Category Archives: Food and Drink

Home Cooking By Bill Telepan

Posted on March 1, 2015 by docsconz

I have been fortunate enough to have had some chef friends come and cook in my home. This time, however, it wasn’t my home, but the home of my very good friends, Joe, and Donna. They along with Joe’s brother and […]

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Back to Bodega 1900

Posted on February 25, 2015 by docsconz

Bodega 1900, from the astounding Albert Adriá collection of restaurants, is one whose memory grows into the stuff of legend. I was there with my son a year ago and found it to be totally beguiling. One dish, the grilled […]

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A Chat With Paco Mendez of Hoja Santa and Niño Viejo

Posted on February 23, 2015 by docsconz

Paco Mendez, the chef of Albert Adriá’s two new Mexican restaurants in  Barcelona, Hoja Santa and Niño Viejo, sat down with me when I was there,  to discuss how the restaurants came about, some of the challenges and what the […]

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Albert Adriá and Paco Mendez Make Mexican Magic in Barcelona – Part Two – Hoja Santa

Posted on February 22, 2015 by docsconz

“Genius” is one of those words that gets bandied about, perhaps a bit too freely, in many cases diluting its meaning. One definition of the word from The Oxford English Dictionary is,
“A person who is exceptionally intelligent or creative, either generally […]

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Reflections on The Bocuse D’Or 2015

Posted on February 16, 2015 by docsconz

I have now attended each of the past four Bocuse d’Or competitions in Lyon starting in 2009 and each has been special in its own way, filled with hope and promise. This last one was best of all as the […]

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Albert Adriá and Paco Mendez Make Mexican Magic in Barcelona – Part One- Niño Viejo

Posted on February 10, 2015 by docsconz

The magic of Mexican food depends a lot on the indigenous ingredients of Mexico and has, until recently, outside of a few special places in the United States (e.g Rick Bayless’ Topolobampo and Frontera Grill), been extremely difficult to reproduce […]

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The USA Takes Silver at the 2015 Bocuse D’Or!

Posted on January 29, 2015 by docsconz

I’ve bee to this and the previous three Bocuse d’Or competitions in Lyon, France and the United States has always gone in with a strong team and high hopes, only for those hopes to have been dashed. Not so this […]

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It’s Time! Bocuse d’Or World Finals 2015!

Posted on January 26, 2015 by docsconz

While the northeastern United States will be busy digging out from a monster snow storm, a storm of a different sort is about to descend upon the Eurexpo Pavilion and the SIRHA show in Lyon, France – the world finals of the […]

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Clear Ice With Eamon Rockey

Posted on January 20, 2015 by docsconz

If you follow my Instagram feed it should be apparent that as much as I enjoy drinking a nice cocktail every now and again, I also enjoy making them. While I have managed to put together a pretty versatile and quality […]

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Sowing Seeds of Creativity at Semilla

Posted on January 16, 2015 by docsconz

Other than its very trendy, u-shaped kitchen counter dining area (a trend that I happen to like very much), Semilla, the small, sophisticated new restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is unlike any other I have been to. The work of the […]

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