Fall eats...with a view.

dK fans everywhere can enjoy a great dish (or meal if you've taken the time to make the trek) with an unbelievable view of the foliage this fall. Vermont experiences over a million visitors per year to take a peek at the foliage the State has to offer and the Cliff House Restaurant at the top of Mount Mansfield in Stowe is the perfect way to dine and take it all in. A personal favorite of mine is the classic Vermont Cheese Plate or perhaps if you're feeling adventurous, go for the Winding Brook Farm Lamb Stew.

Part of the Vermont Fresh Network, the Cliff House takes dining to a new level...an elevation of 3625' to be exact. It's a cheap gondola ride away, or an even cheaper hike... Check out the links and enjoy one of Vermont's hidden gems.

I feel like the fall has so many great options for restaurants to take advantage of. What are your favorites?

Ming Tsai Breaks It Down

Ming Tsai is a true mogul. Chef, author, television host/producer, designer, retailer, humanitarian….the list goes on. He may actually be involved with more projects than Diddy!

Ming’s innovative East-West cooking style has made his restaurant, Blue Ginger, one of the top spots in Boston for over 10 years. We recently caught up with Ming and he was cool enough to share his ultimate meal for dishKarma.

As Ming ‘zooms’ around describing different dishes and great chefs, he breaks down a true ultimate meal crawl. This is when each dish in an ultimate meal can be found in the same area, thus making it possible to actually experience the meal in one night. The ultimate meal crawl is also the premise for our dishKarma video podcast, but we’ll save that for another post.

Have you tried any of the dishes in Ming’s ultimate meal?

Welcome home, it's your party!

It’s been 15 years in the making, but phase one of dishKarma is finally complete. Our new Web site formally introduces the concept and invites everyone to share their ultimate meal.

This was truly a team effort and we’d like to thank everyone that has been involved in the project thus far.

We’re hard at work building phase two, but for now please check out the site and sign up for the email list so we can notify you of our progress. Also, follow on Twitter, add the Facebook page, Digg the site, tell a friend or send up a smoke signal.

Don’t forget to upload your own ultimate meal and help spread the dishKarma!

Stay tuned and stay hungry…