Foodie Paradise

A little research–and an exchange of voicemails with a very nice woman at the James Beard Foundation–resulted in a bit of extremely useful information. So after a quick look around our new digs, we headed back down to Chelsea Market to visit the JBF LTD pop up. It was, to quote the Foundation, “the most [...]

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Food Mecca

We had the morning free to make a pilgrimage, so after only a few false starts on the subway we found ourselves here: The Food Network lives here. So do several other media outlets and a lot of good food, but that’s beside the point. It’s a rather fabulous building that used to be the [...]

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One-Eyed Jack

I love finding fun places to eat, so you can imagine my delight when I found out this place was just a short walk from my hotel in St. Paul, MN. It’s a National Landmark. No, really. And inside it’s just as it should be, all chrome and vinyl with scarcely room to scoot by [...]

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No So Good Eats

As the taping of the 10th anniversary show of Good Eats is tonight in Atlanta—and I am currently in my home in Texas—I am reluctantly forced to concede that I did not win the contest. I’m startled at the uncharacteristic lack of good taste on the part of the Food Network, but I can only [...]

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Dreaming of Good Eats

What do sock puppets have to do with cooking, you ask? Since you had to ask, I gather you are not an aficionado of Alton Brown’s Food Network Show, Good Eats. (Those of you who recognized my little sock friends as yeast right off can skip the next paragraph.) Good Eats is not your average [...]

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(Not Quite a) Food Network Star

Last Saturday, I found myself in my formal apron (and matching hair toy, of course) facing some 25 people across a kitchen counter. They were there to learn how to make savory dishes with blueberries. I was there to (gulp) teach.

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