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Kitchen Interview at Maria’s Pastry Shop

Posted in kitchen interviews, tagged , , on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A fluffy, demure kitchen cat named Cookie, the best Sfogliatelle this side of the Atlantic and a passionate Neapolitan artisenne completes the divine experience called Maria’s Pastry Shop.
Straight from the heart to your mouth, Maria, her daughters, sister and mother run this unpretentious gem of a bakery in a quiet strip mall that forms [...]

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on molecular gastronomy

Posted in food finds, tagged , , , , , , on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Last Friday, I attended a South Beach Wine and Food Festival event launching the Biltmore Culinary Academy, a new cooking school where ordinary people can take professional quality cooking classes from the acclaimed chefs of this historic Gables hotel (CulinaryAcademy@BiltmoreHotel.com or phone: 305-445-1926.)   It was not the event at which orange-Croc’d chef Mario Batali dropped the f-bomb TWICE in the presence of [...]

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Kitchen Interview at Brosia

Posted in kitchen interviews, tagged , , on February 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Executive Chef Arthur Artiles of the Design District Mediterranean oasis, Brosia, talked to Kitchen Interviews about digital water pouring, wascally wabbits and really tight cooking quarters.   And of course, what’s getting him excited in the kitchen these days.  While drawing on his roots for inspiration, (including a long-time apprenticeship with New World Cuisine pioneer Norman Van Aken,) the Cuba native is expressing a [...]

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excuse me while I slip into something a little more comfortable

Posted in wine finds, tagged on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I finally went to pick up the 2007 Sinister Hand today, which I found out now can come with a fancy accessory.  I’m not talking about a top-of-the-line corkscrew or wine glass identification rings.  No, ladies and gentlemen, I’m talking about clothing apparel for your bottle.  In this case, a guayabera.  Of course this really comes [...]

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Mrs. O’s kitchen interview

Posted in omg kitchens, tagged , on February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »

On Sunday, we got a peek into the new First Kitchen as the White House prepared for its first official dinner.  Apropos, perhaps.  An eclectic sampling of Obama family favorites (not on the menu that night) are reported to include “mean batch[es] of fries,” waffles for breakfast and foods grown locally with sustainable farming practices.   It sounds like that kitchen, said to [...]

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test kitchen

Posted in author's kitchen on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

My digital audio recorder got a test drive this evening in the kitchen.  It’s a nifty little thing that my iPod nano plugs into and was easy enough to operate, capturing what we were doing both in voice and the chopsizzlestir of cooking sounds.  Feeling healthy and lazy, we made grilled chicken with vegetable quinoa bowls.  They’re in our tummies, and the audio’s in [...]

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nothing sells like a severed appendage

Posted in wine finds, tagged on February 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The Headless Horseman and his cranium quest ? A vengeful wife and her infamous chop?  No, the culprit here is Owen Roe, and the Pacific Northwest wine producer’s 2007 Sinister Hand that I sampled today at Wolfe’s Wine Shoppe (http://www.wolfeswines.com).  Like most other products, a good wine that comes with a bonus story baits me [...]

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bagging not a pleasure at publix

Posted in sustainable thinking + doing, tagged on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I am a fan of Publix supermarkets for the affordably-priced essentials and, returning from a 4-year stint in New York, arrived back in Miami to find my neighborhood stores had made significant improvments to shopping environments, product offerings and had even initiated environmentally-friendly business practices.  Congratulations Publix, your reusable canvas bag program is hands down great CSR.  However, are people like me who don’t yet use canvas bags [...]

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side project

Posted in coming soon, tagged on February 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »

With the luxury of more than usual time on my hands due to a sad, cliched corporate layoff story, I’m taking the opportunity to do something fun on the side while I look for a new day job.  The idea is to convince some of my friends in the local restaurant community to let me into their world for a moment to discover what makes their [...]

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