Show Tracker (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Nate Appleman was cocky 'til the end. This week, the competitors had to cook a five-course Indian feast. At one point, Appleman crowed: "I'm a white boy who's never cooked Indian before and I just cooked five Indian dishes and...
Darke County View (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Nate Appleman, graduate of Greenville High School and now a chef, was eliminated from the most recent Iron Chef competition Sunday night in a special double-elimination. Ten chefs were featured in the challenge which premiered Oct. 4. Appleman lasted five rounds until judges eliminated him from the contest. Now, there are four remaining. It’s been enjoyable watching these...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
... York food writer and television host, seems to take potshots at every chance he gets. And the chef Nate Appleman, shortly after abandoning San Francisco in favor of New York a few months ago, fired back over his shoulder: “You could put tripe in a bowl and tell them it’s from an organic cow and they’d eat it.” Such comments may seem like insignificant sniping, but in the Bay Area...
Eater (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Even though five of the 10 competitors on the latest edition of The Next Iron Chef—Graffiti's Jehangir Mehta, The Harrison's Amanda Freitag, Public's Brad Farmerie, Pulino's Nate Appleman, and Boqueria's Seamus Mullen—hail from New York, none of our city's esteemed...
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... Initially, who did you think your biggest competition was going to be on the show? I thought [Nate] Appleman was going to be. We were both nominated for Beard Awards two years prior - that was my first introduction to him. I thought he stood out. Who were you must bummed to see leave the show? Trevino. But if he stayed, I might have gone. He would have been the Latino guy if the producers...
Eater (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... the restaurant's no hassle, seasonally driven fare. Onto the good, the not so good and the coveted Nate Appleman Endorsement: The Insanely Positive Appleman Endorsement News: @nappleman files a rave of a tweet: "Just had the best meal of 2009 @northernspyfood co. On 12th btwn Ave A and B. Just the way I like it. Simple, tasty and no B.S." [Twitter] The Not So Good News: A Yelper...
Eater (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Keith McNally, though known for many things in the restaurant world, is notorious in plywood watching circles for his fortress-like sheds and multiple layers of defense against passersby, bloggers, spies, and the like. So until he's ready for the big debut, everyone will have to settle for bits and pieces on his new Bowery pizza joint/Nate Appleman extravaganza Pulino's Bar & Pizzeria...
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Two San Francisco transplants who are not buzzy McNally-partner Nate Appleman opened a low-key American spot and food shop in the East Village yesterday called Northern Spy Food Co. Like Appleman, co-owner Christophe Hille also hails from A16 (his partner, Nathan Foot, worked at Myth). Their seasonal menu champions locally sourced ingredients and sustainable meats, and eggs, poultry,...
Slashfood (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... cockiest, backstabbing-est bastards the Food Network casting director could hope to find ( Nate Appleman , Jehangir Mehta ). Picking from among the nice ones is hard -- Garces and Freitag are constantly offering up help to the others and downplaying their talent -- but the heart of banal evil of "TNIC" is a little easier to pin down. Sure, former A16 and soon-to-be Pulino's...
Screenhead (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Tracy P. is our winner of The Next Iron Chef Prize Package Giveaway — Congratulations! The Next Iron Chef : Sunday nights 9:00 P.M./8:00 P.M. Central THe Finale is November 22, 2009 The ten contestants include: Nate Appleman (Chef/Butcher, New York, NY), Dominique Crenn (Chef de Cuisine, Luce at InterContinental San Francisco, San Francisco, CA), Brad Farmerie (Executive Chef, Double...
Show Tracker (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Is Chef Jehangir Mehta insane? Or insanely determined? He swears he won't use the seemingly faulty ice cream machine again, but he calls it quits on a high note: It helped him win this week's challenge, to transform tamarind into both sweet and savory dishes, and employ a Mexican flair. The competitors did their shopping at Grand Central Market in downtown L.A. Mehta juuuuuust managed to edge out Nate...
