Today, Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine celebrates its one year birthday! It has been quite a year since August 15, 2013. Soul Food got off to a great start by selling out its first printing . . . before it was officially published! It’s been fortunate to be on its third printing at […]
Southern Mafia Lunch at Butter (Part Two)
Yes, you thought it might be over but the fantastic food kept a coming! Some spring peas in their pods, first-of-the-season softshell crab, and a wild mushroom tortellini. THEN, some asparagus, an AMAZING halibut porterhouse and some macaroon cookies for dessert. At the end, I did get a shot with Chef Alex Guarnaschelli before […]
The Southern Mafia Lunch at Butter ( Part One)
One of my biggest scores for the James Beard Awards weekend was an invite to the “Southern Mafia” lunch. It’s a great time for some folks to gather and support the Southern Foodways Alliance. The meal was hosted by Chef Alex Guarnaschelli at her Manhattan restaurant Butter. It’s cool how the restaurant is underground with […]
2014 James Beard Foundation Award Recap–“Soul Food” Wins!
You may not know that there are two James Beard Foundation Award ceremonies–one for those who talk about, televise and write about food and the more well-known other for the chefs and the restaurants. I arrived at the Gotham Hotel in New York City on May 2nd (with Andrew Zimmern right behind me) and saw this: […]