Going Gourmet

This should be really cool.

In mid-October, I'm heading to "The Gourmet Institute." It's a three-day weekend of chef demonstrations, seminars, wine tastings, and dinners in New York City.

Now in its sixth year, The Gourmet Institute offers an insider's view of the magazine's Times Square epicenter, a meeting with Editor in Chief Ruth Reichl and watching culinary techniques from the likes of Grant Achatz, Andrew Carmellini, David Chang, Rebecca Charles, Todd English, and others.

One of the events I'm most looking forward to is the chat with Anthony Bourdain of the Travel Channel's "No Reservations" and chef Eric Ripert.

Ripert, chef of Le Bernardin, just opened a Philly outpost...... and he's been a frequent guest judge, along with Bourdain, on "Top Chef."