Eye Candy: The Boar Hunt in the Greenhouse Gallery

by jbfauthor on August 05, 2009

Located where diners meet and mingle before meals, the Greenhouse Gallery at the Beard House exhibits the works of up-and-coming and established artists who work with culinary themes. Currently on display is The Boar Hunt, a photo series by Peter Frank Edwards that documents the hunting, butchering, and cooking of a wild boar in the wilderness of South Carolina's Santee River Delta. "The premise was to get a great chef and put him with some great hunters and let them learn and experience different things from each other," says Edwards. The great chef? Brad Farmerie of NYC's Public, Double Crown, and the Monday Room. "Brad has a passion for pork, but had never hunted and harvested a pig," says Edwards. "We had a great and challenging time working on the project together. Chest-deep swamp water, long hikes through the swamp, listening for the pigs." The work was commissioned by Men's Jou

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Eye Candy: Luncheon Aboard the Queen Mary 2

by jbfauthor on August 04, 2009

Last week JBF members and friends dined in the opulent Britannia restaurant aboard the Queen Mary 2. The stunning ocean liner's kitchen, which employs 230 people, prepared a grand luncheon featuring dishes like Jerusalem artichoke and white truffle velouté and espresso semifreddo with sabayon and Marsala gelée. Click here to see more images from this one-of-a-kind event. July 30, 2009, The Queen Mary 2 (Photo by Philip Gross)

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Q & A: David Wondrich

by jbfauthor on August 04, 2009

2008 JBF Award winner and Imbibe! author David Wondrich will be mixing up cocktails at our exclusive Jack Daniel’s birthday party at the Beard House on September 9 (want a taste of his genius? Enter our Twitter recipe contest!). But where does this master mixologist go when he wants someone else to make him a drink? JBF: Where do you like to go for a great cocktail? DW: A few current favorites: Clover Club, Pegu Club, and PDT in New York, Beretta and Alembic in San Francisco, the Teardrop Lounge in Portland, Green Street in Boston, and the Edison in Los Angeles. But there are many more places, almost all of them new. It’s an exciting time for the discriminating barfly. Click here to read more of our Q & A with David Wondrich

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News Feed: August 4

by jbfauthor on August 04, 2009

Food-related iPhone apps [Endless Simmer] Robots making ramen in Japan (video) [Reuters] Which chain brews the best cup of coffee? [Slate] JBF Master Class instructor Toshio Suzuki (slideshow) [The Feedbag]

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Eat This Word: Succotash

by JBF Editors on August 04, 2009

WHAT? Daffy's favorite side dish. ("Suffering succotash!") Indians introduced colonists to this mix of beans and corn (the Indian version sometimes included bear meat) and gave the dish its name, which derives from msickquatash, Narraganset for boiled kernels of corn. In A Tramp Abroad, Mark Twain listed succotash (along with possom, coon, and cobblers) among the food from home that he most craved while he was traveling. Ronald Reagan once used the word as a substitute for "Podunk" to mean a backwater place; in so doing, he incensed the 600 residents of Succotash Point, Rhode Island. Sadly, so many Americans were raised on loathsome frozen succotash vegetable mix, they've written off what food writer John Thorne has described as "a quintessential summer dish...with a wonderfully delicate flavor."

WHERE? Will Gilson's Beard House dinner

WHEN? August 4, 2009

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Scholarship Spotlight: The Vilcek Foundation

by jbfauthor on August 03, 2009

As most food lovers know, many of the delicious dishes we eat can be credited to the diverse influences and skills that foreign-born chefs and cooks bring to their craft. In recognition of this vital part of our culture, our friends at the Vilcek Foundation, an organization that honors and supports immigrants who have made outstanding contributions to American society, have chosen to award its 2010 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise to a foreign-born chef, artisan, or culinary innovator. The Vilcek Foundation will award a $25,000 prize to a young professional who has made notable contributions to the field at an early stage in his or her career. In addition, four finalists will each be awarded $5,000. Applicants must be foreign born and be 38 years old or younger. Only naturalized U.S. citizens or green card holders are eligible to apply. The deadline for application submission has been extended to August 17th, 2009.

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News Feed: August 3

by jbfauthor on August 03, 2009

The history of beer drinking at the White House [WSJ] A survey of Chicago's ethnic markets [Chicago Tribune] Hot sauces hurt so good [Hungry Beast] Nora Ephron's day on a plate [Gourmet]

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Tweet Eats: The Great Twitter Cook-Off

by jbfauthor on August 03, 2009

We want your recipes! Sure, we love it when chefs like Jonathan Benno, Martin Brock, and Alexandra Guarnachelli give us recipes for some of their great dishes, but we love it even more when we hear from our members and friends about what they like to cook at home. We’re launching our first ever recipe contest and we want to hear from you. What’s the best way to get recipes from you guys? Twitter of course! Tweet your recipe in 140 characters or less AND be sure to include the hashtag #jbfrecipe by August 14 for a chance to have your recipe tasted and judged by an incredible panel of experts. Drinks, salads, roasts, desserts—you name it; we want it. We’ve only got two guidelines: the finished product should taste delicious and we want to see your Twitter creativity. Wow us with flavors and your novel use of symbols and abbreviation. Over the next

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On the Menu: August 2 to August 8

by jbfauthor on July 31, 2009

Here’s what happening at the Beard House next week: Tuesday, August 4, 7:00 P.M. New England Garden Dinner How often can say you’ve eaten a pig raised specifically for your dinner? Chef Will Gilson, a JBF Award semifinalist this year, is doing just that for this special farm-to-table meal. Gilson’s seasonal, New England–inspired cuisine embodies the locavore movement—almost all of his ingredients come from his own farm. Wednesday, August 5, 7:00 P.M. From the Land and Sea This pair of modern Italian hot spots have considerable pedigree: they’re owned by François Rousseau, an alum of the Ryland Inn and Gramercy Tavern, developed in consultation with JBF Award winner Michael White, and presided over by talented chef Bill Dorrler, whose mouthwat

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