Archive for 'Shefzilla'

Corn

Yesterday I was going to write a post all about a certain d-bag that thinks it is honorable to imply someone supports slavery? WTF?
There were some real zingers…
Then last night I had a perfect ear of corn.  It had been smeared with a careful and measured amount of salt and butter.  But the patience was [...]

Random Labor Day Thoughts

Off to the city this morning, Zoning has signed off on our plans, next to see what Health thinks.  The hammers are scheduled to start swinging on the 16th.  So far so good…
Had a buddy to the space yesterday to go over my current plans.  He is a serious executive who has been with a [...]

MSG

Have you been noticing as I have more and more usage of MSG (monosodium glutamate) in varies styles of restos.  In my travels across the country this summer at many level of cuisines it seems pervasive, so much so that at one place of a very high repute it was on the table as a [...]

Update

The latest on goings on with the opening of our next resto; Heidi’s Minneapolis.  Ever wonder what the heck goes on when you read about a resto that has signed a lease, but then the space seems to kind of sit around for a while?  Here is what we are doing (or at least some [...]

Tomorrow’s Diners Today

On a recent visit to Bouchon in Yountville, we discovered that while there was no “children’s” menu, the kids were very welcome diners.
For whatever reason, whether famous chef, cookbook author, or one of a few chefs in the country with a highly prized Three Michelin starred resto–Thomas Keller runs restaurants that are hospitable to everyone, [...]

“Smoke and Mirrors”

Why would a chef as prominent as Wylie Dufresne say in an interview with bigthink.com that “I think sometimes that becomes a pedestal or a soap box to get people into your restaurant, but it’s not… it’s almost empty in a way.  I mean, my food comes from a farm and I serve [...]

i’m back

“so i’m back to the velvet underground
back to the floor that i love
to a room with some lace and paper flowers
back to the gypsy…that i was…to the gypsy…that i was…” Stevie

now to open a new resto…
Gotta pick up the keys to my new joint.  Meetings galore today, prep for meetings galore an enormous mind fuck.
Having [...]

Defense of Foie

This is a must read article by Brad Haskel in defense of foie gras. Dan Barber makes an interesting presentation in this piece as well.

Boy Drinks Sister’s Breast Milk

In this video a 10 year old drinks his sister’s breast milk.  He also described to Esquire that he has been approached by a publisher for a book deal.  What The F*uck!  Looks like anyone can get a book deal these days.
In other news my book comes out October 15th, it’s available for pre-order on [...]

Ship Inn–Oregon

A couple of years back I asked Andrew Zimmern the most obvious question every one asks him. How do you not get ill when traveling.  Which given his extraordinary wealth of experience is so fantastically simple of a question that it’s embarrassing.  In any event his answer went something like this.  “Go to the vendor [...]