So I’m siting in the audience with Jennifer and about 200 other bloggers, awaiting the start of the show. It’s a show all about bloggers and blogging today, so I’m sure that 200 other people are writing the same 2 line post right now, but I’m sure I’ll have more to say as the show [...]

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Rolling on the River An update from the road as I embark on my summer tour of the Southwest. I’m in Tucson for a personal chef conference, and I chill out on the “lazy river” at the Marriott Star Pass Resort, where I’m staying. More later.

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Who knew??? I found a google alert posting on a blog that today is National Personal Chef Day.  I don’t think I’d ever heard of this holiday! It would have been nice for me to know in advance, I would have had time to hire a PC to make me dinner!!

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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ReMARKable Palate Video #34: Modern Dwellers Chocolates, Part 2 Chef Mark continues his chat with Martha Brigham of Modern Dwellers Chocolate Lounge in Anchorage Alaska. We learn about some of the unusual (and some may say, crazy!) flavor combinations of their chocolate truffles! Music: “Go Fish” by Big Money Grip, from the Podsafe Music Network. [...]

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ReMARKable Palate #134: 19th Annual US Pastry Competition Chef Monica Glass, the “Pastry Princess” joins me to discuss the 19th Annual US Pastry Championship, which brings together some of the top pastry chefs in the country to create sumptuous cakes, luscious bon bons, and inventive sugar and chocolate sculptures, this year with the theme [...]

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ReMARKable Palate Video #33: Modern Dwellers Chocolates, Pt 1 Chef Mark chats with Martha Brigham of Modern Dwellers Chocolate Lounge in Anchorage Alaska. We talk about the inspiration for the shop, and taste some of the traditional Mayan drinking chocolate. On the next show, we taste chocolate truffles! Music: “Go Fish” by Big Money Grip, [...]

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ReMARKable Palate #133: Kirsten Dixon of WinterLake Lodge This week, I speak with Kirsten Dixon, chef and co-owner of the WinterLake Lodge in the Alaska Wilderness, where I had the pleasure of spending a week last month. Despite the remote location, Kirsten and her husband Carl provide a calming, welcoming atmosphere, and create some [...]

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ReMARKable Palate Video #32: Alaska Teaser A short teaser of what’s to come soon from Chef Mark’s journey to the WinterLake Lodge, deep in the frozen wilds of Alaska, and the culinary delights he discovered there. Music: “Go Fish” by Big Money Grip, from the Podsafe Music Network. music.podshow.com The ReMARKable Palate is a production [...]

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