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Chef Adrianne Calvo Celebrates Six Years: $75 Prix-Fixe Dinner Tonight

Talk to any successful chef and he (or she) will tell you that opening a restaurant takes grit and guts. Expect to drop substantial cash, kill your social life, and put an end to luxuries like sleep and days off. To top it off, you must enter the culinary battlefield knowing most restaurants won't m ... More >>

"The World's Fakest Chef"? Adrianne Calvo and I Hash It Out

​By "hashing it out," I don't mean to imply that Adrianne Calvo and I got together, smoked hash, and sang Kumbaya with our mouths filled with chocolate chip cookies -- although now that I think of it, that would have made a much more interesting post. Rather I had hurled the charge of fakeism at M ... More >>

Free Fried Chicken at Pollo Campero

​Don't get too excited -- it's only one piece per customer. But free is free, and Pollo Campero's fried chicken is marinated with lime and orange juices, red bell peppers, and a special blend of Latin herbs and spices. It is "Flavor You Can't Campero." Didn't know that? Exactly. Which is why the c ... More >>

Chopsticks for Nicky

RA Sushi Presents 5th Annual Nicky's Week May 24-30

image via rasushi.com Nicky's Week at RA Sushi commemorates the loss of 13 year old Nicholas, nephew of one of the restaurant's founders, to brain cancer.As such, every restaurant in the Scottsdale, Arizona-based, 22 location, nationwide chain participates in a week of charity fund raising, an ... More >>

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Chef Adrianne overachieves everywhere except the kitchen

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