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In Memory of Al Copeland, King of Cajun Chicken
Last Sunday, Al Copeland, a chef best known for founding the Popeyes chicken franchise, passed away. In his obituary, published in yesterday’s New York Times, the details of Copeland’s culinary achievements (and failures) were described, and can serve as a reminder to aspiring chef’s everywhere that hard work and perseverance are often the most important […]
The Industry’s Most Valuable Nose
Insurance policies for body parts are no longer reserved for models and musicians. The Associated Press reported in Forbes this week that one of Europe’s foremost winemakers and tasters, Ilja Gort, had his nose insured by Lloyd’s of London for 5 million Euros. While insuring a nose might seem […]
The Socially Active Chef
If food is your passion (a likely guess for those reading this blog), why limit it to a career? Your interest in all things culinary doesn’t have to stay in the kitchen, and a group of socially active chefs has created an organization to help anyone working in the food service industry get involved. Founded […]
Protecting the Future of Food
What could be so important that it must be stored six hundred miles from the North Pole, buried 500 feet in a frozen mountain in a vault designed to withstand natural disasters or explosions?
Millions of varieties of seeds, from banks all over the world, are being collected for the Global Seed Vault, according to an article […]
Godiva offers night in chocolate hotel room!
NEW YORK - Don’t lick the walls.
An all-chocolate room was unveiled in Manhattan on Tuesday — a pre-Valentine’s Day creation complete with furniture and artwork made of the sweet stuff.
“It’s the perfect bit of sin,” said Ali Larter, star of TV’s “Heroes,” of the Godiva chocolate “pearls” that are her private daily indulgence.
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