Yes, The Knife lost her damn mind this weekend, what with the food orgy and the liveblogging. My apologies for what must have seemed like Twitter with ADD -- things would have been better if I could have taken photos. (The problem? Cell phones have outboxes, too. Clear them!)
Anyway, here's a highlight reel; I'll add more photos as they come available. (The image above comes from the Flickr account of the always lovely Caroline On Crack.)
* Glenmorangie rep Rick Edwards described the Nectar D'Or (see bottle at top right) as having "the flavors of coconut pastry, lemon meringue and Honey Nut Cheerios." And he's right.
* Top Chef Tom Colicchio was utterly attitude free as he sliced flawless flatiron steak to top a farro risotto with chestnut puree, mascarpone and Parmesan.
* My favorite wine of the night: Havens Wine Cellars' Bourriquot, a blend of Cabernet Franc and Merlot. I didn't come close to trying all the wines on offer (and anyone who did wouldn't be able to remember them), but this reminded me why Havens seemed like a discovery when I visited Napa last fall.
* Nobu will open in the old L'Orangierie space in January. Nobu Matsuhisa said so.
* Just when you thought buratta couldn't get any more ubiquitous/unctuous, Paula Lambert's Mozzarella Cheese Co. will make burrino, a buratta enriched with mascarpone with sweet cream butter in the middle, to be sold in Williams-Sonoma's Christmas catalog.
* The West Coast may have the weather, but the East Coast has Jasper White's Summer Shack. Shellfish chowder, fried belly clams and coleslaw; I could live on it.
For more coverage, check out Caroline's behind-the-scenes take.
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