60-Second Stir Fry: Jim Burke of Caffe Storico
If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen. Jim Burke is in the kitchen all the time, as chef of Caffe Storico, the new eatery in the New-York Historical Society.The café specializes in...
View Article60-Second Stir-Fry: Rick Field of Rick's Picks
If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen and away from my iPod touch video camera!Rick Field is the man who spawned a renewed interest in pickles and pickling with Rick's Picks, which he...
View Article60-Second Stir-Fry: Peter Meehan of Lucky Peach
If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen and away from the hot seat in Last Chance Food's 60-Second Stir Fry. My advice to this week's guest, Peter Meehan, is to stick with the cold cereal...
View Article60-Second Stir-Fry: Jacques Gautier
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen and stay away from the Studio 4 hot seat. My guest this week on Last Chance Foods, Jacques Gautier, clearly loves standing over a hot stove in...
View Article60-Second Stir-Fry: Perry Hack
Hydroponic greens farmer Perry Hack, of Two Guys from Woodbridge, gets out of the greenhouse and into the 60-Second Stir-Fryhot seat.Hack's operation is in Connecticut -- Hamden, actually, not...
View Article60-Second Stir-Fry: Tamara Duker Freuman
If you can't stand the heat, don't put your hand on a hot stove. And certainly don't sit still for the 60-Second Stir-Fry.Manhattan-based dietician Tamara Duker Freuman is not afraid of a hot stove,...
View Article60-Second Stir-Fry: Tama Matsuoka Wong
Our Last Chance Foods guest this week, Tama Matsuoka Wong, forages and eats stinging nettle, so we knew she wouldn't break a sweat when confronted with the Stir Fry's lightning round of...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Vinnie Calabro and Robert LaValva
Fisherman Vinnie Calabro of Karen Ann Charters and Robert LaValva, founder of New Amsterdam Market, thought they'd be "swimmin' wit da fishes" when they heard about the Stir Fry. Usually, there's...
View Article60-Second Stir-Fry: Christopher Toole
Leave it to the 60-Second Stir-Fry's lightning round to render speechless someone who has a lot to say. Christopher Toole, the Bronx-based fish farmer who raises tilapia in plastic bins -- don't call...
View Article60-Second Stir-Fry: Leda Meredith
Once again, we're tossing wild edibles into the 60-Second Stir-Fry, talking about burdock with forager Leda Meredith on this week's Last Chance Foods. But Meredith is a former dancer, and that's what...
View Article60-Second Stir-Fry: Antonio Ramos and Caroline Mak
It's sunny and warm outside, so we focus on wetting our whistle and keeping dangerous UV rays out of Mascot Cat's eyes in this week's 60-Second Stir-Fry.The sodas that Antonio Ramos and Caroline Mak...
View Article60-Second Stir-Fry: Anastasia Cole Plakias and Ben Flanner
Heat. Outside, it's making us sweat and making castelfranco and other greens bolt. Inside, in WNYC's Studio 4, the heat of the 60-Second Stir-Fry lightning round of hard-hitting questions is making...
View Article60-Second Stir-Fry: Tamar Adler
Tamar Adler, author of An Everlasting Meal, has shucked and peeled hundreds and hundreds of fava beans during her time in the kitchen at Chez Panisse, so she was unfazed by the prospect of a lightning...
