A crsip and sunny Fall day today, as we spent some time in the Dog Run prior to doing our weekly shopping run at the market. Since we’re celebrating cheese as this month’s indulgence at The Gilded Fork, I stopped by the Valley Shepherd Creamery and picked up some caraway seed cheese as well […]
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ReMARKable Palate #58: Chef Ming Tsai, Part 2
Jennifer and I sat down with Chef Ming Tsai of Blue Ginger Restaurant and his PBS show Simply Ming. He tells us about running a restaurant with his wife, his work with Chefs for Humanity and FAAN, the Food Allergy and Anaphlaxis Network, and tells us about his […]
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The Great Match Spanish wine event Jennifer and I attended last Thursday was a huge success, raising $30,000 to help feed the city’s elderly homebound. We got so many great interviews for the podcasts, including an exclusive with Famed Food Writer Gael Greene, co-founder of Citymeals-on-Wheels, and Katrin Naelapaa, Director of Wines From Spain, […]
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The first full day of fall is here, and the light rain fell this morning, leaving a cool mist on all the grass here in Inwood. The greenmarket was abuzz with shoppers wanting to get at all the great stuff on offer. We’re experiencing the changeover from Summer to Fall with the remaining […]
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ReMARKable Palate #57: Pairing Beer and Cheese
Chef Mark speaks with Florian Kuplent, a Brewmaster at Anheuser Busch in St. Louis. He explains the process of making beer, including the distinction between lagers and ales, light and dark, filtered and unfiltered beers, and we taste some barley and smell some hops. Florian then leads us through […]
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You may have already seen this on Jennifer’s Daily Meditation, but Jennifer and I are headed to a wonderful event on Thursday in New York to benefit City Meals on Wheels, so we hope you’ll join us there for a sip and a snack!
Spanish Wines: Far from Ordinary-Totally Extraordinary!
Please join Wines from Spain at the […]
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I guess they just can’t help but feature someone right after I do, but Food and Wine Magazine has featured Kate’s Mini-Cheesecakes with Wine Gelées as their “last bite” in the October issue. YUM! This is how Kate describes it on her Pastry Chat blog:
“Food & Wine is featuring a version of my goat cheese […]
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FDA Warning on Serious Foodborne E.coli O157:H7 Outbreak One Death and Multiple Hospitalizations in Several States The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing an alert to consumers about an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in multiple states that may be associated with the consumption of produce. To date, preliminary epidemiological evidence suggests that […]
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ReMARKable Palate #56: Kate Zuckerman on The Sweet Life
Chef Mark speaks with Kate Zuckerman, the award winning pastry chef at Chanterelle in TriBeCa about her upcoming cookbook “The Sweet Life: Desserts from Chanterelle”. She tells us about her inspirations, her seasonal approach, and how she balances career and raising a family, and we […]
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Most people may already be in Fall mode, with the return to school and work that is brought on by Labor Day, but it’s still late summer around here, and after the prodigious rain we’ve had in New York over the past couple of weeks, there is an abundance of late summer produce on the […]
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ReMARKable Palate #55: The Cheese and Wine of Cyprus
Tim Mavrelus, the “Halloumi Man” speaks to us about the food products of Cyprus. Halloumi cheese is known worldwide as “the cheese that grills”, and Tim describes the process of making Halloumi. He and Aristos Constantine introduce me to Commandaria, an amber colored fortified wine made from […]
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It looks like Ernesto brought us some rain and wind all the way up here in NYC! The farmer’s market was pretty miserable today, so no pictures. Many of the vendors were not able to make it in the heavy rain. And it’s a good thing, because when I got there, the […]
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Mark C. Tafoya is a personal chef in New York City. He is also a world traveler and self-taught gourmand. He is a graduate of Yale University, worked as an actor for 10 years, both On and Off Broadway, and in independent films. His love of travel and food has taken him around the world. He hopes to share his love of world cuisine with you!
