Andoni Luis Aduriz

WATCH: Amy's Baking Co. Did Kitchen Nightmares 'To Combat Cyberbullying'

by Mariella Mosthof

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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Chefs Hoping For 'Straight F*ckin' Cash' Ended Up 'Bummed' By GoogaMooga

by Laura Norkin

Anthony Falco of Roberta's said "this is what you plan for when you do outside events, this is how it works." But some other chefs are facing some major debt after the downer GoogaMooga cancellation.

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WATCH: Astronaut Chris Hadfield And Traci Des Jardin Make A Space Burrito...In Space

by Tina Nguyen

The Mythbusters brought Traci Des Jardins to NASA so that she, too, could help feed Canada's spacefaring hero. (Whatever, America's Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. On the moon!)

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Robicelli's Crowdfunds Oklahoma Relief Efforts, Blasts The Red Cross As 'MIA'

by Tina Nguyen

Although Robicelli's got legendarily rained out of GoogaMooga last weekend, there's still charity in Allison Robicelli's heart to fundraise for Team Rubicon, a disaster relief group, immediately after yesterday's devastating tornadoes in Oklahoma.

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Smackdowns

Chris Hastings Fires Back At Farm-To-Table Critics: Purveyors Are ‘Most Important Heroes In The Food Community’

by Mariella Mosthof 4:48 pm, February 4th

It took nine months for his argument to gestate, but Hot and Hot Fish Club’s James Beard Award-winning head chef Chris Hastings is finally firing back at that Thomas Keller/Andoni Luis Aduriz profile the New York Times ran, in which they declared that sustainability was the government’s responsibility and not any individual chef’s.
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Video

WATCH: The Making Of Mugaritz’s Pancake Flavor Spray Cans

by Tina Nguyen 4:39 pm, January 25th

What if everything you ever wanted came in an aerosol can? Thanks to Andoni Luis Aduriz, the chef at the Michelin-starred Mugaritz, you can achieve your dreams, provided that you replace the word “everything” with “flour-based batters.”
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The Great Liver Debate

Mugaritz Fined After Animal Rights Activists Discover Illegally-Sourced Foie Gras

by Tina Nguyen 11:56 am, December 14th

The acclaimed Spanish restaurant Mugaritz was recently fined when animal rights activists revealed that chef Andoni Luis Aduriz,whom peers voted last year as the world’s best chef, had sourced his foie gras from a small, unlicensed farm that utilized illegal practices to procure fattened duck liver.
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Travel

6 Glowing Chef Recommendations In Newsweek’s ‘Best Places To Eat’ List

by Mariella Mosthof 3:40 pm, August 8th

Landing a spot on Restaurant Magazine’s World’s 50 Best List is an accomplishment for any chef, sure, but Newsweek recently rounded up a bunch of celebrity chefs to help them compile their list of the World’s 101 Best Places to Eat (you know, for the phallic asparagus edition), which, apparently, don’t even have to be restaurants at all.
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Food In Politics

Thomas Keller Clarifies His Sustainability Stance

by Mariella Mosthof 5:50 pm, May 30th

In typically placating fashion, the chef-owner of The French Laundry, Per Se, and Bouchon felt the need to quiet the fight with another article, this time penned himself, expounding on his feelings towards the locavore movement.
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Smackdowns

NY Post Critic Slams Sustainable Chefs, Calls Mario Batali A Hypocrite

by Mariella Mosthof 3:40 pm, May 25th

NY Post critic Steve Cuozzo called shenanigans on the concept of chef-as-activist, deeming it pretentious and hypocritical, while loving on Thomas Keller and Andoni Luis Aduriz for their New York Times interview, in a recent op-ed rant.
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Smackdowns

Thomas Keller And Andoni Luis Aduriz: Sustainablity Is Not A Chef’s Responsibility

by Mariella Mosthof 4:48 pm, May 16th

Sustainability, eco-friendly, and carbon footprint-reducing fanatics need to brace themselves: Thomas Keller and Andoni Luis Aduriz just laid a smackdown on the environment.
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