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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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