Santa Barbara Chowder Fest

Chef Edie Robertson signs on as Judge for Chowder Fest

We’re very excited to announce that local Santa Barbara legend, Chef Edie Robertson will be our third judge for the 2nd Annual Chowder Fest on October 23 at Montecito Country Club. Best known in Santa Barbara for the ten years she spent as former Executive chef/co-owner of the Sojourner Café, Edie Robertson is a multi-talented […]

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History of Chowder – 1796

The first cookbook authored by an American was Amelia Simmons’s American Cookery or The Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry and Vegetables and The Best Modes of Making Pastes, Puffs, Pies, Tarts, Puddings, Custards and Preserves, and All Kinds of Cakes, from Imperial Plumb to Plain Cake, Adapted at This Country and All Grades of […]

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History of Chowder – 1796

The first cookbook authored by an American was Amelia Simmons’s American Cookery or The Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry and Vegetables and The Best Modes of Making Pastes, Puffs, Pies, Tarts, Puddings, Custards and Preserves, and All Kinds of Cakes, from Imperial Plumb to Plain Cake, Adapted at This Country and All Grades of […]

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History of Chowder – 1751

I thought it would be fun to track down some information about the origination of chowder or any other interesting tidbits that the vast resource of the WWW provides us. So if you find information worth sharing – please do send me a note, in the form of a comment or an email, and I’ll […]

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Scott Leibfried to Judge Chowder Fest

Scott Leibfried has agreed to participate in the judging of the 1st Annual Santa Barbara Chowder Fest, presented by Food & Home Magazine at the Montecito Country Club. Chef Leibfried is the culinary advisor and partner in the new seafood restaurant Arch Rock Fish slated to open later this summer.  Chef Leibfried can presently be […]

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