Tag Archives: Jose Andres

A Vote For DC – A Segway Into Washington Dining

Posted on October 24, 2012 by docsconz in Bistronomic, Cocktails & Libations, Culinary Personalities, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, Hotels, Pastry, Regional, Slow Food, Traditional Ethnic, Travel, Washington, D.C., Wine

Washington DC may be a very dysfunctional place when it comes to politics, but the contemporary food scene is anything but that. Having just returned from six nights in the nation’s capitol, I can attest that when it comes to [...]

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Sunday Photos – In the Green Room and Beyond at The James Beard Awards

Posted on May 20, 2012 by docsconz in Bistronomic, Culinary Personalities, Events, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, James Beard Awards, New York City, Photo Posts, Regional, Traditional Ethnic

Once the red carpet was through I headed to the Green Room of Avery Fisher hall at Lincoln Center, ground zero for the media covering the event, to partake in festivities and await the winners as they were announced and [...]

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Sunday Photos: The Red Carpet at The James Beard Awards 2012

Posted on May 13, 2012 by docsconz in Culinary Personalities, Current Affairs, Food and Drink, James Beard Awards, New York City, Photo Posts, Restaurants

I was lucky enough to attend the James Beard Awards last night in NYC. This annual event, which also acts as a celebration of James Beard’s birthday, brings together luminaries from the culinary world from all over the United States. Here are [...]

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elBulli is Dead! Long Live the elBulli Foundation!

Posted on August 1, 2011 by docsconz in Culinary Personalities, Current Affairs, Events, Food and Drink, Musings, Restaurants, Spain

It’s difficult to believe, but as the saying goes, “All good things must come to an end.” elBulli, as the world has known it,  came to a close this past Saturday night with a blowout dinner featuring many of the [...]

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Tickets – A Traveler’s Dream

Posted on May 12, 2011 by docsconz in Cocktails & Libations, Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, Restaurants, Slow Food, Spain, Top Restaurant Meals, Top Tastes, Travel

The setting is sensational, combining a number of seating locations, bars and kitchens , resulting in a collection of visual cues to keep the eyes occupied and entertained. The restaurant would have been just as much at home if located [...]

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The Magic of minibar

Posted on November 16, 2010 by docsconz in Food and Drink, Restaurants, Spain, Top Restaurant Meals, Travel, Washington, D.C.

Magic. Fun, awe-inspiring and belief-defying, magic delights the soul. The experience at Jose Andres’ minibar, currently a restaurant within a restaurant with-in the Pan-Latin themed Cafe Atlantico, offers a magical experience that indeed delights the soul, but it also delights [...]

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Ferran Adriá at Bar Basque

Posted on October 15, 2010 by docsconz in Culinary Personalities, Current Affairs, Food and Drink, Food Events, New York City, Spain

Ferran Adriá was in NYC over the past few days to kick of the newly published book, Ferran: The Inside Story of El Bulli and the Man Who Reinvented Food  written by Colman Andrews to paint a literary portrait [...]

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Starchefs 2009 Day Two: Jose Andres: American Cuisine Through a Spanish Lens

Posted on February 1, 2010 by docsconz in Cocktails & Libations, Cooking, Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, Food Events, Spain, Starchefs

Nobody is more American than Jose Andres. Then again, nobody is more Spanish than Jose Andres. Though he was born in Spain and still frequents that country to the extent that he is a major media star there, [...]

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A Birthday Paella

Posted on November 23, 2009 by docsconz in Cooking, Family, Food and Drink, Slow Food, Spain, Upstate NY

I'm lucky. I come from a very close-knit family. I'm the youngest of 6 kids with a 17 year spread between my oldest brother and myself. We all enjoy each other's company and though we are not all geographically close [...]

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Taste of the Week – July 26 – August 1

Posted on August 2, 2009 by docsconz in Cooking, Food and Drink, Slow Food, Spain, Taste of the Week, Top Tastes

Though tomato farmers this year are faced with a blight and they are not as abundant as usual, tomato season has arrived and the craving in my household for all things tomato is unabashed. One of our favorite ways to [...]

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