Embrace Fall
Market Day
It's market day. Time to prepare for the weekend.
Grilled Vegetable Faux Tartine
Sweet Potato Breakfast Wrap
Goodbye Summer
It may be fall here, but it's 80 degrees and sunny in Ibiza.
Even though its pushing 70 degrees today, the leaves and the prevalence of pumpkin remind us that it is officially fall. To say goodbye to summer, here are a few shots from our pop up this summer in Ibiza with Tony Humphries and Ultra Nate at Pacha Ibiza.
Paper Chase: Yen Ramen Battle II
Mark O'Leary, formerly of O Ya and cofounder of Guchi's Midnight Ramen has challenged Wheeler del Torro’s ramen prowess. Wheeler and Mark are competing in the kitchen, but working together to raise money for One Fund Boston with the help of Lovin' Spoonfuls Food Rescue. Join us to settle this battle for a great cause.
If Wheeler wins: Mark works at 3 Scoops for one week, scooping ice cream to benefit Lovin' Spoonfuls.
If Mark wins: Wheeler creates an ice cream flavor for 3 Scoops named after Mark with proceeds going to Lovin' Spoonfuls.
Paper Chase: Yen II is at Kitchn Table @ 3 Scoops Sunday, April 28th at 6 pm. Tickets on sale now! The battle is already heating up on Twitter! Follow the drama @chefwheelerdt
Build culinary start ups with Babson College
Come out to Babson College Wednesday, April 17th for Small Bytes and Apps: A One-Day Crash Course to Launch Your Own Culinary Business at 1 pm in the Knight Auditorium.
Register here: http://smallbytesbootcamp.eventbrite.com/
Student or food writer? Email wheeler@kitchntable.com for FREE tickets.
Thanks Rick the Ruler!
Thank you to Slick Rick and all of the guests for an epic ramen battle before a great show!
Slick Rick Ramen Battle
Friday, March 29th, grammy-nominated British rapper Slick Rick will be battling it out in the kitchen with chef Wheeler del Torro for Paperchase: Yen. The menu theme is ramen noodles to celebrate National Noodle Month and Boston's current culinary obsession.
Paperchase: Yen will take place at 5:30 pm, Friday, March 29th at 3 Scoops Cafe in Brighton.
Tickets are $30, available here.
Food Business Bootcamp
Food Business Bootcamp
Coming Soon! Wheeler del Torro will host a Food Business Bootcamp covering a variety of topics that face the modern food entrepreneur.
Celebrate New Jersey Students with NJSBA
Join us this Thursday to celebrate Black History Month with New Jersey high school students and the New Jersey State Bar Association.
2013 Black History Month Celebration
The Minorities in the Profession Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association is pleased to announce its annual BLACK HISTORY MONTH CONTEST. The purpose of this competition is to showcase and share the knowledge of our youth and encourage excellence in writing by New Jersey high school students.
This year, New Jersey high school students were asked to write a letter to the United States Supreme Court advising the Justices whether or not race should continue to be a factor considered in the admission process of public colleges using 1,000 words or less.
Entries are closed.
280 essays were received.Click here to read the winning essays.
Students who submit an essay will qualify for the opportunity to compete in a Black History Trivia Contest on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at the New Jersey Law Center to compete for the following cash prizes:
First Place $250.00 Visa Gift Card Second Place $150.00 Visa Gift Card Third Place $100.00 Visa Gift Card
Each contestant will also receive a certificate of merit for their participation. All prizes will be presented to the students on February 21, 2013 at the New Jersey Law Center.
Black History Month
2013 Program and Trivia Contest
Thursday, February 21
6 - 9 p.m.
New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick
Featured Presentation Slavery to Freedom at the Kitchen Table: a Historical Look at Soul Food from 1830-1975
by Chef Wheeler del Torro
Chef del Torro will present a lecture and cooking demonstration. The lecture will encompass a historical and anthropological look into the study of soul food as an American cuisine. Attendees will have the opportunity to sample dishes featuring traditional soul food ingredients and learn the history of each dish – its historical roots, cultural significance and a healthy method of preparation.
Featured Visual Artist
Creative Force Inc.
Trivia Contest Host
Steven G. Hockaday, Esq., president-elect, Garden State Bar Association, housing attorney, Essex-Newark Legal Services
Business Bootcamp Miami
Part 1: Tech to Connect- Using Technology to Take Your Brand to New Levels.
In the first part of our business boot camp, we cover how social media and content marketing can amplify your message and help you engage with your fans. Whether you are just starting out or looking to reach new heights, this seminar will help you strategically develop your brand and cost effectively connect with your target market. You will learn to:
- Determine what online methods will connect best with your clients
- Get the most out of what you currently use
- Produce engaging content that stays true to your personality and brand
Part 2: Old-School Networking to Build your Biz.
