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Banner Year Expected For Local Salmon

Cookwork Perspective: It looks like a California King Salmon will be abundant this year. Have you served this variety Where do you source your salmon? Banner year expected for local salmon Crazy. Incredible. Hot. At long last, they're words being used again to describe the wild salmon fishing off local shores. That's right. After four years of closures and shortened seasons, our prized California king salmon is back. "It's like it was in the good...

Three Food Trends From The NRA Show

Cookwork Perspective: Food Trucks, Gluten Free and Wine were the top trends for the show. Do you agree or disagree that these should be highlighted? Still going strong: Top 3 lasting trends from NRA Show 2012 While walking the exhibit floor at NRA Show 2012 in search of foodservice fads, most of the things I noticed didn’t seem to fit the bill of a typical hot-ticket item. During a session on how restaurants can adapt...

James Beard Award Winners 2012

Cookwork Perspective: The James Beard Awards are the closest thing to the culinary Oscars in the United States. Did the winners surprise you? What award do you aspire to win? 2012 James Beard Awards: The Big Winners NEW YORK — Compost, "crack" and something called cereal milk – unlikely ingredients that have propelled Christina Tosi to the head of her culinary class. The protege and dessert maven of uber chef-of-the-moment David Chang was named rising...

ATTN US Chefs: Hell's Kitchen Casting Call...

FOX TV'S hit show HELL'S KITCHEN IS CASTING AGAIN. Calling all Exec chefs, Sous chefs, line cooks, bakers, grill cooks, etc.....if interested in auditioning, please email hellskitchencasting2012@gmail.com PUT " Hell's Kitchen" in sub title, include your name, Tel - where you work, where you live (city /state), age, cooking experience & any fun info about why you would be perfect for the show. Best of luck to anyone interested

How Restaurants Can Succeed With Pinterest

Cookwork Perspective: Pinterest is the latest social media platform that's getting a lot of buzz. Unlike Twitter that relies on words, Pinterest relies on photographs. See what it can do for you. How restaurants can succeed with Pinterest In the fast-changing social-media world, new platform darlings appear at a regular clip. The latest, Pinterest.com, seems to be pinning competitive hopes to the wall and drawing interest from restaurant marketers. Earlier in February, Pinterest passed 10.4...

Some Articles Worth Sharing

I recently went on a cleaning binge that led me to start reading all the food related articles friends have given me over the past few months. Some of them were quick, disposable reads but others included information that I have to share. In December of 2011, the New York Times Book Review included a list of cookbooks, mostly written by chefs, that focused on home cooking. The article was long, the list is too...

Whole Foods Seafood Ban: Unsustainable Fish No Longer Sold

Cookwork Perspective: Whole Foods Market, a retailer known for organic and sustainable food items has chosen not to sell unsustainable fish. How are you choosing to be more "eco-friendly?" Whole Foods Seafood Ban: Unsustainable Fish No Longer Sold As Of Earth Day 2012, the organic and natural food superstore Whole Foods no longer carries fish considered unsustainable. In a post on its company blog, Whole Foods explained that its decision to eliminate "red-rated" seafood --...

Seeds Of Discontent

Cookwork Perspective: The debate over Genetically Modified Foods continues. This is especially challenging for farmers who are trying to grow organic crops in the face of big agri-business. SEEDS OF DISCONTENT Do you know where your dinner comes from—really comes from? These days, buying your corn or kale at the farmers’ market is no guarantee against the creep of Big Agriculture. More and more seeds sold to farms in the United States come from huge...

Test Kitchen Tips: Quinoa 101

Cookwork Perspective: Quinoa has so much going for it. It's nutritious, an ancient grain and very on-trend. Here are some tips for how to cook with it so you can if it's right for your menu. Test Kitchen tips: Quinoa 101 Quinoa is a South American grain-like crop that is increasingly becoming popular in North American cuisine. While the leaves of quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah) plant can be cooked as a potherb, the seeds, or "grains"...

Who's Rocking To The Music? That's The Chef.

Cookwork Perspective: Music can keep a kitchen in sync. See how it inspires some New York chefs. Who’s Rocking to the Music? That’s the Chef THINGS can get frantic at Recette. It’s one of those tiny West Village spots where the kitchen and the dining room rub up against each other like passengers in a packed subway car. But even in the pandemonium of a dinner rush, even with orders and questions pouring in from...