Today on Alphabet City: A Bon Appétit recipe helps Jon Paul recover from an altercation at the neighborhood CSA. Summer in the city is supposed to be more relaxing. But by mid-June, I start to get anxiety over a Tuesday night routine—picking up goodies from our local Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) that we’ve come to [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘bon appetit’
June 17, 2010
(Re)Designing Women
Today on Alphabet City: Jon Paul’s pangs of self-doubt are eased by reconnecting with three friends. Clouds of self-doubt would seep into my mind early every morning in Hollywood—like the June gloom enveloping the LA Temple outside my window. My body wrestled with time zone confusion as my East Coast early-riser syndrome became certified West [...]
April 26, 2010
Kitchen Knightmares: Green Day Edition
Today on Alphabet City: Kitchen Knightmares returns with a special “Green Day” edition of natural remedies. Special Guest Stars: VitaMix 5200, Coach Farm’s Probiotic Yo-Goat Please pardon the previously unannounced hiatus of Kitchen Knightmares, the spin-off kitchen series about improving my efforts to cook for Chef. While KK was “off the air,” one episode picked [...]
January 22, 2010
Bon Appétit Austin!
Check out my piece in the February issue of Bon Appétit magazine—a round up of Austin, TX restaurants featuring farm-to-table ingredients. CLICK HERE to enjoy!
December 3, 2009
Kitchen Knightmares: Boyfriend Trouble
Today on Alphabet City: Jon Paul’s crush on dancer Jakob causes problems in his cooking for Juan Pablo. I’ve decided to forgive myself for mistakenly substituting Sunchokes (a.k.a. Jerusalem Artichokes) for Parsnips in this week’s challenge: Greek-Style Penne with Lamb, Parsnips, Tomatoes, and Cinnamon from Bon Appetit’s November 2009 issue. The fact is I wasn’t [...]
November 25, 2009
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving: A Kitchen Knightmares Special
Today on Alphabet City: Overshadowed by Juan Pablo on Thanksgiving, Jon Paul feels like Charlie Brown. In the debut posting of the series Kitchen Knightmares, I acknowledged that no one wants to hear me whine about being married to a chef. But I really get worked up about the issue when Thanksgiving approaches because none [...]
November 15, 2009
Guess who’s coming to dinner?
Today on Alphabet City: Susan’s birthday conjures up an unexpected famous face. Guest star: Graham Norton Birthdays on Alphabet City are always “very special episodes.” My 40th birthday last year was shot on-location in Sydney. Juan Pablo’s always involves some over-the-top food segment featuring a star chef. And Susan’s typically lasts all month with both [...]
November 13, 2009
Kitchen Knightmares: Something Fishy
Today on Alphabet City/Kitchen Nightmares Edition: Jon Paul serves something fishy to a reporter Some viewers wrote in wondering why Kitchen Nightmares—usually filmed on Wednesday nights and debuting Thursday mornings—got bumped from its regular time slot this week. Couple of scheduling challenges this week that caused the switch. First, on Wednesday night I attended the [...]
November 4, 2009
Kitchen Knightmares 2: Porky’s Revenge
Today on Alphabet City: Jon Paul does battle with his Pork Demons Last week’s Kitchen Knightmares rancid pork disaster did little to dissuade me of my suspicion about the “other white meat.” But with the deadline looming for me to prepare another meal for Chef Juan Pablo, I decided it best to try and climb [...]