While social media and the like are powerful tools, nothing beats face to face interaction for building the relationships that lead to sustainable success. We focus part two on the art of networking and provide useful techniques to help you work any room like a pro. Topics covered include:
- Proper preparation to know your brand and audience
- Strategies for overcoming your fear and making a great first impression
- Active listening techniques and ways to add value so the interaction is memorable and beneficial for your new contact
- Effective methods for following through and keeping in touch
Part 3: Awesome Events to Engage
Create memorable and uniquely targeted events that build enthusiasts and generate lasting connections. In this section, we show you how to produce engaging events that put you at the center of the party by covering:
- Unique ideas to make your event memorable and meaningful for attendees
- Instruction on creating goals and metrics to measure success
- Methods to ensure your guests are engaged and having fun
Part 4: Celebrity Cook- Off!
We close the boot camp with an unforgettable Iron Chef style cook-off that pits Chef Wheeler against Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell to demonstrate the power of food to bring people together and create key relationships for your business.
- Each will create a dish from a secret ingredient
- Dishes will be judged by a panel of guest celebrities and food experts
- Attendees will enjoy great food and a one of a kind experience with Chef Wheeler & Uncle Luke!
Tickets:
Part 1: Tech to Connect- Using Technology to Take Your Brand to New Levels- http://bizbootcamp1.eventbrite.com/
Part 2: Old-School Networking to Build your Biz
http://bizbootcamp2.eventbrite.com/
Part 3: Awesome Events to Engage
http://bizbootcamp3.eventbrite.com/
Part 4: Celebrity Cook- Off!
http://unclelukebattle.eventbrite.com/
Full Boot camp Package & Celebrity Cook-Off event (Best value!):
http://bizbootcampfull.eventbrite.com
Join us in Maine
If you are in Maine tomorrow, come join us for soul food and jazz at the University of Southern Maine. Here's a preview of one of the dishes from Maine 207: collard greens.
Mange à Trois
Mange à Trois Chef Wheeler del Torro poses the question "Is food art?" in his new series Mange à Trois. In this unconventional event, chef del Torro examines pieces from three artists and shares his interpretations of their works through his chosen medium: food. Accessing art through the palate encourages a fresh perspective and opens it to both new and seasoned audiences.
Series 1: New York
At once buoyant and creative, furious and raw, New York of the 1980s was the artist's canvas. Graffiti artists covered its walls while others incorporated the street's gritty reality into their art. The quest for innovation drew from all traditions, relentlessly questioning, melding and adapting.
The works of Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente exemplify the spirit of the time. In their collaborative works, Warhol provided the foundation rooted in the collective visual memory while Basquiat added a burst of energy in aggressive forms and overwhelming patterns. Clemente in turn employed bright colors as well as sinister tones, overlapping and merging with the edges of the canvas.
Through the senses of taste, smell, and touch, del Torro interprets and creates art. Like Basquiat, del Torro uses the flavors of the street as modes of expression. This innovative lecture and food experience guides participants through solo and collaborative works of art from Warhol, Basquiat and Clemente while treating them to del Torro's culinary interpretations of their artistic aesthetic.
Luther Campbell Chef Battle in Miami
On March 16th, after a one day business bootcamp, I am looking forward to taking on rapper and record label owner Luther Campbell. Uncle Luke and I will have one hour to create a dish featuring a secret ingredient. Our dishes will be judged by a panel of celebrity and food experts.
The battle will take place at the Shore Club in Miami at 7 pm on Saturday, March 16th.
Tickets are available now through Eventbrite at http://unclelukebattle.eventbrite.com/. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Morehouse College and Women of Tomorrow.
Unauthorized Underground Django Cookbook March 16th
Coming Soon!
Inspired by the film Django Unchained, I am finishing up a ecookbook with 50 new recipes. the unauthorized Underground Django Cookbook will be out on March 16th. The launch of the book will take place in Miami at the Shore Club March 16th with special guest Luther Campbell. Uncle Luke will be joining me for an Iron Chef style battle with celebrity and food expert judges.
If you will be in Miami (or can make it out!) tickets are available here. Check back soon for special deals for members of our mailing list to pre-order the book.
I will be previewing recipes from Django under the recipe tab soon!
Sweet Potato Battle
Photographer and freelancer Josh Reynolds came out to 3 Scoops this weekend to document the Iron Chef style battle between Biz Markie and I. His slide show on Boston.com has highlights from the night.
