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Is Food Art? Yes.
The names of the participating artists at Documenta is always a well-guarded secret, and the inclusion of Adrià is noteworthy because hes the first chef ever invited to participate.
06.14.07
- Keywords
- chefs,
- alan sytsma,
- germany
food + cooking
2 Guys: How Creamy do you Like It?
Long gone are the days of the ice cream parlor serving its hand-cranked delicacies, replaced instead by ice cream chains owned by international corporations.
06.14.07
- Keywords
- 2 Guys,
- culinary culture,
- dessert,
- ian knauer,
- alan sytsma
food + cooking
Mean Joe Takes a Lot of Green
Why does Clovers 1s drip coffeemaker cost around $8-10,000 (yes, thousand) when it can only brew a cup at a time?
06.13.07
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- culinary culture,
- alan sytsma,
- coffee,
- food prep
food + cooking
2 Guys: What’s This? A Supper Club That’s Actually Good?!
We recently received an invite to an underground supper club that was so intriguing, we couldn’t pass it up. It seems the case of the underground is not yet closed…
06.07.07
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- chefs,
- sam mason,
- 2 Guys,
- ian knauer
food + cooking
Soft Shells: A Hard Sell
Soft shells are juicy, they have that distinctive sweet briney crab flavor, and—and it's time somebody said this—they just aren't that good.
06.06.07
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- ingredients,
- seafood,
- alan sytsma
chefs + restaurants
The Oldest Profession
It seems that being friends with a restaurant critic might be a better gig than actually being a restaurant critic.
05.31.07
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- restaurant notes,
- new york,
- alan sytsma
food + cooking
2 Guys: Trumped
We have no doubt that you've heard of the Donald Trump-branded frozen beef. When an idea is this inane, doesn't it deserve a second look?
05.31.07
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- meat,
- beef,
- 2 Guys,
- ian knauer
chefs + restaurants
Win a Date With David Chang
The French Culinary Institute is hosting New York's first ever chef auction, where you can score a date with the cooking elite.
05.31.07
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- chefs,
- new york,
- wylie dufresne,
- david chang,
- alan sytsma
food + cooking
2 Guys Investigate: Supper Clubs, Part IV
This is the final post in a series on underground supper clubs, dining establishments that operate outside the law.
05.24.07
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- culinary culture,
- 2 Guys,
- ian knauer,
- alan sytsma,
- supper clubs
food + cooking
2 Guys Investigate: Supper Clubs, Part II
Not exactly restaurants, and not exactly dinner parties, these underground clubs have developed devoted followings, but what is it that they really do?
05.10.07
- Keywords
- 2 guys,
- culinary culture,
- restaurants,
- ian knauer,
- alan sytsma