy huh!
I guess some people just have too much time in their hands!
Happy Halloween!
I just came back from Jean-Georges Vongerichten new book’s party at the Conran Shop in New York City where I was able to chit-chat a little with my favorite chef. Sadly enough i couln’t extract from him his secrets to create a restaurant empire around the world. Should i have used torture? maybe… But [...]
As you may know by now Private Chefs live with a constant sense of impending doom. Imagine a dinner party for 30 very wealthy people with a cheese souffle on the menu. You didn’t want to put a souffle on the menu but your boss thinks it would be a nice touch, so after negotiations [...]
When the subject of brussels sprouts comes up in conversations people often react the same way, it starts with a rather ugly facial expression followed by a “yucks”, “Pfffff” or “Beurk”. Occasionally you might even hear a “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh“…. that’s people who rather jump off a cliff than holding the thought of a brussel sprout in [...]
Did you know that some of the most innovative food can be sampled at hidden spots in private homes or office buildings?
The New York Post published an article yesterday about underground dining in New York. Underground restaurants are started by serious foodies or chefs who have joined the “Dark Side” of dining, they grew [...]
Private Chefs dread the unexpected guests. I call them the 7:30 hungry men.
7:30 pm is the time at which they show up unannounced expecting the four Star treatment. They want food, they want it fast and they want it good!
Let me tell you friends, those extreme moments are so crucial that how you react to [...]
Akhtar Nawab, the chef at CraftBar in NYC, came up with the Ultimate meatball recipe, the meatball recipe that ends all meatball recipes…period, zip, no argument.
I am aware that making such a bold statement might spark an underground revolution, the Meatball purists could arise at sunrise and plot a revolt (…ah poetry!)and the Italians from [...]
