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Guts and Glory – StarChefs’ ICC 2013 Day Three
The final day of a StarChefs ICC is shorter than the others and is always filled with ennui as the Product Fair starts breaking down right after lunch. That said, it is again stuffed with great content as well as [...]
Posted in Cheese, Cocktails & Libations, Cooking, Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, New York City, Pastry, Photo Posts, Starchefs, Wine
Tagged ceviche, Chuck Furuya, Dave Arnold, David Santos, Dominique Crenn, Ed Kenney, Evan Hennessy, Francois Payard, Fred Dexheimer, Gaston Acurio, George McNeese, Hector Solis, Jeff McInnis, Joe Isidori, John Lawler, Jonathan Cichon, Josh Beckerman, Juan Contreras, Julie Dalton, Justin Bazdarich, Justin Warner, Marc Forgione, Meg Galus, Michael Laiskonis, Museum of Food and Drink, Nastassia Lopez, Pa’i’ai, Peter Kim, Piper Kristensen, Richard Rosendale, Sam Mason, Sean Pera, Shola Olunloyo, Shuna Lydon, Somm Slam, sous vide, Starchefs, Starchefs ICC, Tama Matsuoka Wong, The Foodie Magician, Thomas Raquel, VitaMix, Vitamix Challenge, Yannick Benjamin
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A Taste of the Best – International Chocolate Awards
I was recently having dinner with indefatigable double James Beard Award winner¹ Maricel Presilla, her husband, my wife and our son at her wonderful Hoboken Cuban-Latino restaurant Zafra when Maricel started talking about The International Chocolate Awards and invited me [...]
Posted in Culinary Personalities, Events, Food and Drink, New York City, Pastry, Photo Posts, Top Tastes, Travel
Tagged Alex Rast, chocolate, Institute for Culinary Education, International Chocolate Awards, judging chocolate, Manjari, Maricel Presilla, Martin Christy, Michael Laiskonis, Monica Meschini, Mulino Marino, Seventy Percent, tasting chocolate, Valrhona, Zafra
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StarChefs ICC 2012 – Day Three Overview
The final day of each StarChef ICC is always bittersweet. It’s a power-packed day of demos, workshops, competition finals and great food and drink, but then it is over for another year. Unfortunately, for the final day, my team was [...]
Posted in Bistronomic, Cocktails & Libations, Culinary Personalities, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, LJ Sconzo, Lucas Sconzo, New York City, Pastry, Photo Posts, Regional, Restaurants, Sara Gardener, Slow Food, Starchefs, Traditional Ethnic
Tagged Alex Stupak, Alexandre Gauthier, Antoinette Bruno, Antonio Starita, Dave Wondrich, Davide Scabin, Johnny Iuzzini, Jordan Kahn, Mario Batali, Mario Carbone, Masaharu Morimoto, Melissa Clarke, Michael Laiskonis, Pisco, Robby Cook, Roberto Caporuscio, Sam Mason, Starchefs, Starchefs ICC, StarChefs ICC 2012, Starchefs International Chefs Congress
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StarChefs ICC 2012 – Day 1 Overview
It has become impossible for me to cover the StarChefs ICC by myself. The event has grown and has an awful lot going on. Even with the return of Sarah Gardener, my son L.J. Sconzo and the addition of my [...]
Posted in Cocktails & Libations, Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, LJ Sconzo, Lucas Sconzo, New York City, Pastry, Rocky Merchant, Sara Gardener, Starchefs
Tagged Adam Evans, Anthony Masters, Daniel Johnnes, Don Lee, Emily Wines, Francisco Migoya, Hooni Kim, ICC 2012, Jason Bond, Josean Martinez Alija, Joshua Russ Tupper, Kindai tuna, Linton Hopkins, Masaharu Morimoto, Mathias Dahlgren, Michael Laiskonis, Niki Russ Federman, Olivier Flosse, Penny De Los Santos, Plinio Sandalio, Russ & Daughters, Seamus Mullen, Sean Brock, Starchefs, StarChefs ICC 2012 Day One, Starchefs International Chefs Congress, Virgilio Martinez
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Tapping into Your Staff’s Collective Creativity – Michael Laiskonis
Pastry Chef Michael Laiskonis is an industry icon—a leader, innovator, and mentor who has inspired generations of cooks both in the kitchen, as well as through his thoughtful prose and active participation in the world’s culinary dialogue. After eight years [...]
A Farewell to Michael Laiskonis at Le Bernardin
I was stunned and saddened when I first heard that Michael Laiskonis, the amazing pastry chef at Le Bernardin was going to be leaving his position at the restaurant at the end of this year. Le Bernardin has been a [...]
Posted in Cocktails & Libations, Culinary Personalities, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, New York City, Pastry, Restaurants, Slow Food, Top Restaurant Meals, Wine
Tagged American born pastry chefs, Dominique Ansel, Eric Ripert, Johnny Iuzzini, Le Bernardin, Michael Laiskonis, pastry chefs, Pastry greats
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Starchefs ICC 2011 Day Three – A Personal Summary
The biggest problem at the Starchefs ICC is that one can’t see, do and taste everything. There is simply too much going on at any one time. Difficult decisions need to be made. Starting the final day , I was [...]
Posted in Cocktails & Libations, Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, New York City, Pastry, Restaurants, Slow Food, Starchefs, Wine
Tagged Aki Kamozawa, Alex Talbot, Alexander LaPratt, Andoni Luis Aduriz, Angel Leon, Asbel Reyes, Chris Ford, Iacopo Falai, Ideas in Food, Isaiah Billington, Jill Zimorski, L'Air du Temps, Massimo Bottura, Michael Laiskonis, plankton as food, Ramon Perez, Sang-hoon Degeimbre, Somm Slam, Spike Gjerde, Starchefs, Starchefs 2011, Starchefs 2011 Day 3, Starchefs ICC, Starchefs International Chefs Congress, Starchefs Pastry Competition, Stephanie Izard, The Girl and the Goat, Vitamix Challenge, Woodberry Kitchen
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Pastry Chefs Cook Savory at Aldea
Johnny Iuzzini, Alex Stupak, George Mendes, Brooks Headley & Michael Laiskonis
Aldea is a special restaurant to me in so many ways. I love George Mendes' cooking. I love George Mendes – in addition to being a superb chef, he [...]
