Wednesday Food News- CRU- Psychics, lazy cooks, Too many Chefs, More chocolate,Lard is back, and almost perfect chicken.

Wednesday Food News

Culinary Roundup-CRU

Products for lazy cooks. From The Guardian, all kinds of time/ energy saving products for the home cook. Energy efficient? 

More chocolate in restaurants. From QSR, a story that is kinda a no brainer. Add more chocolate to your menus restaurants. Chocolate sales!!!

Too many Chefs in New York. From the New York Times, this story is about the glut of high talent Chefs in New York City and the changing cooking environment. They say this may be the next bubble to burst. Good thing I am a Chef…

From the Arizona Republic, all you need are Psychics and a good happy hour to save your restaurant.

Lard is back, and it is a crowd pleaser. From The Wall Street Journal Magazine. You can buy it through the mail.

The almost perfect chicken. From The Washington Post. Thomas Keller roasted chicken. 

Have a great day,

Chef Max 3-18-09

Thursday Culinary Roundup-Fasting, Slow Food, Healthy Mexican cuisine, dessert wine AND Chocolate walking tours..

Is fasting a good idea? LA TIMES  Not a good idea for Chefs though. We need you to eat…

Slow Food Founder message for hope in this economy. I wish this had more resonance in this country.

I knew this would happen adventually- Healthy Mexican food- from AJC

Dessert Wine- Yes thank you. This is more of a beginners article on dessert wines but always good info.

Chocolate walking tours. How about that for Valentines? From CNN

Chocolate Dipped Strawberry

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Time to think Valentines Day.

I will be posting a full blog on dipping strawberries later today. Just checking out importing pictures from my Flicker account.

YOu are along for the ride of my learning curve.

Thanks for playing,

Chef Max

Chocolate, tea and wine boost brain power

Chocolate, tea, and wine boost brain power. Yea! http://ping.fm/q7JIu