"The Culinary World of Chef Brad"

Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) — London restaurants were hurt last week when snow disrupted transport and led as many as half the customers to cancel at establishments such as Pied a Terre.

via London Chefs See More Beef, Fewer Molecules in Difficult Year – Bloomberg.com.

MIAMI BEACH — The early bird special at Cafe Prima Pasta began last year after the restaurant’s owner, Gerardo Cea, lost all his savings in real estate and began seeing his regular customers at the supermarket.

via Hard Times Have Younger Floridians Catching the Early Bird – NYTimes.com.

THE ADIOS MO-FO is among the most popular drinks sold at Howl at the Moon, at Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles. A friend and I ordered one on a recent visit, then watched the bartender deftly hoist and upend four bottles at once—rum, gin, vodka, and blue Curaçao—letting loose long strands of colorful liquid, as if from the udder of a magical cow.

via Supersized Cocktails – The Atlantic (January/February 2010).

Amid rising government pressure and consumer concern, food makers are taking a new tack in their long-running effort to sell products with less salt. Instead of offering foods labeled as low salt that few people eat, they are gradually reducing the salt from some of their most popular items—and not making a big fuss about it on the label.

via Food Makers Quietly Cut Back on Salt – WSJ.com.

This city has two rulers. The Hon. Michael Bloomberg is its elected mayor. Its equally honorable but unelected emperor, Danny Meyer, holds court without pomp at 10 palaces in New York County, aka Manhattan. These are restaurants admired round the world, restaurants ranging from the humblest hamburger stand to the higher reaches of Michelin-starred, plate-of-the-art fine dining.

via Danny Meyer Marathon: From Shake Shack to Eleven Madison Park to Maialino and More – WSJ.com.

Anthony Bourdain, the bad-boy chef who snorted his way through a so-so cooking career before writing a snarky, no-holds-barred, best-selling memoir, “Kitchen Confidential,” in 2000, has a confession to make.

via A more mellow Bourdain | PressDemocrat.com | The Press Democrat | Santa Rosa, CA.