It’s Chef’s Week on Martha Stewart

Eric Ripert, Jamie Oliver, Johnny Iuzzini, Lidia Bastianich, Martha Stewart, TV Food Shows
20 Jul 2008 It's time for another big Martha Stewart cooking week block! Remember as The Martha Stewart Show is syndicated, the channel and times vary by location. (You can find your time and channel at the handy Martha finder here, btw.) And if you miss one and forgot to TIVO it, each show is repeated the successive evening on the Fine Living channel at 8pm Eastern. Listings below are for the original first syndicated air dates (so for FL it's the next day). Monday: New Orleans restaurateurs Ti Adelaide Martin and Lally Brennan prepare two cocktails, sazerac and sidecar; chef ... {More...}

Philadelphia’s Chefs, Food, Finally Getting the Attention They Merit

Bobby Flay, Eric Ripert, Feature, Georges Perrier, Masaharu Morimoto, Michael Mina, Star Restaurants, Wolfgang Puck
08 Apr 2008 ©2008 Harry Kenney I've been working on this article for a week or so now. Funny thing, it started out as talking about two cities, Philadelphia in the US and Vancouver in Canada. Why? Because to me both are excellent food cities and yet both have not gotten the respect they deserve from the culinary world. So while different, they have much in common; additionally, I didn't think I'd have enough to write on each city by themselves (again, why is that? From being ignored or underplayed in the food press.) I'm a Philadelphian myself and ... {More...}

Second Chance: Three French Chefs on ‘Martha Stewart Show’ Tonight

Celebrity Chefs, Daniel Boulud, Eric Ripert, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Martha Stewart, News, TV Food Shows
31 Mar 2008 If you missed the network, early-edition of The Martha Stewart Show on Friday, you missed a good one. However, you can still catch it tonight when it's re-rerun on the Fine Living cable channel at 8 pm Eastern. From the show's website: 'The French Chef Show' If you love French food, Martha has the show for you! Join us for an hour full of mouthwatering meals prepared by three of New York's top French chefs. First, the talented Eric Ripert of New York City's internationally acclaimed Le Bernardin restaurant returns with a recipe for braised halibut and peas a la ... {More...}

Perfect Pairings of Food and Wine

Eric Ripert, Feature, Tom Colicchio
22 Mar 2008 So many good food and wine articles out there waiting to be discovered. One recent delight was Pascale LeDraoulec's article in Forbes called Ten Perfect Food & Wine Pairings. In it he talks to such culinary luminaries as Eric Ripert, Tom Colicchio, David Kinch, Nobu Fakuda, Michelle Bernstein, and Josh Emett among others about those perfect pairings. "Food and wine pairing has finally hit the tipping point, in that it is now expected at fine-dining restaurants, and increasingly at any self-respecting restaurant," says Karen Page, author (with Andrew Dornenburg) of "What To Drink with What You Eat". Among the pairing ... {More...}