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ReMARKable Palate #143: Finger Lakes Wine Region

This week, it’s all about the food and wine of the Finger Lakes Wine Country, just a few hours north of New York City. I attended a tasting at New York’s Astor Center, the state of the art tasting room above Astor Wines, where I got a chance to taste a number of Rieslings from the Finger Lakes paired with nibbles prepared by some of the region’s best chefs. In addition, we learned about many of the fun activities on offer in the region, from sporting, to car racing, and of course, the heritage museums of Central New York.

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ReMARKable Palate Video #40: Taste of the World

Video of the Cystic Fibrosis A Taste of the World event at New York’s Chelsea Market. Over 25 restaurants and 20 wine and spirits producers gathered to raise money for CF. We speak with Arlene Weston of Maroon’s and “Spike” Mendelsohn of Mai House (and this season’s Top Chef)

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I’m so honored to be the coverboy of the latest Personal Chef Magazine. It’s the main magazine for our industry, and it’s amazing to have been chosen for it. The article tells my story and the circuitous way I came into being a personal chef.

More images:

Photos by Kelly Shimoda/Veras

 

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ReMARKable Palate #142: Cystic Fibrosis Taste of the World

I attend a special benefit tasting for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, A Taste of the World, at New York’s Chelsea Market. Over 25 restaurants and 20 wine and spirits producers gathered to raise money for CF. I speak with some of the chefs and a very unique wine coach.

www.thewinecoach.com

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 RP141: Hall Wines of Napa Valley: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (442)

ReMARKable Palate #141: Hall Wines of Napa Valley

I speak with Kathryn Hall of Hall Wines in the Napa Valley. She’s pursuing her dream of making fine Cabernet Sauvignon which expresses the terroir of the Napa Valley. I attended a guided tasting of the Hall wines at Per Se in the Time Warner Center in New York City.

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Culinary Roundtable #21 (Video): Chef Thomas Keller Keynote, Part 3

The final installment of our 3 part series: Chef Thomas Keller of the French Laundry and Per Se gives the keynote address at the Ferdinand Metz Foodservice Forum at the NY International Restaurant Show. He tells his story, and focuses on the element of teamwork that is at the core of his extraordinary success in the restaurant business.

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ReMARKable Palate Video #39: Pizza Throwing

Chef Mark learns a little about the basics of throwing dough from Youth Champion Sam Niemeier. It’s a good thing we’re not using real dough!

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 RP140: Talking Tea: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (400)

Today I speak with Karl Kessab, tea sommelier of London’s posh Lanesborough Hotel, which has just won the Tea Guild’s award for best Afternoon Tea in London for the 2nd time. Karl teaches us about how to best prepare various teas, and we talk about the tradition of High Tea.

www.lanesborough.com

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ReMARKable Palate Video #38: Asiago Cheese with Lou DiPalo

Chef Mark visits Caseficio Pennar in Asiago, Italy and learns about the different forms and ages of Asiago cheese with Lou Di Palo of Di Palo’s Fine Foods of Little Italy.

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ReMARKable Palate #139: Action Against Hunger

Today we learn about a very special organization, Action Against Hunger, which intervenes in countries where hunger means more than just a missed meal. They are on the front lines in 43 countries where hunger is a crisis.

www.actionagainsthunger.org

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Culinary Roundtable #20 (Video): Chef Thomas Keller Keynote, Part 2

Chef Thomas Keller of the French Laundry and Per Se gives the keynote address at the Ferdinand Metz Foodservice Forum at the NY International Restaurant Show. He tells his story, and focuses on the element of teamwork that is at the core of his extraordinary success in the restaurant business.

Part 3 coming soon.

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ReMARKable Palate Video #37: Making Asiago Pressato

Chef Mark is joined by Lou DiPalo from Di Palo’s in New York’s Little Italy, as they explore the making of Asiago DOP cheese in the Altopiano region of Northern Italy. We see the making of Asiago Pressato, also known as Asiago Fresco.

