Ben Starr

The Ultimate Food Geek

Tag: free range

  • MasterChef 4 recap: Eggs and Salmon (S4E18)

    (PLEASE NOTE: This blog contains the maniacal ravings of a Season 2 survivor with [practically] no inside knowledge of how this season was produced.  It should be treated as opinion only, and isn’t fit to be read by anyone.) We’re down to 6…but are we?  Apparently, the producers are pulling another surprise comeback, but this…

  • NEWS FLASH: Once upon a time…meat was ALIVE!!!

    As you all know, I run an underground restaurant here in Dallas with the stunning Jennie Kelley.  We met on the set of MasterChef and have become incredibly close friends.  FRANK is a celebration of fresh, local, sustainable food.  And for our upcoming French-themed Bastille day dinners, our main course is coq au vin, a…