One of my very favorite seasons of Top Chef was Season 4, when Stephanie Izard took home the top prize. Since then, she opened a restaurant in Chicago called Girl & The Goat, was named one of the 10 Best New Chefs in America by Food & Wine magazine, and received a nod from James Beard.
Recently she was named the official chef of the 2nd annual CMT Artist of the Year event, where she will create a menu inspired by the culinary memories of CMT’s top five country music artists of the year –Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum and Brad Paisley.
And on top of all that, she’s written a cookbook which she’ll be signing here in Nashville next week!
When:
Wednesday, October 19th
11:30 am – 1 pm
(line forms at 11 am)
Where:
Turnip Truck Urban Fare
321 12th Avenue South (In the Gulch)
Nashville, TN 37203
You can pre-order a copy of the cookbook by clicking this link. Then, bring your receipt to the Turnip Truck and receive your copy of ‘Girl in the Kitchen’ and a guaranteed spot in line to meet Stephanie. What to do if you’ve already purchased a copy of the book? Bring it along with you to the signing, but be warned- those that order through the link provided above will get the first spots in line.
Oh! Just one more thing. I should probably mention that I have a little something for one lucky reader. Who would like to win a copy of Girl in the Kitchen for free??
~Contest Closed~
The winner is: Elizabeth Elmore, #58. Congrats Elizabeth!
To Enter:
Leave a comment below sharing a favorite culinary memory.
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Contest ends on Saturday, October 15th at 10 a.m. CST. Once the winner is chosen, I’ll contact them via email and will post it here on the blog. If the winner doesn’t respond within 48 hours, I’ll be forced to choose another, so be sure to check your email!
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kate roche — October 12, 2011 @ 6:40 am
My favorite memory is helping my grandma make concord grape conserve on the farm in Indiana.
Susan in the Boonies — October 12, 2011 @ 7:12 am
My favorite culinary memory, that can never be completely re-created, was my Mom’s homemade (home canned sour cherry ) cherry pie. I can do her pie crust, but where we live now, there are no sour cherries, and I don’t even like the THOUGHT of learning how to can: scary pressure cooker memories.
But yes, cherry pie.
My mom said the whole time she was pregnant with me she CRAVED cherry pie, and that after I was born, she never wanted to eat cherry pie again. I guess I took that with me when I moved out, so to speak.
Susan in the Boonies — October 12, 2011 @ 7:15 am
I tweeted, just for you! http://twitter.com/#!/BoonieSooze/status/124095439854256128
Susan in the Boonies — October 12, 2011 @ 7:17 am
I liked you on Facebook, and I left you a comment. I’m Susan W.
Florence C — October 12, 2011 @ 7:54 am
My favorite food memory is that of coming home to mum’s cooking… the whiff of love and food as I enter the door is no less real to me even now when I am on the other side of the world from where she is!
Florence C — October 12, 2011 @ 7:55 am
I liked you on Facebook!
cara @ CGC — October 12, 2011 @ 7:58 am
Oh Beth, what a fantastic give-away! One of my favorite culinary memories as of late is literally running into Chef Stephanie at Girl and the Goat in Chicago. I was so excited to be there, tasting her food, and was looking into the kitchen as I walked past (it is an open kitchen so I wasn’t being too overt), and I bumped into her as she was on the restaurant side of the kitchen! We both laughed and apologized, and went on our merry way. It’s just so neat to see her at work doing her thing!
Shannon — October 12, 2011 @ 8:11 am
One memory that sticks with me the most is when I was around 9 or 10 years old and I was helping my Grandmother and Mom make baklava. I remember it was so hot in her kitchen and it was such a pain dealing with those sheets of phyllo dough. Even though I might have been a tad miserable then, I look back and remember it fondly :)
Shannon — October 12, 2011 @ 8:12 am
I already like you on FB!
Shannon — October 12, 2011 @ 8:13 am
I tweeted!!
Christina — October 12, 2011 @ 8:18 am
My favorite memory is actually of my husband, who isn’t much of a cook, but I’ve tried to teach him a few things over the years. He was making pasta for his brother-in-law one day and I happened upon their conversation in which my husband was explaining to his brother-in-law that the pasta needed to be cooked “al dente”. I was so proud that something I taught not only stuck, but actually led to him teaching another guy about proper pasta cooking technique!
Michelle — October 12, 2011 @ 8:35 am
My favorite memory is helping my mother and my grandmother cook during the holidays. It is the best way for young ladies to learn by example.
I already follow on twitter and fb.
