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At @babboristorante with restaurant man himself, @jbastianich, and my #masterchef mom, contestant coordinator @perrytyler. #blog #twt #cha #fan via Instagram http://instagram.com/p/ZqR8bUiXin/
Just wrapped the satellite media tour with @jbastianich. Tune in tonight to the #masterchef season 4 premiere at 8 PM ET/PT on FOX. #twt #cha #fan #blog
Just wrapped the satellite media tour with @jbastianich. Tune in tonight to the #masterchef season 4 premiere at 8 PM ET/PT on FOX. #twt #cha #fan #blog via Instagram http://instagram.com/p/Znxz4ziXoz/
With @jbastianich on @huffpostlive discussing #masterchef.
With @jbastianich on @huffpostlive discussing #masterchef. See the segment at http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/masterchef-fox/5196486802a760470f0004c1. #blog #twt #cha #fan via Instagram http://instagram.com/p/ZmhPL8CXmK/
Catch @jennaushkowitz and me today on @bettertvshow.
Catch @jennaushkowitz and me today on @bettertvshow. For local listings, go to http://better.tv/m/home. #fan #cha #blog #twt via Instagram http://instagram.com/p/Zk7ycGiXk7/
Watch me today on @rachaelrayshow promoting my cookbook!
Watch me today on @rachaelrayshow promoting my cookbook! For local listings, go to http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/. #twt #blog #fan #cha via Instagram http://instagram.com/p/Zk4xJzCXiB/
Out of all the press I do, being on @TellMeMoreNPR Is always a highlight
Out of all the press I do, being on @TellMeMoreNPR Is always a highlight. Catch the show here if you missed it: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=185534668. #nprnerd #twt #blog #fan #cha via Instagram http://instagram.com/p/ZjBI8-iXtp/
taking a bite out of the big apple (v1.4): eleven madison park
Finally. My long awaited post wrapping up my September trip to NYC. The ridiculous thing is I’ve been back to NYC since, so there will be a future post on my subsequent NYC trip. All this traveling is bogging me down.
It’s funny what they say about being careful what you wish for. Travel has always been something at the top of my list of favorite things to do in life. But lately, I’ve been traveling so much that all I really want nowadays is to read and sleep in my own bed.
Anyway, enough of my ramblings. Let’s talk about my first 3-Michelin star experience ever. I got us (and by “us,” I mean myself, my cousin Pauline, and Frank from the show) reservations at Eleven Madison Park. A couple of people who work at Pauline’s Manhattan firm had highly recommended 11 Mad, so we decided to pop all three of our 3-Michelin cherries together in one big hoopla of a meal.
happy thanksgiving: a montage of my korea trip
I recently went to Japan and Korea for a much needed vacation away from my laptop and cell phone (though I ended up working throughout the vacation anyway–gotta get that much anticipated cookbook written!). I regret not doing crazier things in Japan worth capturing on video, but I made up for it in Korea. I ate so much food overseas that a friend’s mom rubbed my belly and exclaimed something in Japanese that alluded to my being pregnant. The thing is, I’m not pregnant! She’d just fed me a delicious dinner of shabu shabu, so if anything, I was pregnant with her shabu shabu baby! It didn’t matter that I was drinking beer over dinner…sigh. Time to lose the pot belly. It is no longer cute.
Anyway, here is a video of our time in Seoul, Korea. I try live octopus and do the Gangnam-style dance in the actual Gangnam district. I was quite embarrassed doing it because: (1) it was in public at a subway stop, and (2) I hadn’t had any shots of soju. But I did it for the fans since it got a laugh from so many of you. Enjoy the video, and happy Thanksgiving to all.
last meals
I just returned from a much needed vacation to Japan and Korea to find myself in the throes of cookbook writing. Actually, these aforementioned throes were happening even while I was away on vacation. I was waking up early and staying up late to work on recipes, recipes, recipes. And now that I’m back home, I am even more deeply immersed in the recipe creating and writing. I’m telling you all this because it’s my legitimate excuse for not having posted a worthwhile entry in a while.
I am taking a mini-break from writing some head notes, tip boxes, and side bars (I didn’t even know what the hell these were until I embarked on this cookbook journey) to write a quick post so you, dear loyal reader, wouldn’t think I’ve forgotten about you. I have a glass of $3 Trader Joe’s shiraz at arm’s reach as creative lube; this glass of wine is also my dinner tonight so please excuse my nonsense ranting here as obviously, the wine has gone to my head.
taking a bite out of the big apple (v1.3): momofuku ssam bar
Okay, so I lied. I said I’d cover both Momofuku Ssam Bar and Eleven Madison Park in this entry. But the fact is I just discovered I have no photos from my evening at Eleven Mad, so I am awaiting my dinner companions to send theirs over. This means I won’t get to the Eleven Mad dinner till next post. But it’s all good because I have plenty to say about Ssam Bar.
Momofuku Ssam Bar is the closest thing to a gastropub of Chef David Chang’s family of Momofuku restaurants. (Ssam is in reference to the Korean term for “wrap” and indicates dishes in the Korean cuisine that involve wrapping some meat and pickled veggies in a lettuce leaf and dipping in condiments of sesame oil, salt, and pepper or soy sauce before enjoying.) We went on the Sunday night of Labor Day weekend and was told there would be close to a two-hour wait. Fortunately, like Ippudo, the hostess is willing to take down a number and text when the table was ready. That’s when we made our way over to our usual waiting spot at Sake Bar Decibel.
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