Tag Archives: StarChefs ICC 2012

StarChefs ICC 2012 – Chocolate Innovations – Francisco Migoya

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Rocky Merchant in Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, New York City, Pastry, Rocky Merchant, Slow Food, Starchefs, Upstate NY

It was a real treat to have a front row seat watching Francisco Migoya at work – crafting beautiful and delectable chocolate creations with precise technique and imaginative design. Migoya presented three main platforms for innovation: rethinking chocolate’s base ingredients, [...]

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StarChefs ICC 2012 – Roberto Caporuscio and Antonio Starita – Deep-fried Traditions: Montanara Pizza

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Lucas Sconzo in Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, Italy, Lucas Sconzo, New York City, Slow Food, Starchefs, Top Tastes, Traditional Ethnic

What has allowed the Montanara—a fried, then lightly-baked pizza of Neapolitan origin—to assert itself, as it has in recent years, so strongly in New York City, which already has its own pizza culture? Does its popularity in the Big Apple [...]

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StarChefs ICC 2012 – Alexandre Gauthier – French Transformation

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Lawrence Sconzo in Culinary Personalities, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, France, LJ Sconzo, Slow Food, Starchefs, Travel

Alex Gauthier showcased his exciting innovations on French culinary form at this year’s StarChefs showcase. You might think that classic French cuisine is all played out, that there’s nowhere to go from fine terrine of foie gras or coq au [...]

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StarChefs ICC 2012 – Sour Sips and Drinking Vinegars – Lynette Marrero & Kelly Slagle

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Rocky Merchant in Cocktails & Libations, Cooking, Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, New York City, Rocky Merchant, Slow Food, Starchefs

Mixology mavens, Lynette Marrero and Kelley Slagle, led this mixology lesson  with a lip-pursing  variety of vinegar based cocktails. The lesson was extensive, covering every core subject – from the ancient history of vinegar, to its chemical composition,  then finally to [...]

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StarChefs ICC 2012: Sean Brock, Linton Hopkins: Sons of the South and The Carolina Rice Kitchen

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Lawrence Sconzo in Cooking, Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, LJ Sconzo, New York City, Regional, Slow Food, Starchefs, The Southern USA

In a presentation titled “Sons of the South,” Sean Brock and Linton Hopkins put on a great show for the 7th Annual Starchefs ICC. On Day 1, they united to present their take on the Southern Culinary Revival that is [...]

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StarChefs ICC 2012: Counter Culture – The History of Appetizing in NY – Niki Russ Federman & Joshua Russ Tupper

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Sara Gardener in Culinary Personalities, Culinary Shopping, Food and Drink, New York City, Sara Gardener, Slow Food, Starchefs

 “We’re here to talk about slicing…I’m an example of what not to do,” exclaimed Josh Russ as he held up his bandaged hand at the beginning of the demo. Although the injury had not actually occurred in the line of [...]

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StarChefs ICC 2012 – Tradition Meets Modernity: Beef in Korean Cuisine – Hooni Kim

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Rocky Merchant in Cooking, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, New York City, Rocky Merchant, Starchefs, Traditional Ethnic

Hooni Kim, of Danji in New York City, fully embraces heritage in his food, bringing French precision and flavors to traditional Korean cuisine. In two beef dishes, one prepared in a traditionally French style and the other in a traditionally [...]

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Starchef ICC 2012 – Masaharu Morimoto – The Legacy of Japanese Cuisine

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Lawrence Sconzo in Culinary Personalities, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, LJ Sconzo, New York City, Photo Posts, Restaurants, Starchefs, Traditional Ethnic

Chef Masaharu Morimoto stunned the main-stage audience on Day 1 with his impressive disassembly of a Kindai Bluefin Tuna. I would wager that I was not alone in my discomfort which stemmed from seeing the endangered 240lb creature lying flat [...]

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StarChefs ICC 2012 – Bitters Sweet: Cocktail Culture Invades Pastry – Plinio Sandalio

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Lucas Sconzo in Cocktails & Libations, Cooking, Culinary Personalities, Food and Drink, Lucas Sconzo, New York City, Pastry, Recipes, Starchefs

As a culinary novice with an essentially nonexistent knowledge of mixology (I can name a choice few cocktails and that’s about it), I arrived at Plinio Sandalio’s workshop on the morning of my first day at the ICC with little [...]

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StarChef ICC 2012 – Mathias Dahlgren – Cooking Without Recipe

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Lawrence Sconzo in Bistronomic, Cooking, Culinary Personalities, Fine Dining, Food and Drink, LJ Sconzo, New York City, Restaurants, Scandinavia, Starchefs

One of the first presentations I saw during the Starchefs ICC was Mathias Dahlgren’s workshop, wherein he took apart a whole New York cauliflower and reassembled it on various plates. As soon as these were distributed, the morsels on top [...]

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