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WATCH: Nick Kokonas Says 'Michelin Doesn't Like The Idea Of Hardcore Innovation'
Imbibe and Inspire caught up with Grant Achatz and restaurant partner Nick Kokonas of Chicago's Alinea, Next, and The Aviary for a short video on -- simply -- getting gamed by the system.
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Chez Panisse Set To Reopen On The Summer Solstice, Mark Your Calendar?
Even if a devastating fire and months of repairs would incentivize an earlier opening, Alice Waters will not open her restaurant until the beginning of the Summer Solstice. Whenever that is.
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WATCH: Richard Blais Expects Us To Spherify Horseradish While Drunk In New Burger Lab
On this week's Burger Lab, Richard Blais asserts that his British-inspired Welsh Rarebit Burger is both the world's best hangover food, and a late-night go-to. We're inclined to agree, but if we attempted to spherify horseradish while drunk or hungover, we would 100% end up on the front page of Pinterest Fails.
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WATCH: Amy's Baking Co. Did Kitchen Nightmares To Combat Cyberbullying
Amy's Baking Co. owners Amy and Samy sat down with Phoenix radio station My103.9 to hash out their side of what is now everyone's own personal Kitchen Nightmare in no less than a seven-part interview, all conveniently uploaded to YouTube.
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Christopher Kostow Live From GoogaMooga: ‘I Challenged Roberta’s To A Joust’
We chatted with Chris about his first time at the festival, the three-course event he staged to bring a small taste of Meadowood to the East Coast, and his reaction to the Renaissance Faire-themed pizza village erected by Roberta’s on the other side of the park. Check out our Q&A below for more.
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Justin Warner Live From GoogaMooga: Don’t Just Instagram His Foie Gras Jelly Doughnut, EAT IT
We managed to chat with Googa vet Justin Warner, whose Bed-Stuy eatery Do or Dine is back at the festival for its second year, serving up its infamous foie gras jelly doughnut. Check out our Q&A with him below to find out how this year’s festival is measuring up to last year’s notorious shitshow.
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Wylie Dufresne: ‘Delicious Is The Most Important Thing’ And How To Not Stab Yourself
This week I had the pleasure of chatting with Wylie Dufresne on the state of celebrity chefdom, his new East Village neighborhood hang, Alder, and how awesome it was to be on Treme. He refuses to engage with me on the “Molecular Gastronomy” debate, and gives near-constant props to some of his peers in the game, even celebrating those who’ve become all-out media moguls. If his goal is to have Alder be the ’round-the-way restaurant you just want to stop in for an easy bite, well, I can’t think of any chef who’d make a better neighbor.
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Khristianne Takes Us Behind The Scenes Of Her Millionaire Matchmaker Switcheroo, Dishes On Ignoring Malarkey
We managed a chat with Khristianne to get the scoop on how exactly the experience played out off-camera (spoiler alert: it involves a pissed off Patti Stanger). She also weighed in on how she thought The Matchmaker handled her first lesbian mixer, and, of course, we got in a few words on her Taste mentor Malarkey (specifically, why his co-mentors seem to be ignoring him…). Check out our Q&A after the jump!
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Eric Ripert Can Tell ‘With His Eyes’ If The Fish In Front Of Him Is Mislabeled
Plus: we talk with the renowned chef about Chrissy Teigen, feng shui, and why people might serve fake halibut.
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Daniel Boulud Admits USA Was Outcooked At Bocuse d’Or, Dishes On His Episode Of Hooked Up
This weekend, Daniel Boulud is hosting the official East Coast Oscars viewing party, held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. We were dying to know more about his episode of Tom Colicchio’s YouTube show Hooked Up, which the pair shot together earlier this year, and his deepest, darkest feelings about the USA’s dismal 7th place finish at the Bocuse d’Or. Check out our Q&A for m.
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Food Writer Scott Haas On Tony Maws, Boston, And What It Means To Be A ‘Great Chef’
In his upcoming book Back Of The House: The Secret Life Of A Restaurant, writer and psychologist Scott Haas goes into the kitchens of Boston restaurant Craigie’s On Main for a full year in an attempt to understand how the restaurant reflected the mind of Tony Maws, the idiosyncratic chef at Craigie’s helm.
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Amanda Cohen On Lady Chefs, Comic Books, and Pete Wells’ Shrub Disguise
ver the next year, we’ll proudly be featuring Amanda Cohen’s column “Lady Chefs” on our site, where she’ll profile (in the way that only Amanda Cohen can) prominent, game-changing women in the history of food. To kick things off, we asked her everything.
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Hung Huynh On VIPs, TV Chefs, And The Sad State Of Vietnamese Food In New York City
Did you forget about Top Chef winner Hung Huynh? That’s all right, because while you were looking at some other whizbang chef on television, Huynh’s been quietly building a small restaurant empire.
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Todd Fisher On United States Of Bacon: There’s No Such Thing As A Bad Bacon Dish
Todd Fisher’s new Destination America series United States of Bacon kicked off this week, and managed to steal a few minutes of his time to chat while he was in town taping an appearance on The Rachael Ray Show.
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