We Were There: Ted Allen's "In My Kitchen" Book Signing

Upon meeting Ted Allen at Dave's Marketplace in East Greenwich, my mom and I informed him that Ted and The Tingles is going to be our version of Julie and Julia, as we are recreating each recipe in his new cookbook, In My Kitchen. Let's just say most conversations between Barbara and I revolve around what we ate that day and what we are going to eat later. Our first recipe we will be trying is the duck fat potatoes (take me to yum-town!); Ted personally instructed us on how to render our own duck fat. For those of you who don't know you how to create your own decadent ducky deliciousness, this is done by scoring the duck breast, and then slowly cooking it for 18 minutes. Voila!

We enjoyed asking Ted for some inside scoop on Chopped, and he informed us that producers love to yell "Cut!" seconds before he announces who is chopped. We also got to watch Ted try some cheese from the Narragansett Creamery (which, being a Rhode Islander, Barbara kept calling the Newport Creamery, though I'm sure Ted would have appreciated an ice cold Awful Awful). Of course, we had to ask him where he was dining after the book signing, and Al Forno was the spot.