View Article60-Second Stir-Fry: Diane Kochilas
Summertime makes me want to stay far away from anything hot, especially a stove or the hot seat of the 60-Second Stir-Fry. But chef and author Diane Kochilas teaches cooking classes in sunny Greece, so...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Caleb Leech and Ariel Nadelberg
This Stir Fry is less "fry" and more "stir." Brooklyn Botanic Garden herb curator Caleb Leech and BBG Terrace Café chef Ariel Nadelberg were allowed a do-over of my lightning round of questions, after...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Ron Binaghi III
Some of our Last Chance Foods guests go limp at the thought of the Stir Fry, but not Ron Binaghi III of Stokes Farm in Old Tappan, New Jersey. Just like his family farm's tomatoes, Binaghi thrives in...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Jennifer DiVello
Jennifer Divello of Patty's Berries and Bunches in Mattituck, on Long Island, does a 'berry' good job handling the heat of the stir fry lightning round of questions. Okay, had to do that. It's been a...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Annalee Sinclair and Robin Shulman
Community gardener Annalee Sinclair is no stranger to the hot seat. After all, she gardened in a syringe-infested abandoned lot on the Lower East Side, in the 1990s, when the neighborhood was a scary...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Mindy Fox
Cookbook author Mindy Fox spent part of her childhood growing up in Chicago, but she doesn’t hesitate to say that she prefers thin-crust pizza to the deep-dish pie synonymous with the Windy City. Maybe...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Thomas Wickham of Wickham's Fruit Farm
You can't rile Thomas Wickham with the prospect of the Stir Fry. "So, what are you going to ask me?" he said calmly, as producer Joy Y. Wang and I corralled him into the Studio 4 hot seat. The man's...
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60-Second Stir Fry: Sisha Ortuzar and Zach Pickens of Riverpark
The hot seat is the favorite place to be for my Last Chance Foods guests, Sisha Ortuzar, chef of Riverpark and partner of the sandwich shop, 'wichcraft, and Zach Pickens, manager of Riverpark's Farm at...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Selena Gonzalez and Ian Marvy, Red Hook Community Farm
I blame the last, lazy days of summer on this 120-Second Stir Fry. Time slowed to a crawl with Selena Gonzalez and Ian Marvy of the Red Hook Community Farm as we discussed top "yums" and "yuks" in the...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Francis Lam of Gilt Taste
Francis Lam, the features editor of Gilt Taste, is da bomb. First, he brought me a sample of the homemade tomato paste he so richly describes in this week's Last Chance Foods. Second, threw himself...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Gail Hepworth of Hepworth Farms
Gail Hepworth of Hepworth Farms knew how to prepare for a stir-fry. She brought a big cardboard box to WNYC's studios, loaded with heirloom tomatoes of all stripes (literally) and white, deep purple,...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Kurt Alstede of Alstede Farms
I'm going to start this Stir Fry by answering one of my own lightning round questions, "best reason to be happy summer is coming to an end:" farmers bring in boxes of gorgeous last chance foods to...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Dora Hinds and David Vigil
Dora Hinds of East New York Farms recommends stir-frying Malabar spinach in the braising liquid of a roast, 15 minutes before taking the meat out of the oven, so I knew she was not going to wilt under...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Hiroko Shimbo
It was the Friday before Sandy struck when cookbook author and blogger Hiroko Shimbo joined me in Studio 4 for the latest episode of Last Chance Foods. This was to air on the following Friday, November...
View Article60-Second Stir-Fry: Steve Ettlinger
Steve Ettlinger admits that he’s not a huge fan of junk food, but Amy Eddings put him to the test by pressing him on what junk food he would eat if he had to indulge. Instead of naming off a branded...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Whitney Wright of Gilt Taste
A senior editor at Gilt Taste, Whitney Wright used to be a line cook manning the vegetable station at Per Se. It's no wonder she performs so well under pressure. After choosing the furry gremlin as...
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60-Second Stir Fry: Jacques Gautier
Jacques Gautier of Palo Santo restaurant in Park Slope, Brooklyn, thought he was going to sail through his Stir-Fry lightning round. After all, he's was just in the hot seat this past April, when he...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Jeff and Adina Bialas
Jeff Bialas and Adina Bialas of J&A Farm had most of their crops wiped out in 2011 by Tropical Storm Irene, so you'd think they'd smile and shrug at the thought of getting Stir Fried. Maybe they'd...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Dan Pashman
Dan Pashman is no stranger to Last Chance Foods, having pontificated upon jelly donuts and oatmeal for us, but this is the first time he's been Stir-Fried. Pashman shrugged off the pressure. The former...
View Article60-Second Stir-Fry: Carolyn Sherman
Carolyn Sherman is a native of Chicago so she must be used to frigid weather conditions. That toughness didn't help when she was in the 60-Second Stir-Fry hot seat with Amy Eddings, though.Sherman...
