My trip to Cancun was the first of two trips to work on a book about the Moon Palace Resort and Pastry Chef Antonio Bachour who is my good friend and partner on his books. He was commissioned to revamp their pastry department. The hotel’s story is wonderful and very...
Nothing brings people together like a good cause, and no one brings some of the city’s top chefs together like Alan “Battman” Batt. His latest iteration of the Great Gathering of Chefs, which took place at the Prince George Ballroom on April 24th, united almost one...
A couple of weeks ago Adam Bosse, owner of Coffee Afficionado called me. During the conversation he mentioned that he was going to Kenya to check out some new plantations and that he wanted to work with me. My response was “Wow, that sounds cool!” Adam’s...
[vc_gallery type=”grid” images=”859072,859073,859074,859075,859076,859077,859078″ img_size=”thumbnail”] November 13 I flew to Canada to watch the printing of Antonio Bachour’s new book Bachour the Baker in Beauceville, about an hour...
Bill Telepan heads up a wonderful charity, Wellness in the Schools, which helps schools serve better lunches and teaches kids the benefits of eating healthy. The annual WITS Gala was held September 24 at Oceana in NYC, and I was there to take photos of the food. A...
This week wasn’t very busy, but there were still some good things that happened. I went to see Chef Jean-Louis Dumonet, President of Maîtres Cuisiniers de France USA/Canada, to show him the press sheets for the new Master Chefs of France cookbook. The printing was...
