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Cristeta Comergord / Culinary Travel / Equipment / White House — No Comments
12
Apr 11

Cooking for the Commander in Chief

I read an interesting article (Cooking for the Commander in Chief) on how they fix it up over at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

White House Chef Criseta Comerford (courtesy of Suite101.com)

White House Executive Chef  Criseta Comerford, Philippine born and trained in traditional French Cuisine at the University of the Philippines’s Food-Technology Program, presides over a small kitchen with 12 Vulcan burners, a gas grill, a salmander broiler and a convection oven that doubles as a steamer.

The Small Sunny & Airy White House Kitchen

She can cook casual for the first family (Laura Bush promoted her to the top job in the top kitchen) or preside over 40 or more chefs for a state dinner.

The Commander in Chief's Organic Garden (courtesy of Low Density Lifestyles)

They can also draw from the 1,100 square foot Organic White House Garden on the South Lawn which grows, among other things Cilantro, Green Oak Leaf Lettuce, Black Kale, Chiles, Parsley, and Sweet Orange Tomatoes.

If you are curious about how the most powerful family in the world eats, the article is a good place to start.

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BBQ / Culinary Travel / Equipment / Events / Girl Meats Fork / Smart Kitchen News — No Comments
26
Mar 11

2nd Annual Arizona BBQ Festival

the flyer for the 2nd Annual Arizona BBQ Festival

 

 

If you are a vegetarian or a vegetore this is not the blog post for you because it is about, and for, the other team; the Carnivores.*

Loot n Booty Competition BBQ Team

A Slab of Ribs from Loot N Booty Competition BBQ Team

We will be posting about the 2nd Annual Arizona BBQ Festival where over 20 teams stoked their coals and smoked brisket, chicken, pork, tri-tip,and you name it, for 12-18 hours with delicious results. We were lucky enough, in the Tom Sawyer sense of the word lucky, to be invited by Susie Timm of Girl Meats Fork to help her, and her teammates at Loot n Booty (second in Brisket last year), man their booth.

Loot n Booty Competition BBQ Team

BBQ Brisket

That is a Pink Smoke Ring!

We got video of it too.

It was a lot of fun to watch the competition from “floor seats” behind the tent flap and sort of participate. The only drawback was that at times it felt like being thirsty on the ocean, lots of water, but none to drink, as we served, but did not eat the sumptious BBQ. It was for charity and friendship so we endured.

SK Chef Helping Out the Loot n Booty Team

Feast your eyes on the smokers, the contestants and the product below.

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180 Degrees

We Didn't Learn the Story Behind the Axes

The AZ Kid

The Kid's Smoker

And The AZ Kid's Ride

BBQ Magic

Big Earl's New in Old Town Scottsdale

The Punny Named Major Woody BBQ Team.

Otis & the Bird Smoker

Detail of Otis & the Bird's Smoker Sign

R&R's Smoker on Wheels

Sin City Smokers from Las Vegas, NV

Smoked to the Bone's Mobile Smoker

Our Kind & Generous Neighbors, Steel City BBQ

Medal Winning Swine Assassins

Wild Catters Q Crew, all the Way from Enid, OK

* We joked about the Pulled Squash Competition for next year, but I don’t think there will be many takers at the KC BBQ Society.

Apprentice M / Equipment / Smart Kitchen News — No Comments
5
Jan 11

Testing Begins In Earnest

Smart Kitchen helps cook

Smart Kitchen Cooking with Proper Heat

We got a great photo back in from one of our testers (Apprentice M) actually cooking, (albeit with their nice tablet computer poised precariously off the counter top) using a Smart Kitchen chart that details the various cooking heats and what they are good for to grill what looks like breaded chicken cutlets.

We have about 100 people in line for Beta testing spots but with 50% of our content up (soon to be 60%) we are very close to a soft launch date. It is a very exciting time around here at Smart Kitchen. Our little business creation is working for people and helping them learn to cook. It feels kind of like when your kid (mine are 5 & 2) succeeds and exceeds at something you taught them, like improvising with responsiblity, manipulation and guile (in a good way) and taking out a food tray before asking if they can eat a snack in front of the TV. The 5 year old sold that one to her Dad recently. “Done! Food in front of TV for you!”

We still have some room for a few more beta testers. If you are interested you should sign up on the main Smart Kitchen web site (www.smartkitchen.com) by entering your email address into the input box which will let us know to contact you. We will want to know your first name, last name, address, phone number and about your cooking level, your availability to interact with Smart Kitchen and will seek a committment from you to spend some time with Smart Kitchen and giving us feed back about ways we might improve the product.

We are very excited and hope to be sharing the fun (and better tasting food) with you all too.

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10
Dec 10

Its the Real Thing, a Really Cool Thing

A Friendly Looking Marketing Terminator Robot Soda Jerk from Coke

I think SK Chef will be giving me some heat for posting anything about a product like Coke(R), so luckily the new 106 flavor Coke (R) soda fountain machine exists. A cool drink would be welcome as I think of an excuse for why a processed drink (not even a food) is on our blog.

I have it. This is a post about cool food technology. No foods were shown, or consumed (as far as you know) in the making of this post. Keep your eyes peeled for the “Technology” in fast food places–errr in locations–in your area. I saw one near our office and found them to be kind of cool looking. 

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