This morning brought the sad news that Cecilia Chiang left us today. She celebrated her 100th birthday last month. Her pioneering restaurant, The Mandarin, elevated the status of Chinese cuisine in...
While announcing more than 400 semifinalists from across the country for the 2018 James Beard Awards, the group is, once again, locked in controversy. Ethical standards of behavior have been added ...
Last month I stopped by Society Bakery & Cafe located in the Antique Society in Sebastopol. This venue has been home to a number of bakeries that i've enjoyed over the years. This one is a winner ...
Two months ago I tried to make Royal Feast my final restaurant meal before the Coronavirus shutdown. But I was a day too late, and posted my fervent prayer that the partners would be able to re-ope...
The restaurant business is in a wildly fluid state right now, yet the James Beard Foundation has decided to publish their list of 2020 finalists. They have also postponed the awards ceremony to Sep...
Nice to hear this from the other side of the pond.
" . . . First, and happily, the beloved Laura Chenel brand had gotten a new cheese maker and some serious support for simply and significantly better offerings. The standard bearer Fresh Cheve has ...
Fox & the Knife (I guess we are still not over the "XXX & YYY" naming fad), the latest from Top Chef contestant and James Beard Award winner Karen Akunowicz (ex-Myers + Chang) was just ranked #7 on...
A quick run down of this year's James Beard finalists with links! *American* Books with recipes focused on the cooking or foodways of regions or communities in the United States. A Common Ta...
I thought this was worth posting here with links where available! If I find more, I'll add. *Columns* America’s Best Worst Cook: “Hi, I’m America’s Best Worst Cook”; “Dear Chefs, Will Eating ...
I decided to start a new stand-alone post of this new Ramen place since attempt to tag on to existing post by Notorious P.I.G somehow did not allow me to attach my array of photos? Based on thei...
Yume Ga Arukara (Cambridge, MA) is #8 on Bon Appetit's "America's Best New Restaurants 2018" list (14 August 2018): "Behind a small, spare counter hidden in a college food court, Tsuyoshi Nishio...
In latest Boston Globe by Devra First: "This month, Bon Appetit magazine named its 2018 Restaurant City of the Year: Portland, Maine. So close, and yet so far. Seafood, charm, New England pan...
" . . . Adrian reminded me of the church tradition of baking cookbooks filled with heirloom recipes that the women of nearly every Baptist church would circulate. These books were sold as part of f...
The awards were handed out on May 7th. Here is a list of winners and runner ups: www.eater.com Who's been? Anyone experienced any of winners? Tell us your thoughts...
The San Francisco Bay Area media had a fine showing at last night's James Beard book awards. Congratulations to Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat Deepa’s Secrets by Deepa Thomas Nopali...
The list of semifinalists is out for this year. https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/the-2018-james-beard-award-semifinalists Gotta thank greyelf for talking about Coquine before word got out (I t...
"Galleria Umberto, Boston: A decades-old stalwart from the North End, Galleria Umberto is known for its Sicilian-style pizza." https://www.eater.com/2018/1/18/16905628/james-beard-foundation-awa...
The Jean Banchet Awards finalists were announced today. Unlike Michelin (which often is melodramatic as so little changes year-to-year) with the Jean Banchet Awards we are guaranteed to have four l...
Not much about Waypoint on here, but it was just named one of Food & Wine's Best New Restaurants 2017: http://www.foodandwine.com/best-restaurants-2017 I've been a couple of times, once for b...