Off-topic music post – Gang of Four

Gang of Four is back. From today, you can get a prerelease of their new album or any number of other goodies by pledging here: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/gangoffour A portion of the proceeds will go to Amnesty International. Would you expect anything less from one of the most political bands on the planet? Here’s a list of [...]

A rumination on the scrubbing if the line cook/chef pirate image

Photo Salon/AP At Salon, Francis Lam is worried about the kitchen. And probably for good reason: Ten years ago, Anthony Bourdain became a star when he released “Kitchen Confidential,” his restaurant-as-pirate-ship memoir, and pretty much single-handedly defined our image of the “real life” of restaurant cooking: a manly adventure of hot-shit line cooks and sodomy, [...]

Famed chef Thomas Keller eats some of the best chicken wings anywhere in Nashville

From The Tennessean: Chef Thomas Keller braves the heat at Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack By Jennifer Justus • THE TENNESSEAN • March 31, 2010 The meticulous French-style chef, one of the most respected in the nation, has intense dark eyes that could sear a sloppy line cook faster than a filet in a hot pan. [...]