Posts by Karen Page

We agree that the vast majority of professional cooks cook as a trade or as a craft. We count ourselves as very fortunate to have experienced the creations of some of the best culinary artists on this planet -- many of whom do not...

Beer, definitely -- especially styles such as Pilsner, Saison, and even an American IPA (India Pale Ale). But sake (which we love, too!) tends to be very delicate, and easily overwhelmed by very spicy and/or hot foods -- so wine and...

Dear M. Brown, You did a great job of nailing some of the key reasons that every chef who's ever visited ChefTalk.com will want to master the subject of food and drink pairing! As you said, - It's the Next Big Thing. In fact, we...

Turn-ons: - Wine lists that include many offerings by the glass and/or the taste. Gramercy Tavern in NYC is one of our favorite places for this. - Wine lists that have some kind of central organizing force, whether alphabetical,...

An important question! When eating at home, your pairing options might often be limited to the beverages you have on hand. So, in our new book WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT, we asked leading sommeliers to recommend a case of wines to...

Nicko, perhaps one of the reasons there is an increasing expectation that chefs are also wine experts is that an increasing number, in fact, are. Over the past year, we've read or heard about a number of chefs whose wine (and/or other...

As the co-author (with Andrew Dornenburg) of CULINARY ARTISTRY, which many of you have mentioned in this forum, I can attest that we're both very interested in learning more about how you use the book, as well as discovering what you...

Hi Grant, At the risk of sounding self-serving, we'll share with you the fact that Michelin two-star U.K. chef John Campbell was recently asked about the most inspirational book he's ever read, and he named CULINARY ARTISTRY. Then...

Thanks -- we're delighted to hear that you made it through BECOMING A CHEF! As Andrew is dyslexic, he's more visually oriented as well, and we wanted to design a book that was both fun and easy to read. We're happy to learn that was...

WOW -- thanks to all for the very warm welcome! We appreciate it. Our hats off to SUZANNE, who seems to know our books as well as we do (thank you!)...and to JON and PETE for their kind words about CULINARY ARTISTRY...and to CAPE...