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: 0 Comments; 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...}

Georges Perrier Turns in Le Bec-Fin’s Five Stars, Says It’s Time to Relax

Celebrity Chefs, Georges Perrier, Star Restaurants: 0 Comments; 07 Apr 2008 In Philadelphia, both chef Georges Perrier and his restaurant Le Bec-Fin are culinary legends. And although the City of Brotherly Love has a tendency to get short-shrifted in the culinary world at large, Perrier is still a celebrity chef and his restaurant renown. After all, even today -- well, as of last week -- the restaurant was only one of 17 in the country to have a Mobile Five Star rating. And it's held those five stars for a record 26 years. That's right, if folks think of some well-known chefs as being "getting up there in ... {More...}