What Chef Kerry eats when he is hungry in the middle of the night….
Cape Cod robust russet chips, toasted crumpets, and of course Cafe Miranda foccacia toasted with butter washed down with a Corona.
Archive for the ‘Rants’ Category
Midnight Snack
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Running Out of Ideas
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010Is not something Chef Kerry is going to be doing anytime soon, but is it what he is most afraid of.
Fire in the Kitchen, Dust on the Road
Thursday, June 17th, 2010Continuing on with our interview with Chef Kerry Altiero.
What were you like as a kid?
I didn’t play sports, instead I was into road motorcycles. My dad had English sports cars and growing up in the coal mining hills of (Eastern Central) Pennsylvania in the 1960s this was odd. We would go for aimless rides. I do this now with my son. We take the Alpha Romeo out and drive down a road and he picks which way to go.
Typically in school I was a teacher’s pet, but I was also considered a wise ass or an unconventional thinker. In Parochial school one was admired and despised for independent thinking.
To put you in the mood…
A beautiful film about the remains of shuttered coal operations across Appalachia by Jim Lo Scalzo featuring the song “Sprinkle Coal Dust on My Grave” by Orville Jenks.
Ghosts in the Hollow from Jim Lo Scalzo on Vimeo.
Meet Chef Kerry Altiero
Monday, June 14th, 2010For those of you who have dined at Cafe Miranda on even a pretty regular basis there are probably a lot of things you do not know about Chef Kerry Altiero. With this blog we are going to give you a peak into the madness, the firestorm, that is this intriguing Rockland, Maine based character who is today primarily focused on food.
Welcome to the ride…
What people would want to know about you.
(as told by Chef Kerry)
I had just graduated from a parochial high school at age 17 and was getting ready to go to a Jesuit College. Must have been 1974, 1975. I took the money I received after graduation and went off, bought some motorcycles and a van and went Motocross for four years. Eventually I ended up in Allentown, PA selling motorcycles.
How did you end up in a kitchen?
In the wintertime, when not much was going on in terms of racing, I was the dishwasher at Bob and Dick Billinsky’s Hotel and Restaurant. Actually, it was a restaurant with a couple of rooms upstairs. A woman I knew was the cook there and needed someone to do dishes. One day the grill cook burned himself so the cook said hey can you cook. I was a vegetarian, cooked for myself, lot of ethnic food. I told her I knew how to cook a steak. So she gave me a shot and said I was better than the past line cook. I was hired. I liked the pace and the intensity of the kitchen. The metal. That winter I met Evelyn (Chef Kerry’s ex-wife) and wanted something more stable than racing. We got married, I liked the kitchen atmosphere, and that was it.
Check back later in the week for more from the road/in the kitchen with Chef Kerry.
Miranda Food in Photos
Monday, February 1st, 2010We love these photos by Jon Levitt. He captured the Miranda food!
burger and fries
caesar
johnson’s crossing
Ring in 2010 with Cafe Miranda
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009No special prices, isn’t the evening special enough without being charged more? We would love to see you. Chef Kerry promises a command performance!!
Already have dinner plans, join us in the new year. We promise our fun atmosphere, wood fired brick oven (hint, request a seat at the bar), and food will warm you up this winter.
Rock n’ at Cafe Miranda
Sunday, December 6th, 2009What we are listening to in the kitchen. Turn it up!
Ramones
Velvet Underground
New York Dolls
Motorhead
Kinks
Tom Wait
Leonard Cohen
Show tunes from “Rent,” “South Pacific,” and “Carousel” to name a few Chef Kerry loves.
Jazz – Dorsey Brothers and Duke Ellington are always at the top of the stack
