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Chasing the Dream: Chef Patricia Tracey
(with Salsa Verde)
People call me a chef (even says so here). I’m not a chef. Ted Allen is not a chef (as if his round wood spoons didn’t say as much). Rachael Ray is not a chef. None of us ever said we were. (I have on occasion, claimed to be, but that was just to piss off Michael Symon, who is a chef, or was—now he’s a TV cook, entertainer, and successful restaurateur. I cooked at Sans Souci, a Marriot-owned restaurant, ages ago, but I wouldn’t last an hour on the line today.)
Terms matter. I say this because today’s guest poster, Patricia Tracey, is and remains solely a chef. Not a celeb chef like Symon or Bobby Flay (both of ...
Also posted in chefs, Eggs, Food Adventure, Guest Post, Recipes, sauce Tagged baked eggs, following a dream, kick starter, Mediterranean Salsa Verde, Myriad Gastro Pub, restaurant, san francisco, starting a business, Trish Tracey 13 Comments
On Schmaltz and Digital Publishing
By contractual agreement with Little, Brown, venerable publisher of so many of my favorite authors, I will be UNPUBLISHING The Book of Schmaltz: Love Song to a Forgotten Fat tomorrow morning, so that Little, Brown can roll out the book in hardcover this coming August. So, if you want it for your iPad or iPad mini at the lowest price you'll ever see it, get it now (it's received nothing but critical raves, I'm proud to say, and is being offered at half the price it will go for electronically in August and for one-quarter its hardcover jacket price). If you already own it, don't delete it from your device and ...
Also posted in app, Books, Ethnic Cuisine, Food Writing, Jewish Cuisine, schmaltz Tagged book, Little Brown, preorder, schmaltz, self publishing 14 Comments
Detroit Farming
Also posted in Article, Farming, Food Politics Tagged action, civil eats, community, detroit, health, service, urban gardening Leave a comment
Farm Transparency v. Farm Secrecy

A foie gras farmer feeding her ducks during the brief period of gavage. The ducks at the bottom of the photo showed no signs of illness or discomfort (they were quite merry, actually, if that's possible). Photo by Michael Ruhlman.
Also posted in Article, Business, Butchery, Farming, Food Politics, Food Safety, Rant Tagged agriculture, animal rights, business, cruelty, family farms, farm transparency, food, france, Jedadiah Purdy, NYT, politics 40 Comments

















