Lady Chef Stampede

Amy's Baking Company Hires Joe Arpaio's PR Firm To Change Public's Perception

by Tina Nguyen

How good is Rose, Moser & Allyn? They represent the highly controversial Maricopa County Sherrif Joe Arpaio, the law enforcement official so divisive that someone recently tried to blow him up with a package bomb.

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Alain Ducasse On Lafayette: 'Andrew Carmellini Gets It'

by Mariella Mosthof

Alain Ducasse graced New York with his discerning palate for a whirlwind week-long trip, during which he conveniently dined in and benevolently weighed in on three of the hottest new NYC openings.

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WATCH: Why Is Anthony Bourdain At A Fake KFC In Libya?

by Tina Nguyen

"That kid who you see, a militia member, at one point looks in the camera and says, 'This is the taste of freedom.' Which is both dismaying and heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time."

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WATCH: Jay Rayner Takes Down Locavorism In Snarky New Book Trailer

by Mariella Mosthof

British food critic Jay Rayner just released a trailer for his new book A Greedy Man in a Hungry World, which contains a sneak peek of his mind-blowing anti-locavorism argument. Turns out sustainability based on geography is poppycock!

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Lady Chef Stampede: A Chef Who Didn’t Accept ‘We Don’t Have Women In Our Kitchen’

by Amanda Cohen 10:00 am, May 3rd

This week, the LCS is pouring out a little of its forty for a chef who opened a big door for women, had her own restaurant, and managed to be a kind and supportive boss. Her name: Leslie Revsin.
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Lady Chef Stampede: The 1990′s Was The Best Decade For Female Chefs

by Amanda Cohen 1:44 pm, April 18th

There was a time when Lady Chefs roamed the planet, free and proud. A long, long time ago, back in an era that people called “The 90′s.”
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Lady Chef Stampede: How Li Li And A Cooking Competition Saved Imperial Chinese Cuisine

by Amanda Cohen 10:45 am, April 3rd

Welcome back to the Lady Chef Stampede. This week, I’m talking about a chef who single-handedly kept alive an entire history of food, but who has received almost no credit. There’s very little about her that I can find in English, but it’s time that everyone celebrated the Lady Chef Supreme, Li Li. But to understand what she did, you have to know about her great-grandfather, Li Shunqing.
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Lady Chef Stampede: Next Time You’re Feeling Oppressed, Think of Sylvia Woods

by Amanda Cohen 10:45 am, March 28th

Sylvia Woods was the Queen of Soul Food. One day before the 50th anniversary of her landmark Harlem restaurant, Syvlia’s, she passed away at 86 years old. But before she went, she left behind a legacy that will last.
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Lady Chef Stampede: Rosita Guerrero And The Benefits Of Selling Out

by Amanda Cohen 10:27 am, March 21st

Today’s Lady Chef is living the dream in a really different way. A home cook who blew up big, she wound up making enough money to support her children and grandchildren by doing that most un-chef-y thing of all: she sold out.
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Lady Chef Stampede: How Josefina Velazquez de Leon Unified Mexican Cuisine

by Amanda Cohen 10:42 am, March 14th

Everyone who cooks Mexican food, from Diana Kennedy to Rick Bayless, are all unequivocal in their assessment: we owe it all to Josefina Velazquez de Leon.
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Lady Chef Stampede: On The Keeper Of South Carolina’s Culinary Heritage

by Amanda Cohen 9:57 am, March 7th

This week’s Lady Chef Stampede singles out a lady who is not a chef, but a cookbook writer, Mary Vereen Huguenin.
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Lady Chef Stampede: Where Are The Female Sushi Chefs?

by Amanda Cohen 4:00 pm, February 28th

Today’s Lady Chef is that most elusive of all creatures: female sushi chefs.
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Lady Chef Stampede: The Life And Times Of Dione Lucas

by Amanda Cohen 10:40 am, February 21st

Today’s Lady Chef: Dione Lucas, queen of the omelettes and the first female cooking celebrity on TV.
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Lady Chef Stampede: How Elena Arzak Became The Best Living Lady Chef In The Whole World

by Amanda Cohen 11:10 am, February 14th

Today’s Lady Chef proves that you don’t have to be dead to earn a place in the Stampede. Totally and 100% still respirating, she’s currently the face of Basque cuisine, and is about to open her second restaurant after running one place in Basque for over 20 years. Meet Elena Arzak!
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