bookluvingbabe Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes. Way too much for one weekend. Amen.... I'm going to bed and pulling the covers over my head... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Didier Dagueneau died in a small plane crash yesterday near Cognac. I understand many people on this website aren't familiar with him, but this is a major loss in the wine world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Slater Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Decanter story here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sthitch Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Don, That is very sad news indeed, his Fumes were an embarrassment of riches compared to those produced by his neighbors. The brightest star of that region is now gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickie Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Didier Dagueneau died in a small plane crash yesterday near Cognac. I understand many people on this website aren't familiar with him, but this is a major loss in the wine world. There was an episode of Jancis Robinson's Instructional Wine Videos on Sauvignon Blanc. As I remember it, she took a bottle of New Zealand SB to Dageneau and poured it blind for him. When she told him it was NZ SB, he refused to spit it in his cellar and went outside to spit. It was pretty funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan7147 Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I will pop open a Silex in his honor. That is if my post dosen't get deleted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdavidm Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Robert Steinberg, only 61 years old; co-founder of the San Francisco/Berkeley Scharffen Berger chocolate enterprise. Helped make really good American-made, beans-to-bars chocolate accessible to the masses. We visited his factory in Berkeley a few years ago and can still remember the ethereal smells and intense flavors. In fact, I think I will go to my pantry and have a chunk right now in his memory... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Riley Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 George Arzeno Brugal, of the eponymous Dominican Rum company George Arzeno Brugal, president of the Dominican Republic’s largest rum distiller, died in Tampa, FL, Friday while taking part in government-sponsored talks to deal with the effects of the global economic crisis.Luis Conception, a company spokesman, confirmed Brugal's death, saying he had not been ill and that his children were with him when he died. Brugal was president of the rum and beverage company Brugal, founded in 1888.A year ago this month it sold 83% of the company's shares to The Edrington Group, a Scottish distilling company, for $400 million. He also was president of the Brugal Foundation which has made major grants to non-profit Dominican institutions for the past decade. Brugal distills a variety of rums, such as Barceló and Bermúdez, in addition to the Brugal label. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Dottie, one of the waitresses synonymous with the late Sherrill's Bakery on Capitol Hill, died recently at the age of 81. (This is according to a family member. Age is possibly approximate.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Norman Brinker, credited with creating the "casual dining" industry. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/business...html?ref=dining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Penny 3/30/2001–6/11/2009 not nearly long enough with the exception of the UPS driver, she loved everyone. especially me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rappahannock Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Karen Cathey died Monday from complications from cancer. Karen was the president of Bon Vivant, LLC, a food marketing consulting firm in Arlington, Va., a past chairman of The American Institute of Wine & Food and a dear friend. She will be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. B Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Oscar Mayer aged 95. Just remarried in 1999. All weiners at half mast in his honor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug, the father of the "green revolution" who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in combating world hunger and saving hundreds of millions of lives, died Saturday in Texas, a Texas A&M University spokeswoman said. He was 95. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyy Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug, the father of the "green revolution" who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in combating world hunger and saving hundreds of millions of lives, died Saturday in Texas, a Texas A&M University spokeswoman said. He was 95. It's possible that no one has done anything more important with food--certainly not in the last few hundred years. Truly an extraordinary man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 It's possible that no one has done anything more important with food--certainly not in the last few hundred years. Truly an extraordinary man. Dr. Borlaug was one of my graduate school professors, and was an incredibly gracious and enthusiastic teacher despite the huge demands on his time from multiple sources and directions. He had a marvelous sense of humor as well. I'll miss him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanCole42 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Glen W. Bell Jr., Founder of Taco Bell I... I can't stop crying. Heaven: Jesus's ultimate fourthmeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pool Boy Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Glen W. Bell Jr., Founder of Taco Bell I... I can't stop crying. Heaven: Jesus's ultimate fourthmeal. Drop your chalupas to half mast folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deangold Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Glen W. Bell Jr., Founder of Taco Bell I... I can't stop crying. Heaven: Jesus's ultimate fourthmeal. No disrespect to Dan, his love of some odd foods and his religious beliefs... but somehow the mention of Taco Bell on a thread titled passing makes me laugh at the olfactory associations that come to mind...