Ginny Drews — October 12, 2011 @ 8:47 am
My favorite memory is getting up at 4 am & getting a friend going to the farmers market buying a few bushels of tomatoes, fresh garlic, cilantro & peppers to make salsa. We worked all day have the best time, her son played music for us on his guitar, what a delightful day. Then my husband called from a day trip out of town saying honey I’m looking at houses “WHAT” . Shortly we moved to Jackson TN. But this was the start to our journey that lead us to the Nashville area where we just move to 3 weeks ago :)
Susannah — October 12, 2011 @ 8:48 am
My favorite memory is cooking with my grandparents. When I would spend the weekend with them, we would always make homemade biscuits and gravy, pancakes, and eggs on Saturday morning, and then I got to watch cartoons :) My grandmother was a fantastic cook and I loved spending time with my grandparents. I miss them so much!
Susannah — October 12, 2011 @ 8:50 am
Just tweeted (Vol_Sus)
Susannah — October 12, 2011 @ 8:51 am
I already like you on FB (Susannah C.)
Leah — October 12, 2011 @ 8:54 am
One of my favorite memories in the kitchen is with my mom. She turned me on to unbaked fudge cookies early on and it only uses one saucepan. I remember as a kid it seemed to take forever to boil and then forever to cool. We still make it all the time and it’s a cinch…of course mom and I eat it out of a bowl with a spoon and skip the whole cooling part! ;)
Jess — October 12, 2011 @ 9:20 am
already following on twitter….just tweeted (JessArbonne)
Jess — October 12, 2011 @ 9:24 am
“like” on facebook….hope to get some fb friends to follow
Jess — October 12, 2011 @ 9:31 am
my dad telling all my boyfriends when I was younger the only thing I can make is “hungry man diner for the microwave” and I don’t think I’ve gotten a hungry man dinner since I cook alot now thanks to blogs like yours
Danielle Barton — October 12, 2011 @ 9:33 am
As a kid, I LOVED using the KitchenAid Mixer. It seemed very official to use. I didn’t care what we were making; however, I remember feeling like a real chef.
Vivek — October 12, 2011 @ 9:34 am
Favorite kitchen memory was when my grandma’s sister visited us – she made the most amazing Indian food (dhubhi chicken, hyderabadi oukma – which I don’t think many people have ever heard of). She was awesome.
Vivek — October 12, 2011 @ 9:35 am
I tweete
Vivek — October 12, 2011 @ 9:35 am
And I already LIKE you on facebook!
AmandaP — October 12, 2011 @ 10:10 am
My favorite memory is cooking various Austrian Cookies/Pastries with my Grandma before she passed away. Every time I get out my rolling pin I remember her telling me with her very thick accent to always “flour my pin.”
Jacob Brown — October 12, 2011 @ 10:12 am
One of my favorite recent culinary memories was actually this past January, when me fiance and I actually went to Girl and the Goat in Chicgao! We just walked in with no reservation. Obviously, this place was in high demand, so we waited at the bar for over 2 hours sampling some breads and cheeses…and maybe a few too many local brews and jamison shots. Once we finally sat down we tried Goat Carpachio(of course) to start the meal. Each course was better than the last. She’s an amazing chef! Also, I retweeted for ya Beth and already “like” ya on FB.
Heidi Wilson — October 12, 2011 @ 10:39 am
My favorite culinary memory is the sights, scents, and taste of Christmas dinner. Dad was in charge of this meal and he took it very seriously. He would get an entire prime rib (the size of a brontosaurus it seemed!), stuff it with cloves of garlic and roast it. He made white wine potatoes that he would slice by hand (no mandolin or food processor for this guy), and he made the most amazingly fluffy Yorkshire pudding made with the beef drippings. Peas with pearl onions were always served (and always left of my plate!) and homemade au jus would top it off. It was a meal I looked forward every year, and I now make it every year- although I eat the peas now!!
alexandra — October 12, 2011 @ 10:42 am
One of my favorite memories is more recent – my father-in-law, who was born and raised on the cotton fields of Arkansas (read: very southern meat-and-potatoes kinda guy) was the first to “get” my transition to vegetarianism.
Every holiday, every family get-together he’d be looking out for me – making sure to have giant portobello mushrooms to throw on the grill, cooking up a version of veg-friendly thanksgiving stuffing.
(also tweeted + like you on facebook!)
Jocelyn — October 12, 2011 @ 10:57 am
My favorite memory is making homemade biscuits with my mom when I was little.
