tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880010453008052789.post5790250390157994520..comments2011-05-04T22:55:35.467-07:00Lisa is Bossyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06814387998271781790noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880010453008052789.post-21658701962118139802011-05-04T22:55:35.467-07:002011-05-04T22:55:35.467-07:00What a great event! It looks like you had a great time there.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />RosaRosa's Yummy Yumshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04130051839810091958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880010453008052789.post-48558126453953043322011-05-04T19:42:05.648-07:002011-05-04T19:42:05.648-07:00What a super fun recap! I love it. I&#39;m so jealous you got to hang out and chat afterwards with Sherry Yard and get a cookie lollipop! I wanted one, and she was all ready to give me one, but I had to dash to my next event (okay, so the fact that I had to go and drink 130 year old port, probably isn&#39;t making me sympathetic at all).<br /><br />Sherry Yard is one of my pastry idols, and she&#39;s so sweet! I&#39;m so glad to met her. And to have hung out with you too! It had been too long. So good running into you...Irvin from Eat the Lovehttp://www.eatthelove.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880010453008052789.post-12201726885382607482011-05-04T18:50:14.527-07:002011-05-04T18:50:14.527-07:00Great write up!<br /><br />Having been there for the full 4 day run of the event, however, I don&#39;t think you can fairly judge the event as a whole based on a few hours at only one of the events. <br /><br />For example, every one of the chefs you mention having missed out on did in fact have a food station at some point during the 4 days of the event. Many had food stations at the lavish opening reception Thursday night, and others on Sunday&#39;s grand tasting (which was, I&#39;m sorry to say, much, much better than Saturday&#39;s). <br /><br />As to the cost, while I easily had $195 worth of food and wine at Saturday&#39;s event, I would agree that it wasn&#39;t qualitatively worth $195, whereas Sunday&#39;s event was absolutely worth that much. <br /><br />Regardless of the chef, however, you will never get the kind of food that they are capable of food, the kind of food that they are known for, the kind of food upon which their reputations are based, at food station events like the grand tastings - the conditions just aren&#39;t conducive to it. The sit down events spread throughout PBFW are much better venues in this regard.<br /><br />I&#39;m not saying it&#39;s perfect (to the contrary, I have a list of complaints about the overall event that&#39;s many times longer than this post), just that you can&#39;t fairly say that PBFW was disappointing based on your experience - it would be akin to saying that French Laundry is disappointing after only stopping in for an amuse bouche. You have to run the entire gamut of PBFW to truly experience the mad orgy of food, wine and personalities that is PBFW. At the end you might or might not think it was worth it, but at least you&#39;ll have experienced. In my case, I came away with a food and booze hangover that I&#39;m still feeling the effects of today, and more than a little horrified by the brazen display of gross excess and indulgence, by the rampant narcissism and egos, and most of all, by how much, in spite (or because?) of all that, I enjoyed every damn bit of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com