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You could win a
trip to Napa Valley
to attend the 2011 S.Pellegrino®
Almost Famous Chef® finals as the guest
of Chef Fabio Viviani.
Plus, weekly drawings for a year's free subscription to Food & Wine magazine. Official rules
on two (2) 750 mL bottles of Acqua Panna® Natural Spring Water or S.Pellegrino® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water — each a perfect pairing for figs and a hardy cheese.
The S.Pellegrino Almost Famous Chef Award The 2010 finalists competed in three categories: the Signature Dish, Mystery Basket and People’s Choice. Luis Young won the Signature Dish prize for his innovative recipe, Herb-Scented Seared Venison Tenderloin. Kendall College student Brian Schreiber won the Mystery Basket competition, which involved creating a plate with surprise ingredients: chicken, eggs and mushrooms. Peter Clark from New England Culinary Institute won the People’s Choice Award for his signature dish, Pan-Seared Halibut.

Another new addition this year was the Acqua Panna Fan Favorite Award, voted on by at-home viewers of the streaming video live feed. Nicholls State University – Chef John Folse Culinary Institute student Johnathan Lynch won this when the viewers deemed him their personal favorite.

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An Italian frozen dessert ORIGINS: gelato

Italians have loved frozen desserts since the Romans ate honey poured over ice from volcanoes. But the world had to wait a bit longer for gelato as we now know it. It is said to be the creation of the architect Bernardo Buontalenti. In 1565, the Medici family commissioned him to create a dazzling series of royal events for the King of Spain. There were fireworks, feasts and theater. But none got more raves than Buontalenti’s newly-invented colorful frozen desserts.

S.Pellegrino® Presents
Eric Ripert's Get Toasted Series

What gourmet recipes can be
made in a toaster oven?
Chef Eric Ripert tells you.

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This fine cooking classic is every bit as unexpected and enchanting to read today as it must have been 50 years ago when it was first published. The great English food writer Elizabeth David writes with great wit about fresh, seasonal food in recipes that can be quickly prepared and slowly savored. Included is an overview of herbs as well as chapters on impromptu cooking for holidays and picnics.

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The town San Pellegrino was named for a church built in the Brembana Valley in 1250. The church itself was named for the martyred San Pellegrino, bishop of Auxerre.


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