Eat Retreat 2012: Recap
This past weekend I had the extreme pleasure of attending Eat Retreat 2012. It was a jam-packed weekend in the woods of Los Altos, CA with 40 of the most colorful, friendly, and quality people in the world of …
SXSW: My Robotic Kitchen
If you’re in town or following along on Twitter the mayhem that is SXSWi, check out Will Turnage (Ratio, Bread Baking Basics) and I speak on Friday at 3:30 CST on the role of technology in the …
#IreneRecipes
Here in NYC life is pretty much back to normal post-Irene. Walking the streets of Manhattan, it’s hard to tell that the entire city was on lockdown for the better part of last weekend. To quell the boredom, I prompted …
The Future of Food: A Video Interview on PSFK
I sat down with the fine folks at PSFK to talk a bit about this thing of ours and to give my take on the future of dining experiences. Check out the video here:
We have new dinner events in …
Grandpa’s War Shu Duck
My Grandpa Tong used to own Stanley’s Place, one of the first Chinese restaurants in downtown Detroit in the 50s. At one point, he had 100 employees which included 16 line cooks, 6 people solely dedicated to taking phone take-out …
Hacking the Dinner Party @ ITP
I recently had the pleasure of teaching a session at NYU’s ITP Camp entitled, “Hacking the Dinner Party,” which was an introduction to Sous Vide and Activa.…
“I Scream,” at Eyebeam NYC
This past Saturday at the Eyebeam Art + Technology center, I was invited by Stefani Bardin and Brooke Singer to present at their Counter Kitchen event series. The Counter Kitchen brings in guests to deconstruct items that are in the …
Last Meals: The Top 20 Items – Pt 2
Part 2 of 3, recounting the inspiration and process behind Dec 2010′s Last Meal. Read the first post here.
Our initial approach was to read through the list one by one and flag the meals we thought were most …
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