"We did the Iberian peninsula, now it's on to the Italian boot!"
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The story of Spain’s famed Jamón Ibérico is one that rivals most fairy tales. To say this about a cured ham may cause confusion in most, but the romance and mystique behind...
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Cultures across the globe, specifically in Asia and the Mediterranean have been dining on octopus for centuries. And for good reason! It’s simply delicious.
Since its opening, The...
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A few years back, during my travels through the Tuscan countryside, I was invited into the home of this young winemaker and his wife for one of the most simple yet extravagant meals I’ve...
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Every great chef looks to the great chefs who came before them for inspiration. Techniques upon which to build, styles from which to expand and extraordinarily tantalized palettes are all points...
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When you live in a world, like I do, where every day is filled with culinary delights beyond your wildest imagination, you start to lose a grip on the simpler things in life. What? Not every...
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For those who are hosting or pot lucking for the Super Bowl this Sunday our Standard Chefs have shared some great recipes that would make any Sunday, well, super.
LA Treat
Black Eye...
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We’re not sure what the weather is like where you’re at on this quiet December eve, but we’re quiet chilly and decided to rustle up some of Chef Silverman’s tomato soup,...
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It’s a little bit early to bring this to the table (pun TOTALLY intended), but I couldn’t hold in my excitement! The New York Wine & Food Festival is slowly descending upon...
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You, more than anyone, know that I have a few guilty sins. Okay, some of you know I have A LOT of guilty sins, but we don’t really have to share those here right now. Moving...
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When I was a child, let’s say in the 70s just to be vague, I would come down from upstairs in my family’s weekend home outside of Marrakech and peep my head around the corner to see...
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For the past year and a half Chef Dan Silverman has been dazzling the senses with his American Brasserie fare at The Standard Grill, and he doesn’t intend on stopping any time soon....
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Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and besides thanking the universe that you’re friends with moi, I’m sure you have other things for which to be thankful. (I can’t...
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