Tartufo at Lupa

Hi:) The Brown Bonnet from Carvel Ice Cream was a staple of my childhood. It's hard to believe it now, but our family would ride our bikes together to the Carvel on Long Beach Road in Oceanside, Long Island, where I grew up. We'd dismount, mosey inside and place our orders and my parents' orders were always the same: a brown bonnet for my dad, a brown bonnet for my mom. What's a brown bonnet? Essentially: soft-serve ice cream dipped in a chocolate glaze that instantly hardens. You can get it at the Mr. Softee truck in New York; there it's just called a chocolate-dip. Wherever you get it, there's something immensely satisfying about ice cream in a chocolate shell. And after years of brown bonnets and chocolate-dips at Mr. Softee, I thought I knew everything there was to know about the magical combo of chocolate on the outside and ice cream on the inside---that is, until I had the tartufo at Lupa.

What Up With That?

Hi:) There's this SNL sketch that Craig and I find pretty funny. Actually, I'm not sure it's even that funny; it's more amusing than funny. Essentially, there's this talk show host (played by Kenan Thompson) who hosts a show called 'What Up With That?' and he sings a theme song (also called 'What Up With That?') and every time he starts to interview his guests, he starts the song again and nothing ever gets done and there's a man in a red track suit dancing and sometimes a choir and weird cameos and confetti. Maybe you just need to see it, after the jump.

The James Beard Awards' Chef's Night

Hi:) I have a secret to reveal: this year, I was a judge for the James Beard Awards.
Whoah, I just heard your collective gasp through the computer screen. Believe me, I gasped myself when they asked me. It's a pretty gasp-worthy fact, considering that the James Beard Awards are like the Oscars of the food world. At first, I was shocked, then I was terrified, then I was deeply honored and flattered. Unfortunately, I can't tell you what category I judged (that's a major stipulation) but I can tell you about my reward: two tickets to the big blow-out 'Chef's Night Out' party at SD-26.

Rocky Mountain High: Medical Marijuana Patients In Denver Can Buy Gourmet Foods Laced With Pot - Interesting!

Interesting stuff guys! Rocky Mountain high: Medical marijuana patients in Denver can buy gourmet foods laced with pot.

In Denver, a new medical-marijuana shop called Ganja Gourmet serves cannabis-infused specialties such as pizza, hummus and lasagna. Across town in the Mile-High City, a Caribbean restaurant plans to offer classes on how to make multi-course meals with pot in every dish. Take care:)

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Gourmet, 3 Other Magazines To Close - Unbelievable!

This is sad though :( Gourmet, the nation's oldest food magazine, is being closed by Conde Nast Publications as the high-end magazine publisher tries to weather a devastating advertising slump. Conde Nast is also closing Modern Bride, Elegant Bride and Cookie, a parenting magazine. Earlier in the year it killed publication of Portfolio, a business magazine, and Domino, a lifestyle title.

Gourmet, which debuted in the 1940s, is revered by many culinary aficionados and edited by Ruth Reichl. Conde Nast said, Gourmet's brand will live on in books and TV programming.

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