Dave Opens Champagne Bottles As He Sees Fit: Part 1 by Food Network Kitchens in View All Posts, January 16th, 2009
Backstory: on New Year’s Eve, those of us left in the office decided it was time for champagne. I strongly believe it’s not a party without sabrage, so I taught our purchasing manager Dave, our steward Cedric, and everyone else around how to, well, cut the tops off of champagne bottles with a knife.
Since then, a monster seems to have been created. And since the cardinal rule of television is apparently “once you create a monster, you give it a show” — here we go.
This, my friends, is Dave Opens Champagne Bottles As He Sees Fit, Part 1; other implements to follow.
And please, please don’t try this at home.
Rupa Bhattacharya, Culinary Writer; starring Dave Mechlowicz, Culinary Purchasing Manager



You cannot tell me not to try it at home when it so clearly would be the most amazing party trick ever…that can be performed in public.
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