Category Archives: Music

Italy With My Son 2012 – Fire in Firenze

Posted on May 3, 2012 by docsconz in Bistronomic, Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, Italy, Music, Pastry, Slow Food, Traditional Ethnic, Travel

This was a day for hurrying. We had to hurry to Antica Macelleria Cecchini and then we had to hurry from there. We were heading to Firenze (Florence), where we had only a limited time and wanted to make the [...]

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Barcelona – An Anniversary Celebration – Day Two

Posted on May 3, 2011 by docsconz in At the Market, Culinary Shopping, Family, Food and Drink, Music, Restaurants, Slow Food, Spain, Travel

We got up the next morning and headed out early for a shopping visit to the Boqueria. While there, we stopped for breakfast at Bar Pinotxo. The garbanzos with squid was a tasty display of the classic Catalan mar y [...]

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Albert Adria Gets The Last Word on Art vs Craft in Cooking

Posted on January 27, 2011 by docsconz in Art, Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, Food Events, Music, New York City, Spain, Starchefs, Video

If Albert Adria or his brother Ferran are not culinary artists than no one is. Here, in Spanish, he says that the question is ultimately up to the diner to answer.
 
I had filmed several other interviews, but alas, audio problems [...]

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Pipe Screams – Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2010 by docsconz in Holidays, Music, Upstate NY, Video

Pipe Screams from John Sconzo on Vimeo.
 
 
Keyboardist extraordinaire Bryan Kirk of The First Presbyterian Church in Glens Falls N.Y. plays Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (only a segment here) on the church's wonderful pipe organ on October 30th, [...]

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Scott Boswell’s Louisiana Part 6: From Idea to Plate: Carrot Salad

Posted on June 2, 2010 by docsconz in Cooking, Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, Music, New Orleans, Video

There's is very little I enjoy more than eating well conceived and well prepared food. I admire anyone who can cook well, whether the cooking is traditional or otherwise, but I particularly enjoy food that is not only delicious and [...]

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The Beauty of the Internet – Pomplamoose

Posted on November 6, 2009 by docsconz in Music, Video, Web/Tech

Were it not for the internet and social media like facebook and Twitter, I likely never would have come across PomplamooseMusic on You Tube. These are quirky and utterly charming music videos done by a pair of young Californians, Jack [...]

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Living in the Past

Posted on October 10, 2009 by docsconz in Music, Musings, Upstate NY

Jethro Tull was my favorite band when I was in high school. The flute and voice of Ian Anderson defined Tull, though the rest of the band's musicians were no slouches either. I particularly loved the blues and jazz influenced [...]

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The U.S. Economy and Food: A Survey Part Two

Posted on January 16, 2009 by docsconz in Current Affairs, Food and Drink, Music, Restaurants

Question 2. The food industry, fortunately is not static.
They can and do change, responding to the times. Some restaurants have
anticipated tough times and made adjustments to their practices ahead
of time. Jose Duarte of Taranta in Boston, a trailblazing restaurant in
terms [...]

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