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Kate McGarrigle So much wonderful music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tujague Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Kate McGarrigle So much wonderful music. Apropos to this message board, click here for a great McGarrigle song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 My Father, Henry Moomau, passed away last week. Not extremely significant to the food world at large, but he loved to eat well in any place, and as any good beef farmer, loved his steak. When he was in the hospital he kept telling us he hadn't had anything to eat, and the first place he wanted to go when he got out of the hospital was Ruth Chris. He introduced me to so many foods I wouldn't have otherwise eaten at a very young age. He took us kids with him to fine dining places, like Commander's Palace, and we behaved so that we could go to the next good place Dad took us. When I was young he would often order a tasting menu at a fine restaurant and would split it with me so I got lots of small tastes of different things and wasn't relegated to a childrens menu or just a dish. He grew up in the country and loved scrapple, fried chicken, buckwheat cakes and all the other joys of Southern cooking. He ate some gross things like peanut butter, sandwich spread and tomato sandwiches, and the poor guy couldn't cook to save his life, he burnt soup even. But he was a connoisseur of food be it doughnuts and pizza or fine dining, he loved it all, if it was good. He had wanted to come down to visit my Husband and I to get good pizza and go to Ray's, I wish he had been able to make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodeats Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 My Father, Henry Moomau, passed away last week. Aye - to our loved ones, near and dear - my grandmom, 13yrs ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Pressley Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 He introduced me to so many foods I wouldn't have otherwise eaten at a very young age. He took us kids with him to fine dining places, like Commander's Palace, and we behaved so that we could go to the next good place Dad took us. When I was young he would often order a tasting menu at a fine restaurant and would split it with me so I got lots of small tastes of different things and wasn't relegated to a childrens menu or just a dish. He grew up in the country and loved scrapple, fried chicken, buckwheat cakes and all the other joys of Southern cooking. When I leave this earth, I can only hope my child remembers my passion for food and dining as vividly as you remember your father's. Sorry for your loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayandstacey Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 My Father, Henry Moomau, passed away last week. Not extremely significant to the food world at large, but he loved to eat well... I'm sorry for your loss and glad you wrote this - it makes me realize from where my affection for food springs. My father passed last August - and he loved creating at the stove. His method was maddening - he never tacked anything, so if a dish came out great, he only had a rough idea of how it got that way. No two were the same, but at the same time he honed his skills and over time, few if any dishes were bad. He'd been doing the steak "sear" method for many years, and would turn bags of tomatoes from his garden into a year's worth of magical pasta sauce. He and his neighbors formed a "gourmet club" that met every month - that club lasted 30 years, and my father is now buried next to one of his tablemates. He had no formal training. He probably wouldn't win any contests. But dinner with Dad was worth dropping everything to enjoy. I'm pretty sure that his heaven starts with a really well-stocked kitchen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Heineman Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Dirk Smiler was the Som at Bezu, he passed on Monday. A great guy. http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2010/02/16/dirk-smiler-prominent-washington-goth-is-dead/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Theo Albrecht, owner of Trader Joe's (through a family foundation). http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/2010/07/theo-albrecht-trader-joes-owne.html?hpid=news-col-blog He and his brother Karl are/were the two richest men in Germany, having gotten so through their ownership of Aldi. Long story, but they split it up many years ago, basically dividing up Germany, and the world, into Aldi North and Aldi South. Aldi stores in the US are owned by the brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 If you enjoy dining alfresco in DC, apparently you have Sarah Bassin to thank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legant Posted August 1, 2010 Author Share Posted August 1, 2010 If you enjoy dining alfresco in DC, apparently you have Sarah Bassin to thank. Times haven't changed that much... A deputy police chief warned that "this type of operation would provide a favorable setting for ladies of easy virtue as they ply their trade up and down the street." