JoelF wrote:I've been working my way through Somebody Feed Phil.
He's trying for Anthony Bourdain without the angst, and often goes too far in that direction with the mugging for the camera... but the food shown is good. The Israel and New Orleans shows are particularly nice (the latter has a sweet follow-up from the Vietnam ep).
Dave148 wrote:New series on Netflix = High On the Hog, it’s about the roots and evolution of the importance of Black culture to the American food movement.
spinynorman99 wrote:The "oven" looks like something my brother-in-law would design while he was drinking his second 12-pack of the day.
NFriday wrote:I heard that Paris Hilton has a cooking show on Netflix now. Has anybody seen it? I don't have netflix, and so I will have to pass.
spinynorman99 wrote:Dave148 wrote:New series on Netflix = High On the Hog, it’s about the roots and evolution of the importance of Black culture to the American food movement.
Enjoyed this, especially in introducing me to Hatchet Hall in LA, sort of a Roister-y open-flame meat restaurant. They do periodic dinners based on Thomas Jefferson's and George Washington's slave chefs' menus (James Hemings (trained in France while Jefferson was posted there) and Hercules Posey).
http://www.hatchethallla.com/hemings-hercules
spinynorman99 wrote:Dave148 wrote:New series on Netflix = High On the Hog, it’s about the roots and evolution of the importance of Black culture to the American food movement.
Enjoyed this, especially in introducing me to Hatchet Hall in LA, sort of a Roister-y open-flame meat restaurant. They do periodic dinners based on Thomas Jefferson's and George Washington's slave chefs' menus (James Hemings (trained in France while Jefferson was posted there) and Hercules Posey).
http://www.hatchethallla.com/hemings-hercules
Chicago is a major food town, from pricey fine dining to modest neighborhood joints that hit the spot, and I don’t know that I’ve ever seen the sweaty, cacophonous kitchen dynamics of the latter so richly and lovingly portrayed as they are in “The Bear,” a darkly comedic drama that takes its inspiration from a local staple: Mr. Beef.
On the show, this River North Italian beef sandwich shop is simply called The Original Beef of Chicagoland. But the exterior shots certainly look as if they were shot at Mr. Beef. And a crew member told me that production designers all but rebuilt the interior of Mr. Beef on a soundstage at Cinespace (the studio complex on the city’s West Side) down to grease on the stoves and the walls. That had me laughing and intrigued before I watched a single frame.
On Hulu for those of you curious, but blocked by the paywall.
mamagotcha wrote:Wow, this darkly comic series just throws you into the deep end of a busy restaurant kitchen. The whole thing is a marvelous love letter to Chicago and food, and especially Chicago food. I've only seen one episode but I feel confident that pretty much everyone in this forum would enjoy it, and I wanted to get it onto your radar right away.
To research the role, he went to culinary school for two weeks and worked at the critically acclaimed restaurant Oriole, and its award-winning sister bar Kumiko, in the West Loop.
“I also worked in a restaurant called Pasjoli in Santa Monica,” White said. Chef Dave Beran opened the modern French bistro, after leaving Chicago’s Next.
“I spent a lot of time with a lot of great chefs,” White said. “It was nice.”
The Bear is roaring back with more original episodes: FX picked up a second season of the half-hour scripted series that streams on Hulu.
I plan on binging it in the next week or so, in spite of this critical Reader review I just came across. Maybe I only last a few episodes, we'll see.ronnie_suburban wrote:Have to agree that The Bear is a great show.
bweiny wrote:I plan on binging it in the next week or so, in spite of this critical Reader review I just came across. Maybe I only last a few episodes, we'll see.ronnie_suburban wrote:Have to agree that The Bear is a great show.
https://chicagoreader.com/film/thrill-of-recognition-or-contempt-for-inaccuracy/
boudreaulicious wrote:bweiny wrote:I plan on binging it in the next week or so, in spite of this critical Reader review I just came across. Maybe I only last a few episodes, we'll see.ronnie_suburban wrote:Have to agree that The Bear is a great show.
https://chicagoreader.com/film/thrill-of-recognition-or-contempt-for-inaccuracy/
I didn’t find the Chicago inaccuracies nearly as annoying as the restaurant silliness. I got through an episode and a half before I got sick of it. I might go back, I might not. But it is pretty over the top, despite the lead actor being very fun to watch. Wish the writing was better.