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We all grew up reading this book. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t read it or had it read to them as a child. Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are is coming to the big screen this fall.
Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures is bringing this larger than life tale to the big screen on October 16.
I can’t wait!
Fore the movie trailer, visit: http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/wherethewildthingsare/
Filed under: Personal Log, RaveThis is a repost from my food blog, FoodieInDisguise.com
This past weekend I covered the GOHO Gourmet Kitchen at the International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago. We had a three-day schedule of guest celebrity chefs and authors come in and give a cooking demo. The schedule was pretty tight over the three day period and there were no breaks in-between.
As each guest chef arrived on site, they found all their prep work done and their station setup on stage. Prior to the show, each chef and cookbook author was asked to submit a prep and ingredient list. Whole Foods provided the food but the prep work was done by eight hard working students from The International Culinary Schools at the Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago.
For three days, these eight students chopped, minced, sliced and measured out all the ingredients for such chefs as Masaharu Morimoto, Tyler Florence, Ming Tsai, Stephanie Izard, Nathan Lippy, Paula Deen, Renée Behnke, Suvir Saran and Rick Bayless to name a few. Tucked away behind the stage was a prep room that was filled with glass bowls, kitchen utensils of all kinds, All-Clad cookware, KitchenAid blenders, mixers and food processors. KitchenAid and All-Clad were sponsors of the GOHO Kitchen Theater.
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Filed under: Food, Rave
Watch out Chicago, Scott is coming to town! I haven’t really been back to Chicago since we moved from there back when I was 10 years old. I was born in Chicago.
Anyway…I will be arriving around noon on Thursday and will be in town until Tuesday evening where I arrive back in Southern California at around 11pm.
I am sooo excited and scared at the same time. This was a completely unexpected trip and let’s just say that funds are really short for me right now. So why all the hoopla? I will be attending the International Home + Housewares Show at the McCormick Convention Center in Chicago. It’s an industry trade only show and not open to the public. So how do I get to attend? I’m attending as news media as the owner and founder of FoodieInDisguise.com
I had the hardest time finding airfare that wasn’t going to kill me. It’s kinda surprising that you can fly to Washington DC for $125 round trip and fly thru O’Hare International (ORD), but if you want to fly to O’Hare as your destination, it will cost you around $340. I found a good fare out of LAX for $275.
The show starts on Sunday and the keynote address is being given by Tyler Florence. A person very close to my culinary soul will also be at the show, my former boss and owner of Sur La Table, Renée Behnke. Two Sur La Table cookbooks are up for nomination for the coveted IACP Cookbook Awards and she will be doing a book signing at the show. Other celebs are Season 4 Top Chef Winner Stephanie Izard, Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto, Suvir Saran, Gale Gand, Paula Deen, Rick Bayless, Akasha Richmond of the Akasha Restaurant here in Culver City and a host of many more chefs.
I can’t tell you how excited I am!!! The show is the world’s largest homegoods & housewares marketplace, showcasing thousands of new products and designs in four related product expos.
So my next goal is to find a place to sleep. Luckily, Chicago has an awesome transit system and I can probably stay in the “burbs” for cheaper housing. What would be better is if I can get a hold of the 2 or 3 people I know in Chicago and see if I can catch a couple of nights of sleep on the couch.Remember this was an unbudgeted trip.
Any kind souls in Chicago want to put me up??? I’ll cook you a meal!
Filed under: Personal Log, RavePeople from all over my office were gathered around computer screens and radios, while I had my iPhone in my hand streaming President Obama’s Inaugural Speech.
Watching the images of the day, I wish I was back home in Washington DC, celebrating one of the happiest days of my life. President Obama became the 44th President of the United States today!
People all across our great country celebrated with friends, coworkers and family as we usher in this new time of hope…
What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility — a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world; duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task.
So if you caught Wednesday night’s episode of Top Chef, you know by know that Jamie, Richard and Patrick have declared themselves “Team Rainbow”. Bravo is ahead of the game and already has a Team Rainbow T-shirt on sale at Bravotv.com.
It’s interesting to note that I think Daniel should be part of Team Rainbow…but that may be wishful thinking on my part. If Fabio (Executive Chef of Café Firenze in the Simi Valley) joined Team Rainbow, I wouldn’t be upset either! 
I’ve added some new blogs to my Blogroll over the last few weeks.
Check them out when you get a chance:
Rebel Prince
I’ve actually been reading about Jeff and Thom for sometime now, for some reason I didn’t have them on my Blogroll.
NetMonkey
I found Matt on the net a year or so ago. He lives in Indianapolis.
JereCoh
I found Jeremiah via a link to vote for the Sexiest Geek 2007. I said hello to him and he took the time to respond back. He and his boyfriend live here in SoCal. He was also in an Apple Ad.
Procrastiware
I met Jeff via Twitter. He just started his blog. Give it a read!
Reese’s World
Reese and I actually knew each other from Washington DC. He lives up in the Bay Area now.
RoboCub NYC
I found him thru Twitter. He says he’s half robot, half cub – but he’s fully cute!
The Second Moon of Adonis
I actually found his blog at the last Macworld in SF.
Welcome To My Truth
I’m not sure exactly how I found Dr. Sparky’s blog. But glad I did!
