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"People who love to eat are always the best people." ~ Julia Child


August 12, 2014

Featured Foodie: Eirik Larsen

August 12, 2014/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Eirik Larsen

Thanks to Hurtigruten's newly redesigned dining concept lead by chef Eirik Larsen, called “Norway’s Coastal Kitchen," seasonal and locally sourced ingredients from small independent farms along the coast are turned into tasty dishes and edible tales of Norway's bounty. Not at all what I expected from cruise ship dining.

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July 22, 2014

Featured Foodie: Wilo Benet

July 22, 2014/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Wilo Benet

Say Hola to Wilo Benet, owner of Pikayo Restaurant in San Juan, author, and TV star whose been putting muscle behind the meaning of Puerto Rican cuisine for over two decades, and is likely flavoring a plate, bookshelf, and TV channel near you.

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May 31, 2014

Featured Foodie: Chris Kollar

May 31, 2014/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Chris Kollar

Life is sweet if you're a self-taught chocolatier in Napa Valley. Read about Chris Kollar's secret food fetish and where and what you should eat in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia.

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April 20, 2014

Featured Foodie: Laughing Glass Cocktails

April 20, 2014/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Laughing Glass Cocktails

Founded on the principal that good friends and good drinks should both be good for you too, Laughing Glass Cocktails was born---and just in time for Cinco de Mayo.

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April 20, 2014/ Kimberley Lovato/ 1 Comment
cinco de mayo, margarita, friendship, cocktails
March 22, 2014

Featured Foodie: Vladimiro Niza

March 22, 2014/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Vladimiro Niza

Vladimiro Niza may be the head of culinary programs for one of most recognizable names in kitchen retail, but his passion for food and entertainment goes way back to a small fishing village in Portugal. He dishes about his love of food, spoons, and pork rinds with Fluent in Fabulous.

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March 22, 2014/ Kimberley Lovato/ 2 Comments
February 11, 2014

Featured Foodie: Fabio Viviani

February 11, 2014/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Fabio Viviani

With a passion for food since he first collected eggs for fresh pasta, Bravo TV's Top Chef Fabio Viviani dishes with us about his favorite Florence restaurant and his preferred way to eat Nutella.

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Top Chef, Food, Italy, Italian cooking, restaurants, Fabio Viviani, Chef, Los Angeles Restaurants, Siena Tavern, cafe firenze, Florence
January 15, 2014

Featured Foodie: Denise Tran

January 15, 2014/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Denise Tran

For Denise Tran, CEO and founder of Bun Mee in San Francisco, food may not have been her initial career choice, but its role in her family’s history runs deep. She dishes with us about family, bahn mi sandwiches, and what she eats when no one is looking. 

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January 02, 2014

Featured Foodie: Kyra Bussanich

January 02, 2014/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Kyra Bussanich

Kyra Bussanich, three time star of the the Food Network's Cupcake Wars, proves that gluten- free bakers are no longer personas non grata in the kitchen. She shares with us a favorite buttery memory, her love of bacon, and of course, dishes on her favorite Portland restaurants.

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January 02, 2014/ Kimberley Lovato/ 1 Comment
October 17, 2013

Featured Foodie: Joanne Weir

October 17, 2013/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Joanne Weir

Joanne Weir is a traveler, writer, restaurateur, and TV personality, and one of the most accomplished women in the food world, heck ANY world, today.  And she likes Venice, Italy and Prosecco too! Swoon! I have a serious girl crush and you will too in 3,2,1...

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July 10, 2013

Featured Foodie: Charles Dale

July 10, 2013/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Charles Dale

Chef Charles Dale is spicing things up in Santa Fe, brining a taste of Paris to the southwest, along with a can or two of corned beef, and a love of bistro cuisine.

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June 27, 2013

Featured Foodie: Gwynne Conlyn

June 27, 2013/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Gwynne Conlyn

South African food writer, author, radio show host, and teacher Gwynne Conlyn drinks in the love of her native country as well as a daily glass of champagne. Cheers!

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June 13, 2013

Featured Foodie: Sean McTiernan

June 13, 2013/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Sean McTiernan

Despite his Parisian pedigree in some impressive kitchens, and a James Beard nod in Miami, Chef Sean McTiernan of San Francisco's Mason Pacific always knew where he left his heart. 

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June 13, 2013/ Kimberley Lovato/ Comment
Food, Cooking, Restaurants, San Francisco
San Francisco, Mason Pacific, Sean McTiernan, Foodie5, Food, Wine, Paris, Delfina, Rose Pistola, Nob Hill, James Beard
June 06, 2013

Featured Foodie: Michelle Faedo

June 06, 2013/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Michelle Faedo

Sweet ham, quality salami, yellow mustard, homemade pickles, slow roasted pork, all stacked on crunchy bread that's been scored with a palm frond? It's called a Cuban Sandwich, it's from Tampa, and Michelle Faedo is the queen. 

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May 30, 2013

Featured Foodie: Olivier Reginensi

May 30, 2013/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Olivier Reginensi

​After an impressive path alongside some of the world's best chefs, Olivier Regenensi settles in at Maison Kayser's first U.S.A. location in New York City, and brings with him some serious culinary savvy and a love of chocolate. A good combo!

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May 15, 2013

Featured Foodie: Graeme Campbell

May 15, 2013/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Graeme Campbell

​Irish hospitality means more than sharing a pint at the pub. Graeme Cambell, head chef at Hayfield Manor in Cork, Ireland, says sitting down to a good meal is the real glue of this convivial culture.  

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May 10, 2013

Featured Foodie: Matt Greco

May 10, 2013/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Matt Greco

​After several years in the upper echelons of New York's culinary scene,  Chef Matt Greco heads west to Northern California's other wine country and the restaurant of the 130-year-old Wente Vineyard, where he enjoys having his own garden and pink frosted cookies with sprinkles.

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May 03, 2013

Featured Foodie: Cyndi Finkle

May 03, 2013/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Cyndi Finkle

​Business woman Cyndi Finkle has had a love affair with food since eating her grandmother's peach pie. She's parlayed her passion for feeding people into several successful businesses and proves she truly does have the Midas touch.

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April 30, 2013

Featured Foodie: Michael Francis

April 30, 2013/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Michael Francis

San Francisco’s bustling SoMA neighborhood is getting a new bar?  Don’t yawn just yet.  The Southside Spirit House, opening Friday May 3, is not the fancy cocktails served in swank pretentious digs San Francisco is used to, thanks in part to the late night nibbles created by Chef Michael Francis. But don't expect any olives.

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April 25, 2013

Featured Foodie: Jeff Burkhart

April 25, 2013/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Jeff Burkhart

Award-winning bartender and writer Jeff Burkhart releases his new book Twenty Years Behind Bars, a definitive collection of observations from someone who has seen almost everything, and writes all about it. Want to know what his self-proclaimed disgusting secret food fetish is? Read on.

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April 18, 2013

Featured Foodie: Gerard Craft

April 18, 2013/ Kimberley Lovato
Featured Foodie: Gerard Craft

​Chef Gerard Craft  has the chops to be a who's who in top food circles, including as a four time James Beard Foundation Finalist for Best Chef: Midwest, thanks to his innovative interpretations of what he calls “humble” Midwest cuisine. Find out about his secret food fetish and must have kitchen gadget.

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