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Genuine Bloomfield in Pictures

Spotted pigs come in sandal form, too!

On Saturday night we welcomed April Bloomfield and her chef Peter Cho from The Breslin into our kitchen for Genuine Bloomfield, our Cayman Cookout dinner and main event on the rock this past week, hosted by Camana Bay.  It was a festive evening with special guests including Food & Wine Editor in Chief Dana Cowin, Anthony Bourdain, Sandra Ripert, chef Laurent Gras, and the Premier of Cayman Islands, Honorary McKeeva Bush, flanked by ministers and cabinet members, security in tow.  Guests enjoyed a menu of hors d’oeuvres, four delicious courses with wines from Austrian vintner Schloss Gobelsburg, and Hedy’s salted caramel peanut candies for a sweet finish.

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Huffington Post Miami Column: Slow Food in the Cayman Islands

Michael is now contributing to Huffington Post’s new Miami site!  He began yesterday with a story about the slow food movement taking hold in the Caribbean on the occasion of next week’s Culinary Month kickoff event, the Cayman Cookout. This annual celebration of food and drink is hosted by Eric Ripert each second week of January and attracts world-renowned chefs and authors such as Jose Andres and Anthony Bourdain, and this year adds guests including April Bloomfield and Richard Blais.  Michael reflects on this, his third year of participation, how slow food has taken root on-island, and our all-new event, Slow Food Day with chef Jonathan Waxman on 2/4.  Click @SlowFoodUSA’s tweet below to read it, and stay tuned for our Cayman correspondence from the rock next week!  When we arrive on 1/9, we will dive into shooting our first season of Genuine Cayman (the lionfish and farm eggs episodes) and then get hot and heavy with the Cookout, hosting April Bloomfield for a dinner on Saturday (1/14) night.  Here is that menu, fresh off the presses, and a link to purchase the few tickets that are left. If you’re still not sure if this is your cup of tea, please check out my coverage of last year’s event for Eater Miami (which I will be repeating this year.)

A Layover at Harry’s Tonight

Check out my interview today with Anthony Bourdain on Eater National here and come join us at Harry’s Pizzeria for dinner tonight — our TV will be tuned to Travel Channel at 9:00 p.m. for the Miami episode featuring Michael and the rest of the best our Magic City has to offer. And, right this way for photos of this past weekend’s romp in Palm Beach for its food and wine festival