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Culinary Roundtable #19 (Video): Chef Thomas Keller Keynote, Part 1

Chef Thomas Keller of the French Laundry and Per Se gives the keynote address at the Ferdinand Metz Foodservice Forum at the NY International Restaurant Show. He tells his story, and focuses on the element of teamwork that is at the core of his extraordinary success in the restaurant business.

Parts 2 and 3 coming soon.

Culinary Roundtable is a production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com

 

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ReMARKable Palate #138: Chef Thomas Keller

Chef Thomas Keller of the French Laundry and Per Se gives the keynote address at the Ferdinand Metz Foodservice Forum at the NY International Restaurant Show. He tells his story, and focuses on the element of teamwork that is at the core of his extraordinary success in the restaurant business.

Look for our 3 part video series of this keynote on the Culinary Roundtable feed.

ReMARKable Palate is a production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com

For some quick and fun video updates on my culinary discovery trip to Sicily, you can use the player in the sidebar. Just press play, and you’ll see what Jennifer and I are up to.

It’s right there ————>

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ReMARKable Palate Video #36: Chef Mark’s Dog Sledding Adventure

(This is a repost, since I messed up and put the wrong enclosure before. Be sure to download this new one)

One of the absolute highlights of the past few years for me, I finally got to go dog sledding in the frozen Alaskan wilderness. Carl Dixon of Winter Lake Lodge takes me for a ride with his gorgeous dogs.

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Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV has started an internet phenomenon, and I’m all too happy to participate. He’s declared April 3rd “Good People Day”.

I think this is a great idea. There are tons of good people in my life. You’ve seen many of them featured here on my audio and video shows. One of those people is my wonderful business partner Jennifer Iannolo, star of Food Philosophy on our Culinary Media Network.

I was introduced to Jennifer by our mutual friend Don Hauptman nearly 4 years ago. He knew that we both were in the food industry and that we shared alot of philosophical principles, so he invited her to come along with him to a charity event I organized, which was a taste-around of several chefs and caterers.

We immediately hit it off, as she had that fire of entrepreneurial spirit, and I learned that she had created a unique website called Gastronomic Meditations: A Celebration of the Sensual Pleasures of Food. I was a fan from the start.

As our friendship progressed, we found ourselves spending hours chatting about the most obscure food topics, always with a bent towards celebrating the sensual, indeed spiritual aspects of food and wine. I started to contribute recipes and short articles to Gastronomic Meditations. It was during the early days of the ReMARKable Palate podcast, too, so I was just finding my style as well. As time went on, and things were changing with Jennifer’s business, we decided to go into business together, and that’s when the Gilded Fork was born. We merged the website, with recipes, interviews, articles, and meditations on food, with the podcasts, and created a media company, which has since expanded to include videos, as well as works produced by others. We now call it the Culinary Media Network.

Through it all, Jennifer has been such a force for creation. She loves to create things, and this little company of ours, she often jokes, is the closest thing to a child she’ll ever have. Through the jokes, though, it’s evident that the love she feels for her work is like the love of a mother for her child.

Jennifer is, simply put, a good person.

 

 RP137: Sicilian Wine: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (897)

ReMARKable Palate #137: Sicilian Wine

This week, it’s a show from the road, as Jennifer and I have been on a week long tour of culinary discovery in Sicily. This largest Mediterranean island has a rich and varied history, and that history includes wines. Today I speak with Salvatore La Lumia, a 5th generation winemaker from the Tenuta La Lumia winery. He gives us an idea of that history while discussing his wine philosophy.

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ReMARKable Palate #136: Moroccan Olive Oil

I speak with Majid Slimani and Driss Chaouni from Alili Morocco, a new company bringing the fine products of Morocco to the United States. They won the Runner Up award in the New Product showcase at the NY International Restaurant show earlier this month.

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ReMARKable Palate Video #35: Cooking with Kirsten

Video of my visit with Kirsten Dixon of the WinterLake Lodge in Alaska. Today, we’re in the kitchen, and Kirsten shows us how to make gougeres, Gruyere cheese puffs.

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