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Chef Tue Jan 24 2012

The Kids Grow Up, Move Out; Liquid Nitrogen Arrives

AjzgR8xCEAAob2O.jpgThis picture from the Twitter feed of Next Executive Chef Dave Beran is of the Childhood Menu's Chicken Soup. I'm starting to think that the purpose of this menu (which will be in a cookbook form soon) was to show what a terrible cook your mother was, given that chicken soup at my house was often from a Campbell's can and contained an oily broth with gray chicken chunks and thin noodles.

I digress. Next is on the final servings of the Childhood series (you can find last-minute reservations on their Facebook page, and while ticket sales for their upcoming El Bulli menu will still be released in an unannounced, "Gotcha Retail!" style (before Feb. 8), it promises to be explosive; Beran also posted a picture of a collaboration with Half Acre Beer on a course.

 
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Feature Thu Dec 31 2015

The State of Food Writing

By Brandy Gonsoulin

In 2009, food blogging, social media and Yelp were gaining popularity, and America's revered gastronomic magazine Gourmet shuttered after 68 years in business. Former Cook's Illustrated editor-in-chief Chris Kimball followed with an editorial, stating that "The shuttering of Gourmet reminds...
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