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Now In the Store: Mother’s Day Brunch

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Kelly Senyei

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Make it a memorable Mother’s Day by treating mom to a homemade meal featuring classic and comforting recipes from our Mother’s Day Brunch recipe collection, now available in the Gourmet Live Store. Choose from heartwarming favorites like Savory Summer Tarts, Cinnamon Blueberry Muffins, and Bacon, Egg and Tomato Sandwiches. And whip up a batch of Fresh Tomato Bloody Marys before you serve up a sweet slice of Three-Layer Berry and Brown Sugar Pavlova.

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Gourmet Asks the Toughest Critics in the World to Test Pizza—Kids

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Maddie Donnelly

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For parents who end up throwing a frozen pizza in the oven at least one night a week to feed the fam, we have some exciting news.

We put five of the pizza recipes from the new Gourmet Italian Kitchen magazine to the test. But rather than asking food critics or chefs for their ratings, we checked in with the tiny people whose opinions often matter most when it comes to home cooking: Kids. And the results astounded us.

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Road Trip: Atlanta

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Kelly Senyei

This month on the Gourmet Live & BlogHer Road Trip, we’re taking you to Atlanta, Georgia, for a little Southern hospitality at BlogHer’s annual food conference. From the most tech–savvy takeout to the city’s greatest grits, get ready to explore the vibrant culinary scene of the Deep South.

Check out a few of our exclusive tips below from local bloggers in Atlanta, then download the free Gourmet Live app and visit BlogHer for the full insider’s guide to the city’s best eats.

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What can you get at Atlanta’s farmers’ markets that is better than anywhere else in the country?

Head to the Dekalb Farmers’ Market for the cheapest spices in bulk. I no longer live in Atlanta, but I still stock up on spices occasionally. I recently purchased ground coriander for 40 cents, and a big tub of ground nutmeg for $2.32. The produce is also very fresh, and there’s a huge selection. Freshly ground coffee is a great deal, as are bouquets of bright and beautiful blooms. Plus, the market is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day but Christmas and Thanksgiving. Just a note: They only accept debit cards, cash, or checks for payment (no credit cards). — Kate Wicker, KateWicker.com

Where is the best Southern/soul food that’s either traditional or with a twist?

Paschal’s—an Atlanta tradition. The food is great, and you can see Atlanta movers and shakers getting their soul food fix! There is a location in the airport, but for the true experience you MUST visit the restaurant. —Renee J. Ross, BlogHer.com Health Editor & Blogger at Cutie Booty Cakes

For more exclusive tips, download the free Gourmet Live app and visit BlogHer.

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Weekly Roundup: Mexican Fare

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Leslie Yeh

Get in the Cinco de Mayo spirit with a roundup of recipes that are big on flavor while being light on your wallet. From Creamy Chicken Taquitos to Guacamole Salad with Lime Vinaigrette, get your celebratory spread ready for an all-out fiesta.
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    App Exclusive: Remembrance of Summers Past

    Posted on April 28, 2011 by Kelly Senyei

    The below full-length version of Remembrance of Summers Past by Jenni Avins appears in the current issue of Gourmet Live. Download the free Gourmet Live app to get this story and more.

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    There is a culinary canon I associate with my Aunt Nancy’s beach house in Saltaire, on Fire Island, just outside New York City: fried clams from the ferry dock, pasta with herbs pulled from the barrels on the wooden deck, Goldfish crackers from a bag on the beach. But no dish conjures Fire Island memories more than my mom’s blueberry muffins: sweet and cakelike, their sticky summits dotted with damp indigo berries and sprinkled with buttery crumb topping—miniature sandy-topped landscapes of tan and blue, tiny beaches unto themselves. The family life that brought us the blueberry muffins slowly fell apart, but the recipe for those summertime reminders remains.

    Though I grew up in St. Louis, my parents are New Yorkers. Every summer, they took my sister and me on a road trip to visit our grandparents upstate and in New Jersey before the grand finale: the ferry to Fire Island. Our hosts there—my Aunt Nancy, Uncle David, and their daughter, Hannah—were not actually related to us by blood. David’s brother is married to my father’s sister. In the years following my parents’ divorce, David and Nancy proved it was their love for my mother, rather than any familial obligation, that bound them to us.

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    04.27.11: Mother’s Day, Muffins & Meatloaf

    Posted on April 27, 2011 by Kelly Senyei

    The latest issue of Gourmet Live is making it a memorable Mother’s Day by serving up the fresh and comforting flavors of spring, starting with a brand new recipe for our Strawberry Dulce de Leche Tart. A quick-fix shortbread crust is topped with dulce de leche, a pillow of whipped cream and a tower of the season’s freshest berries. And if dessert for dinner isn’t an option, then opt for a first course classic with a recipe for Prove to Mom You’re Not Going to Starve Meatloaf, fresh from the pages of Glamour‘s new cookbook, 100 Recipes Every Woman Should Know.

