Posts Tagged ‘Kitchen Chat’
Kitchen Chat 2018 with Chef Jaime Laurita and Margaret McSweeney
Thank you foodie friends for making 2018 a great year for Kitchen Chat! And thank you, Chef Jaime Laurita for co-hosting Kitchen Chat with me in the award winning Viking and La Cornue Showroom at the Merchandise Mart Luxe Home. You and the Middleby Residential team designed two stunning showrooms! Make sure you also check out the…
Read MoreIna Garten: Connecting in the Kitchen
Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, has taught millions of people how to cook. Her gracious hospitality welcomes Food Network viewers into her kitchen each week to experience comfort and a taste of home. In her most recent book, Cook Like A Pro, Ina provides great tips and recipes for the home chefs to elevate their…
Read MoreChef Carla Hall's Soul Food
Chef Carla Hall is on a Soul Food journey to “redefine soul food, to reclaim it.” Her new cookbook Carla Hall’s Soul Food shares her passion from the past and her plan for the present to make Soul Food an official cuisine. What a delightful honor to visit with Carla in her New York…
Read MoreThe 2018 James Beard Awards
What an honor for Kitchen Chat to once again be on the Red Carpet at the James Beard Awards to capture the excitement and stories of the nominees and participants. Thank you Chef Jaime Laurita, brand ambassador for Viking, for being my co-host. Highlights of the evening included meeting two icons: Chef Jose Andres, recipient…
Read MorePotluck with Ali Rosen: Bring It!
Ali Rosen is redefining potluck one dish at a time. As she says, “If potlucks bring to mind covered dish dinners, it’s time to rebrand. Think of them instead as outsourced dinner parties: when everyone brings a dish to share, entertaining is as easy as setting the table.” As a Southern transplant living and working…
Read MoreGale Gand: A Passion for Pastries
“I didn’t pick the restaurant industry. It picked me.” Chef Gale Gand on Kitchen Chat Award winning pastry chef Gale Gand has a passion for pastries. She has won two James Beard awards, including one for Outstanding Pastry Chef and one for Outstanding Service for her former restaurant Tru. Gale Gand is a…
Read MoreKevin Boehm and The Boka Restaurant Group
“Chicago is a choice for me. When I had a six table restaurant in the Florida Pan Handle in 1993, my dream always was that maybe some day I’ll be able to have a restaurant in Chicago and sit down with the smartest restaurant people around.” Kevin Boehm, co-founder of Boka Restaurant Group At age…
Read MoreGeneral Hospital's Jackie Zeman and Jaime Laurita: Make This Place Your Home
General Hospital star, Jackie Zeman is a foodie. Although she loves to eat, Jackie admits that she is not a good cook and she wishes a “food fairy” would come into her kitchen. Ironically, her character, Nurse Bobbie, was a restaurateur on General Hospital. She and her onscreen brother Luke Spencer ran Kelly’s Diner. Although…
Read MoreKorean BBQ with Chef Bill Kim
“There are differences but there’s more commonality in ethnic groups. I try to find the common denominator of ingredients in different cultures and apply it to what I do.” Chef Bill Kim, UrbanBelly Recently, Chef Jaime Laurita and I had a kitchen chat in the Viking and La Cornue Showroom in Chicago with Chef Bill…
Read MoreA Kitchen Chat with Clare Reichenbach, CEO of James Beard Foundation
Recently I had the honor of meeting and interviewing Clare Reichenbach, the new CEO of the James Beard Foundation (JBF). It was my first ever visit to the historic James Beard House, located in New York City. James Beard was “America’s First Foodie” and his legacy continues to impact generations of home cooks and professional chefs around the…
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