"Boston-based chef and cookbook author Wheeler del Torro worked on pot of vegetarian sweet potato and black truffle sloppy joes during a chef battle with hip-hop artist and Yo Gabba Gabba! contributor Biz Markie at 3 Scoops Cafe in Brighton on Jan. 26. The event aimed to raise money for the ice cream shop."
Hey Dig
I had a great talk with Jacqueline over at Dig. Check out her article in Dig Boston (and follow her @jacquelinedole for great pictures of her beautiful pastries).
IRON CHEF BRIGHTON: BIZ MARKIE VS. WHEELER DEL TORRO
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On Saturday January 26, Boston’s chef Wheeler Del Torro will take on acclaimed rapper and Yo Gabba Gabba! star Biz Markie in a soul food themed cook-off. Yes, that’s right, Biz Markie.
Unbeknownst to us, Markie has developed a knack for nutrition and now has a career teaching healthy cooking classes.
Just in time for Black History month, the event aims to raise funding for the expansion of Brighton’s3 Scoops Ice Cream Parlor, where Del Torro acts as a menu consultant. The cafe is hoping to broaden its offerings and begin serving healthful, savory soul food classics. The cooking competition will be much like its televised inspiration: a secret ingredient, one hour to prepare the dishes, and a panel of expert judges.
I spoke with Chef Wheeler about his vegan tendencies, D’Jango Unchained, and asked whether Biz is a threat in the kitchen or if he really is, “Just a Friend.”
“I want to break the misconceptions about the vegan diet, the vegan attitude. I’m not a little hipster—I’m a bigger guy,” Del Torro says. He explains that especially today, there are numerous cooking techniques that make consuming meat no longer necessary.
“By enhancing the natural flavor of vegetables with spices and ingredients like truffles, you create healthy dishes that give you energy.”
Describing his style as a twist on soul food and American comfort food, he tells me about “veganizing” dishes that appear on other restaurants menus, such as Red Rooster’s fried yard bird chicken. In addition to putting his interpretation on dishes from today, he’s currently writing a D’jango Unchained-influenced e-cookbook.
But what about Biz?
“Biz has always been interested in healthy eating. Being on tour, he learned to make eating healthy a priority, to stay conscious of his eating,” he explains. “But he’s at a severe disadvantage.”
IRON CHEF BRIGHTON SATURDAY 1.26.13 SOLD OUT 3 SCOOPS CAFÉ 403 WASHINGTON ST. BRIGHTON @BIZMARKIE BIZMARKIECHEFBATTLE.EVENTBRITE.COM
Describing his style as a twist on soul food and American comfort food, he tells me about “veganizing” dishes that appear on other restaurants menus, such as Red Rooster’s fried yard bird chicken. In addition to putting his interpretation on dishes from today, he’s currently writing a D’jango Unchained-influenced e-cookbook.
But what about Biz?
“Biz has always been interested in healthy eating. Being on tour, he learned to make eating healthy a priority, to stay conscious of his eating,” he explains. “But he’s at a severe disadvantage.”
IRON CHEF BRIGHTON SATURDAY 1.26.13 SOLD OUT 3 SCOOPS CAFÉ 403 WASHINGTON ST. BRIGHTON @BIZMARKIE BIZMARKIECHEFBATTLE.EVENTBRITE.COM
The word is in from Baltimore
Baltimore blogger and food aficionado The Minx enjoys our new line of chocolate sauces. Read here review here and check out her twitter @daMinxy1.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Chocolate Sauce
When I received an e-mail asking if I'd like to sample some chocolate sauce, I responded with a resounding, "yes!" I loooove hot fudge, and have been searching for the ideal stuff for years. When I was a kid, I adored the hot fudge sundaes at Read's drug store. When I became an adult, I felt that the best hot fudge was served at Marconi's. Unfortunately, neither establishment exists today - huge losses for hot fudge lovers in Baltimore.
Chef Wheeler del Torro's hot fudge, which is sold through his Etsy shop and at 3 Scoops in Boston, hit all of the right notes for me. When cold, the sauce is very thick, with a pleasing grainy texture (like Marconi's), and is lovely when eaten directly from the jar. When heated and spooned over ice cream, the texture is smoother but the flavor is no less intensely chocolate. Adding a maraschino cherry to the top gave me Read's flashbacks.
But wait - there's more. Not only does Chef Del Torro make some lovely plain hot fudge, but he also produces small batch chocolate sauces in flavors like 7 Chocolate, Mayan Mint, Jamaican Hot Chocolate Pepper, Rose, Coconut, Orange, and Salted Chocolate - all of which have got to be scrumptious. I'm especially curious about the Rose and Jamaican Hot Chocolate flavors. If anyone out there gives them a try, I'd love to know what you think about them.