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 My husband's grandfather passed Friday. It has been a long year for us. I wouldn't say he was a food connoisseur, but he did have a lot of stories that could be turned into complete episodes of Mad Men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Slater Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 Michael Batterberry, a food writer and historian who with his wife founded two enduring, influential magazines, Food & Wine and Food Arts, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenticket Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Morrie Yohai, the creator of Cheez Doodles, passed away last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimRice Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Barbara Holland, author of The Joy of Drinking and Endangered Pleasures: In Defense of Naps, Bacon, Martinis, Profanity, and Other Indulgences, died September 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 It has been a decidedly bad year in our family, after my Dad's passing earlier this year, in August my husband's grandfather passed. He was a funny guy he loved to go out to eat, but my funniest memory is him ordering fajitas (fa-gee-tahs). Then this morning my last grandparent, my grandfather, Sull passed away. He lived a very good life was 93 and always got to live at home, he passed away in his sleep after a month ago being diagnosed with leukemia. He raised a garden and had a cellar of cans anyone would have been proud and perhaps a little amazed at. Even at his old age he made sure his family was fed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 The burrito guy in Farragut Sq. When I worked in the area it was a bit far for me, so I never personally experienced the burritos, but for those who did here is the news on his passing. click Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenticket Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Dirgham Salahi, founder of Oasis Winery, one of Virginia's earliest wineries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lydia R Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Loui See Ling was the owner of the Shanghai Restaurant on Fidler Lane in Silver Spring [where Cubanos is now] and seen in this family photo provided to the Washington Post. Mr Ling's obituary noted that the elders in his Canton hometown pooled their money and sent him to start a business in America. He died on September 15th at the age of 102. The obituary, written by T. Rees Shapiro, also chronicles the market-driven evolution of the restaurant's cuisine over its 50 years in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 Christopher Calomiris I was so happy when I started to see him working at their stand again on weekends late last year. I figured that whatever was wrong, he must be doing better. He'd been gone for such a long time before that. Just a few weeks ago, I stopped by their stand and needed some dill. He was standing right there, so i asked him for it. He seemed so frail and unsteady on his feet, I felt bad I'd asked him, but I figured he was there because he wanted to be. I feel sad . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillvalley Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Part of being a kid on the Hill in the '70s and 80's was getting a banana from Mr. Calomiris when ever you were at Eastern Market. I can't even imagine how many hundreds of pounds he must have given away over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Gary Moore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tujague Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Farewell, First Lady. "If you're bad enough for the Betty Ford, you're good enough for me." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol_ironstomach Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Toki Underground chef Thang Le passes unexpectedly at age 31. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenticket Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Jimmy Hogge, waterman and owner of Buster's Seafood, a fixture at the Arlington Courthouse and Dupont Circle Farmers' Markets. It was always a treat to pass a little time chatting with him, talking about oyster rakes, how best to prepare rockfish belly, and various other topics. He provided a connection to another time and way of life and I'll miss him very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. B Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Jimmy Hogge, waterman and owner of Buster's Seafood, a fixture at the Arlington Courthouse and Dupont Circle Farmers' Markets. It was always a treat to pass a little time chatting with him, talking about oyster rakes, how best to prepare rockfish belly, and various other topics. He provided a connection to another time and way of life and I'll miss him very much. This brings a tear to my eye. What a wonderful man. I could listen to him talk for hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monavano Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Jimmy Hogge, waterman and owner of Buster's Seafood, a fixture at the Arlington Courthouse and Dupont Circle Farmers' Markets. It was always a treat to pass a little time chatting with him, talking about oyster rakes, how best to prepare rockfish belly, and various other topics. He provided a connection to another time and way of life and I'll miss him very much. Oh no This is very sad and I'll miss seeing him at the markets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodeats Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 I am tearing up as I type this - he was always so nice and patient with me. I will miss him very, very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Heineman Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Michael Altenberg passed on Saturday morning. http://articles.chic...bistro-campagne Michael was an important guy in local-substainable-harmonious-whatever movement in Chicago. Not just for the sake of being able to say he did, but in a beautiful selection of classic preparations straight from Escoffier. He didn't bring a lot of attention to himself however, and thusly flew under the radar. A great friend of mine has been at Bistro Campagne for years and I am thankful he introduced me to Michael many years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tujague Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 The Post obit for Gerard Pain, founder of La Chaumiere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drive-by Critic Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Murray Lender: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/business/murray-lender-dies-at-81-gave-all-america-a-taste-of-bagels.html?hpw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Aldo Molina, the kind and very wise cheesemonger at Arrowine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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