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Star Bytes: Tom Colicchio

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Kelly Senyei

Photo by Bill Betencourt

Tom Colicchio has become a mainstay on the worldwide culinary scene as a talented chef, successful restaurateur of Craft and Colicchio & Sons fame, and judge on BRAVO’s Top Chef, a position he’s held since the show’s launch in 2006. Colicchio spoke to Gourmet Live about the his guilty food favorites, the best locations for international cuisine and his favorite dish to cook.

I enjoy making chicken soup. The way I make it is you take a whole chicken and put it in the water just with salt and pepper. You bring that to a simmer, skim it and then add carrots, celery, onion, leeks and parsnips. Then I finish it with tiny little pasta shells, Parmesan cheese and olive oil. The pasta shells hold the soup and they just work so well with it.

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APP EXCLUSIVE: The Architecture of Food

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Kelly Senyei
The below feature appears in the current release of Gourmet Live and was written by Alexandra Lange with photos by Brian Leatart. Download the free Gourmet Live app to get this story and more.

Every year, like the changing of the seasons, someone in my neighborhood parents’ Yahoo! group decides to take on the ice cream truck. It idles by the playground, polluting the air. It sells sugary treats. It’s like baby crack.

This year, one mother went so far as to post the ingredients in Mr. Softee ice cream, including the dreaded corn syrup, mono- and diglycerides, and guar gum. “Not trying to start anything here, but thought I’d post should you want to know what’s in the Mr. Softee ice cream your kids are eating,” she wrote, signing off, “respectfully.”

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Week Six on Gourmet Live

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Kelly Senyei

Update number six of the world’s newest food experience is now live. In the latest release we cover everything from the street foods of New York to the impact of architecture and design on nutrition. Get the latest dish from Top Chef head judge Tom Colicchio and find inspiration for smallspace cooking and healthy eating for busy urban dwellers. Find all of these stories plus recipes, tips and tricks in the latest release of Gourmet Live.

Download the free Gourmet Live app and stay tuned to the blog for the latest updates as we continue to welcome your feedback in evolving Gourmet Live.

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Thanks for your Patience – Gourmet Live 1.05 is Served

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Juliana Stock

Once again, we are so appreciative of the incredibly diligent, attentive and committed audience we have. We know you have stayed with us—on the blog, on the app and in spirit—through some technical challenges that have made it difficult for you to fully experience Gourmet Live the way it is meant to be, and you must know that this has kept us up nights. Literally. But today we are thrilled to say we have an update ready for you to download (or accept) in the App Store that addresses this and a few other comments we heard from you.

First and foremost, we addressed and fixed the crashing issue when earning Rewards, so get earning and fill up your Library! Next, for those who need to re-log in, we addressed Lost Rewards in the Library and made Updates to history and reward tracking more accurate for this purpose. We also took your feedback into consideration on Social sign-in, and decoupled it from viewing Rewards. There are a few other little things we did with formatting and such, and as you read, our development team is working on the next update to Gourmet Live, which we hope to release shortly.

As we hope you continue to see, your thoughts and feedback influence Gourmet Lives’ evolution. Download or update Gourmet Live now in the App Store, and again thank you for being part of our community and our evolution. Stay tuned for more updates and keep the comments coming.

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Artist’s Cookbook: Alex Katz

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Kelly Senyei

Photo by David Needleman

That sense of a spare, focused craft, achieved as a result of constant practice is reflected in his food. Lunch is invariably sardines on a roll. He doesn’t enumerate further but this lunch is clearly a descendent of a 1977 recipe where he would take a small loaf of Italian bread, slice it in half lengthwise and arrange the sardines on the bottom half. He would then spread four steamed broccoli flowerets over the fish and sprinkle both with olive oil and lemon juice before adding salt and pepper to taste. He claimed that this sandwich was his singular invention.

Gourmet Live guest columnist Adam Harrison Levy explores artist Alex Katz’s simplistic approach to food in the first in a series of profiles paying homage to The Museum of Modern Art’s 1977 Artists’ Cookbook.

