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Happy Holidays! It’s a tradition at Kitchen Chat to share some delicious ideas with you about gifts for the heart of your home. Your kitchen. Here are some great items to consider that are easy to get last minute for a friend, family member or work colleague. These gifts feature guests from Kitchen Chat along…
Read MoreHoliday Tips
Make holiday entertaining a little easier with tips from Rachael Hollis and Food Network’s Michelle Buffardi. Rachel Hollis, celebrity event planner, entrepreneur and founder of www.thechicsite.com, and Hollis Co shares hacks for the hostess from her book Upscale Downhome. With clients including Bradley Cooper and many other stars, Rachel will help you make your guests…
Read MorePlant-Based Lifestyle with Chef Dave Choi
Do your New Year’s resolutions include eating healthy? If so, you will enjoy my kitchen chat with Chef Dave Choi who has a passion for a plant based lifestyle. He encourages us to consider a three day challenge of eating meals without sugar, yeast, dairy and animal protein which he explains are the sources of…
Read MoreMasterChef Junior Winner: Beni
MasterChef Junior Winner of Season 6, Beni will inspire you! This young culinary luminary has already accomplished so much and has a bright future in front of her. At age 12, Beni has enjoyed growing up cooking with her parents and was influenced by her Nona, who was born in Poland during World War II.…
Read MoreIndian Instant Pot Cookbook with Chandra Ram
Are you enjoying the Instant Pot® craze? Chandra Ram will help you take your Instant Pot® to the next level with her Indian Instant Pot Cookbook Chandra has an extensive culinary background with training at CIA, working at many high profile restaurants and becoming editor of Plate. Chandra’s father was born in India, and her mother is…
Read MoreTop Trends at the International Home and Housewares Show 2018
You never know what you will discover while wandering through the International Home and Housewares Show – especially with a broken shoulder. One product I really enjoyed was “The Perfect Wine Opener” by Vineyard Elite. I thought it would be impossible to open a wine bottle with my broken shoulder. To my delight it worked!…
Read MoreThe Shape of Water: Celebrate the Oscars with Food and Film
It’s that time of year again when Kitchen Chat pairs an Oscar nominated film with a Kitchen Chat nominated recipe. Did you see The Shape of Water? This fantasy, sci-fi thriller and romantic movie about a lonely woman who falls in love with an imprisoned sea creature is getting a lot of buzz in Hollywood…
Read MoreKitchen Creativity with Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg
“Learn the rules like a professional so that you can break them like an artist.” Pablo Picasso Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg’s new book Kitchen Creativity will inspire you to become a true culinary artist by mastering the fundamental skills of cooking in order to understand the alchemy of creativity. Their research has taken them…
Read MoreA Culinary Celebration for My Father's 90th Birthday
As many of you know, the reason I host Kitchen Chat is to honor my late father, Dr. Claude H. Rhea, Jr. My dad was a Renaissance Man, a gourmet home chef, a world traveler, a lyric tenor who recorded an album with the Concert Orchestra of London, a college president, a scholar, a published author,…
Read MoreTastes of Morocco: Chef Joel Kazouini
Discover the flavors of Morocco with Chef Joel Kazouini, founder of Chez Joel Bistro in Chicago’s Little Italy. Moroccan food has many influences, including the cuisines of Spain, France, Africa and Arab countries. “Spices such as turmeric, cumin, ginger, paprika and saffron make the foods tasty and delicious,” Chef Joel explains. Essentially Moroccan food is…
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