You can’t always get what you want …

… but you CAN blog about it.
I know that I posted recently about baristas and what can I say … coffee on the brain.  Coffee on the baby brain, to be more precise.  Other than a few visits to my parents’ place, where decaffeinated coffee is about as welcome as warm beer on a hot [...]

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Films you can really sink your teeth into

I’ve been thinking of doing a blog post on this topic for awhile but am happy to have been scooped by CBC’s Things That Go Pop! blog.
Last week, in recognition of the opening weekend of Julie & Julia, Things That Go Pop featured a multi-course round-up of cinematic yum-yums in a post titled Delectable films [...]

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You can’t spell “flair” without “air”

Can you believe it’s been nearly three months since the 2009 CRFA Show? Nope, me neither.
As part of my nostalgia-tripping, I found this vid on YouTube, featuring the team from BartenderOne, who helped keep things hopping on the Cocktail Stage along with the legendary Dale DeGroff:

On BartenderOne’s main page I [...]

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Some inspiration on a Tuesday that feels like a Monday

It’s rare that I post recipes here — in fact, I think I’ve only done it once before — but this one so neatly taps into the momentary cultural zeitgeist that I couldn’t resist.
Herewith, courtesy of Serious Eats, The Amateur Gourmet’s Susan Boyled Potatoes, aptly described as “seemingly plain on the outside but on the [...]

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Now with extra superbness!

More than a week has passed since my last post … that’s not cool!
In apology, and to help me get back into the swing of things, I present: Super Awesome Crazy Terrific Knife Skills:
 

 
I saw this on Serious Eats last week and have been eyeing watermelon and Wüsthofs ever since …

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“This is a game between the chef and the diner …”

As Simon Marchmont might put it, if you haven’t heard of Ferran Adrià, you don’t deserve food.
But to prove that I don’t want you to go hungry, here’s a chance for you to get up to speed on the chef widely regarded as the world’s best. Observer food writer Jay Rayner was one of [...]

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