Saturday, December 30, 2006

CPN - CHIC Podcast #53

Chic Podcast #53: The Music

This week we take a break from the norm by playing some of my favorite "podsafe" music. I've got some female vocals, power pop, piano jazzy stuff and even some pretty rockin' songs. Check it out. We'll be back to the regular podcasts next week, January 6th. Thanks for listening! Have a great new year.

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Friday, December 29, 2006

CPN - Hungry Magazine #28

Hungry Magazine #28: Spice Queen

Madhur Jaffrey, an actress, a writer, and a cook, is a true Renaissance woman. Born in Delhi, India, she moved to the UK to study acting. While there, she pined for an authentic home cooked Indian meal. While growing up she never really cooked, so she wrote her mother asking for cooking advice and recipes. The letters they exhanged launched the ship that now constitutes hundreds of articles, many critically acclaimed cookbooks, and a few cooking shows. Jaffrey has a new memoir out called Climbing the Mango Trees, about her childhood in India. It’s a rich and vivid romp of the senses and last week while she was in Chicago we caught up via a phonecall.


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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

CPN - ReMARKable Palate Podcast #71

ReMARKable Palate #71: CityMeals on Wheels and Chicken and Grapes

Jennifer and I speak once again with Gael Greene, founder of CityMeals on Wheels, on the occasion of the organization serving its 34 millionth meal to homebound elderly New Yorkers. Consider making a donation to citymeals.org this holiday season to help in the effort.

And I go into the kitchen to show you how to make an easy weeknight meal of Chicken and Grapes (yes, grapes!)

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Sunday, December 24, 2006

CPN - All You Can Eat #26

All You Can Eat #26: Cookbooks, Christmas and Ricardo

I report from Rome with my Christmas cookbook suggestions, holiday food traditions of my classmates at Slow Food U, and welcome French Canadian cooking whiz Ricardo Larrivee into my kitchen.

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Saturday, December 23, 2006

CPN - CHIC Podcast #52

CHIC Podcast #52: Chefs John and Tom talk about the Ritz-Carlton Chicago

Chef John Montanile and myself used to work at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago many years ago. We reminisce about our life and times at the Ritz. We tell some stories and have some advice to young people joining the ranks of professional cooks.

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Friday, December 22, 2006

A Hearty Welcome to A Guy, A Girl, and a Bottle!

A Guy A Girl and a Bottle

We'd like to welcome Joe and Pam Carpenter to the CPN family. They have been doing A Guy, A Girl, and a Bottle for more than a year, putting out some great shows about wine and spirits from the Silicon Valley. Their proximity to Napa brings them close to some great wine producers, and they occasionally enjoy more than a bottle on their podcast, such as their latest show (see below), which is an exploration of chocolate along with their daughter Madison!

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CPN - A Guy A Girl and a Bottle #36

A Guy A Girl and a Bottle #36:

In today’s podcast we deviate from wine once again, and visited Ariella Toeman at Cocoa Designs. Actually, the pairing of wine and chocolate has been a constant favorite of many, although some claim that not all chocolate pairs well with wine, but in our opinion just like our attitude towards wine, if you like it then go ahead and do it anyway.

Ariella was born in Brazil, raised in Montreal, and is a professional pastry chef who has worked in France, New York, and her former hometown of Montreal. It wasn’t until she met her husband and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where she came up with the idea for Cocoa Designs. Her first product, Cocoa Nuts, just like all her other products are all hand made in her one woman commercial kitchen in Burlingame, CA. These little hand made addictive nuts are praline almonds dipped in Venezuelan chocolate covered in cocoa powder and spices.


