The treatment of animals and the conditions in which they are raised should be important to all of us. Its horrifying to read stories like this but its important to know where our food comes from and what we're putting into our bodies.
Scary, scary stuff. Click here to read about it
Since there is so much to catch up on, I'm going backwards before going forwards.
While at Saveur, we collaborated with Outdoor Life magazine, another Bonnier publication, to test and prepare venison dishes for a story and photo shoot.
I had no idea they were also filming us and here is the video and story that resulted.
It's pretty much me and Hunter Lewis, the then kitchen director in most of the shots.
Above photograph by André Baranowski
Hello everyone. Its certainly been a while but I will again be getting back to feeding the tapeworm and sharing with you.
To start, here is a photograph of some ribs I made. I'm working on the recipe and will share that with you soon. Stay tuned and thanks for reading!
I had no desire to be like every other food writer and/or bloggers and come up with a end of the year best of list that is the same as the next.
But after reading an excessive amount of lists that all seemed to feature the same 10-15 restaurants (Torrisi, Lincoln, ABC Kitchen) I had to mention what was probably my favorite restaurant of the last year that did not appear on any of the lists I read, Williamsburg's Walter Foods.
An American style bistro that is consistently delicious, the menu features comfort foods like a perfectly balanced lobster roll, herb roasted chicken, chorizo pigs in a blanket, a short rib burger (below), fresh oysters and raw bar, pan roasted striped bass over lobster panzanella and my personal favorite, an amazingly juicy and tender French dip served with some of the best french fries in recent memory.
The atmosphere and staff just meet that perfect place between neighborhood-friendly and trendy- sophisticated (waiters and bartenders wear shirts with bow ties). It is a restaurant that you can easily feel comfortable spending hours in. And if a recent meal during warmer weather in the backyard garden is any indication, they may actually have to ask you to leave.
