01/24 What's Cookin' Today
BURGER KING's Executive Chef John Koch Talks To Us About "WE LOVE BACON", BK's Celebration Of America's Comfort Food
We are living in a Bacon Nation. From bacon vodka to bacon mints…from Kevin Bacon to bacon air fresheners…bacon has gone beyond breakfast and infiltrated into almost every aspect of everyday life! Let’s face it…what is America’s comfort food? We think…no, we KNOW…it’s BACON! For generations people have been waking up to the salty, sweet and smoky flavors of bacon on the skillet. Now, people are beginning to look outside of the U.S. As well to find the “bacon” from around the world, such as Spain’s Iberico ham, Chinese lap yuk and British rashers. Bacon is also a “real food,” which is another big trend right now. We are becoming more aware of additives and heavy processing. We’re moving toward clean foods, foods and ingredients we recognize and can pronounce.
Talking With Us About the 3rd Annual Pinot Days SoCal Grand Festival Public Tasting Is Lisa Rigisich The "PINOT DAYS" Organizer
Saturday, January 28, 2012 1:00pm-5:00pm Barker Hangar, Santa Monica - 3021 Airport Avenue, Suite 203, Santa Monica, CA 90405 Cost: $60 Saturday's Grand Tasting will showcase over 80 phenomenal producers of pinot noir. Consumers will be able to sample up to 300 pinots from every important pinot noir region, from the Russian River Valley to the Santa Rita Hills, Oregon to the Anderson Valley, Burgundy to New Zealand to the Sonoma Coast. Come to the Barker Hangar to taste these highly acclaimed wines, meet the gifted and charming winemakers who create them, and experience the passion and romance that the pinot noir industry continues to embody. Discover and celebrate pinot noir in its many diverse styles, ranging from modern to earthy to elegant. Explore new producers, find wines you love, and become a pinot devotee if you are not one already. We call it Serious Fun. Come see for yourself.
Saturday, January 28, 2012 11:00am-1:00pm Barker Hangar, Santa Monica - 3021 Airport Avenue, Suite 203, Santa Monica, CA 90405 Cost: Complimentary Saturday's Trade Tasting will showcase over 80 phenomenal producers of pinot noir from California, Oregon, Burgundy and New Zealand. Trade will be able to sample up to 300 pinots, expand their pinot portfolios, and speak with the winemakers and winery owners before the public enters.
PINOT DAYS SANTA RITA PALOOZA AT WEST RESTAURANT AT HOTEL ANGELENO
Thursday, January 26, 2012 6:00pm-9:00pm West Restaurant at Hotel Angeleno - 170 N. Church Lane, Los Angeles, Penthouse Level, 17th Floor Cost: $35
The Santa Rita Hills is one of pinot noir’s most celebrated growing regions, and the area seems not only to produce some of the most compelling pinot noir on the planet, but to attract some of the most colorful and memorable winemaker personalities as well. Put these wines and winemakers in a room with a view, and you have one night not to miss! Six celebrated SRH winemakers will pour the best pinot in their lineup, including Clos Pepe, Pali, Hitching Post, Sandler, Zotovich Family Vineyards and Arcadian and the Winemakers who put the magic in the bottles. Allow these inspired, charming winemakers to immerse you in this famed pinot region. You will not want to miss one single articulate, inspired word or sip! Angeleno's West will prepare pinot-paired appetizers for you to pair. Come find out what makes the SRH legendary.
PINOT DAYS PINOTS AND GRILLED CHEESE AT WINE HOUSE
Friday, January 27, 2012 8:15pm-10:00pm Wine House - 2311 Cotner Avenue, Los Angeles, CA Cost: $35
David Fenton, Owner Of "ILL FORTUNE", Talks To us About Taking The Opposite Approach to the Fortune Cookie
We all know about fortune cookies, those sweet treats with sappy messages tucked inside. The tradition began in San Francisco around the year 1900, and today the fortune cookie industry creates 3 billion of these sweet treats each year. Now iLLfortune has turned the concept upside down. iLLfortune’s top cookie David Fenton grew tired of the boring drivel spouted by fortune cookie makers, so he took a different tack: “Fortune cookies for the brave.” The iLLfortune cookie’s fortunes are irreverent and often off-color snippets designed to bring about laughter, surprise and the ultimate “gotcha” moment. And, yes, they even create friendships, bringing people together in unpredictable ways. What if your cookie contained the following iLLfortunes?:
• Your pet is planning to eat you.
• Your likeness to a hobbit will not serve you in the dating world.
• Prozac is planning a long term relationship with you.
• Counting sheep is not meant for the purpose of arousal. Get help.
• The voices in your head think you’re an idiot.
The company’s playful website, www.illfortune.net, says it best:
“Cookie meet more people. Prank stranger, make friend. You share with friends. Make you likeable. Finally.” These are the words of Cookie, the schizophrenic mascot who wishes people ill through the fortunes he writes. “There's a back-story to iLLFortune involving a mysterious orphan “Cookie” who appeared on the doorstep of the founder. This orphan possesses an uncanny ability to not only predict the future but also see through people like cellophane”, says Fenton. ILLfortune cookies come in traditional Chinese takeout containers, in orders from 20 cookies (only $12) up to 700. And, while the unfortunate messages may make you cringe, the nutritional label won’t. ILLfortune cookies contain no saturated fat and no cholesterol, and one cookie contains fewer than 30 calories.
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