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Chef John Kuropatwa's Grilling Tips (CBS 3 Philadelphia)

Chef John Kuropatwa of Spigola Ristorante stopped by CBS3 studios to share some of his summer grilling tips.

Master chef luckiest man on TV (Herald Sun)

SAM Ciaravolo would have to be the luckiest man on TV. The 24-year-old MasterChef contestant is still in the show, despite facing elimination a whopping nine times.

American Culinary Federation names 2009 chef of the year (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The American Culinary Federation Chefs of Las Vegas and the ACF Associate Members had their annual Chef of the Year Dinner on June 28 at the Palms.

South Windsor Library Hosts Pastry Chef (Journal Inquirer)

Award-winning master pastry chef Roland Schneider demostrates how to quickly and easily bake delicious apple strudel, Black Forest cake, and Linzer torte at the South Windsor Library Wednesday, April 15 in celebration of our Germany heritage through the World of Words program.

Keanu Reeves thinking of turning a trained chef (New Kerala)

Washington, July 4: Keanu Reeves has apparently set his sights on a new career, for the actor wants to get trained to become a chef.

New York Times Food & Wine News

Journeys: Japanese Baseball: Root, Root, Root and Buy Me Some Eel

Attending a baseball game provides an illuminating peek into Japanese culture and an opportunity to taste some culinary curiosities.

Field Report: Home Sweet (Urban) Homestead

A new kind of preservation society attends a D.I.Y. dinner party in Oakland, Calif.

Explorer: Tasting Slovenian Cuisine Right at the Source

The Karst, in the country’s southwest region, is known for its gastronomic heritage and family farms that welcome travelers.

Bites: Restaurant Review: BioMio, Copenhagen

The dishes at this entirely organic restaurant are vegetable-loaded, simple and tasty.

Choice Tables: Alive and Evolving: the Paris Bistro

Offering reliable and affordable food, the bistro choices are better than they have been in years.

Sustainable Foods

NONPROFIT ROUNDUP: Benefit for Montana Food Bank Network is Thursday Posted on July 5 (Missoulian)

“Canstruction,” a design/build competition to benefit the Montana Food Bank Network, will take place Thursday, July 9, from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Southgate Mall next to the fountain near Sears.

Healthier food and drinks with palm oil vitamins (Business Times (Malaysia))

Fancy a cholesterol-lowering McDonald's cheeseburger? How about Coca-Cola packed with antioxidants to boost your immune system?

Farming with Oxen 101: VT college students learn old-fashioned, sustainable agriculture (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

POULTNEY, Vt. - Devin Lyons typically starts his days this summer cooking fresh eggs for breakfast from the farm's chicken coop. Then, depending on the weather, he and a dozen other college students might cut hay in the field using a team of oxen, turn compost or weed vegetable beds.

Healthier food and drinks with palm oil vitamins (Business Times (Malaysia))

This may soon become a reality as Malaysian palm oil vitamins producers are spending US$38,500 (RM134,750) to apply for GRAS status from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to gain access into the functional food and beverage market there.

Hungry world (BBC News)

G8 summit is set to tackle global food crisis

Food Articles

G8 shifts focus from food aid to farming (Financial Times)

The G8 countries will this week announce a “food security initiative”, committing more than $12bn for agricultural development over the next three years, in a move that signals a further shift from food aid to long-term investments in farming in the developing world.

Restaurants found guilty of preparing food at the backlanes (The Star)

FOLLOWING our report on June 29, the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) had fined two restaurants in Jalan Telawi, Bangsar, for unhygienic preparation of food items in their backlanes.

Local fast food restaurant closes (Eastern Arizona Courier)

Gila Valley residents can no longer enjoy the food at the A&W and Long John Silver’s restaurant at the Super Stop in Thatcher.

Boys and Girls Club receives food grant (The Herald-Press)

The Huntington Boys and Girls Club received $3,000 from the Wal-Mart Foundation to help fund their Summer Food Program. During the summer the Boys and Girls Club provides a healthy breakfast, snack and dinner to community kids.

Of the Outdoors: Food Plots: Giving Wildlife A Helping Hand (Yankton Press & Dakotan)

Now days, you hear a lot of talk about planting food plots as far as the pros and cons of planting them.

Chef Media Network

CHIC184: Old-fashioned French Foods

Chef Tom explains some of the more confusing French cooking terms!

