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Actor, director and screenwriter Jon Favreau traded the high-flying super hero antics of his "Iron Man" movies for a quieter new film about a celebrated chef who quits his job at a top-flight res...
In the Media
by Jon Herskovitz (Reuters)
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Farmingdale -
On September 14, I was afforded the privilege to taste a chocolate choux pastry (better known as a chocolate éclair) at the Spartan Diner in Farmingdale, New York.
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New York -
On a hot day on June 30, I sat down and chatted in person with the executive consulting chef Nikolaos Stavrakakis at Meli Restaurant in New York City, located one block away from the Empire State Building.
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New York -
On July 2, I had the pleasure to visit and dine at Meli Restaurant, an upscale Greek restaurant in the heart of New York City. It is located on 1 East 35 Street, approximately one block away from the Empire State Building.
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Savannah -
Reports indicate the Food Network will not renew Deen's contract that is set to expire at the end of June. This move comes on the heels of the celebrity chef admitting to using a racial slur. Deen currently hosts two shows for the network.
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A Japanese chef based in Germany was allegedly killed after getting into a fight with two customers over a supposed bad meal he had cooked for them.
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F Scott Fitzgerald said 'There are no second acts in American lives,' and a crowd-sourcing and editorial series from Slate is seeking to debunk the famous Fitzgerald position.
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A chef in China was making lunch, but instead of using a sauce, he ended up adding pesticide to the food, which led to 20 people being injured and leaving one person dead.
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A chef in Sydney, Australia, was charged on Wednesday after he allegedly stabbed a customer's hand. He was charged with reckless wounding.
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San Francisco -
An old world treat is making strides to new culinary heights with the creative talents of chef Ramni Levy. The old world specialty that Levy is banking on is the knish.
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Tokyo -
Mao Sugiyama, 22-year-old "asexual" Japanese artist, had his genitals surgically removed at a hospital. He then took his frozen penis and scrotum home, seasoned and cooked them for five dinner guests. He cooked his genitals himself, supervised by a chef.
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Paula Deen, known for teaching us how to cook meals that are delicious, albeit fattening, announced she suffers from Type 2 diabetes. She has now become a “spokesperson” for diabetes, saying she withheld her diagnosis from the public for a reason.
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A chef at a restaurant in Wales admitted he shoved a kitchen worker down the stairs after a critic called the food they had served "disgusting."
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Chiang Mai -
A chef from Chiang Mai, Thailand, has recently been publicized for his wacky ability to dip his bare hands into a wok full of sizzling oil, with absolutely no anguish.
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Ottawa -
A Canadian chef chose not to take part in the Ottawa area Winterlude festival rather than leave foie gras off of his menu.
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Toronto -
When Jamie Oliver was a drummer with the band Scarlet Division it's doubtful he had long lines. Tonight at the Toronto Metro Convention Centre more than 3,000 people waited for the doors to open for The Art of Food featuring the UK's popular chef.
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Toronto -
Chef Michael Smith is one of the biggest stars on the Food Network and travels the world exploring the best that is out there. Smith is also a down-to-earth man with a wicked sense of humour.
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Lyon -
The body of a chef who went missing two years ago was found in his girlfriend’s freezer this week. Authorities said Jean-François Poinard was placed in the freezer after being beaten to death in November 2008.
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What's the price of cooking up tasty meals for the most wanted man in the world? Fourteen years, according to a Guantanamo Bay tribunal that has just sentenced the terrorist mastermind's former cook and driver.
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An imposter on Twitter has been tweetering in the guise of Chef Michael Smith. The impostor implied that Smith hates Montreal. Those tweets have enraged the otherwise nice guy Smith.
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Tucson is known for its abundance of Mexican restaurants. In a city festooned with them, how does one stand out above the rest? Rosa Ortega of Rosa's Mexican Food answers this question among others in a Q & A session.
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A 33-year-old man died after eating a super spicy chili sauce that he prepared in a competition with his girlfriend’s brother according to an English inquest.
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According to multiple sources celebrity chef Robert Irvine, host of "Dinner: Impossible," will be fired by the food network for cooking up a resume with plenty of lies and dishonest ingredients.
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Hell's Kitchen & Kitchen Nightmares star Gordon Ramsay says he can't imagine handling things differently than he does in the kitchen. "Nicer? I don't think so. I am who I am," he told TV Guide
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Sting and his wife were ordered to pay an ex-chef $51,000 when she won a sexual discrimination claim. She claims she was fired after she became pregnant, after working for them for 8 years.
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Gross to some, but to Arthur Boyt, he reduces waste by eating already dead critters.
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Loking for an exciting recipe to expand your cooking skills? Important dinner party? stuck for inspiration?
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You would think so as well, if you were in my shoes. Heres a story about how it could have easily been me. (shudder)
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Chef Marco Pierre White's Wife divorces him in his dining restaurant overturning the table and throwing wine and ashtray.
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Wolfgang Puck
TV honors are Sept. 23.
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The lineup outside a Toronto store where chef Lidia Bastianich appeared
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Ben the chef mashing up the butter tarts into the berry salad
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Spase Yovanofski, the hotel's breakfast chef, and Dimitrios Zarikos, regional vice president and general manager of the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts posing for a picture with the hotel chain founder Isadore Sharp.
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chef Scott Andres
Chef Andres with wife at one of his events
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Food personality Lidia Bastianich with her pasta and pasta sauce during a Toronto appearance
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Kyli Singh
(L-R Rainforest Alliance founder Dan Katz, Telepan pastry chef Larissa Raphael, Mas (farmhouse) chef/owner Galen Zamarra, 67 Orange Street owner/mixologist Karl Franz Williams, and Tocqueville Executive Chef Marco Moreira, in Union Square discussing the benefits of buying local.
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