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Throwback Thursday: Richard Blais at Taste America Chicago

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Richard Blais at James Beard Foundation's® Taste America in 2013

Richard Blais at James Beard Foundation's® Taste America in 2013

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Mon, May 16, 2016

For today's Throwback Thursday, here's a …

For today's Throwback Thursday, here's a snapshot of our cooking demos at last year's Taste America Chicago, where Richard Blais showed us how he makes a margarita. Naturally, his technique involves a hulking tank of liquid nitrogen.

The 2014 reboot of James Beard Foundation's® Taste America kicks off this weekend in Atlanta and Phoenix! Head over to jbftasteamerica.org to see what's in store for this year's ten-city tour.