http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off Food and Wine Editors' Blog en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:42:05 -0500 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:50:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2010/2/2/IslandInspired-Dishes-to-Celebrate-the-Final-Season-of-Lost For all the Lost fanatics trying to decipher the “Last Supper”-like cast photo, we offer 15 fantastic tropical island-inspired dishes like a kale and sweet-potato soup inspired by Caribbean callaloo,, a spicy lobster-noodle salad (pictur... Entertaining Recipes Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:50:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2010/2/2/IslandInspired-Dishes-to-Celebrate-the-Final-Season-of-Lost Ratha Tep http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2010/1/12/Party-Lessons-for-2010 I threw a holiday open house a few weeks ago and learned a few lessons for next year. Hot hors d'oeuvres were a big hit: I'll definitely serve fried wontons and Chorizo-Filled Dates Wrapped in Bacon (above) again—both can be cooked ahea... Entertaining Recipes Blogs Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:29:51 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2010/1/12/Party-Lessons-for-2010 Michelle Shih http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2010/1/7/Heirloom-LA Over the holidays, I went to a festive holiday dinner party in Los Angeles that was catered by Heirloom LA, a modern, trendy (and cute) catering couple who made a fantastic family-style dinner. Matthew Poley is in charge of the savory and Tara Maxey ... Entertaining Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:23:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2010/1/7/Heirloom-LA Melissa Rubel Jacobson http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2010/1/4/The-Food-Situation-on-MTVs-Jersey-Shore When he isn't fist pumping, tanning or scavenging for women, Mike "The Situation" from MTV's Jersey Shore (2.5 million viewers' guilty pleasure—and mine, too) is cooking.In the controversial reality show's latest episo... Entertaining Cooking Recipes News Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:01:59 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2010/1/4/The-Food-Situation-on-MTVs-Jersey-Shore Alessandra Bulow http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/12/22/A-Little-Caviar-Splurge A few months ago, wine editor Ray Isle and I enjoyed some amazing caviar at Atelier Robuchon, made all the more intriguing because Joël Robuchon called it his official caviar and said it came from China. We were hoping someday we'd be able t... Entertaining Holidays Chefs Ingredients Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:09:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/12/22/A-Little-Caviar-Splurge Emily Kaiser http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/11/9/Park-Avenue-Potluck-Celebrations What can someone like me, a girl living in Queens, NY, possibly learn from a bunch of Park Avenue socialites with names like Muffie Potter Aston? A lot, I learned, after I read Park Avenue Potluck Celebrations, a new book by New York Times columnist ... Entertaining Cookbooks Holidays Events Style Recipes News Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:04:56 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/11/9/Park-Avenue-Potluck-Celebrations Alessandra Bulow http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/10/13/Reinventing-Dinner-Theater  The dinner-theater concept sounds like a throwback, but director Marlo Hunter is trying to make it hip again with Eating Their Words. Hunter enlists noteworthy writers and actors for an evening of short plays to be performed at a top NYC restau... Entertaining Cooking Menus Chefs Events Restaurants News Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:02:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/10/13/Reinventing-Dinner-Theater Jen Murphy http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/25/A-Gordon-GekkoInspired-Cocktail-Party Eighties Revival Special Part 3: Gordon Gekko, the Wall Street financial villain who symbolized the decadence of the Eighties, is back: Director Oliver Stone has just started filming Wall Street 2. Relive Gekko’s excess with luxe hors d’... Entertaining Recipes Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:17:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/25/A-Gordon-GekkoInspired-Cocktail-Party Ratha Tep http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/7/6/DIY-Pig-Roast The recent obsession with learning to butcher  and cooking an entire animal from snout to tail meant that my Fourth of July weekend was packed with pig-roast invitations, rather than the typical burger-and-beer barbecues of years past. When my f... Entertaining Cooking Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:21:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/7/6/DIY-Pig-Roast Jen Murphy http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/6/25/Food--Wine--Etsy Today on Etsy.com, the world's largest online market for all things handmade, F&W's amazing style editor, Jessica Romm, picks out some great things to buy for a clambake, including nautical-themed items like this sailboat (left). Over the... Entertaining Design Blogs Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:07:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/6/25/Food--Wine--Etsy Emily Kaiser http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/6/12/Best-New-Porcelain-Lanterns Brooklyn-based designer Alyssa Ettinger has just introduced gorgeous lanterns made from translucent porcelain, which give off a firefly-like glow when a votive is added. The molds are hand-cast from antique mason jars; a thin wire handle makes them p... Entertaining Design Style Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:17:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/6/12/Best-New-Porcelain-Lanterns Jen Murphy http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/5/15/Eat-Chocolate-and-Make-Money Dove has come up with a new way to sell their delicious confections:the Dove Chocolate Discoveries party. It's similar to a Tupperware party, except you can actually have too much Tupperware. And unlike an Avon or Mary Kay party, you don’t ... Entertaining Desserts Events Fri, 15 May 2009 10:25:17 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/5/15/Eat-Chocolate-and-Make-Money Christine Quinlan http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/4/8/A-Vegan-Passover If retweeting is re-posting a twitter feed, what's the word for re-blogging a Facebook status update? Retatting? This is a retat. Last night I got so excited I mentioned this on my Facebook page. A vegan friend is coming for Passover, and while c... Entertaining Holidays Recipes Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:36:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/4/8/A-Vegan-Passover Emily Kaiser http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/3/27/Michael-Psilakis-on-What-Its-Like-to-Cook-for-President-Obama At Food & Wine, we think our Best New Chef awards are some of the most prestigious in the culinary world. They are of course – and we have a whole new class to announce next week. (Stay tuned!). But there are some even greater honors and on... Entertaining Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:47:43 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/3/27/Michael-Psilakis-on-What-Its-Like-to-Cook-for-President-Obama Kate Krader http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/3/12/The-Spanish-Winemaker-of-the-Moment Alvaro Palacios is everywhere these days—even in the movies! Well, sort of. The undisputed star of modern Spanish winemaking appears in F&W’s April issue at a party in Manhattan’s new City Winery. Then, when I was watching the r... Entertaining Wine Events News Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:03:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/3/12/The-Spanish-Winemaker-of-the-Moment Emily McKenna