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review: personality, with a side of perfection…
The bread fairy always calls thrice at The French Laundry. First, arrives a beautifully glazed brioche bun. It’s got Lana Turner’s curves with the coloring of Sophia Loren after a summer on the...
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travel: stars in the dining room, legends in the kitchen…
Before I could unpack from San Francisco, I was re-stuffing my suitcases for New Orleans. The “dinner of the decade,” is how they billed it, and I had a seat. But before I get to the event (which will...
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dinner: linger a little, laugh a lot…
What do you serve to Thomas Keller, Daniel Boulud, and Jerome Bocuse when they arrive together at your restaurant for dinner? That’s a question that Scott Boswell recently had to answer. The night...
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dinner: oui, chef…
“Chef.” That is the title afforded to every member of the staff in a gentleman’s kitchen. I recently had the honor and pleasure of being in the kitchen with four extraordinary gentlemen by the names of...
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photo of the week 30: go team u.s.a….
Since landing in the U.K. over a week ago, I’ve had a pretty amazing trip to Europe so far. I’ve been busy eating, seeing old friends, and making new ones. Today, Wednesday, January 26, the United...
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bocuse d’or…
Thanks to an amazing group of people, whom I thank below, I was afforded a rare, behind the scenes look at the final days of Team U.S.A.’s year-long journey to the Bocuse d’Or competition in Lyon,...
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travel: hipster safari…
– Hyde Park, New York really is as beautiful as they say it is. Even with the trees stripped bare against those bald, russet hills in winter, the Hudson River Valley is breathtaking. To Greystone I’ve...
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travel: america’s resort…
~ Having now spent nearly two weeks, collectively, at The Greenbrier photographing for the Bocuse d’Or USA Foundation, I have learned one thing: at The Greenbrier, anything is possible. On my first...
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travel: sense of urgency…
~ While walking through the administrative back-end of TKRG (Thomas Keller Restaurant Group), a village of offices in a compound, including The French Laundry, inter-connected by trellised walkways,...
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travel: the well-preserved patina of yesterday…
~ You know those restaurants you’ve been meaning to visit for ten years? I have long lists of them. And none is longer or harder to maintain than my New York list. New York City is a high-volume...
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