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Highlights from your Feedback

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Kelly Senyei

We are incredibly appreciative of all of the feedback we receive about Gourmet Live. We read every single Facebook comment, tweet, iTunes review and email and we want to thank you all for the suggestions you have provided as we evolve Gourmet Live.

Last week we received one particularly touching story from Fernando Represas, a Gourmet Live user from Mexico City, and with his permission, we wanted to share it with you. Continue reading →

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Gourmet Live Giveaway Reminder

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Kelly Senyei

We wanted to post a quick reminder about the Gourmet Live Giveaway that is currently taking place. We want to give as many of you as possible the chance to experience Gourmet Live on the device it is currently available on, so since last week we’ve been giving away an Apple Gift Card for an iPad every week until 2011.

The best part is that each week is a new chance for you to be entered to win, so you can enter again and again. We have some cool tools if you want reminders, like a Facebook widget with food tips that you can add to your profile. Check out the rules and enter here. Good luck!

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A purchase will not increase your chances of winning. Entry period begins October 19, 2010 and ends December 31, 2010. For Official Rules please click here.

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APP EXCLUSIVE: Carnivore De-Fanged

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Kelly Senyei

The below feature appears in the current release of Gourmet Live and was written by Paula Froelich with photos by Paul Brockmeyer. Download the free Gourmet Live app to get this story and more.

To quote many an abjectly failed risk-taker: it seemed like a good idea at the time. I was going to Kenya anyway and a friend suggested that I stop at Nairobi’s most famous destination for adventurous meat eaters, Carnivore. My motto has always been “eat it; wear it,” and frankly, I’ve always wanted a zebra skin rug and some wildebeest boots. So, I figured, why not? I’ve eaten hundred-year-old eggs and pickled squid intestines with less motivation, so bring on the warthog bacon. How bad could it be? Continue reading →

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The Cupcake Cliché

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Kelly Senyei

The two girls standing ahead of me take turns snapping photos of each other in front of the bakery case. The wait is less than ten minutes. Not bad for a Thursday at 1:30 p.m. They reach the front of the line and make their selections. “One pink,” the girl says. Two words and a gesture toward the glass cupcake case is all it takes. I have now arrived at what is arguably the Mecca of couture cupcake hysteria.

In the second in the series Five Food Trends that Need to Die, Gourmet Live explores the catalyst behind the couture cupcake craze and highlights the upcoming trends that could overturn this confectionery cliché.

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Star Bytes: Fabio Viviani

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Kelly Senyei

Photo by Antonio Busiello

The always entertaining Top Chef season five Fan Favorite Fabio Viviani spoke with Gourmet Live about his favorite foods, how he accidentally lit his grandmother on fire and his strong distaste for certain ingredients.
When I was a little kid, we used to have a zoo close to my Tuscan house. And I remember giving peanuts to moneys, elephants and giraffes. So to me, those are things for animals and I just never got used to the taste. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t scream blasphemy if someone feeds me peanuts, but I will never go buy peanut butter or peanuts myself. Now, cilantro, that’s another story. I wish it never existed. One hidden dream I have is that if I ever had all the money in the world, I’d buy 20 acres, grow cilantro and then bomb it with a plane of napalm gas. Cilantro looks like Italian parsley, smells like soap and tastes like crap.
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APP EXCLUSIVE: Search Me

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Kelly Senyei

The below feature appears in the current release of Gourmet Live and was written by Sarah Rich with an illustration by Melinda Beck. Download the free Gourmet Live app to get this story and more.

When John Hartupee found himself eating fast food in the Montreal airport on his way to a weekend dine-around in New York City’s finest restaurants, the irony was not lost on him. From his Blackberry, he tweeted: “Burger King in the airport waiting for my flight to NYC. I’ll consider this my amuse-bouche for Eleven Madison Park!”

