I got an email right after Christmas from my friend CC Chapman, a social media guru you really need to be following if you’re at all interested in the New Media space. If you read my Remarkably Mark blog, you will remember a VIDEO I posted tasting Magnolia Cupcakes with CC. He had a [...]

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I’m very honored that ReMARKable Palate has been nominated for a Podcast People’s Choice Award for the second year in a row!
Over 281,000 individuals nominated a total of 1,874 podcasts for 22 categories in the 2008 People’s Choice Podcast Awards! Out of those nominated, only 10 podcasts for each category make it to the actual [...]

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Spending a weekend morning at a local farmer’s market is a visit I always look forward to. It’s not just a chore to buy the week’s groceries, but it’s an ongoing learning experience and social connection with farmers, food vendors, avid cooks, and neighborhood families. Each week always brings some element of surprise, whether it’s [...]

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The USPCA would like to congratulate all of our Excellence in Business Award winners for all of their hard work and dedication to their business and to the personal chef industry. We would also like to thank the chefs that gave back to their local communities and helped their fellow personal chefs.
The 2008 Excellence in [...]

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We’ve already told you the many reasons to hire a personal chef and cooking lessons is one of these reasons. Interactive cooking classes have been growing in popularity. Hosting a hands-on cooking class as entertainment in your own home is a “good thing” for a bridal party according to Martha Stewart and [...]

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Dinner Dilemmas Solved by a Personal Chef

When I lived in Southern California as an analyst, I worked long days that started before the opening bell of the New York stock exchange (which translates into 6 a.m.). At the end of the day, as I stepped into my apartment door, the last thing I wanted to [...]

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Considered by many to be the “Oscars” of the food industry, the James Beard Awards were announced last night in a ceremony held at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall:
OUTSTANDING RESTAURATEUR
Joe Bastianich/Mario Batali
Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca, NYC
OUTSTANDING CHEF
Grant Achatz
Alinea, Chicago
OUTSTANDING RESTAURANT
Gramercy Tavern, NYC
Owner: Danny Meyer

BEST NEW RESTAURANT
Central Michel Richard, Washington, DC
Chef/Owner: Michel Richard
RISING STAR CHEF OF [...]

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Welcome June! Here’s to great weather and lots of time spent with family around the barbecue grill! Throw a steak on the grill to celebrate National Beef Steak Month. Or get creative and dream up the ultimate burger with a chance to win $50,000 in the “Build a Better Burger with Sutter Home” contest http://www.buildabetterburger.com/ [...]

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NY Metro Chapter member Mark Tafoya is on the cover of the latest Personal Chef Magazine. It’s the main magazine for our industry, and Chef Mark is honored to have been chosen for it. The article tells the story and the circuitous way he came into being a personal chef.
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My brother-in-law just built his dream house 2,000 feet up the side of a mountain in North Carolina. By extension, my sister-in-law just built her dream kitchen. It’s a lovely open design, oak cabinets, sage green walls, brand new stainless appliances. The view across the kitchen sink is of a valley with the French Broad [...]

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Ah, April. It is the first full month of Spring, so naturally we are very happy to be released from winter’s icy grasp; yet we are warned to expect “April Showers” (clearly “May Flowers” had a better PR agent); of course there is April Fool’s Day and everyone knows April 15th is income tax day…..Ah, [...]

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Spring is here! What does that mean for me? Clean up all those empty planting containers from the garage that have laid dormant during the winter and start planting my favorite cooking herbs.

I can think of 2 happy memories that hooked me to use herbs. The first was when my husband and I [...]

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Vegetarian options are getting a little more attention this Easter thanks to main course dishes such as Mushroom lasagna bolognese. The dish includes a flavorful combination of porcini, portobello, shiitake and cremini mushrooms. Side options include Smoky Roman beans and Chipotle-infused greens. The Washington Post (3/19)

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March is a great for foodies. This year we celebrate Easter, National Frozen Food Month; the federal government designated the second week of March as National School Breakfast Week. There are “extremist” groups as well, promoting the evils of caffeine during National Caffeine Awareness Month® (those of you who can’t function without your morning cup [...]

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In America, Corned Beef and Cabbage is a St. Patrick’s Day tradition even if you are Irish only on March 17th Ever wonder why it is called Corned Beef? Well, corning is a form of curing and it has nothing to do with corn. The name comes from Anglo-Saxon times before refrigeration. In those [...]

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In the chilly fall it’s a nice treat to ‘warm up the house’ by having the oven on all day roasting a big turkey, baking pies and bubbly side dishes, but that’s not the case for spring. Easter Sunday is often a lovely, mild spring day that makes you want to open all the windows [...]

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It’s Leap Year, time for the calendar that mankind created to catch up with “real time”; for that we need an extra day once every four years.
Seriously, who makes up this stuff? Only ONE extra day every four years???? Lord knows I could certainly use an extra day a little more often. In the corporate [...]

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In the spirit of the Leap year, which you can read all about from Glenn Burgess’ post HERE, a New York Restaurant with a Leap Day Birthday is having a celebration of it’s own:
Tiny New York Meatpacking District restaurant Jarnac will turn 8-years-old but celebrate just its 2nd birthday on the coming leap-year day of [...]

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NY Metro USPCA Personal Chefs receive recognition from troops abroad for their donations of spices and other culinary tools to help chefs working in Afghanistan prepare better tasting meals for military personnel stationed there.
(PRWEB) February 14, 2008 — The New York Metro Chapter of the United States Personal Chef Association (USPCA) is proud to announce [...]

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