Symon emerges as front-runner in final three
Haven’t I seen this episode before? I seem to remember already seeing testy chefs yelling at poorly placed camera operators while trying to pack gourmet cuisine into plastic containers at which point they would be frozen and (shudder) reheated before serving. Oh wait, that was Bravo’s Top Chef.
Taking a [...]
Entries from October 2007
October 29, 2007
Next Iron Chef: Symon Rolls On
October 21, 2007
Next Iron Chef: Code of the Samurai Chef
Twice the fun with two eliminations on Sunday night’s Next Iron Chef from the Food Network. Resourcefulness was the name of the game this evening with the remaining chefs allowed to choose each others ingredients.
Cosentino and Symon chose for one another and went the route of the Chef Samurai selecting ingredients with realistic combination possibilities. [...]
October 20, 2007
Chile Verde
It doesn’t get much more local than when the guy you drink with on Thursday nights greets you with a cold beer and a sack full of tomatillos from his backyard. I was honored that in the midst of organizing what he is calling the Tennessee Death March he found time to go [...]
October 17, 2007
Spitz Gets Organic
NYS Governor Eliot Spitzer has been on his city-by-city Upstate Economic Development Tour and Tuesday’ stop in Rochester was momentous. The Rochester portion has been well-covered and I would just like to highlight a couple of incentives of interest to HOH readers:
Cornell Agriculture and Food Technology Park Project (Ontario County): The Cornell Agriculture and Food Technology [...]
October 15, 2007
Just Say No to the Golden Arches
Worldwide Day of Action Against McDonalds
I am neither vegetarian nor vegan. While I champion the cause of local organic products my diet will at times reach outside those boundaries, but one place it never ventures is the Golden Arches.
Readers working around corporate Rochester may be aware that another Eat Well, Live Well challenge kicked [...]
October 15, 2007
Next Iron Chef: Symon Impresses
Cleveland Chef Michael Symon was one of two considered for elimination in the premiere episode of the Food Network’s Next Iron Chef. This week Symon impressed all-around drawing the respect of his peers and praise from the judges.
The initial challenge charged the chefs with creating one bite, simple enough, until you are told that this [...]
October 14, 2007
Smokin’ Turkeys
Must take some big papers
Smoked about 45 pounds of turkey today, there are a few photos posted on the right of the page. One of the birds was brined with early fall harvest raw honey from Davis Honey in Cayuga; the sweetness was evened out by clover and earthiness. I also added whole allspice, szechuan [...]
October 12, 2007
Next Iron Chef: Symon Cheering Section
The Food Network is horrible. Any good the network has done with the introduction of personalities like Alton Brown has been undone twice over by also pushing on us the likes of Rachel Ray and Sandra “Today I’ll show you how to make cake from a box and then add food coloring” Lee.
While Bravo’s Top [...]
October 8, 2007
Classes & Tours Mark Barilla Opening
NYS Wine & Culinary Center Joins in Celebration
Avon, New York in Livingston County is home to the newest addition to the Barilla Pasta family. Barilla, the largest pasta retailer in the US, constructed a $96 million plant over the summer to house production and shipping for the northeast region, the plant will account for roughly [...]