Erin @ One Particular Kitchen — October 12, 2011 @ 10:59 am
My favorite culinary memory is making the annual Christmas spaghetti with my Daddy. :)
Jocelyn — October 12, 2011 @ 11:01 am
i “like” you on FB! :)
Erin @ One Particular Kitchen — October 12, 2011 @ 11:01 am
Tweeted! :) http://twitter.com/#!/OPKitchen/status/124152400561963009
Mary Clare — October 12, 2011 @ 12:33 pm
One of my favorite memories is making a birthday cake for my mom with my grandmother every year. She’d let me ice it and decorate it with who knows what. Now I let my daughter help me with a cake for my mom, and my mom also has my daughter help with birthday desserts for me.
Mary Clare — October 12, 2011 @ 12:33 pm
And I’m already a FB fan!
Leslye H — October 12, 2011 @ 1:21 pm
My great grandmother was always in the kitchen cooking. Spending time with her while in the kitchen was the greatest! After she passed I was lucky enough to get her rolling pin. It’s like she’s always with me when I’m cooking!
Nicole C. — October 12, 2011 @ 1:33 pm
A favorite and amusing memory is one of the first times I cooked for my new boyfriend, a few months after we started dating. I confidently prepared filet, cooked perfectly medium, with a fantastic blue cheese mushroom sauce and asparagus. He ate everything without complaint, but after another year or so of dating, I found out he never orders steak less than well done and despises mushrooms and asparagus! I guess I’m lucky he’s still around after that meal.
Nicole C. — October 12, 2011 @ 1:34 pm
I am already a fan on FB-
Carrie — October 12, 2011 @ 1:56 pm
This looks like a great book, and I’ve already checked to see if it is in stock here at work. ;) Will definitely be on my next order list. *carrie
Lesley Eats — October 12, 2011 @ 3:15 pm
Favorite memory? Well, certainly not last night’s burned tomatoes! I’ll have to think on that, though. :)
Lannae — October 12, 2011 @ 7:11 pm
Hey Beth, how was Sloco?! Hope it was delicious! Also, come see my BON blog post! You are #1 food blogger in my book!
OK, my favorite memory? My Great Aunt Isabelle with terrible arthritis, and my Great Uncle Jiggs with a stroke, clostomy bag, spent many holiday season teaching me how to make holiday cookies. My Great Aunt and her hands all bent up with pain, would roll out dough and cut cookies, while my Great Uncle with his wobble hands would dip the cookies in chocolate. I miss them dearly, but I have my sweet cookie memories!
Anne — October 12, 2011 @ 7:42 pm
I like you on Facebook! :)
Anne — October 12, 2011 @ 7:42 pm
Favorite memory is a tough one….probably making Christmas cookies (and decorating them in a horrible fashion) with my mother.
Mende — October 12, 2011 @ 8:17 pm
my favorite cooking memory would be helping my aunt & grandmother in the summers when I was young with their catering business. I got to help make tons of chicken salad, sausage balls, mini quiche, wedding mints, wedding cake icing. always a fun family affair!
Mende — October 12, 2011 @ 8:18 pm
I also like you on Facebook.
Mende — October 12, 2011 @ 8:23 pm
I also follow you on twitter & tweeted the entry link, my twitter name is catfire35. Thanks!
angela@spinachtiger — October 12, 2011 @ 9:17 pm
Am immediate memory comes to mind. My grandmother’s spinach fritters that she would make on Sunday nights and now I”m wondering why I haven’t featured them on my blog. After all…
Megan S. — October 12, 2011 @ 9:22 pm
I always remember helping my dad make all kinds of cookies and treats around Christmas time, I loved it! I mostly loved taste testing it all
Hedy Groff — October 12, 2011 @ 9:25 pm
My whole family is full of foodies…while eating one meal we are planning the next. I love when we put together a meal plan, go shopping and spend time together cooking, eating, drinking and feasting. It is those memories I cherish!!!
Hedy Groff — October 12, 2011 @ 9:27 pm
I follow you on twitter and just liked you on facebook,
Amanda Thompson — October 12, 2011 @ 10:38 pm
My favorite culinary memories are baking cookies and candies at Christmas time with my grandmother!
Mb — October 12, 2011 @ 10:42 pm
my grandma making her famous cheddar mashed potatoes… every Christmas.
Stefani — October 13, 2011 @ 3:49 am
My favorite culinary memories involve cooking with my gramma, mom, auntie, & cousins, getting ready for holiday meals (especially the annual New Years party my gramma used to have!) Such happy memories :)
Stefani — October 13, 2011 @ 3:51 am
tweeted about the giveaway! :
http://twitter.com/#!/kaori_ikeda01/status/124406635115458560
Stefani — October 13, 2011 @ 3:52 am
liked you on facebook! -Stef L.
