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The High Price of Cheap Eats By RONI CARYN RABIN Published: December 11, 2008 Dollar “value meals†at fast food restaurants may not be such a bargain when you look at the potential health costs. Many of these low-cost menu items are packed with fat,…
On Sunday, February 15, 2009, I competed in my first solo culinary competition as a member of the American Culinary Federation (“ACF”). I’ve been a member of the ACF for a while now, but have not competed. You may remember that I participated in the…
When the agenda for our staff meeting included the entry, “Happy April Fool’s Day!” as item one, an idea occured to me. When the meeting started with the meeting host saying, “It’s April Fool’s Day, everyone!”, I said, “To celebrate April Fool’s Day, I brought bagels for everyone. They’re upstairs.”
I thought it was pretty funny. Some of my co-workers did too.
(thanks to Lifehacker for the screenshot) Now it can be told… After a long period of closed beta, FOOD.COM, an exciting online recipe aggregator and search application can finally be discussed as it enters open beta. This web application — which can retrieve recipes from…
At the end of a long holiday weekend, I cooked at home for Wendy & myself. On the way home from an enjoyable Civil War Walk through Spring Grove Cemetery (we arrived late and did not hear Abraham Lincoln speak), we stopped and picked up some…
On Monday, June 6, 2009, I had the pleasure of cooking for the Master French Chef’s Gala Dinner, hosted at Midwest Culinary Institute at Cincinnati State Technical & Community College. The gala rounds out several days of events for the visiting Master French Chefs.
I worked with Matt Winterrowd (executive chef of the Summit), his staff, and Jean-Robert de Cavel, both of whom were recognized my the MFC group.
It was a pleasure to cook with Chef de Cavel again, and it’s always fun to cook with Chef Winterrowd and the Summit staff. Also, Rob (who I used to work with at Pigall’s) was there, too. It was great to see him (twice in two days!).
Happy 2010, everyone! On December 30, 2009, Wendy & I were enjoying a day puttering around, doing errands, chores, and the like. I had to run out to Kroger to pick up some items, and Wendy suggested I pick up a couple sandwiches for lunch.…