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Thursday, December 21, 2006

CPN - Hungry Magazine #27

Hungry Magazine #27: A Rhapsodic Return

Steve Chiappetti made his bones at Mango, Grapes, and Rhapsody. He was really one of Chicago’s first celebrity chefs. In 2000, he closed all of his restaurants and took some time off to raise his kids, pursue photography, work on a book, and start a bakery with his wife. He returned in 2003 with Café Le Coq in Oak Park, where his sweetbreads in a vanilla and Moroccan BBQ sauce were one of my favorite dishes in 2003. Now, Chiappetti’s breathing new life into Viand (155 E. Ontario St., Chicago, IL; 312-255-8505), an American bistro that he’s patterning after Mango. In this podcast we touch on life before and after the break, what it’s like to cook for movie stars and their dogs, and the famous Chicago based family business, Chiappetti Veal and Lamb.


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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

CPN - ReMARKable Palate Podcast #70

#70: Food and Wine Pairing at Pour

I visit the new wine shop Pour on Manhattan's Upper West Side and speak with owner H. Tres Meyer and Beverage Director Jerri Banks about their novel approach to selling wine for food pairing.

Be sure to check out Food Philosophy #34 for Jennifer and my interview with husband and wife team Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page, who were at Pour signing copies of their book What To Drink With What You Eat. It was the perfect setting for focusing on stripping away the pretense and the enigmas of food and wine pairing.

Pour: 321 Amsterdam Ave. @ 75th St., NYC 212-501-POUR www.pourwines.com

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CPN - Food Philosophy #34

Food Philosophy #34: Pairing Wine with Food

At last, the heady realm of food and wine pairing is demystified for the hungry (and thirsty) layman. Mark and I chat with Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page about their new book, What to Drink with What You Eat, and discover their philosophy about a sensual approach to it all (yes, I'm giddy).

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Music: Beau Hall (www.beaurocks.com)

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Saturday, December 16, 2006

CPN - CHIC Podcast #51

CHIC Podcast #51: Chefs to Go!

How often do you eat out of the home? How often is it just for sustenance and not for pleasure? Chef John Fuente and I talk about meal replacement and how it affects what we do cook for ourselves.

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Thursday, December 14, 2006

CPN - All You Can Eat #25

All You Can Eat #25: Christmas Kitchen Gadget Gift Suggestions

You can see photos of and links to some of the kitchen gadgets I talk about in this episode at www.dongenova.com. This is my first podcast recorded in Colorno, Italy, where I am living for the next year. To find out why, listen to the show!


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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

CPN - ReMARKable Palate #69

ReMARKable Palate #69: Chef Francis Paniego

It's back to Spain this week. I bring you into the dining room with me as we enjoy a tasting menu at El Portal de Echaurren, in the small Rioja town of Ezcaray. Chef Francis Paniego sits with us and explains his food philosophy (actually, he claims he doesn't have one, but I got it out of him!).

We then go on a Tapas crawl in the Calle Laurel section of Longroño, enjoying the many small dishes and probably a few too many glasses of inexpensive, quality Rioja wine.

If you need cooking help this holiday season, we’ve made special arrangements with our friends at Chefs Line so you can get 30 free minutes of consultation with a live chef through January 1st, 2007.

ChefsLine: 800-977-1224 enter code 986445#
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ChefsLine memberships are also available in the Gilded Fork Boutique, and make a perfect holiday gift! (https://shop.gildedfork.com)

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Monday, December 11, 2006

CPN - Food Philosophy #33

Food Philosophy #33: Tasting Wine with the Senses

You’ve probably tasted wine with your tongue, but have you ever engaged all of your senses in the process? How about your retronasal passage?

Explore along with me as I learn how to approach wine more sensually – and how the mind can trick us along the way. Rosina Tinari Wilson is back with a lesson in tasting, which happened during an impromptu gathering in the tasting room at Fontanafredda Winery in Piemonte. (www.fontanafredda.it)

We’ve also got lots of wine advice for the holidays at the Gilded Fork, including wines for under $10, food and wine pairings and a complete cocktail party how-to. ‘Tis the season, people! (www.gildedfork.com)

If you find yourself in a bind, you can also call our friends at ChefsLine, the live cooking hotline, for advice and comfort. Chef Mark might even pick up the phone! We’ve made special arrangements for Food Philosophy listeners, so you can get 30 free minutes of consultation with a live chef through January 1st, 2007.

