With the anticipation and excitement that builds before an annual journey, the Post 390 team and their families took a trip on a recent hot summer Monday morning to Pepperell, Mass. on the border of New Hampshire, to visit Kimball Fruit Farm. Post 390 launches its newest “Farm to Post” 3-course menu this week, featuring…
Tête de Cuvée – Exploring Rosé
By Brahm Callahan, MS, Himmel Hospitality Group Beverage Director Recently, I was selected to speak at the annual Pebble Beach Food & Wine festival. Pebble Beach Food & Wine is the premier epicurean lifestyle event on the West Coast, matching 250+ of the best wineries in the world with 100 celebrity Chefs in the picturesque…
Thoughts on “Himmel Hits the Road” from Road Warrior Carl Carreiro!
This trip across country was something I always wanted to do, but never thought would be possible…our 6,000 mile “Himmel Hit’s the Road” cross country culinary road trip was first class all the way thanks to great planning and execution from our whole team along the road from Boston, MA to Brawley, CA! I will…
The Final Road from Boston to Brawley
By Chris Himmel, Owner, Himmel Hospitality Group Fifteen years. That’s a long time for a friendship let alone a partnership in an industry built upon cost controls, overhead and revenue enhancement. For more than fifteen years our Grill 23 & Bar family has partnered with Brandt Natural Beef, the Brandt family and our distributor Cambridge…
Onward
By Tyler Kinnett, Executive Chef at Harvest Restaurant in Cambridge, MA It’s raining in Los Angeles when my plane lands. I’m not sure if anyone was complaining considering the intense lack of precipitation on the west coast as of late. Regardless, there were red and orange flowers growing all throughout the grass patches on the…
A Table in the Sky
Friday night started off with the sun going down 56 floors above the Las Vegas Strip. We were guests at Alize restaurant at the Palms Resort to collaborate on another pop-up dinner, and because this one-night-only dinner featured ingredients collected along our “Himmel Hit’s the Road” travels we settled on a menu with Executive Chef…
Brian Mercury and the “Young Guns” of Austin, Texas
Post by Brian Mercury, Executive Pastry Chef at Harvest Restaurant Since the conception of this cross-country journey, affectionately known as #HimmelHitsTheRoad, I had been excitedly dreaming about what was in store for me. Over the past few days I have had the opportunity to experience an amazing city, Austin, Texas. This was my first visit…
Himmel Hits the Road hits up New Orleans, LA!
Man was it hard to pull ourselves away from the beautiful Emerald Coast of Florida, but New Orleans was calling our name and the lure of the town’s incredible food, cocktails, restaurants and music were all the motivation we needed to make the 280 mile drive to the Big Easy! While we couldn’t wait to…
Florida’s Emerald Coast from Post 390 Chef Nicholas Deutmeyer
What a day here on the western coast of Florida! We started later than usual, an amazing opportunity to catch up on hours of sleep that we all desperately needed after spending 10 hours in the RV the day before, dodging tornadoes on the way down from South Carolina. The original idea was to head out…
Charleston, SC from Harvest Executive Chef Tyler Kinnett
Himmel Hits the Road, the Charleston, SC chapter, found us up early in the rain. After a fantastic southern dinner and a few cocktails together as a group the night before at Magnolias, we woke up at 7am. I never wake up at 7am, nor am I built to. When the rooster crows at dawn,…
Louisville, KY to Charleston, SC – Chef Eric Brennan & Chris Himmel Visit Allan Benton of Benton’s Smoky Mountain Country Ham & Bacon in Madisonville, TN
After learning about aging Bourbon in charred American oak barrels while at Buffalo Trace Distillery yesterday on an overcast and chilly afternoon in Frankfort, KY we were struck with the inspiration to use their fantastic product in a Sweet Tea Bourbon that will pair with South Carolina Shrimp Crudo, Fried Pimento Cheese, Allan Benton’s Country…
A Few of our Favorite Things
Today was a day for drinking, and lots of it. Waking early to grey skies and the sounds of a downpour, we drove over to Against the Grain Brewery in Louisville, KY to check out their brewpub. Amelia, head pub brewer and our tour guide, brought us through their labyrinth of ladders to explain their…
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