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Kitchen Scale Winner

May 3, 2009
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So who won the Leifheit Kitchen Scale that I offered in my podcast with Michael Ruhlman?
Watch Nathan and I pick and announce the winner! My other son, Andrew is the producer/director.

Also, if you haven’t read my post about A Taste of the Big Leagues and my spontaneous NYC trip, you have to come read! [...]

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A Steamy Interview with Michael Ruhlman

April 26, 2009
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Michael Ruhlman’s  Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking is not a cookbook that I would normally add to my cookbook collection. First off, it’s got no color photos. It doesn’t even look like a cookbook…the front cover has complicated circles with all sorts of numbers and fractions going ’round and ’round. [...]

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I swear we weren’t drunk…

April 5, 2009
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Okay, Stephanie Izard (last season’s Top Chef winner) and I weren’t THAT drunk.
Club Med Insider: Interview with Stephanie Izard from Jaden Hair on Vimeo.
I’m a food writer for Club Med Insider – you have to check that site out – as they sometimes give away free vacations <– ooooohhh I bet you could use [...]

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Aged Black Garlic: a new superfood?

March 23, 2009

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Why is it that Asian ingredients that are “good for you” are so darn ugly and nasty sounding? Mom used to feed me and my brother bird’s nest soup, chilled frog jelly soup and countless other strange protein specimens that would probably make you wonder how I’m still [...]

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Steamy Kitchen on Daytime TV!

February 15, 2009

I’ve been so excited all weekend that I just couldn’t focus or concentrate on anything other than making the pile of chocolates and wine in my home disappear as quickly as possible, leftover from this segment last week on CBS:

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