    Then it’s time to hit the road for the Gourmet Live & BlogHer Road Trip. This month we’re stopping in Atlanta to check in with the city’s expert bloggers for tips about the hottest restaurants and coolest hangouts, just in time for BlogHer Food this May. And as the weather begins to warm up, we’re also taking our time to cozy up to a moving account of how author Jenni Avins’ family fell apart, but her mother’s beach-house baking legacy survived thanks to a recipe for blueberry muffins.

    In an ode to all mothers, we catch up with Kelly Rutherford, who plays a mean mom on the CW’s hit show Gossip Girl but in real-life couldn’t be more sweet. As a single mother of two, Rutherford dishes on what she feeds her growing toddlers, including her secret ingredient in baby guacamole. And what better way to celebrate the spring season than with resident recipe guru Kemp Minifie’s journey from extravagant and complicated cooking in Gourmet‘s kitchens to her discovery of keeping things simple, spaghetti and all.

    As always, stay tuned to the blog for App Exclusive content and the latest updates, and don’t forget to check out the Store for brand new menus and more.


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    New York’s Most Wanted

    Posted on April 27, 2011 by Kelly Senyei

    The full-length feature version of New York’s Most Wanted by Susan Kirschbaum appears in the current issue of Gourmet Live. Download the free Gourmet Live app for this story and more.

    The Barboni brothers with Hudson Clearwater partners Matthew Hechter and Christopher Brandon

    Hudson Clearwater is New York City’s hottest hangout that you’ve never heard of. The creation of brothers Mark and John Barboni and partners Matthew Hechter and Christopher Brandon, this restaurant-slash-bar is secretly making waves for its fresh approach to fine dining without all the fuss of securing reservations at the city’s high-end eateries.

    Although a phone number for reservations can be found at Hudsonclearwater.com, the guys in charge accommodate personal friends first, then fill up the rest of the tables if necessary. (Often it isn’t.) The published address is on Hudson Street, yet on arrival, you must find the real entrance: in the middle of Morton Street, unadorned by any sign or number. A green door leads to the back-garden portal to this clandestine enterprise. Upon initial impact, it feels like sneaking into someone’s home for a private engagement: up a few wrought-iron steps and into a brick town house, where tables in two intimate main dining rooms are lit with flickering votive candles.

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


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    Image of the Day: Wild Mushroom and Crescenza Pizza

    Posted on April 27, 2011 by Leslie Yeh

    Wild Mushroom and Crescenza Pizza by Turntable Kitchen features an alluring combination of earthy wild mushrooms and fresh Crescenza cheese. The woodsy flavor of the mushrooms is a delicate balance against the creamy Italian cheese, melted atop a rustic pizza crust. A final topping of parsley, olive oil, and freshly grated Parmesan rounds out this irresistible pie.
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    Epicurious Is Now on the NOOK Color!

    Posted on April 27, 2011 by Kelly Senyei

    Our sister brand Epicurious is now available on the recently released NOOK Color app store! Congratulations to Editor-in-Chief Tanya Steel and the entire Epi team for a fantastic launch. Check out their blog for more info about how you can get Epi on your NOOK Color and more.


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    Kemp’s Kitchen: Rhubarb Redux

    Posted on April 26, 2011 by Kelly Senyei

    The full-length feature version of Rhubarb Redux by Kemp Minifie appears in the current issue of Gourmet Live. Download the free Gourmet Live app for this story and more.

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    Gourmet Live‘s Kemp Minifie is taking us back to the first recipe she ever tested in the Gourmet kitchens. She tackled a version of the Rhubarb Fool, only to discover 32 years later that it was worth revisiting.

    The rhubarb fool called for a sugar syrup, which ran as a separate recipe right below the fool. The syrup yielded twice the quantity I needed, but that wasn’t deemed a problem. “You can use it to sweeten tea,” volunteered Stewart. (One more jar that will sit in my fridge forever, I thought to myself.) I dutifully cooked the rhubarb down to a mush with the syrup, then added gelatin. Whipped cream and a beaten egg white followed—all done in separate bowls—along with some grenadine in case the rhubarb needed a little color boost. I spooned the fool, as directed, into wineglasses and stuck them in the fridge to let the gelatin set. Then I glanced at the sink. It was a jumble of pots and bowls. It’s got to be easier than this, I thought to myself.

    Download the free Gourmet Live app for the full story and more, and head over to Epicurious for Kemp’s re-mixed Rhubarb Fool recipe.


