http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off Food and Wine Editors' Blog en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:28:53 -0500 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:41:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/11/16/Londons-Most-Fashionable-Tea I’ll be blogging this week about discoveries from my recent eight-day trip to London. The city was buzzing with pop-up restaurant/design projects, ambitious new hotels and hip new British comfort food joints. One of my favorite finds was at the... Desserts Design Travel Style News Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:41:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/11/16/Londons-Most-Fashionable-Tea Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/11/12/Ilse-Crawfords-New-Coaching-Inns  Superhip Brit designer Ilse Crawford is constantly innovating. Her latest obsession is reinventing the idea of the coaching inn, which offered travelers in the mid-17th century a place to eat and sleep. Last year I stayed at her first such prop... Design Travel Style Restaurants News Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:59:55 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/11/12/Ilse-Crawfords-New-Coaching-Inns Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/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://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/11/9/Park-Avenue-Potluck-Celebrations Alessandra Bulow http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/10/30/Halloween-Dress-Like-a-Chef Scrounging for a last-minute Halloween costume? Get inspiration from some of our favorite chefs’ ensembles in F&W's "Dress Like a Chef" slideshow, like Mario Batali's now-iconic look: red wig pulled in a low ponytail, bagg... Events Holidays Chefs Style News Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:54:45 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/10/30/Halloween-Dress-Like-a-Chef Alessandra Bulow http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/25/The-Standard-Hotels-Beer-Garden It's not every day that a famous Austrian chef hand-feeds you a weisswurst, but that's what happened to me last night at New York City's Standard Hotel's Beer Garden. Wearing lederhosen in honor of Oktoberfest and a jean jacket person... Bars Cooking Menus Chefs Style Recipes Restaurants News Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:25:36 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/25/The-Standard-Hotels-Beer-Garden Alessandra Bulow http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/17/New-York-Fashion-Week-with-Padma-Lakshmi-and-MaryKate--Ashley Top Chef host, cookbook author and former model Padma Lakshmi kicked off New York City's fashion week by judging hors d'oeuvres created by six fashion celebs in a cook-off at Bergdorf Goodman's BG Restaurant. The contestants included desi... Bars Cooking Style Cocktails Events Restaurants News Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:33:33 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/9/17/New-York-Fashion-Week-with-Padma-Lakshmi-and-MaryKate--Ashley Alessandra Bulow http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/8/12/Batali-Disciple-in-Cartagena For the last two years, foodies have been talking about the exciting restaurant scene in Colombia’s capital city, Bogotá, particularly its hot food ‘hood, Zona G (which has restaurants from Peruvian star chefs Rafael Osterling and Ga... Design Chefs Travel Style Restaurants News Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:03:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/8/12/Batali-Disciple-in-Cartagena Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/7/15/Mini-Gardens-To-Go Marni Horwitz's company, Alive Structures, has spent the last three years greening buildings around New York City with garden roofs and walls. My favorite of its works: the East Village's Wild Project, a gallery and performance space where th... Style Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:41:57 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/7/15/Mini-Gardens-To-Go Kelly Snowden http://www.foodandwine.com/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://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/6/12/Best-New-Porcelain-Lanterns Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/5/7/FoodInspired-Design One of my favorite things to do when I travel is to wander through foreign grocery stores, seeing how people in other parts of the world (or the country, even) label, display and buy their food. That’s why I love the new book crEATe: Eating, De... Design Style Thu, 07 May 2009 18:22:05 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2009/5/7/FoodInspired-Design Kelly Snowden http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2008/12/5/ValueMinded-Kitchen-Makeover-Ideas  Dream kitchen makeovers, complete with super-techy appliances, may need to be put on hold as we move into more frugal times. But just because we’re in a recession doesn’t mean you have to deal with an outdated kitchen for another ye... Design Style News Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:24:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2008/12/5/ValueMinded-Kitchen-Makeover-Ideas Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2008/12/3/Food-Fashion--Design-Guide-to-Art-Basel-Miami                           In our December issue, we give a food-and-design-savvy insider’s guide to Miami’s Design Dis... Bars News Blogs Design Chefs Events Restaurants Travel Style Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:46:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2008/12/3/Food-Fashion--Design-Guide-to-Art-Basel-Miami Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2008/11/26/Madeline-Weinrib-Table-Linens Madeline Weinrib, the superstylish rug and textile designer of ABC Carpet & Home fame, is launching a line of table linens featuring gorgeous hand-embroidered napkins and chevron patterned placemats and runners. The linens have an heirloom quali... Style Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:58:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2008/11/26/Madeline-Weinrib-Table-Linens Jessica Romm http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2008/11/14/London-Black-Book-Part-I I was overly ambitious when planning the itinerary for my first trip to London. I wanted to see the iconic sights (the London Eye, Big Ben); do some cheesy tourist things (be photographed in a red phone booth and try to make the guards at Buckingham ... Bars News Restaurants Cocktails Design Menus Chefs Travel Style Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:28:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2008/11/14/London-Black-Book-Part-I Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2008/10/15/The-Hippest-Restaurant-Side-Dish-The-Cotton-Tee  While fashionable restaurants tap noted clothing designers to create staff uniforms (Narciso Rodriguez for Del Posto, Maria Cornejo for Buddakan and Morimoto), the owners and seriously talented chefs at supercasual restaurants and bakeries (Mom... Blogs Design Chefs Style Restaurants News Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:33:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off/2008/10/15/The-Hippest-Restaurant-Side-Dish-The-Cotton-Tee Jen Murphy