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60-Second Stir-Fry: Deb Perelman and Melissa Clark
Leave it to two food writers to turn the 60-Second Stir-Fry into the 60-Minute Slow-Cook! There's no such thing as a lightning round when I'm talking to Smitten Kitchen blogger Deb Perelman and The New...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Peter Berley
I almost get into a meditative state watching chef, cooking instructor and cookbook author Peter Berley undergo his time in the Stir Fry hot seat. Unlike last week's garrulous guests, Berley is quiet,...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Ted Lee
Maybe it's because I'm tired of living in 50 shades of gray February weather, but I decided to stage native South Carolinian and cookbook author Ted Lee's Stir Fry in front of the bright backdrop of...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: John Fraser of Dovetail
John Fraser, creative kitchen mastermind behind the Upper West Side restaurant, Dovetail, sizzled and sputtered right off the mark in his time under the heat lamp of Stir-Fry scrutiny. "Oh, don't do...
View Article60-Second Stir-Fry: Eberhard Müller
Eberhard Müller no longer cooks, but he was sizzling in this week's 60-Second Stir-Fry.The former chef of the classic French restaurants Le Bernardin, Lutèce, and Bayard long ago set aside his toque...
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60-Second Stir Fry: Barbara Damrosch of Four Season Farm
Barbara Damrosch of Four Season Farm grows food in Maine, where she's got to be prepared foraverage minimum temperatures between -10 and -15 degrees Fahrenheit. Imagine my surprise, then, when the...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Stewart Borowsky, Wheatgrass Grower
He's known as "The Grassman" at the Union Square Greenmarket in Manhattan, but don't get any crazy ideas about the type of plant he's pushing.Stewart Borowsky grows wheatgrass in a building in the...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Dale Talde
Dale Talde latched onto raw bar seafood culture like a barnacle to a pier when he came to New York City in 2005. He likes them raw, but I prefer them fried, like my guests in the lightning round of...
View Article60-Second Stir-Fry: Liz Clayton
Since Liz Clayton is a coffee blogger with the likes of Serious Eats and Sprudge, I'm inclined to title this a French roast instead of a stir fry. No matter how I describe it, though, the end result...
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Last Chance Foods: Arugula By Any Name
It’s known as roquette, salad rocket, or, more scientifically, eruca sativa, but whatever you call it, arugula is a flavorful green beloved all over the world.Arugula was so important to musician Nick...
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Last Chance Foods: Hot, Hot Heat — And Flavor
Step into any hot sauce emporium, and you’ll likely be surrounded by labels bearing words like “pain,” “death,” and any number of expletives. But the world of hot sauce goes far beyond mere Scoville...
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Last Chance Foods: Ruth Bourdain's Gastrohilarity
There are a few straightforward rules to follow when hanging out with celebrity chefs, according to the fictional character Ruth Bourdain. For instance, “Do: Rub Tom Colicchio’s head with the finest...
View ArticleNo Such Thing as Leftover Risotto
Italian cooking great Lidia Bastianich recently confirmed something that was impressed upon me during a cooking class long ago: There's no such thing as leftover risotto.The Italian comfort food staple...
View Article60-Second Stir-Fry: Leonard Lopate
These past few weeks, Leonard Lopate has been putting the "loco" in "locavore." He's been talking about eating, drinking and the politics of food during his show on the Food Fridays series by day,...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Aaron Hicklin
Out magazine editor Aaron Hicklin has nerves of steel, at least when it comes to the high heat of the Stir Fry's lightening round of questions. He brought a typically British stiff upper lip to...
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Last Chance Foods: Talking Ramen with Ivan Orkin
In the past few years, ramen shops seem to be popping up everywhere from Harlem to Flushing. Chef Ivan Orkin, who just opened Ivan Ramen Slurp Shop at Gotham West Market and published the...
View Article60-Second Stir Fry: Rosie Schaap, New York Times Magazine Columnist
Adding alcohol to the searing hot pan of the Stir Fry was bound to cause trouble. I should have had a fire extinguisher on hand for my lightning round with New York Times Magazine "Drinks" columnist...
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