This week, we begin an annual tradition on The Feed Podcast: our favorite cookbooks show. These are the books we think you should give as gifts for the holidays. Rick and I sat down recently, amid a few thousand cookbooks in the Frontera library, to discuss our favorites (and a few we probably won’t be … Continued
The British cookbook author and TV personality stopped in Chicago on tour for her latest cookbook, Simply Nigella: Feel Good Food. Rick Bayless and I talked to her at length about her philosophy in the kitchen, and why she likes sweetened condensed milk so much.
There are many delicious culinary options available on the menus in Havana. Black beans, rice, plantains, picadillo (a dish made of ground beef, olives and raisins) — you can have them all in Cuba. But I made some of my more surprising food discoveries in paladares — restaurants in people’s homes. They started in the 1990s, when the … Continued
While I was in Barcelona, I filed this report on Spain’s obsession with canned seafood (conserva), ranging from barnacles and baby eels to the more common sardines and anchovies.
Since most Americans will be firing up their grills this weekend, I thought it would be interesting to discover how some other cultures around the world do their grilling. From Japan to Argentina to the Middle East, it seems every country has their own, unique style of cooking over hot coals.
Quebéc has its maple sugar pie. In British Columbia, the Nanaimo Bar rules. But in Ontario, there’s no denying the importance of the humble butter tart. You can debate the merits of raisins or no raisins (with or without pecans), but the simpler, the better, as I found out on a recent trip to Toronto, … Continued
The James Beard Awards are coming to Chicago next week, so Rick and Steve ask Steve Koch, Deputy Mayor for the City of Chicago and Kevin Pang, Cheap Eater columnist at the Chicago Tribune “Where to Eat?” Revolutionary restaurateur and founder of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Richard Melman, is going to be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award … Continued
Rick heads to Bangkok for a taste of Thailand with Jarrett Wrisley of Soul Food Mahanakorn. Then chef Beverly Kim of Parachute in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood joins Rick to tame the Brussels Sprout while reliving their Top Chef experiences. Jill Gubesch, Wine Director at Frontera Grill and Topolobampo explores Lindsey’s drink of choice, red wine. Food 52 founders Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs talk with Rick and Steve about creating a food community online that helps … Continued
This delicious, high-calorie dish should come with a warning label. Consumed in only one Departamento (State) in Colombia, it is favored by coffee plantation workers who need to fuel up for a hardworking day ahead.
On this show, Steve, Rick & Lindsey discuss the cost/benefits of pay-for-reservation services, then Steve reports on Lima’s burgeoning food scene. Rick invites chef Todd Stein to a Blood Orange Challenge, to see if they can come up with some delicious in 15 minutes or less. Steve tries to convince Rick that cynar is great … Continued
After spending eight years working for Daniel Boulud, running not only Cafe Boulud, but much of that division of the company, Gavin Kaysen took on one more challenge: coaching and working with the U.S. team at the Bocuse d’Or in Lyon, France. He succeeded – helping the team garner a Silver – but then he did … Continued