We join Chef Lidia Bastianich at the NY Botanical Garden’s Edible Garden as she demonstrates some great recipes using fresh garden herbs and vegetables. Here she makes a savory crostata filled with rice, zucchini & ricotta cheese.

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CMN Video: Flavors of Chile at Centrico

Chef Mark and Jennifer attend a luncheon at Chef Aaron Sanchez’s Centrico Restaurant made with products from Chile: Merken spice, carica, myrtle berries, avocado oil, pisco, and more.

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CMN Video: Chef Eric Lee’s Salmon Potato Canapés

Chef Eric Lee from Onyx Restaurant in Halifax, Nova Scotia shows us how he prepares Salmon Potato Canapes for the Savour Food & Wine Festival.

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CMN Video: Chef Trevor Simms Shellfish Bowl

Chef Trevor Simms of the 44 North Restaurant at the Marriott Harbourfront Hotel in Halifax, Nova Scotia shows us his signature 44 North Shellfish Bowl, which showcases the local lobster and Digby Scallops.

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CMN Video: Food Blogger Playdate: Steak Tasting

Part 2 of our latest Food Blogger Play Date, where we do a blind tasting of Artisanal steaks from Carrie Oliver of www.oliverranch.com. Anu Karwa from Swirl Events brings along some great wines to pair with the beef.

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CMN Video: Hiltl Vegetarian Restaurant, Zurich

Who says vegetarian food can’t be sexy? We visit Europe’s oldest vegetarian restaurant (founded in 1898), which has one of the busiest — and cleanest — kitchens we’ve ever seen. Managing Director Peter Vauthier gave us full access to the operation, from kitchen to dining room…to secret hidden room.

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CMN Video: Christmas Time in Zurich

Jennifer and Chef Mark wander around the Christmas Markets in Zurich, Switzerland, and discover a couple holiday treats that are everywhere this time of year: Lángos and Glühwein.

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CMN Video: Colonial Cooking

We learn how Colonists in 18th Century Virginia prepared foods in a Hearth-fired kitchen. Frank Clark, Supervisor of Historic Foodways at Colonial Williamsburg, shows us around the kitchen of the Peyton Randolph House.

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Video: A Day at El Bulli Book Launch

We attended a party hosted by publisher Phaidon at Thomas Keller’s Per Se Restaurant to honor Chef Ferran Adria on the publication of “A Day at El Bulli“, a 500 page exploration of the art of cuisine at his temple of gastronomy. The event drew a crowd of America’s culinary elite, who sipped Cava and sampled Per Se’s best hors d’oeuvres. Among the attendees were many of America’s top chefs, who were thrilled to support Chef Adria. (see if you can spot them all!)

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Fork in the Road – Per Se

A quick update from the book release party for Chef Ferran Adria’s book “A Day at El Bulli“, published by Phaidon. The party was at Chef Thomas Keller’s Per Se in New York City, where many of the culinary stars showed up to wish Chef Adria well. Fret not for the low quality. We’ll have full video coverage of the event, including Chef Mark’s interview with Chef Adria, in a day or two.

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