Author: The Gilded Fork

ReMARKable Palate #71: CityMeals on Wheels and Chicken and GrapesJennifer and I speak once again with Gael Greene, founder of CityMeals on Wheels, on the occasion of the organization serving its 34 millionth meal to homebound elderly New Yorkers. Consider making a donation to citymeals.org this holiday season to...

All You Can Eat #26: Cookbooks, Christmas and RicardoI report from Rome with my Christmas cookbook suggestions, holiday food traditions of my classmates at Slow Food U, and welcome French Canadian cooking whiz Ricardo Larrivee into my kitchen.www.culinarypodcastnetwork.comfood, food podcast, cooking, cookbook, Christmas, All You Can Eat, Culinary Podcast Network,...

CHIC Podcast #52: Chefs John and Tom talk about the Ritz-Carlton ChicagoChef John Montanile and myself used to work at the Ritz-Carlton Chicago many years ago. We reminisce about our life and times at the Ritz. We tell some stories and have some advice to young people joining...

A Guy A Girl and a Bottle #36: In today’s podcast we deviate from wine once again, and visited Ariella Toeman at Cocoa Designs. Actually, the pairing of wine and chocolate has been a constant favorite of many, although some claim that not all chocolate pairs well with...

Hungry Magazine #27: A Rhapsodic ReturnSteve Chiappetti made his bones at Mango, Grapes, and Rhapsody. He was really one of Chicago’s first celebrity chefs. In 2000, he closed all of his restaurants and took some time off to raise his kids, pursue photography, work on a book, and start...