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    Ivy League Farmers

    Posted on April 26, 2011 by Kelly Senyei

    The full-length feature version of Ivy League Farmers by Nozlee Samadzadeh appears in the current issue of Gourmet Live. Download the free Gourmet Live app for this story and more.

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    Gourmet Live guest columnist Nozlee Samadzadeh goes inside some of the country’s top universities to find a surprising new crop of students who are turning from hedge funds and law firms to land activism and animal husbandry.

    That today’s hyper–busy college students are choosing to slow down and prioritize food and agriculture is itself remarkable. Between classes, extracurricular activities, socializing, and landing that all–important summer job or internship, students are making a conscious decision to learn more about their local food systems and are asking their colleges to support that decision. Colleges are listening, too. Six of the eight Ivy League schools have farm or garden spaces as a result of student organizing: the Yale Sustainable Food Project, the Dartmouth Organic Farm, the Brown University Sustainable Food Initiative, the Harvard Community Garden, Cornell’s Dilmun Hill Student Farm, and the Columbia University Food Sustainability Project. “Students solely established the garden—[it] was quite the battle to get through Columbia’s red tape, but once we proved we could do it, [the administration is] much more enthusiastic about helping us with supplies and new projects,” said Kristina Gsell, student president of the Columbia University Food Sustainability Project.

    For the full story about farms popping up at Ivy League campuses from coast to coast, download the free Gourmet Live app.


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    Join the Conversation: #100factsaboutGourmet

    Posted on April 26, 2011 by Leslie Yeh

    All you Twitter fanatics out there may be following the latest 100 Facts About Me (#100factsaboutme) trend that has your friends and family tweeting a personal tidbit each day. Well, we’re journeying through Gourmet’s nearly 70-year history to share with you some interesting and fun facts that may take you by surprise. From where the first kitchens were located to some well-known authors that have graced our pages, stay tuned to the Gourmet Live Twitter feed for fun and fascinating facts.

    And we want to hear about your own history with Gourmet, so join in on the conversation and Tweet us your favorite memories, recipes, tidbits and experiences. For a taste of the fun, our first fact goes way back to the early days. Can you guess where the early offices of Gourmet were? Head over to our Twitter feed to get the answer and share your thoughts. And stay tuned to the app, because you never know if your Tweets may appear in the next issue of Gourmet Live!


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    The Rock-Star Tour Diet

    Posted on April 25, 2011 by Kelly Senyei

    The full-length feature version of The Rock-Star Tour Diet by Matthew Kronsberg appears in the current issue of Gourmet Live. Download the free Gourmet Live app for this story and more.

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    Aside from coming home healthier than they left, McCartney’s crew is known for getting some of the best vegetarian cooking anywhere. On any given night, dinner might include celeriac, chestnut, and pesto soup; sweet potato gnocchi with spinach-and–blue cheese sauce; a meatless Irish stew in puff pastry with colcannon; and no shortage of desserts. However good the catering, though—and however righteous the cause—the shift to tofu and tempeh can still be jarring for the average carnivorous crew member. Pockets of rebellion are all but inevitable.

    From pizza and stale doughnuts to cold coffee and a candy bar breakfast, meals on a rock-star tour diet are often anything but glamorous. Go behind the scenes with some of the world’s biggest bands as Gourmet Live guest columnist Matthew Kronsberg takes you on a tour of the catering and cuisine stretching from McCartney’s meat-free meals to Rod Stewart’s kedgeree.

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    Kemp’s Kitchen: The Fastest Way to Pasta Bliss

    Posted on April 25, 2011 by Kemp Minifie

    You might as well tattoo K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Stupid) across my forehead. It’s not that I wanted to make things complicated, but after many years in the Gourmet magazine test kitchen, paring down and getting simple wasn’t as easy as you might think. With every possible herb, spice, and condiment at your fingertips and that constant pressure to BE CREATIVE, it was almost impossible not to add a pinch of this or dash of that to inject something new into your recipes.

    Cooking at home—in my case, a tiny galley kitchen in my rental apartment—for my family forced me to figure out a way to chill out and get real. Take spaghetti aglio e olio, probably the simplest Italian pasta dish ever. It’s all of five ingredients: spaghetti, garlic, oil, parsley, and hot pepper flakes. In my quest for perfection at work, I managed to complicate it by cooking the garlic separately from the pepper flakes (didn’t want the flakes to burn before the garlic was golden) and then tossing the garlic and oil in stages with the pasta.

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    Now in the Store: Springtime Veggies

    Posted on April 23, 2011 by Kelly Senyei

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    Launch into a season of light and flavorful foods with our Springtime Veggies collection, now available in the Gourmet Live Store. You’ll enjoy classic takes and creative riffs featuring fennel, carrots, artichokes and morels as you whip up a quick-fix Mâche, Frisée and Radish Salad with Mustard Vinaigrette, creamy Avocado Crème Brûlée, a chilled shooter of Watercress Vichyssoise and more.

