Cookbooks
Iron Chef Stephanie Izard: A Culinary Trailblazer
Chef Stephanie Izard is a culinary trailblazer. She is the first female Iron Chef and the first female Top Chef and is a highly acclaimed restaurateur with her partners from Boka Restaurant Group. Her Chicago restaurants include: Girl and the Goat, Little Goat Diner, and Duck, Duck Goat And she will be opening up another Girl and the…
Read MoreWhat's Gaby Cooking
Everyone on Instagram always asks @WhatsGabyCookin. Gaby Dalkin is the Pied Piper of the culinary world. Gaby’s enthusiasm, encouragement, recipes and authenticity help her followers become even better home chefs all while having fun in the kitchen. Recently, Gaby joined Chef Jaime Laurita and me in the Viking and La Cornue Showroom at the Merchandise…
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 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 MoreBollywood Kitchen with Sri Rao
“Bollywood is Hollywood in Mumbai,” Sri Rao, writer-director-producer and author of Bollywood Kitchen explains. Everyone should experience a Bollywood movie! The music, the dancing and the colorful array of fashion are unforgettable! And I will never forget my Bollywood dance lesson with Sri Rao at Read It And Eat bookstore in Chicago. Sri Rao explains…
Read MoreThe Art of the Pie with Kate McDermott
Ready to make the holidays easy as pie? Kate McDermott, author of The Art of the Pie shares the secrets of making a successful and delicious pie. Recently, I interviewed this pie expert at Les Dames d’Escoffier Conference. McDermott’s first advice is to keep everything chill – including yourself. Butter actually starts melting at 59 degrees,…
Read MoreThe Royal Chef Darren McGrady
Are you ready to cook, eat and entertain royalty? The Royal Chef Darren McGrady shares recipes from Buckingham Palace and his home in Dallas. As personal chef to Queen Elizabeth and the royal family for eleven years and to Princess Diana for four years, Chef McGrady has prepared feasts and comfort food for all…
Read MoreModernist Bread with Chef Francisco Migoya
Bread is a thread of civilization. Over the past four years, Chef Francisco Migoya has led his team of experts at Modernist Cuisine to create a five volume plus recipe book weighing a total of 53 pounds that explores the past, present and future of bread. With over 1200 recipes and 1500 experiments, Chef Migoya…
Read MoreGrandes Dames Carol Brock and Lidia Bastianich
What a delightful honor to become a member of Les Dames d’Escoffiers (LDEI) and to attend the annual conference and meet the founder, Grande Dame Carol Brock. LDEI is a philanthropic organization of women leaders in the fields of food, fine beverage and hospitality with 40 chapters around the world whose mission is to…
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,…
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