Meet Action Star Weng Weng! Can you imagine a new movie starring this action hero? As you can see, he’s a BIT SMALLER than his co-stars: I have written about this diminutive action star before, but now there is a… Read More ›
Alinea tweet controversy
Tempura Endo Cooks Up Brilliance In Beverly Hills! Best New LA Restaurant!
Tempura! Tempura!! TEMPURA!!! Prepare To Have Your Pre-conceptions About Tempura Blown Away! A new restaurant has opened in Beverly Hills, California – and has turned the world of tempura upside down! Welcome To Tempura Endo Beverly Hills! Tempura Endo recently… Read More ›
Cooking The World’s Most Scientific Food! el Bulli’s Amazing Molecular Magic! Meet The “Sorcerer’s Apprentices!”
A Starburst Sunrise! While this looks like a spectacular image from outer space, it’s not a solar system, it’s food! Time to celebrate the molecular wizardry of Chef Ferran Adria! For years, Chef Adrià’s Spanish restaurant el Bulli was considered… Read More ›
Bite Down On The World’s Best Food! Paris! Napa! Barcelona! Provence! Chicago! Five Incredible Bites!
Behold The Perfect Bite Of Food. I will explain what this is in a moment, but first, let’s take a moment to see another “perfect” taste: We’ve all had that “perfect” meal, when you are overwhelmed with amazing flavors and… Read More ›
Alinea! The World’s Most Inventive Restaurant! Culinary Molecular Masterpiece!
Time To Bite Into Genius! Yes, that is a strip of “hanging bacon”…from the world’s most inventive Chef…need more proof? What you see above you is Rabbit – yes, Rabbit….and then again, what you see next is a black truffle… Read More ›
Weng Weng! Troma! Oz-Plo! Wacky Movie Lovers Need A “Shocking Stocking Stuffer”!
Looking for a unique way to give a movie gift this holiday season? Give A Great Movie Night! I love the idea of a couple of movies wrapped in a popcorn container with specialty salts and some great wine! But… Read More ›
Nazi Zombies! “Dead Snow 2”! The Five Wildest Zombie Movies EVER!
Halloween 2014 is underway with amazingly distasteful Halloween horror classics! Yes, Halloween is a season for every kind of movie that is so so wrong – and yet at this time of year is so so right! “The Sequel You… Read More ›
Chef, Interrupted! Chef Brandon Baltzley’s Incendiary Cooking Memoir “Nine Lives”!
Meet Outlaw Chef Brandon Baltzley! Chefs have gained a reputation as being the new Rock ‘n’ Roll outlaws: culinary renegades, profane and eccentric: Everyone from Marco Pierre White to Gordon Ramsey have gained reputations for their toughness in the kitchen… Read More ›
Is Alinea For Kids? Chef Grant Achatz! Life On The Line! A Look At Adult Food!
Click here to read about the controversy surrounding Chef Grant Achatz and his tweet about having unruly infants in his restaurant….I also look at one of his tasting menus, so you have an idea of what the experience is like!… Read More ›
Is Alinea For Kids? Chef Grant Achatz! Life On The Line! A Look At Adult Food!
Ever Had Duck With SIXTY Sauces? Yes, what you see is one of Alinea restaurant’s signature dishes: they serve duck (or lamb, or veal, depending on the menu) four separate ways, and then they put a platter in the center… Read More ›
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