rumination 34: simplify…
Chefs: I challenge you to remove one (and for some of you, three) items from each dish. Simplify.
Chefs: I challenge you to remove one (and for some of you, three) items from each dish. Simplify.
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rumination 33: clicking for stars …
“What is the long-term effect of too much information? One of the effects is the need to be first, not even to be true anymore.” This was Denzel Washington’s pointed reposte when a sidewalk journalist tried to bait him on the topic of fake news. Sloppy journalism isn’t a speciality of politics. It plagues every industry. How many […]
“What is the long-term effect of too much information? One of the effects is the need to be first, not even to be true anymore.” This was Denzel Washington’s pointed reposte when a sidewalk journalist tried to bait him on the topic of fake news. Sloppy journalism isn’t a speciality of politics. It plagues every industry. How many […]
rumination 32: extraterroirial…
Recently, I’ve been increasingly engaged in dialogue about food sustainability – whether it be in panel discussions, seminars, or casual conversations with friends. The food cognoscenti – media, consumers, and chefs alike – are turning the spotlight to this subject. And that’s a great thing. Yet, I have great unease as I listen and learn. In quickly realizing that I […]
Recently, I’ve been increasingly engaged in dialogue about food sustainability – whether it be in panel discussions, seminars, or casual conversations with friends. The food cognoscenti – media, consumers, and chefs alike – are turning the spotlight to this subject. And that’s a great thing. Yet, I have great unease as I listen and learn. In quickly realizing that I […]
best of 2015: the restaurant edition…
~ In 2015, quite a few tracks upon which I had been running slowly began to converge. While my destination remains unclear, my direction has become much more so. Rapidly disappearing is my desire to keep apace with the restaurant industry, as I watch food media disintegrating into a pile of clickbait and shallow memes, the overwhelming weight […]
~ In 2015, quite a few tracks upon which I had been running slowly began to converge. While my destination remains unclear, my direction has become much more so. Rapidly disappearing is my desire to keep apace with the restaurant industry, as I watch food media disintegrating into a pile of clickbait and shallow memes, the overwhelming weight […]
save the date: kansas city… (friends of james beard foundation dinner)
~ This year marks the seventeenth annual Friends of James Beard Foundation dinner at The American Restaurant in Kansas City, the longest-running fundraising dinner for the foundation in the country. Over the past decade and a half, this event has brought some of America’s most respected chefs to my hometown to raise money for the James Beard Foundation (I’ve included a list […]
~ This year marks the seventeenth annual Friends of James Beard Foundation dinner at The American Restaurant in Kansas City, the longest-running fundraising dinner for the foundation in the country. Over the past decade and a half, this event has brought some of America’s most respected chefs to my hometown to raise money for the James Beard Foundation (I’ve included a list […]
friends of lysverket: people meeting people…
– A leading voice in the international black metal movement. A high-end furniture designer from Copenhagen. A Scotsman who dives for a living off the North Sea coast above the Arctic Circle. An American hardcore punk drummer-turned pastry chef. A group of Norwegian women preserving the craft of bread making in a remote village in the fjords. And an […]
– A leading voice in the international black metal movement. A high-end furniture designer from Copenhagen. A Scotsman who dives for a living off the North Sea coast above the Arctic Circle. An American hardcore punk drummer-turned pastry chef. A group of Norwegian women preserving the craft of bread making in a remote village in the fjords. And an […]
kansas city: save the date… (harvesters chefs classic 2015)
~ This is my fifth year serving on the planning committee for the Chefs Classic, a charity dinner hosted annually at The American Restaurant that raises money for Harvesters, a food bank that serves the greater Kansas City area. Because I obsess over documenting and recording things, I asked Harvesters to send me a complete roster […]
~ This is my fifth year serving on the planning committee for the Chefs Classic, a charity dinner hosted annually at The American Restaurant that raises money for Harvesters, a food bank that serves the greater Kansas City area. Because I obsess over documenting and recording things, I asked Harvesters to send me a complete roster […]
travel: sui generis…
~ At its highest, the Bergen Rail Line climbs 1,300 meters above sea level, making it the highest elevated rail line in Europe. Running over 480 meters (300 miles), the line anchors at both ends on the coast of Norway. When I last left this blog, I had boarded the train on the west coast in Bergen, […]
~ At its highest, the Bergen Rail Line climbs 1,300 meters above sea level, making it the highest elevated rail line in Europe. Running over 480 meters (300 miles), the line anchors at both ends on the coast of Norway. When I last left this blog, I had boarded the train on the west coast in Bergen, […]
travel: farms, fields and fjords along the way….
~ Chef Christopher Haatuft pulled off the winding road that traces the craggy Norwegian coast near Askøy. The gloomy sky hung low as we got out of the car and started down a marshy trail that stretched for a while along a creek, before rising over a rocky hill. We arrived high above a small inlet of water. There were […]
~ Chef Christopher Haatuft pulled off the winding road that traces the craggy Norwegian coast near Askøy. The gloomy sky hung low as we got out of the car and started down a marshy trail that stretched for a while along a creek, before rising over a rocky hill. We arrived high above a small inlet of water. There were […]
save the dates: kansas city…
There are a couple of upcoming charity events in Kansas City that I’m helping to organize, and I’d like to tell you about them. One of them – the Harvesters Chefs Classic – I have helped organize for a few years now. The other one, the Child Protection Center’s Cook for Courage event, is a new one that […]
There are a couple of upcoming charity events in Kansas City that I’m helping to organize, and I’d like to tell you about them. One of them – the Harvesters Chefs Classic – I have helped organize for a few years now. The other one, the Child Protection Center’s Cook for Courage event, is a new one that […]