Lynn BB — October 13, 2011 @ 5:48 am
My grandmother’s roast beef and yorkshire pudding. We couldn’t get enough of that yorkshire pudding!
Elizabeth — October 13, 2011 @ 8:29 am
Of course I already like you on Facebook, lady!
Elizabeth — October 13, 2011 @ 8:30 am
I tweeted about this for you as well.
Elizabeth — October 13, 2011 @ 8:34 am
And finally – my favorite culinary memory: I grew up with a nanny who was essentially my second mother. Originally from Italy, she grew up in Argentina before settling in Texas where we crossed paths. Growing up, she treated me to her chicken milanesa when I was an especially good girl (being a picky eater, I wouldn’t touch her veal milanesa, so she altered the recipe for me). When I grew up, she taught me how to make it, but to this day I have never made that delicious, thin meat with parsley, lemon and light breading because it just wouldn’t be the same without her dining with me.
Leah — October 13, 2011 @ 2:06 pm
I tweeted!
Leah — October 13, 2011 @ 2:07 pm
And I like you on Facebook!
Erin @ The Speckled Palate — October 13, 2011 @ 2:33 pm
How fun! And I wish I still lived in Nashville so I could go meet Stephanie and get her to sign a copy of the book for me!
My favorite culinary memory: Baking dozens upon dozens of cookies with my mom, her two sisters and my sister the week of my wedding. My mom is from Western Pennsylvania, and her family has always participated in the cookie table tradition, where the bride’s family and friends bake hundreds of cookies for wedding guests to enjoy, along with the usual wedding cake. The week of my wedding, we were finishing up all the baking, which meant we were up until all hours of the night, drinking wine and laughing at some kitchen fails while sharing stories of the past. It was glorious, and that memory is one of my favorites because we had the best time.
molly — October 13, 2011 @ 2:47 pm
i did both :)
looking forward to a yummy new book :)
Leslye H — October 13, 2011 @ 3:15 pm
Following on Facebook too!
Kim — October 13, 2011 @ 5:35 pm
Our Sunday morning family BIG breakfast.
Traciwilbur — October 13, 2011 @ 8:27 pm
My favorite memories in the kitchen involve my grandmothers. One in east TN and one in Springfield, TN. We were never alone at the table and there was never a meal that wasn’t from scratch. Even being just 150 miles apart, the cuisine was so different, yet equally delicious. Sawmill gravy, biscuits, chicken & dumplings, fried pies, fried chicken, grits, creamed corn with tomatoes and syrup & butter mashed with a fork on one side and pork BBQ, turnip greens, fried okra, corn bread & bundt cakes on the other. They inspired me in the kitchen and in life.
Traciwilbur — October 13, 2011 @ 8:29 pm
I tweeted!
Traciwilbur — October 13, 2011 @ 8:29 pm
And I like you on FB. :)
Lauren — October 14, 2011 @ 9:49 am
I was hoping to win a copy at FBF, but didn’t get chosen! Love Stephanie from Top Chef!
Sarah663 — October 14, 2011 @ 2:33 pm
I loved when Stephanie won!! A favorite culinary memory is making press cookies with my mom for Christmas – she always dyed the dough green and pressed out the little Christmas trees through the piping tool.
Sarah663 — October 14, 2011 @ 2:33 pm
Of course I already like you on Facebook! :)
Chuck Arnold — October 15, 2011 @ 7:40 am
I like you on FB and Tweeted as well, so all the prerequisite social networking is taken care of.
Favorite culinary memory? That one takes a little digging considering I like to eat, Alot ;) But I would have to say it was in my bachelor days when I lived off west end behind outback (as all of us have at one time or another, lots of apts back there). My friend and I had braved a raging storm to acquire ingredients to make our favorite Sunday night comfort food, Spaghetti with hot Italian sausage. Heading back from Teeter the streets look awfully dark and realize when we get back we have no power. Not to be outdone by mother nature or NES, we fired up the grill and cooked each ingredient piece by piece over the open flame. Nothing says love like flame boiled noodles. When the lights came back on near the end of our meal we turned them off, and enjoyed our Spaghetti and sauce with a bottle of cheap sangiovese, just like the pioneers. :)
Sarah — October 15, 2011 @ 9:47 am
My favorite memory is thanksgiving at my grandmother’s house growing up, watching her create a feast of wonderful food and then packing her house full of the entire family to enjoy it!