Tag Archives: Shola Olunloyo

I Found Fabulous Fare in Fun Philadelphia

Posted on December 17, 2014 by docsconz

I like alliteration. That is probably fairly obvious to anyone who reads this blog with any regularity. Indeed, I couldn’t resist the appropriate alliteration of the title above. Thankfully, though I thought about it and was tempted, I resisted the […]

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Guts and Glory – StarChefs’ ICC 2013 Day Three

Posted on October 22, 2013 by docsconz

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 […]

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Guts and Glory – StarChefs’ ICC 2013 Day Two

Posted on October 15, 2013 by docsconz

The second day of the StarChefs ICC has everything that the first day has, but it also has the cocktail party at the end of the day as well as a variety of top notch cocktails available throughout the day. […]

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Wish List 2011 – A Look Back

Posted on December 26, 2011 by docsconz

Each December I compile a Wish List of restaurants that I haven’t yet been to that I hope to get to during the following year. Sometimes those hopes have real potential for becoming fulfilled and sometimes (mostly) they remain mere […]

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Art or Craft in Studio Kitchen? Shola Speaks

Posted on January 17, 2011 by docsconz

i don't know too many chefs who cook more artistically or better than Shola Olunloyo of the soon to open Speck and Studio Kitchen in Philadelphia. In this short video shot at the latest Starchefs International Chefs Congress in NYC, […]

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Elements – The TypePad Dinner Part 2: The Balance

Posted on February 20, 2010 by docsconz

…and with the preliminaries behind us, we moved on to the main body of the dinner. We learned that the chefs source organically, sustainably and locally "whenever possible", especially within a 50 mile radius, though they do not […]

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Elements – The TypePad Dinner Part 1: Small Plates

Posted on February 18, 2010 by docsconz

As a graduate of Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., it is exceedingly difficult for me to admit that there may be anything of extreme excellence in Princeton, N.J. Well, I must say that there is at least one institution of excellence in that burgh and that would be Elements, the relatively new creative contemporary restaurant with Ryland Inn alumnus Scott Anderson commanding the kitchen.

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Elements: A Peek Into the Kitchen

Posted on February 12, 2010 by docsconz

I recently had the pleasure of dining at Elements, the Princeton, NJ contemporary fine dining restaurant helmed by Chef Scott Anderson. I drove down specifically to have dinner there with three good friends, Alex Talbot, Shola Olunloyo and the […]

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Ideas in the Studio – Round Two

Posted on July 11, 2009 by docsconz

No, I wasn't there, but I certainly wish I was. The photos and the menu indicate a particularly extraordinary meal, having incorporated so many of my favorite foods including soft-shell crabs, sweetbreads, pig cheeks, foie gras, sea urchin, goose eggs, […]

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Ideas in Food Meets Studio Kitchen: The Action

Posted on May 7, 2009 by docsconz

In addition to world class food and excellent company, one of the major attractions of a meal at Stdio Kitchen or with Ideas in Food is the personability and interactiveness of Shola and Alex and Aki. Here is a photo […]

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