John Tesar hopes to turn scallops into pearls with his new ventures If you don’t follow the business of restaurants closely, you might be surprised to learn that few chefs actually own their own restaurants. Most use a combination of ...
Chef John Tesar just returned from Meatopia (we told you about that here) to find this on his fish counter at Spoon: a pretty six-ounce truffle from Tuscany. He says he’ll be shaving it into Sauternes-enriched risotto and butter ...
John Tesar is the chef and owner of Spoon Stephan Pyles (source: Stephan Pyles) Where’s John Tesar tonight? In New York City for a fancy shindig. That’s where Esquire and food writer John Mariani are announcing their picks for Esquire ...
The title pretty much sums up the cool things I spotted, sampled, sniffed or snarfed at this weekend’s Southwest Food Expo, the largest regional showcase of restaurant products, services and equipment in the nation. While chefs and vendors ...
Four wine dinners caught my inbox attention this weekend: On June 12th, John Tesar is hosting a five course dinner at Spoon Bar & Kitchen featuring wines from Merriman Wines. On June 13th, one of Texas’ best (and most unheralded chefs), ...
Chef John Tesar is serving this Copper River salmon tonight at Spoon, two days before the official start of the commercial fishing season Two days before the start of the Copper River commercial fishing season, John Tesar got his fish. We told you ...
“While Matt (McCallister) and Scott (Romano) are up in Alaska fishing (for Copper River salmon), I’ll already be cooking it at Spoon and sipping a glass of Rose Champagne,” chef John Tesar called to tell me after he read this ...