Have you ever heard of the firehouse chef, Joseph Bonnano? He’s published several cookbooks, has a degree in culinary arts, and yes, was a practicing firefighter for most of his life. His site offers many free recipes and even a fitness and nutrition video.
Bet he does a great grilled porkchop.
Originally posted on May 28, 2008 @ 9:56 pm
Fans of celebrity chefs should get a copy of The Soul of a Chef by Ruhlman.
The book looks at a chef’s struggle for perfection, from an insider’s look at the Certified Master Chef exam at the Culinary Institute of America, to a play-by-play description of their kitchen dramas.
Originally posted on April 16, 2008 @ 9:05 pm
Wylie Dufresne is known in the culinary world for his unique approach to cooking (“molecular gastronomy”) that combinies the science and art of making a perfect meal. Fascinating factoid: he was actually a philosophy major!
He recently guested on Top Chef, and granted an excellent one on one interview with his comments on each Top Chef contestant.
Originally posted on March 23, 2008 @ 11:09 pm
The culinary world is still reeling from the news that Dinner: Impossible host Robert Irvine had lied in his resume. Food Network has fired him. End of story, right?
We wish. This is the second time in a year that the station has discovered that its talents were “spicing” up their resume. In 2007 Josh Garcia was also discovered to have lied — this time about a military deployment to Afghanistan.
Don’t these people check their applicants’ work history?
Originally posted on March 5, 2008 @ 12:51 am
The Perfectionist: Life and Death in Haute Cuisine tackles a well-known case of a three-star French chef commiting suicide in 2003, just after finishing the daily lunch service.
This elegy to Bernard Loiseau of La Cote d’Or was capably written by food journalist Chelminski. It chronicles Loiseau’s total lack of social skills, his bipolar personality, and his obsession with the Michelin Red Guide. It also talks about the intense competition and politics in the culinary world.
Originally posted on February 27, 2008 @ 4:50 am
