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Joanne Weir: Kitchen Gypsy. Gobal Culinary Ambassador. Sept 30. The Connected Table Live!

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Share Waiter! There’s a fly in my wine! This is just one of the serendipitous stories in Joanne Weir ‘s new memoir, “Kitchen Gypsy: Recipes and Stories from a Lifelong Romance with Food.” I particularly loved this story because Joanne ends up in her tender 20s as a guest at a famous Bordeaux Chateau as a […]

Happy 80th Birthday Jacques Pépin! The Connected Table LIVE! Sept 23

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Share There are many well-known chefs in television thanks to the proliferation of cooking shows and culinary competitions. But Jacques Pépin, stands in a league of his own. He’s an Emmy Award and James Beard-winning host of 14 cooking shows series on PBS-TV and is author of dozens of acclaimed books, including his newest, Jacques Pépin Heart & Soul in the Kitchen, (Rux […]

Inside Monet’s Garden: The Connected Table LIVE!

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If you’ve ever visited the lush bucolic home of the painter, Claude Monet. you will be transformed by its beautiful gardens. Located in a the tiny and very pretty town of Giverny, France, it’s an easy day trip everyone must take from Paris and, please, allow plenty of time to savor it. Another way to […]

El Jefe of Nuevo Latino Cooking- Chef Douglas Rodriguez- The Connected Table LIVE

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“The most important Latin chef in the restaurant world.” —Nina Zagat, Zagat Guides He’s been called “the godfather of Nuevo Latino cooking” by media and food industry cognoscenti. His dishes pack a “pow” in flavor, texture and color. I first became familiar with Chef Douglas Rodriguez’s muy sabroso culinary style when he was still in his […]

American Grilled’s Chef David Guas May 6 The Connected Table LIVE

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May 4, 2015 – David Ransom and I have a special place in our hearts for New Orleans, the city where we were married in 2007. That’s why it’s a treat to have native New Orleanian David Guas on our May 6th show. This Harley-riding southern chef brought his love for New Orleans up the road […]

Judith Jones and Karen Page on The Connected Table LIVE! Jan 28

If you have a dog-eared copy of any of these cookbooks on your shelf at home: Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Marion Cunningham’s Fannie Farmer Cookbook, Marcella Hazan’s Essentials of Italian Cooking or Jacques Pepin’s Art of Cooking you can thank Judith Jones. If you ever read the published Diary of Anne […]

The Tastemakers on The Connected Table LIVE! December 10:

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Two award winning cookbook authors and journalists who both bring their style of taste to all they do will be our guests on The Connected Table LIVE! December 10, 2pm ET/ 11am PT. She is the first Latin American woman chef to have been invited to be a guest chef at The White House to […]

Seasons Feedings Nov 19 on The Connected Table LIVE!

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Mid November marks what we like to refer to as “The Feeding Season.” Magazines show pretty dishes of festive foods and everyone talks about what to drink at the holiday table. We’re Giving Thanks to an abundant season for Italian white truffles, fresh cold water oysters on the half shell, crisp Hudson Valley apples in […]

Culinary Couple Connects with Food and Beverage Industry Insiders

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Culinary couple Melanie Young and David Ransom start October on a delicious note with the debut of The Connected Table Live Wednesdays, 2-3 p.m. EST/ 11-12 PST on W4CY. In a nod to the source of all great food we are starting- literally- from “the ground up” with Farmer Lee Jones, a pioneer of the sustainable […]