Formerly owner and executive chef of the acclaimed Ryland Inn in Whitehouse, Craig Shelton launched Chef's Coffee Company in 2007 to sell premium coffees, biscotti and other culinary products of his creation. (The Ryland closed that year after suffering extensive damage in a water-main break.) Shelton in 1998 was one of 22 chefs in America to be honored with the status of Relais Gourmands by the Relais & Chateaux organization. In 2000, he was named “Best Chef-Mid Atlantic” by the James Beard Foundation.
Entries for June 2008
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly of My Memories
Last week I wrote about my admiration for Julian Schnabel's unique film, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. The film released in me a flutter of gastronomic memories. This week, I am going to see how many I can capture, chasing after them in the tall grass of time like a man with an unwieldy butterfly net.
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The Diving Bell and the Butterflyed Shrimp
Lately, I have been thinking about memories, rectitude, and gastronomy.
Shall I call it, "Gastronomy in the time of Cholera?" Or, "What moral right do I have to discuss food as art amidst the woes people have suffered in the banking crisis, the housing crisis, and the international food crisis?
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