The Top Chef Tour starts in NYC and will travel to 22 cities in their new state-of-the-art semi complete with anything you need in a kitchen. The demo truck will allow for more fans to interact and attend!

But not just any vacation. According to a report from Lesley McCave over at OCWeekly, the OC Register is furloughing employees for a week due to the current economic situation.

Le Whifs wants to see how the world whiffs on the premiere of their Chocolate invention on April 29, 2009

Well last night my nieces wanted to make Easter eggs for today. So they went out to CVS and bought a couple of those PAAS Coloring Kits along with some inked-stamps and painting kits.

Joining Teddy Folkman on Season 5 of The Next Food Network Star are three contestants from Southern California: Jeffrey Saad, Debbie Lee and Eddie Gilbert.

On your first inhale you are hit with cocoa bliss! Le Whif is about the size of a short cigar and looks like an asthma inhaler. You extend the color cap (each cap represents the added flavor like mango, raspberry or mint) that will mix with the chocolate air.

I’ve been trying to get to Washington DC for months now. Why? Two reasons: Carla Hall and Teddy Folkman! Carla is in the limelight after her time on Season 5 of Top Chef. Teddy Folkman flexed his mussels and now he is a contestant on The Next Food Network Star…

So here we are in week two of my Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (CGMS) test. Things I have learned so far?

In these hard economic times we are seeing more and more how it affects the restaurant industry. Today, two Fatburger subsidiaries have filed for Chapter 11. Fatburger Restaurants of California and Fatburger Restaurants of Nevada have filed for reorganization in U.S. Bankruptcy Court yesterday.

Giveaway you say? That’s right, The Art & Soul of Baking, a 2009 IACP Cookbook Winner can be yours in our first FoodieInDisguise Contest! It has also been nominated for a 2009 James Beard Cookbook Award…

Well, we saw Savannah Supper Club in Costa Mesa close as well as the Savannah’s Chophouse in Irvine and Burbank. Now Culinary Adventures shutters French 75…

TEQUILA is an aficionados guide with 60+ recipes for both cocktails and food! One of the cocktails Joanne Weir created is the Surly Temple, which the media is going crazy over…

Top Chef Season 5 might be over, but don’t put pack those knives just yet! The creators of Top Chef are set to debut their new show, Top Chef Masters.

The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) has just concluded their 2009 conference and have announced the winners of this years IACP Cookbook Awards. In the baking category, Sur La Table’s The Art & Soul of Baking took home the award.

It was pretty busy and it seemed most of the chairs were filled. There were only 3 sushi chefs behind the bar. There are about 4 servers/hosts. Each time someone walked in waiting to be addressed, the were blantantly ignored…

So I have almost completed my first week on my Continuous Glucouse Monitor System (CGMS). It has been very interesting seeing the trends in the numbers. Overall my numbers have been very high. I take my medications and the numbers mellow out, but spike within hours.

The first International Food Bloggers Conference will convene in Seattle from May 15-17, 2009. The conference will feature three days of sessions on topics regarding food, writing and technology. It is organized by Sheri Wetherell, co-founder of Foodista.

Recent job postings for a Store Manager position in Costa Mesa lead to an upcoming opening of a Sur La Table at South Coast Plaza. No details yet on where in South Coast Plaza the store will be…

Sur La Table is just jazzed that the creators of South Park have placed them in their Emmy Award-winning show!

Specialty’s Cafe & Bakery, well known in the SF Bay area, Seattle and Chicago will be opening their first Southern California location by the end of January 2009 – most probably near the Irvine Spectrum…