Girl in the Kitchen – Stephanie Izard
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 . 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.
The memory part is mandatory for entry, so make sure you do that. You can also increase your chances to win with bonus entries. Note- you must leave a separate comment for each:
- On Twitter, follow me (@betheats), tweet the following and come back here to tell me you did so: Win a copy of Stephanie Izard’s new cookbook from @betheats! http://bit.ly/rm46IK
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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!
My favorite memory is helping my grandma make concord grape conserve on the farm in Indiana.
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.
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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!
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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!
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 :)
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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!
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.
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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 :)
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!
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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! ;)
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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
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.
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.
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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.”
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.
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!!
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.
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My favorite memory is making homemade biscuits with my mom when I was little.
My favorite culinary memory is making the annual Christmas spaghetti with my Daddy. :)
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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.
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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!
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.
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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
Favorite memory? Well, certainly not last night’s burned tomatoes! I’ll have to think on that, though. :)
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!
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Favorite memory is a tough one….probably making Christmas cookies (and decorating them in a horrible fashion) with my mother.
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!
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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…
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
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!!!
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My favorite culinary memories are baking cookies and candies at Christmas time with my grandmother!