This week’s Farmer’s Market entry is the happy confluence of several food experiences from the past week. At the market today, I got 1 dozen oysters from the new fishmonger for only $9! Well, I couldn’t wait to tear into them with my shucking knife when I got home, and decided to use […]
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ReMARKable Palate Video #8: Milla Handley of Handley Cellars
We speak with Milla Handley, winemaker and propietor of Handley Cellars in California’s Anderson Valley. We spoke with her at Pinot Days in April, and learned about their wines, tasting 3 of them.
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One of the recipes I’ve shared with my CSA group in the weekly newsletter. I’ll be including them here on the blog so you know what to do with the abundance of summer veggies you’re sure to be getting too!
From Diana Shaw’s The Essential Vegetarian Cookbook(4 servings)
2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil1 leek, white […]
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Well, it’s another Thursday, and we’re starting to get a real abundance of vegetables from the Hawthorne Valley Farm CSA. This week, we had more rainbow chard, Japanese turnips, lettuce, and sugar snap peas.
I sat in the park speaking with some of the lovely members of my CSA, letting our dogs play together. […]
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This is my interpretation of an amazingly simple yet ingenious dish I had at El Portal de Echaurren in Rioja last fall. When I got a batch of rainbow chard from the CSA this past week, I thought I would try to recreate it.
It’s pretty simple, just tempura batter and fry the ribs, which […]
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ReMARKable Palate #97: Paul McCullough from The Next Food Network Star
We speak with Paul McCullough, a private chef and caterer in Los Angeles, who is also a finalist on The Next Food Network Star. He tells us about his culinary background and how he learned his culinary philosophy from both his father and […]
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I feel so healthy! I’ve been eating so many green leafy veggies this week. I made some of the rainbow chard with garlic scapes, and yet another quinoa concoction.
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This week’s CSA delivery brought organic red leaf and green leaf lettuce, kale, arugula, rainbow chard, sugar snap peas, garlic scapes and strawberries. This week, I got 2 quarts of strawberries, not just 1!
So for lunch on this beautiful Saturday, I had a simple impromptu salad of arugula, lettuce and strawberries […]
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ReMARKable Palate #95: Top Chef Contestant Sandee Birdsong
In case you missed it last week, here’s my interview with Top Chef Miami contestant Sandee Birdsong, who, unfortunately, packed her knives and went on last night’s episode of Bravo’s Top Chef.
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ReMARKable Palate Video #7: Taste of Times Square
A montage of the many foods on offer at the Taste of Times Square event, June 11, 2007. We meet some of the great people behind the foods that were served, and hear a little about some of the restauants that make Times Square such a fun […]
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After what seems like an eternity, Baker’s Edge brownie pans are at last back on the market in their new incarnation, which includes a non-stick coating both inside and out for easy cleaning. We’ve had so many requests the past few months, and unfortunately had to turn people away because there was not a pan […]
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ReMARKable Palate #96: Taste of Times Square
We taste our way through many of the foods on offer at the annual Taste of Times Square, which is open to the public. Held outdoors on Restaurant Row at 46th St., it brings together restaurants and eateries of all types, from BBQ to Spanish food, to […]
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ReMARKable Palate Video #6: Bodega Goat Cheese
We speak with cheesemaker Patti Karlin of Bodega Goat Cheese at the San Rafael Farmer’s market in Marin County, CA. She tells us about her approach to fresh cheesemaking, and the fact that she’s the only cheesemaker in America making Charolet, a fresh goat cheese rolled in edible […]
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Now that the CSA season has begun, and I’m getting a batch of fruits and vegetables every Thursday whether I want them or not (I assure you I always want them), it’s time to challenge myself to create whole meals using mostly the veggies of the week. As you saw yesterday, I wolfed down […]
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A disturbing news item from Australia:
A high court ruled that a restaurant reviewer was guilty of “defamatory language” that led to the closing of a restaurant to which he gave bad reviews.
From the BBC:Food critics in Australia are digesting a controversial High Court decision that an unfavourable review of a Sydney restaurant was […]
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I’m in Strawberry heaven right now.
Ah…..
I just had another.
There’s nothing quite so satisfying and decadent as enjoying REAL strawberries. Today was the first delivery of our local CSA (that’s Community Supported Agriculture, and there will be plenty more about it on these pages in the weeks to come). Those of us with […]
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ReMARKable Palate #95: Top Chef Contestant Sandee Birdsong
On today’s show, we hang out with Top Chef 3 contestant Sandee Birdsong, who has worked her way up from being a self-taught home cook to become Executive Chef of Tantra, the sexiest restaurant in Miami’s South Beach. She shares the story of her culinary arc, […]
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ReMARKable Palate Video #5: Sojourn Cellars
More video from Pinot Days New York! We speak with Craig Haserot of Sojourn Cellars and taste their 2005 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir blend, as well as their vineyard designate, San Giacomo.
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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!
