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Pierogi Lasagna I've been obsessed with potato based sauces the past few weeks, and even made a few that I didn't put up here. It all culminated with this amazing potato lasagna that tastes like a pierogi with every bite. Each layer of noodle gave way to a thick, creamy, cheesy cloud of potato deliciousness. Thanks to reader Chris for the Idea! To make your sauce, start by simmering potatoes in milk. Search Calvin Trillin has been a regular contributor to The New Yorker since 1963, when the magazine published “An Education in Georgia,” an account of the desegregation of the University of Georgia. More than three hundred of Trillin's pieces have appeared in The New Yorker. His work includes comic casuals and a wide variety of nonfiction, but his principal interest has been reporting on America.

who is michael guggenheimer? who is michael guggenheimer? qui est michael guggenheimer Michael Guggenheimer has a broad network of connections within the Swiss arts and culture scene. 3 Day Detox Plan (Friday - Sunday) Sourced from The Hungry For Change Book Day 1, 2 & 3 (Friday, January 4 through Sunday, January 6) UPON RISING - Ginger Lemon Detox Drink BREAKFAST - Super Detox Green Juice (or optional Super Simple Green Drink) MID MORNING SNACK - Cucumber, Celery & Carrot Sticks LUNCH - Sushi Salad (or optional green salad) AFTERNOON SNACK - Activated almonds DINNER - Potassium Balance Soup DESSERT - Chia Pudding AFTER DINNER - Calming Chamomile Tea Ginger Lemon Detox Drink Serves 1

Danny Meyer Daniel "Danny" Meyer (born March 14, 1958) is a New York City restaurateur and the Chief Executive Officer of Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG). Background and early career[edit] Meyer was born and raised in St. Louis, where he attended John Burroughs School. My Mom's Zucchini Lasagna Mom and my brother, George, in Naples My mom, Angela, passed away in 1985. She was from Sicily and I was just really beginning to get into cooking when she died. A short time ago, I was flipping through an old Italian cookbook of hers and saw this recipe, written by her, in the back of the book: I like vegetarian dishes a lot and so I thought I would give it a try. The amount of ricotta the recipe calls for seemed like a lot, so I scaled it back.

Blue Hill Farm Executive Chef and Co-Owner Dan Barber is the co-owner and executive chef of Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns, and the author of the forthcoming book, The Third Plate (May 2014, The Penguin Press). His opinions on food and agricultural policy have appeared in the New York Times, along with many other publications. Appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the President’s Council on Physical Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, Dan continues the work that he began as a member of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture's board of directors: to blur the line between the dining experience and the educational, bringing the principles of good farming directly to the table. Barber has received multiple James Beard awards including Best Chef: New York City (2006) and the country's Outstanding Chef (2009).In 2009 he was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world.

The Zurich Entrepreneur Meetup Group (Zürich Not only is Zurich one of the best places in the world to live, but it's also a great place to start a business. With its top-tier educational institutions, robust infrastructure, and business friendly administration, in many ways Zurich is the ideal place to launch a startup. There is a wealth of creative energy and entrepreneurial spirit in this area, but this sometimes gets lost in the perception that Zurich is simply a "banking town". Also, while there has long been an entrepreneurial scene here, it is somewhat of an exclusive club, and it can be particularly intimidating to non-locals, or aspiring entrepreneurs who want to learn the ropes before jumping in completely. We can change that!

The 2013 Best Food Blog Awards: The Winners! 's ongoing mission to chronicle a world of authentic cuisine, we find what we're looking for more and more in one place: online. Of the tens of thousands of nominations that came in this year—blogs great and small, visual and textual, humorous and profound, technical and amateur, exuberant and austere—we found not just great writing, great photography, and a great commitment to the importance of food to storytelling and community-building, but also some blogs that truly spoke to us. We're thrilled to shine a light on the sixty-eight unique blogs that are finalists in the fourth annual Best Food Blog Awards—and even more delighted to announce the winners in each category.

MIFFLIN SCHMID DESIGN Executives know design drives business strategy but they need the rationale of visual logic justified verbally first. We do this well because, as Harald Szeemann phrased it, “People see through their ears.” Lize Mifflin, Partner The uniquely beautiful new Swiss Re headquarters being built on the banks of Lake Zurich by Diener & Diener Architekten references the lake for its dominant visual motif. These are a few of my favorite foods Oysters taste weird, smell like the ocean and feel even worse. Every year we plant candy corn and grow a candy tree this year there are grapes in the soil so Every thing is grape flavor and there are also purple m&m’s. do you want to try? Katz’s Delicatessen

Cook it Raw: 'For chefs, it's like free-falling into the unknown' René Redzepi Redzepi's restaurant in Copenhagen, Noma, has been voted No 1 in the World's 50 Best every year since 2010 and his belief in the importance of time and place in cooking has had global influence. He is a co-founder of Cook It Raw and has attended all five events: Denmark, Italy, Lapland, Japan, Poland There is one moment I will never forget from the first Cook It Raw in Denmark in 2009. David Chang, the extraordinary chef from Momofuku in New York, is walking in a forest outside Copenhagen and he falls to his knees in a patch of wild garlic. "Holy shit!"

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