In The Kitchen With Chef Johannes Klapdohr – Schmackofatz!
After lunch, we went out to see the farm that Johannes just planted at the Old Edwards Farm property outside of town. He will be using the herbs and vegetables (especially for stocks) that are produced there in the future. I will be going back periodically throughout the summer to see the progress.
I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Johannes (and my lunch) and appreciated his philosophy on so many things related to cooking and food. He truly is a food activist and has already been involved in getting his voice out there, especially while he was in Ohio. If Jamie Oliver is reading this (not), he should definitely get in touch with Johannes. A better match could not be found!
If you are interested in reading about any of these topics, Johannes has suggested several books. These are available through my Amazon store. You can access the link to my store by clicking on the title of the book.
Collapse by Jared Diamond
In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Beyond Beef by Jeremy Rifkin
He also suggests that you watch or read about this CNN special:
Sanjay Gupta on Toxic America and Toxic Childhood.
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Gwen Pratesi
Gwen Pratesi is a James Beard Foundation Award Finalist in Journalism and an award-winning travel writer. She is the author and owner of PratesiLiving.com with her husband and a regular contributor to the Travel section of U.S. News & World Report. She also freelances for other publications including The Points Guy, USA TODAY, Cruise Critic, Travel + Leisure, Garden & Gun, Marriott Bonvoy Traveler, Reader's Digest, Forbes Travel Guide, Smarter Travel, TripAdvisor, Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Magazine and World Travel Magazine. Her work has also been featured on MSN, Yahoo!, Business Insider, and SheKnows.
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She and her husband are enjoying the coastal lifestyle in Florida with their Tibetan Terrier, Rhythm.
Fabulous post would love to be there tasting these wonderful entree’s you look like your in food heaven!
What a great experience with Chef Klapdohr! Your lunch sounds terrific! We hadn’t been to Madison’s restaurant but we did stay and eat at the Lodge at Sea Island in 2007, I think, it was a fabulous time.
Me and my husband have been dinning at Madison’s for five years and we just love Chef Johannes!! His attention to using the best quality local foods show in every dish he prepares. Not only is each dish delicious it is also beautiful! He truly is one of the best additions to Madison’s! We share every special occassion with Chef Johannes at Madison’s and always look forward to birthdays, anniversaries, and just any occassion to go celebrate with Chef Johannes. In fact we will be celebrating Father’s day tonight at Madison’s and are looking forward to our dinning experience with Chef Johannas. He’s the BEST!
What a great post and exxperience for you! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Gwen – Fabulous interview and post! Chef Johannes reminds me of one of my favorite chefs here, who is also from Germany, Chef Martin Woesle of Mille Fleurs in Rancho Santa Fe. I love the look of Madison’s, with those gorgeous rock walls and view into the trees. Maybe John and I will have to stay at The Old Edwards Inn if we come visit 😉
hey, glad to know his philosophy of dining is very southern in nature, we do like to sit around and eat, and talk and make it an event… your scope and depth into Chef Johannes’ passion is just great and this post is just, well, schmackofatz!
Wow Gwen, what a great post! I kept nodding my head as I read along.
Mr. RGBistro and I just took pledge to go mostly vegetarian… for 30 days… because we know we need to cut a lot of meat out of our diets. Not only is it better for us, it’s better for the planet. 🙂 So 30 days… of mostly plants, and some seafood. 🙂 No meat.
Wish us luck.
Back to Chef Johannes – I love his philosophy. Something to think about as we create our community bistro!
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I had the pleasure of dining at Sea Island Lodge numerous times while Chef Klapdohr was the Executive Chef. The freshness of his selections and wonderfully flavorful foods makes for a memorable evening of dining. Thanks for sharing Chef’s deep concern for nutrition, the environment and the food we eat. It’s great to have a food blogger that reaches to understand the philosophy of the masters rather than just coming up with new recipes for us to try. I love the mix of your cooking, locations and interviews, and your photographs are almost good enough to eat.
Marvelous post. Sounds like such an intereting day with a professional chef. Kudos to Mr. Bunkycooks for some fantastic photos.
Be well…
I read your article on the Lick Log Mill as well. I have to schedule a trip to Highlands. It sounds like such a interesting place with great food and places to stay.
Most of us think that chefs are only worried about how the food is presented and how it tastes. It’s nice to know there are chefs out there (I don’t know how many) that are also concerned about the nutrition and ecology.
Dear Gwen – What a treat! What a marvelous culinary experience. I so enjoyed reading the great philosophy behind the food. You look like you are in heaven and I can see why 🙂
Can’t wait for more in the series from you!
Ciao, Devaki @ weavethousandflavors
AMEN! “…we tend to implement extremes rather than use common sense and that this is the problem. We all need some fat, especially good fats.” GREG
What a fantastic experience for you. The food looks incredible! I love the seafood dish. So colorful!
Such an inspiring post Gwen – congrats! loved the pics and seriously, felt like I was right there!! We eat mostly vegetarian and have for about a year now – it really is better for our bodies but we also know it’s better for our environment so it’s a win-win for everyone!
Gwen
what a lovely day you had …….the pics are great! what a wonderful tour you took us all on! How lucky you were to be able to spend so much time with such an honored chef.
Cheers
Dennis
Excellent post! Food looks amazing, and I am excited that there will be more to come:)
One of these days I’m going to point my car from Winston Salem to the southwest corner of the state and find you and you’re going to have to give me a personal tour of all these amazing places. I’m so very envious of your having spent the day with this wonderful chef. He appears to be a genuinely good person. Thank you so much for sharing this post with us.
Hallo Herr Klapdor!!
Es gab mal eine Zeit da durfte ich noch “Du” zu Ihnen sagen! Aber ich muss von vorn erzählen! Ich hatte die Ehre bei ihren Vater, der Mutter, der Großmutter (Eva) und dem Großvater in der Zeit von 1966 – 1969 den Beruf
des Koch`s zu erlernen. Diese Zeit hat mein anschließendes Leben sehr geprägt! Und 1968 wurden sie ja geboren.
Ich traue mich fast nicht zu fragen, wie es ihren Eltern geht? Übrigens ich war auch auf der Geburtstagsfeier anlässlich des 50`zigsten ihres Vaters. Ansonsten weiterhin viel Erfolg in dem Land der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten. Und denErfolg scheinen sie zu haben!!