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Danny Meyer, Patrick Martin & Jean Paul remember Josh Ozersky

Danny Meyer Patrick Martin Jean Paul Josh OzerkyJosh Ozersky was a friend of mine.. and he was not always present in my life but he was always a presence. He introduced me to 100's of people, from the famous to the infamous. He invited me to a competition where I won the best burger award, and so many other things. In this interview you will hear from Union Square Hospitality head Danny H Meyer (@dhmeyer), Jean-Paul the Executive Chef at Blue Smoke (@chefjean_paul ), and Patrick Martin (@MartinsBBQ) a champion winning BBQ guy from Nashville Tn. (and one of Josh's best loved BBQ joints).  

Josh Ozersky hugs Harry Hawk
Robbie Richter (@RobbieRichter) and I spent the morning of Saturday June 13th walking
through the Big APple BBQ talking to folks who were willing to share their memories of Josh. We interviewed Dozens of folks thanks to Robbie's ability to open doors.
This is the first in a series of short releases and a full length episode will come out in due course. You can think of this as a miniseries about memories of Josh! As Josh often said when asked about eating vegetables, "The FAT, that's the meat, the Meat, that's the Vegetables..."
LINKS:

Union Sq Hospitalty Group

Martin's Bar-B-Que joint | Official Website

Danny H Meyer head of USHG  Jean-Paul Bourgeois Exec Chef at Blue Smoke
Patrick Martin of Martin's Bar-B-Que joint



Talking Takoyaki with Karl Palma

Karl Palma TokoYaki

Karl Cooks Takoyaki


Karl Palma was the featured Chef in, "Tako NY" ~ A documentary film about Otafuku" (directed by Kris Brearton). He talks to Harry Hawk about cooking Takoyaki, opening up his own restaurant and playing the Taiko Drums. Karl has been a featured Chef at the New York, Chicago and Charleston Food Film Festivals. Karl is of Filipino decent and grew up in Southern region of New Jersey. He attributes much of his success to his relationship with the Japanese Community in NYC.

Episode 11: An interview w/ Karl Palma (21:39)



Overtime: Bonus Conversations w/ Karl (35:46) 



Listen to the episode + the overtime to hear the full interview 21 + 35 = 56 minutes long. I have known Karl for a number of years and you will find he is full of passion and energy and that translates to everything he does and to everyone around him.

Karl Palma TokoYaki

Related Video

FILM:
Tako NY - Dir. by Kris Beardon featuring Chef Karl Palma - filmed at Otafuki [https://vimeo.com/50872389]

Tako NY from Kristoffer Brearton on Vimeo.


YouTube:
Karl talking about his balls  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22APK4qfkbA]



Keizo talking about Ramen balls [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3znym5WF13o]



Food Porn "star" Larry talks about Balls [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpXyT1TvgH8]

Photos

Karl Palma TokoYaki
Chewbakayako by Karl Palma

(Above: Chewbakayaki)

Cooking Takoyaki and other Balls...
(Above: Cooking Takoyaki)
Takoyaki with Octopus showing
(Above: Takoyaki with Octopus)




Rant - Smashing Burgers 001

My Love Affair with Burgers: Starting To Flip I've helped sell more than 100, 000 burgers and I've cooked them 5x at the James Beard House. I also won the 2008 Burger Battle of the Boroughs. This is my story about my love affair with the hamburger. I've decided to start to tell this story because on Jan 17th 2015 I'll be cooking a burger pop-up in Brooklyn. If you are reading this before that date, you can buy some tickets and taste my burgers --> Jan 17, 2015 Tickets. You can visit the Schnack Web Site which is still online, or check out the Blog.

I mention the Gowanus Yacht Club in this episode, learn more here.

Smashing Burgers Schnack

A Juicy well cooked, medium rare slider burger (a Schnackie) on a NY Handmade Breads Brioche bun.

Smashing Burgers Schnack
This "Slide" ran at the local Clearview movie theater promoting Schnack burgers and meals.

Smashing Burgers Schnack


A view inside of Schnack designed by James Mamary the most amazing restaurant designer I've ever met.