The first “Tools of the Trade” Online Auction began yesterday. The eBay auction puts up some of the cherished items of NYC’s best chefs up for your bidding in an effort to support Slow Food NYC’s Harvest Time in Schools Program. more…

Chinese chefs have designed a dish that is likely to cause many Westerners to exclaim, “Aw…that poor fishy.” Deep fried carp that is still alive when eaten. Outside of the Western world many cultures eat what we’d consider “weird” food. Sometimes it’s as simple as a whole fish head, or organs we normally toss in the garbage. more…

Ingredients

¾ cup cranberry stilton cheese, no rind please and crumbled up
1 cup mascarpone cheese
1 ½ cup cream cheese, softened
¾ cup sugar
3 large eggs
¼ cup AP flour more…

Ingredients

¼ cup flour
Salt and pepper
1 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp cayenne pepper
2 Tbsp butter
1 whole chicken, broken down into its myriad parts
4 slices bacon more…

There is no real American cuisine. This is what I’ve heard from numerous people, and when I say that there is I’m challenged to provide examples. Well, instead of just listing off something like cioppino this time around I’d back up my assertion that America has great original cuisine by making a classic myself. more…

Recently SlashFood ran some lists of “Dirty Restaurant Tricks” where it was implied that there are common practices restaurants employ to save a buck. Reading through the lists would make any customer, or restaurant worker, disgusted. Not only that, but quite a few of the “tricks” have little to no cost saving effectiveness. They’re just disgusting. more…