We're big fans of chef Justin Warner and his former Brooklyn restaurant Do or Dine, which once served up things like dumpling nachos and foie gras doughnuts. So we're especially excited about his new book, The Laws of Cooking, which includes even more inventive recipes, like this simple but significant hybrid of a New York–style bagel with…
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One of New York City’s most tantalizing annual events, Food Book Fair, has spun off a new series called Food Book Party. And a party it was! The series continued on Thursday, November 5, with rule-breaking chef Justin Warner, who discussed and cooked from his new book, The Laws of Cooking: And How to Break Them (check out…
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A few years ago, during a West Coast research trip just before I launched Food Republic, a longtime colleague from LA told me I had to meet this chef and sommelier who rapped about wine. It sounded crazy, but I looked him up when I returned to New York and it was true: Justin Warner…
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Since we stumbled across Justin Warner’s haute-stoner restaurant Do Or Dine in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood a few years back (read our field report), we’ve been making regular trips to sample his wonderfully cracked-out creations. He once served a cold-smoked corn soup where he took honeydew, chipotle and roasted corn puree and injected the smoke from…
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Last week, it was announced sort of on the DL that Food Network magazine is organizing a music festival to be held in Chicago in 2014 — according to an Ad Age report. And while this world doesn’t lack food-plus-music mashup events, we stopped for a second and got to thinking about the possibilities here.…
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In an interview last week, Guy Fieri told us about his organic garden and how the real Guy is not all about cheeseburgers and nachos. We also asked him about the current state of food television, which as you know he’s a big part of. Specifically, we asked him what advice he has for the…
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