Ina Garten’s 56-year marriage to husband Jeffrey is stronger than ever now, but it nearly fell apart when she opened her Barefoot Contessa specialty food store in 1978. The 76-year-old celebrity chef said in her new memoir — excerpted by People magazine — that when they got married ten years earlier, in 1968, Jeffrey “expected a wife that would make …
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FIRST ON FOX: A private chef for a well-known Hollywood family is revealing savvy ways to incorporate healthy foods into everyday meals —especially for kids at young ages who are just developing a curiosity about food and need smart guidance. Chef Khristianne Uy, better known as Chef K, is a private chef for the Kardashian family in Southern California as …
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Creamy white New England clam chowder is the most famous. Blood-splatter red Manhattan clam chowder is the most reviled. Yet salty clear-broth Rhode Island clam chowder “is the original chowder,” says Jamie Coelho, editor-in-chief of Rhode Island Monthly magazine. MEET THE AMERICAN WHO CREATED BUBBLE GUM, WALTER DIEMER, HOME-KITCHEN CHEMIST OUTWITTED SCIENTISTS “The indigenous tribes of Rhode Island gathered quahogs …
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Chef Scott Koshnoodi of New York celebrates Cinco de Mayo by reaching deep into Aztec culinary tradition. He then recreates the indigenous food of Mesoamerica with magic he learned at the forefront of modern molecular gastronomy. Koshnoodi is chef-owner of Parklife, a modern taquería with multicultural influences, in Brooklyn. MEXICAN BEER THE MOST POPULAR IN US: CINCO DE MAYO WILL …
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The Kentucky Derby — held every first Saturday of May — takes place on May 4, 2024, this year. Many have called it the most exciting two minutes in sports. It’s the first leg of the American Triple Crown — followed by the Preakness Stakes, then the Belmont Stakes. KENTUCKY DERBY HATS THROUGH THE YEARS “DuringDerby Week, Louisville is the …
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Shakshuka performs a rare dual feat of flavor. The savory tomato stew, typically made with aromatic herbs and eggs, is steeped in Israeli tradition. Yet it boasts global culinary currency as a hot food trend from the Middle East to Middle America. Shakshuka recipes are passed down through generations and often served on holidays, such as Passover, which begins on …
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“Get out!” A group of “professional squatters” have taken over a London pub owned by celebrity chef Gordan Ramsay and are brazenly threatening legal action against anyone who tries to kick them out, according to a report. At least six freeloaders broke into Ramsay’s York and Albanyhotel and gastropub, which is for sale for $16.1 million, boarded up the windows, …
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Celebrity chef Maneet Chauhan’s innovative fare has struck a chord in the Music City. Born in India and rising to stardom in New York City, the celebrity chef has orchestrated an ensemble of innovative flavors at Chauhan Ale & Masala House in Nashville, Tennessee. The hook to Chauhan’s groove is the deep full-flavored sweet-or-savory rhythm of southern culinary traditions, backed …
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Rick Bishop has spent decades foraging for ramps in the Catskill Mountains, guided by the country wisdom he learned long ago from an old-time woodsman. “He told me that ramps clean the winter right out of your blood,” said Bishop, a farmer, forager and owner of Mountain Sweet Berry Farm in Roscoe, New York, to Fox News Digital. Ramps are …
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Supermarket cheap-meat Spam is surging in global popularity behind an uncanny trend. The catalyst is an international obsession with Spam musubi. Think sushi made with Spam. GRATEFUL DEAD, STEELY DAN SET ROCKY MOUNTAIN RHYTHM FOR DENVER CHEF JUSTIN CUCCI It’s a slice of Spam packed in rice and wrapped in nori, the thin, dried pungent seaweed that’s a signature of …
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