The next day, Hartupee glided through the revolving door of Danny Meyer’s palatial restaurant with his girlfriend, leaving the memory of his traveler’s appetizer to evaporate in the Manhattan heat. The maître d’ greeted them, the host swept them off to a crisp, white-clothed table, and a quiet fleet of servers delivered house-filtered mineral water and minimalist square menus. Continue reading →

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Week Five on Gourmet Live

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Kelly Senyei

Welcome to update number five of the world’s newest food experience. In the latest release we update you with emerging trends from the world of food. Get an inside look at one Kenyan restaurant’s changing menu, read about how the modern day maître d’ may be tracking your every move online and get a glimpse at one artist’s simplistic approach to food. We’re serving up the celebrity chef dish with a Top Chef Fan Favorite and talking about the latest sweet treat to become a confectionery cliché. Get all of these stories plus recipes, tips and tricks in the latest release of Gourmet Live.

Download the free Gourmet Live app and stay tuned to the blog for the latest updates as we continue to welcome your feedback in evolving Gourmet Live.

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Beyond Burgers

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Kelly Senyei

Late night and limited-edition burgers are also popular, the latter providing a built-in mystique at certain venues. Gabriel Rucker at Portland, Oregon’s Le Pigeon, only serves ten burgers a night. You can order one in advance when you make a reservation. Nate Appleman of Pulino’s in New York only serves his burgers after midnight, and people are clamoring to get in. “New York has this phenomenon where people like waiting in line for exclusive things,” Appleman explains. “It’s to the point that it’s ridiculous, but it works. After midnight, there’s a burger going to every single table in the restaurant.”

Kenji Lopez-Alt, a Gourmet Live guest columnist and managing editor of SeriousEats.com, gives us a national tour of beef with an inside look at gourmet burgers from coast to coast.

For this story and more, download the free Gourmet Live app.

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Gourmet Live Weekly Giveaway

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Juliana Stock

At Gourmet Live, you (the user) are the most important influence on our development. You’ve inspired us to really think about how we can best acknowledge and thank you for your continued dialogue and feedback — even those of you who don’t yet have iPads.

First, you will notice that Kelly has started posting full pieces from the app on our blog. Yep, full articles as they appear in Gourmet Live. And they’re usually juicy ones that are drumming up tremendous interest and excitement, like the piece on tipping, the article on Marcus Samuelsson, the behind the scenes video on board the MS Queen Elizabeth and the Q&A with Eric Ripert.

But here’s one more thing you’ve inspired, and we hope you’re excited about it, too …

Starting today we are GIVING AWAY the chance for YOU to own an iPad, and we’re doing it every week. We want to give more of you the chance to experience Gourmet Live on the device it’s currently available on, so each week from now through the end of the year, someone new is going to win an Apple Gift Card for a new iPad, and it could be you. The best part is that each week is a new chance for you to be entered to win, so you can enter again and again. You can check out the rules and enter here. We’ve got some cool tools if you want reminders, like a Facebook widget with food tips that you can add to your profile.

As with any launch, there are bumps in the road, and we’ve been so lucky that we have a passionate group of enthusiasts who give it to us straight all the time. Much of this feedback has been about devices and that many of you are looking forward to Gourmet Live on the iPhone and iPod Touch, and some of you love your Droids. Some of you even said you’d play Gourmet Live on the Wii and we are PSYCHED to hear that. We developed in HTML5, which makes all of this possible, and we anticipate being available on new platforms soon. It won’t happen just yet, which is why we hope you enter today. GOOD LUCK!

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A purchase will not increase your chances of winning. Entry period begins October 19, 2010 and ends December 31, 2010. For Official Rules please click here.

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Made in China

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Kelly Senyei

A few things are notable about Peking Duck — paramount among them, the absolute impossibility of finding anything even approaching the standard treatment outside of Beijing. Northern food doesn’t travel, and neither do northerners, really, at least not compared to the sprawling diasporas of Guangdong and Fujian. Like the Philly cheesesteak, the Peking Duck carries the poetics of its place. Also notable is the lack of innovation on the vernacular duck tradition, which hasn’t really changed since the iconic restaurant Quanjude invented the multi-duck hanging oven in the 1860s.

