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A Chef’s Primer on Publicists

"at the heart of a good publicist is a sincere passion for food, something a chef can easily identify with"

Ever since the first food professional rose to a height of unwieldy prominence, there has been the need for a professional mediator to manage expectations, soothe wounded egos, and ...
Full Story: A Chef’s Primer on Publicists; starchefs.com

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Chef's News
One Chicago Chef can cook up a storm, even though she's been blind since birth. ...
Full Story: Knives, Fire, Chaos Don't Worry Blind Chef; cbsnews.com

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Cooking News
It's not cuisine, but kitchen crews in low-end restaurants care about the food they churn out ...
Full Story: Who needs a chef when you've got a low-end cook?; guardian.co.uk






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* The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Social Media, Blogs, News Releases, Online Video, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly, 2nd Edition
* 1,000 Places To See Before You Die: Collection 1
* Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision

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Asparagus and Bacon Amuse-Bouche

Rotolino di Asparagi e ...

Amuse-Bouche & Co. - Stuzzichini et Affini

Grilled Asparagus wrapped in Smoked Bacon with a Fresh Herbs Salad.

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Asparagi avvolti in Pancetta affumicata con un'insalatina di Erbe aromatiche.

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Recipe and Styling by: OCK.STYLE
Photo: Lucia Zeccara



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Evolution of the Sweet Tooth and Macarons

Food & Think
~The Evolution of the Sweet Tooth

~There’s a reason sweethearts don’t give each other boxes of radicchio for Valentine’s Day,

and it’s related to the reason we don’t refer to lovers as bitterhearts: humans, like most animals, have a soft spot for things that taste sweet.
How we developed the fondness for sugars, ...
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Sweet News
Parisian Treat Goes Mainstream; McDonald's Recipe Has Provenance ...
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Recipes
Poetry with a crunchy side...
~A Bouquet of Raspberry Mascarpone Macarons; mytartelette.com
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Foods from Russia: Seledka, (Smoked Herring)

~Seledka, (Smoked Herring)~

Between the 'Foods from Russia', Seledka or 'Smoked Herring', it's one of the favorite foods to be consumed with beer. ...

Traditionally consumed on a newspaper, broken by hands and shared.

Seledka is like the Bloater, another type of smoked Herring. The fish are smoked whole, with the innards intact.

Other types of smoked herrings are the Kipper, a whole herring that has been split from tail to head, gutted, salted or pickled, and cold smoked, and the Buckling, a form of hot-smoked herring similar to the Kipper and the Bloater, in this case the head and guts are removed but the roes remain.

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Chefs Stories, Advertising and Celebrity Chefs Guide

~Food and Drink~
The Making of a Celebrity Chef
It took 12 years and a team of experts to launch a new food star.

"Her rise reflects how the once quirky and small-time food entertainment field has morphed into a big business."

On a Saturday morning in January, a cooking show debuted on the Food Network featuring a pretty newcomer named Marcela Valladolid. ...
Full Story: The Making of a Celebrity Chef; wsj.com

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Advertising
FOR the upfront season of advance television advertising sales, Scripps Networks has something new to share with clients: ...
Full Story: Another Cable Helping for Food Lovers; nytimes.com

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Celebrities
The BBC has just announced that the model Sophie Dahl is to present a new series of cookery shows in the spring. Which makes you wonder: where will they find the space for the programme? ...
Full Story: A celebrity chef guide to the baking of modern Britain Telegraph.co.uk

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Chef Stories
THOMAS KELLER cooked his father’s last meal. ...
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Chocolate and Wellness and Chocolate and ...

~ Health and Wellbeing ~
Are chocolate's supposed health benefits simply too good to be true?

"Every now and then, stories surface about chocolate being good for you in one way or another."

Researchers say that regularly eating a small amount of chocolate might reduce your risk of having a stroke. It's an attractive theory. But is it too good to be true? ...
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Cacao Character
No one who loves chocolate needs to be told that it is experiencing a golden age. ...
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Choco News
If the healthful benefits of broccoli could be distilled into a pill, veggie haters worldwide would rejoice. But ...
Full Story: Passion for chocolate fuels effort to make it more tasty and healthful; seattletimes.nwsource.com

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Wellness
While some of the staples of eating healthy are pretty easy to remember—eating balanced meals that include veggies, protein and starch, and ...
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Superfoods
It's tough to find a true substitute for dark chocolate, ...
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Cocktail and Chocolate
This Sunday, look to the Highlands instead of the vineyard, and try a cocktail with chocolate bitters. ...
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On Wine Tasting and a Good-Cook Checklist

~Wines of The Times~
Taking Time to Explore Bordeaux’s Other Side

“It’s too easy to dismiss Bordeaux,” he said. “For cabernet and merlot, Bordeaux is still the most interesting place in the world.”

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Learning about wine the easy way
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Drinking Out Loud
What Makes a Wine “Classic”?
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Killer Wine App
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Cooking Tips
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