Chow Two Stories of Sheer Weirdness
posted by on April 18 at 11:25 AM
This week: Two stories of sheer weirdness involving two local chefs.
First, more details on the Washington State Liquor Control Board halting the lawless drinking of chardonnay (and the use of wine in, say, wine-reduction sauces) during cooking classes on Beacon Hill. Chef Gabriel Claycamp of Culinary Communion calls the situation “a shitstorm” and says the WSLCB enforcement officer at the door said, “I’m not here to arrest you, though I could. But I will next time.” (Claycamp’s the one who did the recent pig kill.) But is Claycamp’s widely known involvement in a so-called “underground restaurant” (one with a website; one that’s been featured on Anthony Bourdain’s TV show) partly to blame? My attempt to clarify is here.
Second, the death-defying tale of the local chef who ate his way to 469 pounds, got gastric bypass surgery, was in a coma for almost six months, recovered, and opened a gourmet burger shack called Lunchbox Laboratory in Ballard. The amount of one of the (great) burgers he’s making at his new place that he is physically capable of eating? One-eighth of one burger. More than that, and “It feels like somebody’s stabbing me in the stomach.” The whole story is here.
HOLY FUCK I WANT TO EAT THAT! HOLY FUCK! YUM YUM YUM!
This is the most confusing thing I've ever read.
The burgers there are awesome. Though it would take a superstar to finish one and a side.
I'm sad that there will be no more wine at the cc classes.
oh my god, is this a Mormon theological state, wtf??
I'm spending my tax rebate in Europe where they're not afraid of chardonnay.
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I see that the WSLCB has not lost its Barney Fifes. If Gregoire or Rossi wants my vote, they need to close that anachronism down. Let the police do any needed policing, and let the grocery stores sell the liquor.
Food like that is the culinary equivalent of a Hummer.
I find the notion of a chef preparing food that he can't eat weird and confusing.
Fries served in a stock pot? I'm so there.
I just went to Lunchbox Laboratory on Wednesday, and it is AMAZING. Definitely a once every couple months kind of joint, though.
fnarf,
He can eat it, just not very much of it.
I think I'm having a heart attack just looking at that thing. I need one of those in my arteries STAT!
Yes, T, my left arm is still a little numb after reading the article.
And I am so there this weekend!
Sounds like somebody has a serious grudge against Gabe Claycamp and I am totally not surprised.
Self Control: LEARN IT.
That we have to cut out the stomachs of fat people says it all about how undisciplined our society has become.
OMFG! I want that soooooooooooooooo bad right now. There's no calories on Fridays.
Oh my god, that is culinary porn right there!!! Oh boy!!! I am going there this weekend!!
One-eighth of that burger is one whole burger anywhere else.
True Gomez, in the "good old days", before the advent of gastric bypass surgery, we'd just let teh fatties die from diabetes, colon cancer, heart attacks, or from being unable to run away from saber-tooth tigers, wolves, or hungry, hungry airline crash survivors.
We had soooo much more self-control back then...
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