Photo composite by Clay Gordon Every year for the past seven years I have joined hundreds of other pastry professionals in an annual pilgrimage to two of pastry's meccas: The World Pastry Forum and the National and World Pastry Team Championship. I have just returned from my 2008 journey, which took me to Nashville, Tennessee, and the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. The World Pastry Forum is actually an educational event. More than a dozen world-class pastry chefs present a program of hands-on and demonstration classes in all aspects of pastry, baking, and confectionery. Highlights this year included the hands-on Chocolate class taught by Stephane Glacier MOF and Stephan Iten, the hands-on Wedding Cake class taught by Colette Peters and Nicholas...
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Editor's note: Occasionally what looks at first glance to be a conventional guidebook transcends the genre in surprising ways. John T. Edge's Southern Belly is just such a read, which is why I'm pleased that he has allowed us to excerpt selected items from it on Serious Eats, where they appear every other week. —Ed Levine By John T. Edge | In fine-dining circles, tales of temperamental French chefs are rife. Neophytes who fiddle with the foie gras or diddle with the duck confit are sure to stir the ire of the guy in the white coat and pleated tocque outfit. But who would expect such an outburst of temper from a guy in a flour-streaked apron, the proprietor of...
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Good magazine rounds up a list of the seven most delicious stretches of pavement in the United States. And they're all cheap eats. Making the cut are: Roosevelt Avenue, Queens, New YorkTravis Street, HoustonFremont Avenue North, SeattleBroadway, ChicagoSouthwest 8th Street, MiamiNolensville Road, NashvilleWest Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles Did your favorite eats street get snubbed?...
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If you've ever been to the South, you've probably encountered the staple known as "meat and three", which consists of a main dish of meat that's served with three vegetable sides and cornbread. Gridskipper's Amanda Kludt has put together a short list of meat and threes in Nashville, perfect for a brief trip to the city. Hardcore fans of meat and three? Skip that list and head on over to meatandthree.com, which lists restaurants in 24 states, from Alabama down the alphabet to West Virginia....
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