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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.
Charlie Trotter
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Your Morning Tweet: After Charlie Trotter’s Closes, Restaurateurs Go On Chef Safari
“Opinions on Charlie Trotter are passionate and diverse, but now that his cooks have been released into the wild, nobody is complaining.” — Michelin Guide (@MichelinGuideCH) February 19, 2013
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Last Call: ?uestlove Throws Shade At Radiohead Over Jiro Ono’s Sushi
PLUS: Michelin leaks, ramen raps, and Charlie Trotter learns about eBay.
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Vanity Fair Accuses Thomas Keller, Ferran Adria, Charlie Trotter & More Of Culinary Tyranny
In a lengthy Vanity Fair op-ed on today’s most celebrated restaurants, Corby Kummer maligns chefs like Thomas Keller, Ferran Adria, and Charlie Trotter for bastardizing the French degustation menu to such a degree that a meal lasts four hours and stuffs diners with 40 courses over which they have no control.
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Charlie Trotter Freaks Out At His Shuttered Restaurant Auction
On Wednesday, Charlie Trotter held an auction in the now-empty dining room of his shuttered restaurant and interrupted the proceedings to storm the auctioneer’s podium when he was — ahem — displeased with a $275 bid on a framed Paul Elledge photo.
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Last Call: Sean Brock’s Husk Nashville Is Coming Along Swimmingly
Plus, a Critics Scorecard from chefs, Boston Market’s record Thanksgiving sales, and Hugh Acheson’s holiday gift guide.
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Anne Burrell Talks Being The Food Network’s First Openly Gay Chef
Anne Burrell, peroxide hair spiked out at least six inches, donning a fireman’s jacket for a raincoat and polka dotted Crocs, stopped by The Braiser Media Lounge this afternoon and we grilled her on everything from her infamous salting technique, to participating in Charlie Trotter’s final dinner, to her graceful exit from the glass closet earlier this year.
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Moto’s Homaro Cantu To Maybe Take Over Charlie Trotter’s Abandoned Restaurant
Now that Charlie Trotter is retired and studying philosophy, the question remains: what’s going to happen to his old restaurant?
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WATCH: Army Vet On Charlie Trotter’s Line Admits Working For Him Is Harder Than War
The Today Show payed a somber tribute to that great Midwestern trailblazer Charlie Trotter, shuttering his restaurant after a quarter century of acclaim.
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Charlie Trotter’s Last Meal: Chefs And Friends Pay Final Tribute To Revolutionary Restaurant
Though he laughed and schmoozed around the dining room, clad in green plaid shorts and a chef’s jacket, mother and wife by his side, Trotter says he has no regrets about his decision to retire.
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WATCH: Marcus Samuelsson’s Homemade Ode To Charlie Trotter Video
If you had any doubt that Marcus Samuelsson is a man of the people, check out his heartwarming ode to Charlie Trotter, shot on a crappy MacBook? Flipcam? iPhone? With garbled sound you can barely make out! See? Marcus Samuelsson is just like you!
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