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NEWS ABOUT: top chefs

top chefs stories: 4 news summaries

 Michelin Names First 
 Chinese 3-Star Chef 

Hong Kong master began as chicken-plucker

Jan 3, 09 10:36 AM CST
(Newser) - The Michelin Guide's first three-star Chinese chef is no celebrity who's pushing cookbooks and TV shows, the New York Times reports. Chan Yan-tak, who grew up as a kitchen hand and worked his way through Hong Kong restaurants, even quit the business to take care of his daughter. "My... More »

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food • Hong Kong • cuisine • chef • Michelin • top chefs

GLOSSIES

 Cured for What Ails You 

Chefs, diners can't get enough of salty beef and pork salumi

Sep 10, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Move over, fancy cheese, there's a new kid in town. Cured meat—salumi is the catchall term—is the latest foodie obsession, JJ Goode writes in Details. Salumi ranges from the familiar—think salami and prosciutto—to the more obscure like bresaola, cured beef made by artisans who "rub... More »

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cooking • meat • restaurant • Mario Batali • top chefs • salumi • prosciutto • salami • bresaola

 Highest
 Paid
 Celebrity
 Chefs

Who's cashing in the biggest on culinary skills

Aug 13, 08 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rachael Ray may not be a classically trained chef, but her cooking prowess has made her a wealthy woman nonetheless, reports Forbes. Thanks to four Food Network programs, a talk show, and a self-titled magazine, she's the highest-paid celebrity chef, pulling in $18 million a year. Here are 9 others... More »

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chef • Mario Batali • Rachael Ray • Alain Ducasse • restaurateurs • top chefs • Gordon Ramsay • Wolfgang Puck • Nobuyuki Matsuhisa • Paula Deen • Bobby Flay • Anthony Bourdain • Tom Colicchio

COMMENTARY

 Cooks Dish Up
 Recipes for Distress 

Culinary types find some foods too daunting to dish

Jun 5, 08 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Obscure ingredients, tedious techniques, and absurdly complex prep—cooks say some recipes push them to the boiling point. Any step too impractical, time-consuming, or just plain unpalatable can make even the most accomplished cooks hang up their aprons, writes Kim Severson in the New York Times. Even food critics... More »

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cooking • recipes • dining • gourmet • top chefs

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