Avec Alan Premiers!
Alan “The Hitman” Richman has done it again.
Trumped all of the nation’s food critics.
Beaten the French at their own game.
And made the world safe for lovers of obscenely impersonal, big box stores everywhere.
Yes, he cooked uber-French chef Eric Ripert (of New York’s Le Bernadin – widely considered the best seafood restaurant in America) a meal entirely from Costco (complete with frozen quiches), and actually got Ripert to admit the quality of the products (and Richman’s cooking) was good.
Ripert found the very idea of Costco offensive (as do we), but begrudgingly had nothing but good things to say about the products that went into his meal.
Next on Avec Alan: Bobby Flay is cooked a meal out of chalupas and Slim Jims — declares everything “too spicy.”
Restaurant reviews, quips, picks and pans-with some seriously salivating history-from the man who eats his way through Sin City every day.
November 27th, 2009 at 10:27 am
“We are going to Costco? We are going to Costco?” Poor Chef Ripert. Well, at least Alan Richman didn’t take him to WalMartian Land.
Anyway I really don’t think our corporatocracy today is sustainable, so I don’t feel bad buying as much local organic foods as possible.
November 27th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Btw, I hope y’all had a great Thanksgiving yesterday. I pulled off a whole holiday menu all on my own, and I now have a fridge full of leftovers here at my dad’s house. When I come home next week, I think I’ll be spending the whole weekend eating out. ;-)
November 28th, 2009 at 10:34 am
It’s hard not to like Eric Ripert. He is always so gracious, even in his criticism.
You are right; Richman can be a decent television personality.
November 28th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
This is hilarious. Chef Ripert is one classy guy. What’s next? Richman accompanies Rick Baylis to Taco Bell?
November 30th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Well good for Alan. He’s been known to serve lil’ smokies wrapped in pillsbury crescent roll dough to previous guests, so at least he didn’t subject Chef Ripert to that American cocktail snack. Of course, no one, not even a gargantuan Costco vegetable tray, can replace Alan as a great raconteur at the table so I’m sure the conversation was quite fun. Thanks for sharing!