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Oh So French

I loved watching Chef Eric Ripert on Top Chef and other food shows. He so classy, so talented and oh so French.

Famous Autograph

Last Christmas – Susan gave us this beautiful book by Ripert. He also signed it at a San Francisco event. Susan said he was so adorable when he messed up my name. He kept apologizing. Still – “On The Line” is an amazing book and it truly takes you behind the scenes of his world famous restaurant, “Le Bernardin.”

This weekend, I stumbled on this wonderful video featuring Ripert with one of the editors from GQ.

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Thanksgiving 2009

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I had to work on Thanksgiving. I knew I had no energy or patience to cook after producing a 3-hour show. So, we decided to save our Thanksgiving cooking/feast for Saturday.

8 Hours Later

On our menu: Rosemary Sausage and Chicken. I found the recipe in our Cuisinart Slow Cooker Recipe book. (The book came with the Slow Cooker). The veggies, sausage, chicken, chicken stock and wine simmered inside the Slow Cooker for 8 hours.
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Crank It

This is one of the best meals I’ve had in a long time.
Handmade Fettucini

As we worked on a factory line to play with pickles and make wedding presents – Scott whipped up this amazing dinner with handmade fettucini and mushrooms sauteed with bacon fat. Bacon fat! Brilliant!

Handmade Fettucini from Kris Vera-Phillips on Vimeo.