    Download the free Gourmet Live app then head to the Library to access the Store for our Springtime Veggies collection and more.


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    Pardon the Interruption…

    Posted on April 22, 2011 by Jennifer Mason

    To begin, I would like to introduce myself. I’m Jennifer Mason, Managing Editor of Gourmet Live and a member of the team since pre-launch. I wanted to give you a quick update about the recent interruption in access to the Gourmet Live blog and app, as well as our efforts to resolve the issue.

    As many of you may have noticed, Gourmet Live on the iPad and the blog went offline at approximately 10 p.m. EST on Wednesday, and was back online as of approximately 8 a.m. EST this morning. The inability to access both platforms was the result of issues being experienced with the Amazon server that hosts Gourmet Live. We, along with many other companies, were affected by these issues. Our tech team has been hard at work migrating our sites to new servers and creating additional redundancy to assure that this kind of outage does not happen again in the future.

    The outage on the app should have had no affect on any of the content that you have stored in your Library, Favorites or SuperFavorites. There is no need to reinstall your application. We apologize for any inconvenience this outage may have caused and appreciate your continued readership. As always, please continue to share feedback with us, either through the comments field below, through Facebook and Twitter, or through email at gourmetlive@condenast.com.

    For more information about the recent Amazon outage, please view this Associate Press article.


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    APP EXCLUSIVE: For the Love of Cod

    Posted on April 22, 2011 by Kelly Senyei

    The below full-length version of For the Love of Cod by Liesl Schillinger appears in the current issue of Gourmet Live. Download the free Gourmet Live app to get this story and more.

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    The other day, while jogging on the treadmill, half-watching one of those sports channels that always seem to be playing on the unreachable overhead televisions at gyms, I suddenly grew more attentive. In fact, I salivated. On-screen, two jocular, jumbo-size men with easy-fit khakis and unshaven jowls were standing on a motorboat, casting into the tourmaline waters of a Southern lake. One of them had just caught a firm-fleshed two-foot long bass. As he hauled it in, it leaped into the air at the end of his line, glistening green-gold, shaking off crystalline beads of water. Flashing and flipping, it showed off its creamy belly. I wanted to bite into it. It made me hungry.

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    Food Blog Roundup: Easter Brunch

    Posted on April 22, 2011 by Leslie Yeh

    Turn breakfast into brunch this Easter weekend with smoked salmon, sweets, and eggs in every which way. From Smoked Salmon & Gorgonzola Cheese Muffins to Caprese Eggs Benedict, these recipes will help you compile a beautiful and bountiful Easter Sunday spread.
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    04.20.11: Rhubarb, Sole & Rock ‘N’ Roll

    Posted on April 20, 2011 by Kelly Senyei

    The latest issue of Gourmet Live is launching into spring with a fresh new look at the wide world of food. Sit back and relax with a surprising—and funny—take on one writer’s journey as she learns to love fish in every form. And once fresh from the seas, then it’s time to head toward land with the latest mandatory facility across Ivy League campuses: farms. From Yale to Harvard and beyond, check out college farms that are prompting a whole new crop of students to go from hedge funds and law firms to land activism and animal husbandry.

    Then hit the road with a behind the scenes look at what a rock-star tour diet is really like (hint: It’s way beyond hamburgers and pizza). The inside dish continues with an exclusive look at Hudson Clearwater, New York City’s newest, most elusive restaurant. And what better way to celebrate spring then with a nutritious and flavorful recipe for Get Skinny Dip from Glamour magazine’s new cookbook, 100 Recipes Every Woman Should Know. The freshness continues as resident recipe guru Kemp Minifie recalls the first ever recipe she made in the Gourmet kitchens … and how plain misguided it turned out to be.

    As always, stay tuned to the blog for App Exclusive content and the latest updates, and don’t forget to check out the Store for brand new menus and more.


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    The Inside Dish with Chauncey Billups

    Posted on April 20, 2011 by Kelly Senyei

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    Gourmet Live caught up with NBA superstar Chauncey Billups of the New York Knicks to talk all things food. Get the inside scoop about Billups’ favorite meals, his guilty indulgences and what inspired him to get involved with Miami culinary hotspot Philippe Chow.

    What role does food play in terms of your athletic performance?
    Food plays a big role because I make sure my pre-game meal is full of foods that will help with my energy, like pasta, eggs and cereal.

    What do your average pre- and post-game meals consist of?
    Depending on what’s available, I try to eat light. Salad, a little pasta and a small chicken breast.

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