Adam Platt and Frank Bruni are no longer banned from Jeffrey Chodorow’s restaurants. Even though, says the restaurateur, Platt “missed the whole point of Wild Salmon.” [Restaurant Girl]
Related: Salmon Cured? [NYM]
In a revealing interview, Marco Pierre White takes a stand against the star-chef game: “Can you imagine: You take your wife out to my restaurant for dinner, and I’m not behind the stove. You find out I’m in America — how would you feel when you’ve just done $1,200 for dinner? It’s a sour taste, isn’t it?” [Salon]
Thomas Keller announces that he isn’t really the man at Per Se: “I [speak] as someone who is somewhat detached from it because it is a Jonathan Benno restaurant.” [MSN]
Chefs vent about doing big charity events: “My favorite are food festivals where people pay $400-$1200 to walk around, get wasted, get a free promotional bag from say the Costa Rican Travel Commission and then barf. I love those.” [Snack]
A citywide cocktail competition was held yesterday at the Institute of Culinary Education, and the winner was … Blue Smoke’s Porch Swing (Pimm’s, Hendrick’s gin, and lemonade.) [NYS]
Time Inc. launches a Website that rounds up all the recipes from some of its lifestyle titles, including Coastal Living, Sunset, Cooking Light, and Health. [Chow]