Everyday Indulgences: Scent-suality

Let's face it: We could all use a little pick-me-up. Indulgence doesn't have to be pricey, however.

Lobster: The Sophisticated Crustacean

Lobsters, the red, cheery, iconic symbols of New England, are actually rather international in nature.

Chef Mark’s Quick Bites: Fancy Food Show Day 3

The final day of The Fancy Food Show brings, brownies, porchetta, chocolate, black garlic & wild boar!

CSA Newsletter, July 2, 2009

Hawthorne Valley Farm CSA newsletter for July 2nd

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My Cooking Repertoire: Salade Nicoise

Entertaining is so much easier when you have a repertoire of tried and true recipes that you can pull from to prepare for guests. One of the more fuss-free examples is a salade composée, a salad that is arranged, typically...

Two Tarts Bakery is a Sweet Success

One of the most interesting aspects of the Portland Farmers Market is its influence as a business incubator, offering the opportunity for ordinary people to go after their dream and see where it takes them. Two Tarts Bakery, which produces...

Friday Foodie Links Worth a Click--4th of July Edition!

It's Friday again! And this time we've got the whole long weekend ahead of us. As we all planned our 4th of July festivities, a lot of the focus was around food (of course). Here are a few patriotic AND...

Great Regional Fare: Eating Whoopie Pies in Lancaster County

When Al Dente blog reader Pat Hawn recently shared her inexpensive regional foodie finds, I was thrilled to learn that one of them, Whoopie Pies, originated in Pennsylvania Dutch country, an area I was planning on visiting this summer. I...

Have a Red, White, and Green Holiday with Pretty Party Pinwheels

I think it’s un-American to have a Fourth of July weekend shindig without good snacks. And sorta sad, too. Especially when the below recipe for Pretty Party Pinwheels (from Party Snacks, 2008, Harvard Common Press) is darn easy to make,...

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Mathew Mandeltort

The New 31 Flavors – The Tyranny of Too Much

Old enough to remember when there were only 3 television channels to choose from? Today the average household has access to 104 channels. Do your recall as a child being overwhelmed having to choose from amongst the 31 flavors offered by Baskin Robbins? Today, foodservice operators offer customers a staggering array of choices with every dining occasion:

• Buffalo Wild Wings – 14 varieties of wing sauce
• Dunkin Donuts – 52 varieties of donuts
• Chipotle – 65,000+ taco, burrito, and bowl combin… Continue

Posted by Mathew Mandeltort on June 25, 2009 at 2:16pm

Robert Hebron

Honey-Bun Cake

Honey-Bun Cake

1 Yellow Cake Mix
4 eggs
¾ Cup oil
1 Cup brown sugar
2 tbsp. Cinnamon
1 lb powdered Sugar
1 Cup Sour Cream
¼ Cup evaporated milk
½ tsp vanilla



Directions:
Mix together Cake mix, sour cream, eggs and oil. Pour half of batter in greased 9 x 13 inch baking pan. Mix together in a separate bowl; brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over cake batter in pan. Pour remaining batter into pan. Bake at 325º until done. Mix powdered sugar, evaporated milk and vanilla to make a… Continue

Posted by Robert Hebron on April 15, 2009 at 8:04pm

Mike Keegan

Considering a rewards program to motivate your employees or increase sales?

Rewards are a powerful incentive. They can be used to change bad behavior, or re-inforce good behavior. Have you considered implementing a rewards program or contest to improve your business? Maybe you want to sell more of a particular menu item or you want to better control food or labor costs.

Here's a few things to keep in mind.

Before you begin developing a program, be able to a answer these six questions:

1. Objectives: What specifically is to be accomplished?
2. Problems: Why isn’t it b… Continue

Posted by Mike Keegan on September 10, 2008 at 9:54am

Michael

Sustainable Seafood

See link below for Monterey Bay Aquarium's list of "ocean-friendly" seafood choices

http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/download.asp

Posted by Michael on July 6, 2008 at 9:44pm

Michael

Produce Seasonality Charts By State

See link below for a seasonality chart for produce , listed by state:
(you might have to copy & paste the link to visit the site)

http://www.fieldtoplate.com/guide.php

Posted by Michael on July 6, 2008 at 9:35pm

 
 

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