Gourmet Live guest columnist Philip Tinari takes us through the history of Peking Duck with a list of the must-visit places for an authentic take on classic Beijing cuisine.

For the full story and more, download the free Gourmet Live app.

(This article originally featured a photo of Cantonese roasted duck, which was incorrectly misidentified as Peking Duck.)

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Star Bytes: Mira and Paul Sorvino

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Kelly Senyei

Meal time has always been at the center of Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino and her father Paul’s extended Italian family. Gourmet Live guest columnist Victoria Recaño got the inside dish about the stars’ favorite restaurants, dream dinner dates and how Paul’s diabetes diagnosis has re-shaped their decisions about food.
I cook probably the five major pasta sauces pretty awesome. I don’t cook much meat. I am not a meat person. I don’t love handling it and dealing with it. I’ll eat it if it is good, but I am more of a shrimp person—sometimes chicken—but I am not much of a red meat person. I do a lot of shrimp dishes and pasta and a lot of salads and I used to be a big, big baker but I am trying to cut that back now that my dad’s been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

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APP EXCLUSIVE: Pepper Steak with Homemade Parmesan Chips

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Kelly Senyei

This week’s release of Gourmet Live features a recipe collection from Chef Patron Jean Marie Zimmermann, who is the Global Culinary Ambassador for Cunard luxury ocean liners. Their latest ship, the MS Queen Elizabeth, just set sail on its maiden voyage this week, and we’re giving you access inside its kitchens.

Check out the video tutorial and recipe below for the Chef Patron’s famous Pepper Steak with Homemade Parmesan Chips then download the free Gourmet Live app and get cooking!

Pepper Steak with Homemade Parmesan Chips by Chef Patron Jean Marie Zimmermann

Ingredients for Pepper Steak:
  • Four 8.5-ounce sirloin steaks
  • .5 oz. White peppercorn
  • .5 oz. Olive oil
  • .25 oz. Butter
  • 9.5 oz. White wine
  • 4 oz. Brandy
  • 7 oz. Cream
  • 8 sprigs Thyme
  • 2 oz. Demi-glaze
  • 1 oz. Dijon mustard
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Gourmet Live and the Future of TV

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Kelly Senyei

We couldn’t help but notice a certain tweet in a recent segment about Google TV on ABC’s Nighline. We can’t wait until there’s a version of Gourmet Live for Google TV!
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APP EXCLUSIVE: A Bite with Eric Ripert

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Kelly Senyei
The below Q+A appears in the current release of Gourmet Live and was written by Kelly Senyei with photos by Nigel Parry and Melanie Dunea. Download the free Gourmet Live app to get this story and more.

Last week was an unbeatable week for chef Eric Ripert and Le Bernardin. Not only did the chef’s flagship restaurant receive three Michelin stars, but it was also awarded a rare 29 food rating by Zagat. The duo of praises is an accomplishment not only for the establishment, but for the man who stands behind it. Eric Ripert spoke to Gourmet Live about his favorite meals, his least favorite foods and why less is more when it comes to fridge size.

Gourmet Live: Who taught you how to cook?

Eric Ripert: I started at an early age mingling in the kitchen of my grandmothers and mother but the real cooking started in the culinary school and it really got intense when I started at La Tour d’Argent and that was the beginning. Continue reading →

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Week Four on Gourmet Live

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Kelly Senyei

Welcome to update number four of the world’s newest food experience. In the latest release we take you on an international tour with MS Queen Elizabeth as your guide. Get tips and tricks from the ship’s Chef Patron with videos from onboard the ocean liner, then travel to the far east for Peking Duck: 101. A final stop gives you the ins and outs of gourmet burgers in the US, and Q+A’s with a world-class chef and an Oscar-winning actress.

Download the free Gourmet Live app and stay tuned to the blog for the latest updates as we continue to welcome your feedback in evolving Gourmet Live.

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