ChefsLine: 800-977-1224 enter code 986445#
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ChefsLine memberships are also available in the Gilded Fork Boutique, and make a perfect holiday gift! (https://shop.gildedfork.com)

Music: Beau Hall (www.beaurocks.com)

Food Philosophy is a production of The Gilded Fork (www.gildedfork.com).

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Saturday, December 09, 2006

CPN - CHIC Podcast #50

CHIC Podcast #50: Fortified Wines

Wines are great to drink with or without food but today we talk about the wines that are just a little stronger than standard wines. Chef John Fuente and John Laloganes talk with me about Ports, Sherrys and many other fortified wines were discussed.

Be sure to go to chicpodcast.podshow.com for the show. I'll have the old shows up soon on Podshow so be patient, I'll get there. Check back often!


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Friday, December 08, 2006

CPN - Hungry Magazine #26

Hungry Magazine #26: A Singular Gastronomy

Great chefs don’t bow to economic pressure and buy substandard product, poorly sauce plates, or overcook protein when the weeds are high. They adhere to their principles and an idea of quality no matter the consequence. Great chefs work clean, treat the mincing of rosemary, the segmenting of citrus, and the sweeping of the floor with the same importance as writing a menu and inventing a new dish. Great chefs are always in the moment. Great chefs strive to do each day better than the one before. Grant Achatz is one of those chefs. Achatz’s restaurant Alinea was recently named the #1 restaurant in America by Gourmet magazine for many of the reasons outlined above. In this podcast Achatz talks about what it means to be committed to a vision of constant evolution, perfecting something, throwing it away, and starting again. We also talk about customer expectations, why molecular gastronomy isn’t a meaningful label, how family meal or “comida” is different for the Alinea staff, and of course the most important question, what is Achatz favorite Potbelly sandwich?


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Wednesday, December 06, 2006

CPN - ReMARKable Palate Podcast #68

ReMARKable Palate #68: Kitchencasting!

I take you into the kitchen this week and show you how to prepare an easy Argentinian-inspired weeknight meal: Dry-rubbed Flank Steak with Chimichurri Sauce, and a side of Balsamic Roasted Green Beans with Red Onions.

Dry Rub:
1 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp ground coriander seeds
1 tsp coarse ground black pepper
1 tsp paprika

Pat the flank steak dry. Stir together salt, cumin, coriander, pepper, and paprika, and rub on both sides of the meat. Broil steak on a hot broiler about 4 inches from the heat, turning once. 10-12 minutes total for medium rare. Transfer to a cutting board and let stand, loosely covered with foil, for 5 minutes. Holding a knife at a 45 degree angle, thinly slice steak against grain.

Chimichurri:
1 large garlic clove
1 bunch cilantro
1 bunch parsley
1/4 cup vinegar
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp kosher salt

With motor running, add garlic to food processor and finely chop. Add cilantro, parsley, vinegar, oil, cayenne and salt and pulse until herbs are finely chopped. Serve steak with chimichurri sauce.

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Monday, December 04, 2006

CPN - Food Philosophy #32

Food Philosophy #32: The Stress-Free Holiday Host

If you want to avoid a feeling of overwhelm this holiday season, consider some of our hosting tips for remaining calm and collected -- and that means cocktail parties, people! Mark and I discuss the ins and outs of hosting a fun evening without panic, as well as the protocol for hostess gift giving and receiving.

Listen for our final Golden Ticket Moment!

Folgers Gourmet Selections Flavor: Vanilla Biscotti
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Featured Recipe: Vanilla Cafe Cocktail

Listener Comment: Foie Gras Ban

Music: Beau Hall (www.beaurocks.com)

Food Philosophy is a production of The Gilded Fork (www.gildedfork.com).

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Saturday, December 02, 2006

CPN - CHIC Podcast #49

CHIC Podcast #49: What a Nutritionist Eats

Our nutritionist, Pat Plavcan talks about what excites her in food. She talks about what she serves her family and some of her guilty pleasures.


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