Check out the video, snaps and story of Ferran at the book launch:
Just in time for Halloween is the haunting of the restaurant building on the corner of Boston Street and Montford. Is this location cursed? How many re-incarnations will this dining spot go through before there is success?
This writer is a cooking class queen. I’ve been to more cooking classes than most people I know, especially in restaurants – in fact, for twelve years I organized them. There have been good ones, demonstration one, bad ones, great ones, partial hands-on and full tilt get-down and get dirty classes so I feel I’m a good judge.
It was on the calendar to do lunch today with Monyka Berrocosa, a friend and former colleague from our days at Vanns Spices. We had one very strong commonality; food - the preparation and the consumption. Though a number of years have passed from the days of Vanns we still make time to luncheon together at her home, my home or out. The decision was to meet at Monyka’s and walk over to the Avenue - read more about the lunch time escapades: 
When the publisher offered me a review copy of Cooking for Isaiah, a mother’s journey to create easy and delicious meals for her son who is wheat and dairy intolerant this writer really wanted to see these recipes.
Gordito’s Café proprietor and partner, Ken Diaz, gave me a preview of his Mexican home-style restaurant today. If everything runs smoothly this weekend with the soft opening than you can be first in line at 10:30 a.m. on Monday at this new Charles Street eatery.
Like the government’s We Want You poster for the Army, Baltimore Magazine has put out their own call for food critics for their Baltimore Restaurant issue.
It has been hard to keep my mouth shut or let’s say curtail leaking this information but Baltimore has been chosen as one of 25 cities in AOL’s 2010 City’s Best Program. I’ve known the nominees in the restaurants, bars and clubs and lifestyle categories for about 3 weeks but the information was embargoed meaning it couldn’t be released. It is hard keeping secrets.
Baltimore beer week kicked off last night and runs through Saturday, October 17th. There are numerous events going on at restaurants, bars and wrapping up with the first annual Beer Festival at Canton Waterfront. For those who love the hops, the Baltimore beer festival is a week of sheer potable bliss but this IS NOT MY PICK.
Berlin Film Festival selection, Tribeca Film Festival selection and Venice Film Festival Special Jury Prize winner Soul Kitchen has a showing at The Charles Theater on Sunday October 10th for their cinema Sundays. If you love food movies like Mostly Martha, Eat.Drink.Man.Woman, Woman on Top, Chocolat, Tampopo, Big Night and more this German award winner looks like sheer entertainment and great fun.
On September 8th you might have read my Hard Hat Lunch post on the under construction Kona Grill located at 1 E. Pratt Street. Just shy of 30 days and baby, they have come a long way. After seeing where they were on that day and being at the grand opening over the weekend, I am truly amazed.
My food mood this evening was something simple, gooey and hearty. Tonight with drizzle and dropping temps seemed the perfect night to finally try the Grilled Cheese & Co. There is just something about damp and drizzly weather that makes me think comfort food.
You’ve got the change, I know you do! Just lift the cushion from you sofa, ladies check the bottom of your purses, the car cup holder or your kid’s piggy bank and head over to Ledo’s Pizza on Tuesday, October 5th for a small cheese pizza for just fifty five cents.
Everyone has had one of the Oh My God (OMG) moments at a restaurant where you ate something so wonderful, it was a culinary epiphany. You walked away from the table in an ethereal state of mind. Well if you haven’t, may one be in your future very, very soon.
Peerce’s Plantation for many years was one of few go to places for the Lacoste, Burberry and J Crew horse set in Northern Baltimore county. A beautiful location near the Loch Raven reservoir Peerce’s thrived for many years but that changed. The site has gone through owners and re-incarnations in the past ten years. Now refurbished and renovated the restaurant is ready to open.
A bust of the famous actor, singer Kevin Bacon has been created out of bacon and bacon bits. This isn’t the first time food sculpture has been used to promote a product but this time it is being auctioned off on E-Bay for charity. E-Bay
FOR SALE - Life size bust of Kevin Bacon made entirely out of bacon with ALL PROCEEDS for charity and YES this is really real.
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