Jose Andres: Ambassador of food from his DC base

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 12, 2011
Tags: Business, chef, d.c., dining, jose andres, minibar, politics, Restaurants, spanish, washington
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WASHINGTON — Jose Andres is moving from small plates to big ideas. The Washington chef best known for popularizing tapas — the Spanish custom of dining on small, shared dishes — has been not so quietly refocusing, keeping one eye on the kitchens of his growing restaurant empire, and the other on the policies and [...]

More bakers reinterpreting classic king cake

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 16, 2011
Tags: Bourbon Street, chef, king cake, mardis gras, new orleans, pastry, Pastry chef Jean-Luc Albin, Restaurants

NEW ORLEANS — Pastry chef Jean-Luc Albin certainly can turn out a delicious traditional king cake — one with a premium brioche dough, rich with butter and eggs. But these days it’s his inspired variations on that classic that he’s most passionate about. His Bourbon Street king cake, for example, with chocolate custard, bourbon and [...]

Chefs become teachers at Harvard science class

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 3, 2010
Tags: cambridge, chef, class, course, cuisine, experimental cuisine, harvard, massachusetts, molecular gastronomy, physics, science, Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Dan Barber’s culinary skills have earned him a James Beard “Outstanding Chef” award. The food at his New York restaurant Blue Hill also was the centerpiece for a Manhattan date night between President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama. Yet it’s his focus on cultivating flavor before foodstuffs even reach his [...]

D.C. chef gets Spain’s highest culture honor

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: November 21, 2010
Tags: award, barcelona, bobby flay, Café Atlantico, chef, d.c., honor, iron chef, jose andres, Order of Arts and Letters medallion, prize, restaurant, Spain, Spanish Embassy, Zaytinya

WASHINGTON — Spain is awarding one of its highest culture honors to a chef who made his name with restaurants in the United States. The Spanish cabinet agreed Friday to award U.S. restaurateur Jose Andres the Order of Arts and Letters medallion, according to Spain’s Embassy in Washington. It’s the first time the prize, created [...]

Discovery hopes series on beer has the hops

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: November 19, 2010
Tags: Baltimore, beer, brew masters, breweries, budweiser, Business, cake boss, chef, craft, deleware, discovery channel, dogfish head, food industry, miller lite, nightlife, Retail

NEW YORK — The star of Discovery Channel’s new series “Brew Masters” says people in his craft beer industry are “proudly promiscuous.” With their products, he means. “We encourage beer drinkers to check out their competitors’ beers,” said Sam Calagione, founder of the Dogfish Head Brewery in Delaware, as he sat at a restaurant table [...]

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