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CHEFS – SIMPLE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL

Culinary Cues

Now, make sure that the vegetables on the sandwich are at their peak and reflective of the season: dont serve raw tomatoes outside of July and August. Out of season do something interesting with tomatoes (oven roasted, marinated, sun-dried tomato paste, etc.) Make the tomato an experience.

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KITCHEN LIFE & CAREER

Culinary Cues

Every cook, at least every serious cook, seems to want to work in one of those exceptional fine dining or cutting-edge experimental operations that are depicted in shows like Chefs Table or The Bear. If you are serious about a kitchen career and have the focus to map out the best path, then listen up.

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EVERY PLATE TELLS A STORY

Culinary Cues

The same is true of chefs and cooks who countless times prepare a menu, a dish; arrange components on a plate, sauce the work, apply an appropriate garnish, wipe the rim and quietly celebrate the story behind it. As examples, any restaurant can, and so many do, offer Caesar Salad as a menu staple. Food for thought.

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The Rise of Vegan Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

This has led fine-dine restaurants to change their existing food menus and offer completely plant-based food dishes. Thus, in this blog, we discuss how restaurants are overhauling and redesigning their business models to attract vegan customers? The menu is curated for customers who prefer having plant-based vegan drinks.

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YOU THINK YOU KNOW HOW TO BE A CHEF

Culinary Cues

Fine, that may be the case but let’s just see. Have you experienced the flavors and presentations of the items that may grace your menu? Do you understand the seasonality of ingredients and how to adjust for less than stellar quality or substitute ingredients that will bring you close to the same result in a recipe?

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CHEFS – REMEMBER THE MAGIC

Culinary Cues

The aroma of a simmering veal stock, pans of bacon being pulled from the oven, fresh coffee brewing and pastries hot from the bake shop meld together like a cacophony of sound produced by a finely tuned orchestra. Cooks are busy at work with their own preparations as breakfast orders from the dining room arrive at a harrowing pace.

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META BOFINGER’S RESTAURANT SECRET

Culinary Cues

Long before the restaurant chains of today, decades prior to the birth of fine dining, experience dining, and molecular gastronomy, there were neighborhood cafes that were part of small communities across the country. I was eager to discover her secret restaurant potion – an obscure seasoning, or unique way of cooking.