Gwyneth Paltrow (who word has it will appear/sing yet again on Glee tonight), has just come out with a new cookbook. My Father’s Daughter may be part of a trend of celebrities cashing in on America’s food-obsessed culture. Paltrow, Eva Longoria, and Debi Mazar, are just some of the celebrities…
Well, I’ve finally come around to the show; have you? In just a few weeks, the winner of America’s Next Great Restaurant will actually be opening three restaurants. This week’s challenge involved winning over America’s kids. The challenge: creating a kid-friendly entrée and a “promotional item” (toy). When the kids…
If you’re a fan of chef Jamie Oliver, you may have tuned in to ABC’s premiere of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution expecting that same young buck messing around with food to feed his mates and having a jolly good time. No, no, no — Jamie is older now, a father…
Vanishing of the Bees – Trailer from Bee The Change on Vimeo. Honey, if you haven’t heard about the disappearing bees, you are in for a shocker! Vanishing of the Bees is a film currently screening across the country (this Sunday in Palm Beach Gardens) about the massive disappearance of…
“The time has come to let saucy balls go,” says Joey — and so begins another episode of America’s Next Great Restaurant. In a few weeks the show will be over and a new fast, casual restaurant will be open in L.A., Minneapolis, and New York. This week’s episode focused…
If you have never tasted chaat, you are in for a real treat. No, really — chaat refers to any number of Indian savory snacks. Chaats are mixes of so many different types of deliciousness — you could get soft chickpeas with sour tamarind, cool yogurt with spicy chilli powder…
For a few brief moments, last night’s episode of America’s Next Great Restaurant morphed into Project Runway, as contestants created uniforms and then modeled them in a photo shoot. The judges/investors told contestants which item off their menus they would most like to try (sometimes this item was an imaginary…
Recently, the Oxford English Dictionary (widely thought of as the authority on the English language) went through a major update that included many food-related words and phrases. The words were deemed common enough in conversation to be included in the canon. We knew in our gut one day they would…
Only 35 days until “America’s Next Great Restaurant” opens. That’s right, by the end of the televised reality show, three branches of the new chain will actually be open for service. Crazy, right? Especially when you consider how far these contestants still have to go…Last night’s competition involved actually designing…
If you’ve been looking for a job related to food or sustainable agriculture, I’ve got just the site for you. Started by Taylor Cocalis and Dorothy Neagle (two Cornell grads, friends, and ice cream lovers), Good Food Jobs is designed to connect job seekers to meaningful food work. There are…
Last night’s America’s Next Great Restaurant episode put contestants in the restaurant business, literally. As a group, contestants ran one of judge Steve Ells’s Chipotle restaurants. It was a total disaster. The judges watched what was going on in and out of the kitchen on a TV in another room…
If you want to make something authentically Irish this St. Patrick’s Day, try soda bread. It’s so easy and literally mixed in minutes (no kneading!). Try this recipe. Seriously. It comes straight from Ireland’s Ballymaloe Cookery School, which is run by the very Irish Allen family…
Is anyone else still trying to figure out if they should watch America’s Next Great Restaurant? It’s a new NBC show that has contestants pitching their fast-casual restaurant concept to a group of investors. The winning idea then becomes reality — by the end of the show, three actual restaurants…
This weekend is your last chance to visit this year’s Florida Renaissance Festival in Deerfield Beach. There you can practice chess or archery, watch jousts with live horses, listen to live music, witness artisan glass blowing, be shocked by magicians and humored by actors, — and you can eat. But…
Think you can’t grow your own produce if you’re not living out on a farm? Well, maybe you should consider getting a truck. No joke! Truck Farm is a mobile farm where you plant into the bed of a truck. That means you are growing your own produce even if…
Paradise Farms, which supplies produce for some of the area’s best restaurants, is open for brunch. But, while there, you won’t merely be getting a meal…..
Enter the Yummy in My Tummy storefront in Sunrise and you’re sure to find more than just baby food. You may, like I did, find babies rolling on beach balls. It’s baby yoga time! What exactly is going on here?…
Attention, all service-minded young men and women! A new, yearlong public service program is now taking applications. And… it has to do with food. That’s right, FoodCorps is the first national AmeriCorps program using farm-to-school service and school gardens to address some of the nation’s biggest public health problems (childhood…
OK, quick quiz. Sholeh zard is:a) a woman who told 1,001 tales in order to save her life.b) a ground beef or lamb dish made with tomatoes and onions.c) the villain in Disney’s Aladdin.d) a dessert made with rosewater and saffron.One more question — interested in studying up on Persian…
OK, his story starts out simple enough — Jeremy Hanlon was a finance major in college, then landed a Wall Street job after graduating. However, less than a year into his job, Hanlon knew cubicle life wasn’t for him. He ditched it to cook. He went from watching the Food…
Flickr, Blondie5000 Delicious Greek Pastries St. Mark Greek Orthodox Church is hosting its 29th Greek Festival this weekend in Boca Raton. From Thursday – Sunday, you can gorge yourself on authentic Greek food and enjoy traditional Greek dance performances. If you’re curious about Greek Orthodoxy (think the end wedding scene…
