By David Dadekian on December 2, 2012
Each year The Rhode Show runs a “Search for a Star” competition to see who will be a host of the show for the following year. Out of countless video entries and live auditions, online voters choose 20 semi-finalists and then another round of online voting produces the top 5 finalists for the position. Tashanea [...]
Posted in chefs & restaurants, cooking, farms, news | Tagged American Heritage Berkshire, Ann Marie Bouthillette, beef, Black Angus, cattle, cooking, cow, David Dadekian, demonstration, Eyewitness News, fajita, pig, pork, Rhode Show, RI, Search for a Star, Smithfield, steak, steer, Tashanea Whitlow, video, WPRI |
By David Dadekian on August 13, 2012
Sure it’s a cliche, but talk about turning lemons into lemonade. When a car crashed into the side of Chez Pascal over a year ago owners Kristin and Matt Gennuso decided to use the damage to their advantage and put in a take-out window. They already served fast fare that was take-out friendly from the [...]
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By David Dadekian on July 23, 2012
Whole Foods Market is holding a bacon contest through the end of July. You can enter by submitting your best recipe or creative use for bacon via their Meat Department Facebook page where you can also vote for your favorite entries (and tell your friends to vote for yours!). The complete details are here: Win [...]
Posted in cooking, news | Tagged arugula, bacon, bakery, belly, BLT, charcutepalooza, contest, cure, Facebook, Global Meat Coordinator, grilled cheese, market, meat, mozzarella, Narragansett Creamery, Olga's, pork, recipe, Seven Stars, Theo Weeing, tomato, Whole Foods |
By David Dadekian on March 26, 2012
Chef Jamie Bissonnette of Coppa and Toro in Boston was the winner of the fourth annual Cochon 555 Boston competition. The event, held this year at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Boston was even more over-the-top than years past with a packed ballroom of people eating outstanding pork dishes from Bissonnette along with the four other competitors, Chefs [...]
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By David Dadekian on January 7, 2012
Aquidneck Honey Aquidneck Honey, supplier of pure, raw, local, chemical-free honey, launched an online storefront over the holidays. In addition to some of the best honey I’ve tasted delivered in 1 pound and large quart containers, Aquidneck Honey sells cut honey comb, a number lip balms in assorted flavors and honey straws, which are an excellent treat. Aquidneck [...]
Posted in chefs & restaurants, farms, news | Tagged Aquidneck Honey, Baffoni, balm, bao, bee, chef, comb, David Chang, dumpling, Easy Entertaining, Ed Reposa, farm, farmers market, gift basket, grab and go, honey, honey straw, Hope Artiste Village, James Mark, Jeff Mello, Kaitlyn Roberts, kale, kimchi, local, lunch, Momofuku, natang, Newport, Nick's on Broadway, Pawtucket, pork, Providence, Rhode Island, RI, shrimp, steamed bun, store, Thee Red Fez, Tim Shulga, tofu |
By David Dadekian on December 6, 2011
And so it goes. Our year of meat has come to a close. For the final Charcutepalooza challenge we were told to show what we learned all year. In Cathy’s own words, do some “showing off” with a celebration. Personally, I think a lot of the Charcutepalooza participants have been showing off all year long—and I [...]
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By David Dadekian on September 15, 2011
Some of these Charcutepalooza posts have been short because of frustration (see stuffing sausage). In this case, this post is on the short side because everything worked out so well and was so darn easy. Either I’m learning to deal with meat mess much better (none in my daughter’s hair this time!) or I’m getting [...]
Posted in cooking | Tagged Brian Polcyn, Cathy Barrow, charcutepalooza, charcuterie, crust, dough, English Pork Pie, Kim Foster, meat, Michael Ruhlman, Mrs. Wheelbarrow, pie, pig, pork, stock, terrine, The Yummy Mummy, venison |
By David Dadekian on August 24, 2011
Last Thursday evening, on a gorgeous summer night in Westport, Massachusetts, I had the joy of photographing New Rivers‘ Executive Chef Beau Vestal and his team as they prepared a dinner outdoors in a vineyard for 160 guests. This was the second year Vestal was invited to be part of the Outstanding in the Field [...]
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By David Dadekian on August 15, 2011
Back to familiar ground for this month’s Charcutepalooza challenge, though it was only my second time working with pig’s feet, so it wasn’t totally familiar. You read that right, pig’s feet, as in euphemistically speaking, trotters. Yes, there are photos of said trotters further down this page. If you don’t want to see severed pig’s [...]
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By David Dadekian on July 15, 2011
I’ve discovered an interesting ratio between my love of photography and my love of cooking, more specifically, my love of cooking all these excellent Charcutepalooza projects. The more I enjoy a project and have fun doing it, the more I think to stop and pick up my camera to make photos. When I’m as thoroughly [...]
Posted in cooking | Tagged bung, Cathy Barrow, charcutepalooza, fat, Kim Foster, lardon, mortadella, Mrs. Wheelbarrow, pork, salad, The Yummy Mummy, vinaigrette |
