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Can you learn to cook online? The Escoffier School thinks so
29 Jun
The Escoffier School for Culinary Arts has one hell of a namesake to live up to. Auguste Escoffier is the closest thing the cooking world has to a deity. He established the brigade system that governs all modern-day professional kitchens. His pivotal Le Guide Culinaire codified French cuisine’s five mother sauces, from which all other sauces derive. The Escoffier School’s owners believe they can now impart some of the grand master's wisdom to a new generation of cooks through an intensive online course.
North Road Restaurant: Another notch in the Danish gastronomic revolution
24 Jun
Reblogged from The Daily Norm:
Denmark, the country that brought us Lego, the Little Mermaid and a whole host of funky, fresh and chic interior design ideas is currently leading the world with its gastronomic innovation. René Redzepi's two-Michelin starred extravaganza, Noma, has been awarded the ultimate accolade of Best Restaurant in the World for the last three years in a row, stealing the crown from the extended reign of El Bulli long before it closed.
The Bacon Sundae is Coming
13 Jun
Just when we thought fast food news could not get any more exciting, Burger King announced that it will be offering a bacon sundae throughout the U.S. this summer.
The dessert — a 510 calorie monstrosity featuring both a whole strip of bacon and bacon crumbles atop a fudge and caramel sundae — was released in April in Nashville to…
This guy's apartment is the size of a closet
30 May
Freelance designer Luke Clark Tyler keeps all his worldly possessions in the same amount of space that McMansion-dwellers allot for clothes and shoes. His Manhattan apartment is the size of a walk-in closet -- 78 square feet, just enough space to park a Mini Cooper.
Five facts about Peter Carl Fabergé and his famous eggs on his 166th birthday
30 May
Reblogged from National Post | News:
Peter Carl Fabergé is celebrated in today's Google Doodle, so we decided to delve into five interesting facts about the world-famous jeweler:
1 Peter Carl Fabergé — the legendary Russian jeweler — was born 166 years ago today, which places his life at the very end of the Czarist era of Russian history. Fabergé was most famous for his ornately jeweled and priceless Easter eggs that were produced through his company, The House of Fabergé, which he took over from his father.
Garden tour: Chelsea was as fabulous as ever
29 May
There is nothing like the Chelsea Flower Show. It is still the best garden show in the world. And this year, nothing changed - it was as fantastic as ever, althought there were a few disappointments, such as the rather low-key contribution from Sarah Price, who I expected (as did most other people) to win the best in show award for her garden.
Skydiving Goes Wrong: 80-year-old woman almost falls out of parachute harness on video
28 May Reblogged from National Post | News:
It was an eightieth birthday present to herself that went horribly wrong, when California senior Laverne Everett jumped out of an airplane and almost out of her tandem skydiving harness to her death.
Of course, the now 81-year-old told CBS news, she had no idea what kind of danger she was in during the jump, only finding out about it when she watched the terrifying video after the fact.
SurfAir's 1st Round Of Funding "Oversubscribed," Jumps to Nearly $14m
25 May
SurfAir, the company launching a new small jet service between Silicon Valley and Southern California, has gotten so much interest from the Venture Capital community that we’re hearing it’s accepting a little more than expected.
When we originally interviewed SurfAir CEO Wade Eyerly last March, he indicated the company was seeking about $2 million. But over the past couple of days we’ve gotten unsolicited calls from investors, who wish to remain anonymous at this point, who have told us that there was so much demand that the company has raised nearly $14 million.
Garden tour: Off to the Chelsea Flower Show
24 May
London – Today, we go to the Chelsea Flower Show, the most famous garden show in the world. I will be writing about the highlights for the Home & Garden section on June 1 but I can tell you that the buzz around town is that all the garden designers have pulled out the stops this year, it being the Queen’s special year.
Cool Ad: Making the most out of stock photos
24 May
Fair warning that things get a touch racy toward the mid-point of this stock image love story, but it's reasonable to say that after six months of research and database trawling, AlmaBBDO's 60-second ad for our friends at Getty Images is the best use of stock photos since this.
WSJ Markets
- Jefferson County Debt Plan Is CostlyThe plan by Jefferson County, Ala., to emerge from bankruptcy protection hinges in part on the sale of $1.9 billion of new debt this fall to refinance debt tied to its troubled sewer system. But some observers are calling terms of the new debt onerous.
- Thai Rice Aid CriticizedThailand's government took a step toward revealing the full cost of its contentious rice-price support program, saying it had lost $4.4 billion on the subsidy from fall 2011 to September 2012.
- KPMG Ex-Partner Is ArraignedFormer KPMG LLP senior partner Scott London was arraigned here Monday in federal court, where a not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf, although he is expected to plead guilty once certain procedural matters are resolved.
- China Wrestles With Banks' Pleas for CashChina's big banks are urging the central bank to free up funds to ease an unusual cash squeeze, as Beijing faces a stark choice: add money to the financial system to help lenders, or stay the course to rein in a rapid expansion of credit.
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