By Steve Cooper on Thursday, May 17th, 2012
FOOD & WINE Cocktails
Developer: American Express Publishing
Cost: Free
Runs on: iPhone
Website: http://www.foodandwine.com/mobile-apps
Version: 1.01
This is the fourth FOOD & WINE magazine app, but the first we’ve reviewed. Other apps from them include Best New Chefs for the iPhone and Wine for Android devices. The Cocktails app is iPhone-exclusive and is sponsored by Belvedere. This is the second sponsored app we’ve reviewed—the first was Let’s Cook with Fabio Viviani and Bertolli Olive Oil, which stuck the sponsor name right in the title. Viviani’s-sponsored app left a good taste in our mouth; let’s hope Cocktails goes down the hatch just as smoothly.
The app includes over 350 drinks, plus drink-friendly food, cocktail tips and a list of the top 100 bars and lounges across the country. The home screen of this app provides six main navigation buttons to help you find what you’re looking for. The first two buttons sort the drinks by either spirit or type. The other buttons navigate to the cocktail tips, food and bars. The final button access your favorites, which can be anything within this app from a particular drink to a piece of glassware found in the glassware guide (within cocktail tips). The bottom of the home screen includes a small navigation menu with a few redundancies plus a button to search.
By Erika Kotite on Monday, May 14th, 2012
The Nature Conservancy is honoring the “Best Green Restaurants” in the nation with its People’s Choice 2012 Nature’s Plate awards. Some of the criteria you should think about: sustainable seafood, local and seasonal ingredients, organic produce. One thing I’m surprised they don’t have on the list is waste management (recycled cooking oil) but I guess that’s not something the average restaurant patron would know. HURRY: Nominations close on May 16.
And now, jobs:
1. Bernardus Lodge in Carmel Valley needs a chef de cuisine to make magic happen with Chef Cal Stamenov. Must love kitchen gardens, foraged ingredients and composting.
Bernardus Lodge in Carmel Valley, CA is serious about its locally sourced ingredients. They are looking for a chef de cuisine.
By Erika Kotite on Friday, May 11th, 2012
Times have changed in the kitchen. New ways of cooking, better appliances, more gender mixing (female chefs, male home cooks) are all signs of progress.
But most of us still have our strongest associations of food and cooking with our moms. Sunday is the big day where Mom theoretically gets a break from the kitchen but today we’re going to call her back to the place we remember her best—in the kitchen, teaching us (sometimes lecturing us) about what it means to love and create good food.
Thomas Humbock
Executive Chef, Swing Wine Bar and Cafe
Olympia, WA
I remember being in the 4th grade and having dinner one night. My mom had gotten those recipe cards that you could order through the mail–you know, the ones that came in a handy dandy filing case. They had recipes from around the world, and every month you received a different set.
Anyway, for a kid that craved Kraft macaroni and cheese and hot dogs, this could sometimes lead to a very long night at the dinner table.
This particular night was “Greek Night!” Starting with dolmas as the appetizer, we moved on to avgolemono (lemon-chicken soup) and finished with moussaka.
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