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Jeffrey's World: Hiring a Personal Chef, Bonus Material

Thanks Adam. I'd love to see more of these Jeffrey videos. You really don't see him on-air anywhere, except occasionally on 'Iron Chef.' And he's a great character for television. Am I the only one watching these videos?

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Jeffrey's World: Hiring a Personal Chef, Bonus Material

Hey Adam -- since we're in 'Jeffrey's World' could we ask Kathryn, his former assistant, to give us some insight into what it was like to work for JS? Sometimes he seems like such a teddy bear -- other times more like a lion.
He has a reputation of being the impossible boss. But at the same time, it must be the ultimate food education. Love to hear from from someone who's actually had to hold down the job. Kathryn, can we talk?

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Jeffrey's World: Hiring a Personal Chef, Bonus Material

I'm waiting for my invitation to dinner. Nice look inside the world of hiring personal chefs. Enjoy Jeffrey!

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Jeffrey's World: Behind the Scenes with Steingarten

I love Jeffrey -- but you rarely see him on television -- except for an occasional shot on Iron Chef. Wish someone would give him his own show. Listening Food TV? I look forward to watching your series.

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Jeffrey's World: Hiring a Personal Chef, Bonus Material

Thanks Adam. I'd love to see more of these Jeffrey videos. You really don't see him on-air anywhere, except occasionally on 'Iron Chef.' And he's a great character for television. Am I the only one watching these videos?

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Jeffrey's World: Hiring a Personal Chef, Bonus Material

Hey Adam -- since we're in 'Jeffrey's World' could we ask Kathryn, his former assistant, to give us some insight into what it was like to work for JS? Sometimes he seems like such a teddy bear -- other times more like a lion.
He has a reputation of being the impossible boss. But at the same time, it must be the ultimate food education. Love to hear from from someone who's actually had to hold down the job. Kathryn, can we talk?

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Jeffrey's World: Hiring a Personal Chef, Bonus Material

I'm waiting for my invitation to dinner. Nice look inside the world of hiring personal chefs. Enjoy Jeffrey!

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Jeffrey's World: Behind the Scenes with Steingarten

I love Jeffrey -- but you rarely see him on television -- except for an occasional shot on Iron Chef. Wish someone would give him his own show. Listening Food TV? I look forward to watching your series.

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Roadfood: Louis' Lunch

After tracking Jane's and Michael's food adventures for years on their site, it's great to see them in moving pictures. Could we see more video segments of them on the road like this one? It makes me salivate even more about hitting the road myself to uncover these delicious little culinary haunts.

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Edibles: Palapa Azul Ice Cream

Love these Edibles. And I love my Palapa Azul. Ed you're a funny guy!

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Jeffrey's World: Hiring a Personal Chef, Bonus Material

I like that you all post videos on your site. It makes the experience much more colorful and entertaining. Also you don't find much video content on other food blogs. Keep 'em coming

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Jeffrey's World: Hiring a Personal Chef, Bonus Material

Morgan: We'd like to run Jeffrey's World once a month, if possible. It all depends on how busy Mr. Steingarten is and whether he minds us buzzing around as flies on his wall.

We also have a small outtake from a very early series we were going to do about the search for JS's new assistant. He has since found an assistant, but we have a short video from the initial search.

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Jeffrey's World: Hiring a Personal Chef, Bonus Material

That's the real video I want to see: Jeffrey in search of his new assistant! Imagine the fireworks in that process. In upcoming episodes of 'Jeffrey's World' could we hear stories from some of the other former Steingarten assistants? How often are you going to post 'Jeffrey's World?' I love being a fly on the wall in the life of this eccentric.

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Jeffrey's World: Hiring a Personal Chef, Bonus Material

Deirdre: I just added Kathryn's take on working with JS to the player above. Hope it's the type of insight you were looking for.

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Jeffrey's World: Hiring a Personal Chef, Bonus Material

Deirdre, I'm watching too! I'm a big Iron Chef fan (but not necessarily a Steingarten fan). Regardless of how much then man knows and has eaten, I often find his comments on Iron Chef arrogant and condescending. I think he sometimes fails to filter his own personal taste from what should be a balanced commentary of the unique flavor and creativity to a dish (or lack thereof). So I was curious to see how he would react to a chef in his own home and couldn't believe the clip where he hovered over Paul! I will check out the Vogue article to see how JS sums up the experience, but I'd love to hear the "truthful" side of Paul's experience as well (maybe he can post it here?)

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Jeffrey's World: Hiring a Personal Chef, Bonus Material

Deirdre: Serious Eats's mastermind, Ed, just let gave me a clip of a video he has from an earlier Jeffrey series he was going to develop -- about the search for JS a new assistant. I think it might be up your alley. There's a bit at the end in which Kathryn talks about her days assisting Mr. Steingarten. I'm coding it up and getting it ready to publish here.

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Jeffrey's World: Hiring a Personal Chef, Bonus Material

Deirdre: It may not be exactly Kathryn dishing on Steingarten, but today I posted an outtake in which Liebrandt gives his spin on working for the man.

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Jeffrey's World: Hiring a Personal Chef, Bonus Material

Morgan, pick up the March issue of Vogue his piece about the experience is in, you might find him more sympathetic! It's a truly great read.

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Jeffrey's World: Hiring a Personal Chef, Bonus Material

Does anyone else find Jeffrey arrogant? He gets a $5000 personal chef paid for by Vogue, then stands in his shadow questioning his process. He should be honored to have such a celebrated chef working in his rodent-festered, broken-down kitchen. No matter what, Jeffrey is an entertaining character. Looking forward to the remainder of the series.

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Jeffrey's World: Hiring a Personal Chef, Bonus Material

I'm always the last to find fun and informative sites--just found out about Serious Eats from a foody friend of mine-love Jeffrey.

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Roadfood: Louis' Lunch

We love Louie's and had lunch there 3 years ago,when we were in New Haven,CT. It is exciting to see the Stern's there. The videos are great to watch.

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Edibles: Palapa Azul Ice Cream

Thanks for the tip, Misssbhavens. We used YouTube to encode/embed last night for expediency's sake but have switched to our usual video server. Good points on the TOS and IP issues.

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Edibles: Palapa Azul Ice Cream

Those look terrific and I can't wait to try one! But listen, as a person who has been videoblogging for awhile now, I have to advise you not to use YouTube for posts such as these because of their TOS. I know it's super easy to post video there and embed it, but there once you do so you are no longer the owner of the video and have no claim to it. I highly recommend www.blip.tv for posting little on-the-fly videos such as these. It's just as easy as YouTube and has as the clearest and most beneficial Terms of Service that a consumer could ask for. Check it out! And please, either way, do keep posting the Edibles!

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Edibles: Palapa Azul Ice Cream

Yes. Edibles. Alaina came up with that one. Heh.

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