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OMG…completely hysterical.  What in the world is going on with chefs with their hands/arms in fish?!?!?!?

Are Chefs With Dead Fish the New Chefs With Dead Pigs?

On the cover of this month’s issue of UK-based Observer Food Monthly, Brazilian chef Alex Atala (of D.O.M. in Sao Paulo, ranked #6 in the world) can be seen with his hands inside a fish. In the cover story, writer Allan Jenkins spends six days with Atala on the Amazon river, where they eat indigenous foods and discuss the state of Brazilian cuisine. The story also includes a photo of Atala with a dead fish draped over his shoulders. It seems like Atala and Observer Food Monthly aren’t the only ones who think chefs with dead fish make for strong cover art.

The cover of NYC chef Paul Liebrandt’s upcoming book To the Bone shows the chef with an arm inside a fish. Clarkson Potter editor-at-large Francis Lam notes over Twitter that arms in fish is “the look of the season.” In the grand history of chefs posing with food, this new fish pose — Eater is calling this the “Fish Glove“ — seems inspired by previous trends of chefs wearing food. Past iterations include the “I’m Wearing Food” pose and the “Hold-A-Pig” pose. Which chefs will be photographed with their hands inside fishes next? Only time will tell whether the Fish Glove is the new Hold-A-Pig.

OMG - coffee is going to kill me!!!  :)

Maybe Coffee Will Kill Us After All

A new study offers further proof that coffee research is schizophrenic.

Your memory will get better. It will kill you. You won’t commit suicide. It will kill you. You might not get Alzheimer’s. It will kill you. You might not get a stroke. It will kill you.

Tracking scientific research on coffee consumption is to subject oneself to peaks and dips more dramatic than any caffeine rush and crash. Apparently, the medical profession can’t decide if coffee is going to save or ruin us all.

The latest research is decidedly in the later camp: Drinking more than four cups a day puts you at 56 percent greater risk of death “from all causes,” is how The Guardian sums up the new study published by the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings

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I think the food world is somewhat fascinated with this movie…are you?

Jon Favreau’s Chef Film Is Shooting in Miami

The Favreaumobile is on the move: Actor/director/writer Jon Favreau is in Miami along with his fictional El Jefe Cubanos food truck to shoot his upcoming Chef movie, Eater Miami reports. An Eater tipster sent in the above photo, showing the truck in town. Ever Vine-happy, Favreau posted a video revealing that he was also filming at Versailles restaurant in Miami’s Little Havana and at the Fontainbleau hotelAccording to Jaie Laplante of the Miami Film Festival, the “production is also making stops in New Orleans and Austin before they wrap.” (If you spot them in town, you know what to do.) READ MORE

I’m headed to wine country in a couple weeks so now I HAVE to post everything I see about northern California wine!  :)

Chef Ari Weiswasser’s Guide To California Wine Country

GLEN ELLEN STAR - SONOMA, CA

The road to California wasn’t a straight line for Pennsylvania native chef Ari Weiswasser, but the wealth of experience he gathered along the way is evident in the food he cooks. Before realizing a decade-long dream to open his own place, he worked in New York at esteemed restaurants like Daniel, Picholine, and Corton. In Philadelphia, he worked at Striped Bass and Le Bec-Fin. He also had a long stint at The French Laundry. 

Weiswasser’s restaurant, Glen Ellen Star, is a casual bistro with an emphasis on the location and the seasons. He loves living in Sonoma and being a part of the wine country, where his in-laws own Benziger Family Winery.



Chef Ari Weiswasser shares his 6 Things…Wine Country with his favorite places to eat, drink and food shop.  READ MORE











Eat+Drink Supper Club with Chef David Feau (Part 1 of 3)

What an amazing night.  The weather was great, the guests - all in white - amazing, and the food - oh the food.  I’m not even sure what to say other than if you weren’t there, you missed a HELLUVA dinner!  



I have so many fun pictures, I have three posts on this amazing dinner!

Find. Eat. Drink.

I receive a number of food, wine and design newsletters and a new one I was introduced to is Find. Eat. Drink.  I dig it.  The look is clean, the information straight-forward and the editorial is interesting which can be tricky these days, funny enough.  I liked this piece today - a snapshot of Caroline Styne’s, AOC-Tavern-Larder, take on food and wine in Los Angeles.  She knows what she’s talking about and is not steering any of us wrong.  

Disclaimer: AOC has been one of my favorite restaurants since it opened almost 10 years ago and we make chef Suzanne Goin’s sweet potatoes almost every year for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners.  Yes, that’s how good they are.

I love QR codes…this one goes to the sign up form for my new site Eat+Drink.  Check it out or just click through to the site.  :)  Sign up for some really awesome and EXCLUSIVE opportunities that we’re planning!!