3:56
- food
- June 5, 2018
Famed chefs face off for NBA Finals food showdown
Leah Cohen and Dale Talde create a dish to represent their favorite NBA teams.
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Her Southern Thai \"Curry\" chicken wings with garlic waffle fries combines the flavors and namesakes of the Bay Area basketball team and its star point guard.
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Cohen said this basketball-inspired dish is right up her alley because she has been “obsessed” with the sport since childhood.
“I started playing basketball when I was really young. I had a basketball hoop in my driveway. I went to basketball camp,” Cohen said. “I was a captain on my basketball team. I'm just like obsessed with that sport.”
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Check out the full recipe here.
Talde, a Chicago native raised by first-generation Filipino immigrants, uses his signature East meets West mix of flavors and techniques to create his \"King James\" cut prime rib sandwich and Cavalier potato and cheese pierogies.
He is also a basketball superfan, but his inspiration in these NBA finals, he said, is more about seeing Cohen’s team lose.
“My passion for basketball and LeBron James and the Cavs is more about my disdain for the Golden State Warriors,” Talde said. “
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A post shared by Dale Talde (@daletalde) on May 24, 2018 at 3:31pm PDT
Get those recipes here.
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The NBA finals continue Wednesday with Game 3 at Cleveland airing on ABC at 9 p.m.
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