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Have an Oscars Panini Party
Have an Oscars Panini Party
The Oscars are always the biggest event of the year for my catering team and me. In little more than an hour and a half at the Governors Ball that follows the 82nd annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood this Sunday, March 7, we'll serve about 1,600 hungry movie stars and other film industry people.
 
A Winter Olympics Gold Medal Pizza Party
A Winter Olympics Gold Medal Pizza Party
I love winter sports, especially skiing. So you can be sure that, like so many millions of people around the world, I'll be glued to my television during these last few days of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
 
Pears in Season
Pears in Season
During spring and summer, everybody sings the praises of sweet, juicy seasonal berries and stone fruit. In fact, that produce gets so much attention that it almost comes as a surprise to realize that winter, too, has its signature fruit.
 
Here's to a Healthy, Happy, and Romantic Chinese New Year!
Here's to a Healthy, Happy, and Romantic Chinese New Year!
Happy Year of the Tiger! I've enthusiastically celebrated Chinese New Year every year since 1988. That was when I opened my first Chinois restaurant in L.A.'s Venice Beach neighborhood, specializing in a contemporary fine-dining take on Chinese cuisine.
 
Plan a Great Dessert for Your Valentine
Plan a Great Dessert for Your Valentine
Where romance is concerned, it's never too early to start thinking about food to go with it. That's why I'd like to give you a head start on your plans for a Valentine's Day treat.
 
A Taste of Springtime in Winter
A Taste of Springtime in Winter
Whatever happened to warm spinach salads? When I was heading the kitchen at Ma Maison in the early 1980s, before I opened my first Spago, spinach salad was one of the most popular dishes on menus everywhere. We made it in the preferred style, tableside, preparing a warm vinaigrette with crispy bacon pieces and their drippings, then tossing the salad moments before serving so the fresh spinach leaves would retain an edge of crispness while also wilting slightly.
 
Easy Indoor Grilling
Easy Indoor Grilling
I feel lucky to live in a part of the country where the weather makes it possible to grill outdoors almost year round if you want to. But I also know that many diehard lovers of grilling won't let a little sub-freezing weather keep them from their favorite cooking method. They'll put on several layers of clothing, heavy gloves, and hats with earflaps just so they can enjoy grilled food.
 
Rice Cookers and Beyond
Rice Cookers and Beyond
For decades now, we food lovers in the Western world have been learning more and more from Japanese cuisine. For years, we've loved teriyaki and sukiyaki. In more recent years, we learned to enjoy raw fish in sushi and sashimi.
 
 
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A Winter Olympics Gold Medal Pizza Party
Pears in Season
Here's to a Healthy, Happy, and Romantic Chinese New Year!
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Cooking Tips
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Food Poll
The school holidays start next week? What would you do?

Have fun with your kids in the kitchen
Don’t want the kids to mess the kitchen
Send them for baking /cooking classes
Don’t bother because they won’t be interested
Never thought about it