5 posts and columns on Chef

Want to Lunch Like Larry or Snack Like Sergey? Kitchit Launches the NetJets for Personal Chefs. (Video)

in Commerce on September 30, 2011 at 9:01 am PT

A new start-up called Kitchit is launching a service that allows even the ketchup class to book a high-end chef for private in-home dining. (I wonder if they’ll let you order PB&J.)
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EA's Playfish Cooks Up Sponsorship With British Chef Jamie Oliver

in Commerce on May 19, 2011 at 2:00 am PT

Electronic Art’s Playfish is partnering with Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver to bring his brand–and specifically a virtual pasta maker–to its social game Restaurant City.

Kara's TED Video: No Sarah Silverman Cussing, but–Shocker–Rob Glaser Touts Bill Gates!

in News on February 16, 2010 at 5:18 am PT

The controversy over Sarah Silverman’s appearance at the tail end of the TED conference last week can be distilled to this: You either like the gutter-mouthed comic or you don’t. In any case, here’s a video I did at the event, including a tour around TED and a chat with a variety of folks, including former RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser–who used to work for Microsoft–praising a speech on the need to focus on energy and global warming by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.

RIP, Soul Men

in News on August 11, 2008 at 9:00 am PT

Since John Paczkowski’s still out of range, Beth Callaghan will be posting Digital Daily today. In a stunning turn of events over the weekend, both Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes passed away–Mac of complications from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease, and Hayes from as-yet unknown causes. The immediate impact and response, of course, is displayed on the Web, with the now-customary ritual proliferation of tribute videos on YouTube–at last count, there were 188,000 for Isaac Hayes and 137,000 for Bernie Mac.