OMG - coffee is going to kill me!!!  :)

Maybe Coffee Will Kill Us After All

A new study offers further proof that coffee research is schizophrenic.

Your memory will get better. It will kill you. You won’t commit suicide. It will kill you. You might not get Alzheimer’s. It will kill you. You might not get a stroke. It will kill you.

Tracking scientific research on coffee consumption is to subject oneself to peaks and dips more dramatic than any caffeine rush and crash. Apparently, the medical profession can’t decide if coffee is going to save or ruin us all.

The latest research is decidedly in the later camp: Drinking more than four cups a day puts you at 56 percent greater risk of death “from all causes,” is how The Guardian sums up the new study published by the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 

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Summer isn’t over yet!  Check out these picnic ideas from Dean & Deluca - one of my faves!!

I just think this is pretty and makes me want to drink it!

Cucumber-Lemonade MocktailFantastic Mocktail: A super-thin slice of cucumber pressed against the glass adds an artistic twist to Pascaline Lepeltier’s refreshing non-alcoholic cocktail.  GET RECIPE

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EatWriteLA did a little video at yesterday’s AMAZING Backyard BBQ at Freddy Smalls.  If you look closely, me, Tere and our kids are in the first few shots!!

Freddy Smalls Backyard BBQ

(Source: http://videos.tastemade.com/)

I think the food world is somewhat fascinated with this movie…are you?

Jon Favreau’s Chef Film Is Shooting in Miami

The Favreaumobile is on the move: Actor/director/writer Jon Favreau is in Miami along with his fictional El Jefe Cubanos food truck to shoot his upcoming Chef movie, Eater Miami reports. An Eater tipster sent in the above photo, showing the truck in town. Ever Vine-happy, Favreau posted a video revealing that he was also filming at Versailles restaurant in Miami’s Little Havana and at the Fontainbleau hotel. According to Jaie Laplante of the Miami Film Festival, the “production is also making stops in New Orleans and Austin before they wrap.” (If you spot them in town, you know what to do.) READ MORE

Well THAT’S interesting!  :)

Behold the Covers of Lucky Peach #8: The Gender Issue

Here now, the dual covers of the next issue of David Chang and McSweeney’s cultishly-followed quarterly journal collaboration Lucky Peach, which is on its way to mailboxes and bookstores everywhere. The theme for this eighth issue will be Gender. This is the first time the cover does not tease the contents. But you will find Alice Waters, Anthony Bourdain, Ben Shewry, and hermaphrodite fish. Take it away LP:

Betwixt these two covers we fumble with issues of gender like unsure 8th graders cautiously groping each other in the sparkle of a disco ball as a slow jam plays at the school dance. Ben Shewry talks about being a dad. Alice Waters talks about being a chef. Bourdain drops some lovely fiction. A lady named Poochie uses a lot of strong language. Sequential hermaphroditism is discussed.

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I love these Find. Eat. Drink guys and now they have an NYC trending report in Gotham Magazine.  Love.

Find. Eat. Drink Trending Report

Welcome to our bi-monthly Find. Eat. Drink. trending report, highlighting the top five spots where chefs, bartenders, and industry pros are eating and drinking around New York City.  READ MORE

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New York City is going CRAZY for CRONUTS!!!!

Chef Ansel Makes CRONUTS on Jimmy Fallon

New York pastry chef/international cronut king Dominique Ansel went on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to make his signature pastry last night: “I’m going to show you in two minutes what we do in three days.” Fallon can hardly contain himself, practically squealing when Ansel dumps a huge slab of butter on the Cronut dough. At least Questlove — who introduced Fallon to the pastry — proves useful, earning an Ansel seal of approval on his fry job. (Questlove knows a thing or two about frying.) 

I’m headed to wine country in a couple weeks so now I HAVE to post everything I see about northern California wine!  :)

Chef Ari Weiswasser’s Guide To California Wine Country

GLEN ELLEN STAR - SONOMA, CA

The road to California wasn’t a straight line for Pennsylvania native chef Ari Weiswasser, but the wealth of experience he gathered along the way is evident in the food he cooks. Before realizing a decade-long dream to open his own place, he worked in New York at esteemed restaurants like Daniel, Picholine, and Corton. In Philadelphia, he worked at Striped Bass and Le Bec-Fin. He also had a long stint at The French Laundry. 

Weiswasser’s restaurant, Glen Ellen Star, is a casual bistro with an emphasis on the location and the seasons. He loves living in Sonoma and being a part of the wine country, where his in-laws own Benziger Family Winery.

Chef Ari Weiswasser shares his 6 Things…Wine Country with his favorite places to eat, drink and food shop.  READ MORE

Cooking Machine, Imported From France

The brilliant David Feau featured in the Los Angeles Times this past Saturday.  As you may recall, David cooked an amazing French meal for us just a little over a week ago!