Thanksgiving 2011, Thrillist and chefRob

So the holidays have begun. Family, friends, parties, photographs, high balls and hangovers. Now that we are deep into the season one question always pops up…what to do with the leftovers? If you are wondering how to be creative and at the same time get rid of some of your holiday leftover food take [...]

Chefs Blogs & the State of the Blogosphere 2011

 

It seems like only yesterday I switched over from my old, crusty html site and created my blog. The reasoning behind it was simple…I no longer had to create/update pages in dreamweaver/golive and upload them to the server. The new “free” CMS (content management system) system would take care of all that for [...]

South East Asian Foods – 101 of my Favorites

101 South East Asian/Pacific Islander foods.

 

…can you figure them all out…?

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Raw, uncut vid from the West 14th kitchen.

 

Not too terribly exciting just a oh so normal dinner service on the Palm Jumeirah.

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The 80 bean shot of espresso…

Freshly brewed espresso shot

Have you ever wondered how many coffee beans it takes to make one shot of espresso? Yea, well me neither until that one Saturday morning in the beginning of October.

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Accidental Coffee Art

Have you ever created something when you really were not planning on it? For those of us in the food industry, and for those who make a lot of coffee (cappuccino in this case) it seems that creating something, even when you are not trying to comes with some ease.

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Has “Organic” lost its meaning….

It’s a slow summer day here in Dubai. Summers here are hot and with Ramadan upon us the days are long as no food or drink can be consumed during daylight hours. Idle hands and time makes a chefs mind wander and today it is about the term organic.

Back in 1997 when I was [...]

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