Berry leaves GBBO; Hollywood remains
In an update to the drama surrounding The Great British Bake Off's move from BBC to Channel 4, host Mary Berry has announced that she will not be involved with the new show. However, Paul Hollywood has signed a…
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T. Susan Chang's new podcast
T. Susan Chang, who you likely remember wrote weekly EYB blog posts about cookbooks and whose work regularly appears in the Boston Globe, on NPR and other major news outlets, has an exciting new project: her very own…
Remembering Dorothy Cann Hamilton
Over the weekend, the culinary world lost one of its most influential, if not its most well known, members. Dorothy Cann Hamilton, 67, founder of the International Culinary Center (formerly known as the French Culinary…
Exhibit on Ferran Adrià opens in Florida museum
His restaurant may be shuttered, but you can learn about the work of Ferran Adrià, from his groundbreaking el Bulli restaurant and beyond, in a new exhibit hosted by the Salvador Dalí museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.…
The resurgence of Guy Fieri
Guy Fieri's career has had its ups and downs, but the chef and television host is currently enjoying an upswing in popularity, says Grub Street, which chronicles his recent positive press. It's a bit of a turnaround for…
'Tis the season for change
Eating seasonally didn't used to be a conscious decision - the food on one's plate was almost all local, so one naturally followed the seasons when preparing meals. In the era of supermarket produce flown in from all…
When vicarious eating becomes real
In many different posts over the past three years I have mentioned traveling vicariously through cooking. Cookbooks and recipe blogs allows us to experience foods - or at least their approximation - of places we'll…
Thomas Keller's response to a bad review
One of the biggest negative restaurant reviews of the past year involved Thomas Keller's lauded New York City restaurant Per Se. Back in January, Pete Wells (who we discussed earlier this week) downgraded the…
Trouble ahead for the GBBO?
Two recent announcements have shaken the foundations of Britain's most popular television program. The first announcement was that the Great British Bake Off (GBBO) was moving from the public-service BBC to commercial…
The sugar industry's role in heart disease research
When a prominent medical publication like The New England Journal of Medicine publishes a story that links a substance to a detrimental health condition, people take notice. Dietary and lifestyle changes are often based…
An in depth look at a restaurant critic
A world class fine dining restaurant can live or die based on a poor review - especially when that review comes from a prestigious outlet like The New York Times. So what is it like to bear this level of responsibility…
Old Overholt's history is the story of rye whiskey in America
Rye whiskey was arguably once the most popular spirit in the United States. Unlike its cousin bourbon, rye didn't recover following Prohibition until the recent cocktail revival also reversed its decline. On The Daily…