A recipe is one of the most hardworking tools in the professional kitchen. For this reason, learning how to read a recipe correctly and to use it in various ways is critical to every culinary…
A Guide to the Standardized Recipe: Best Brownies
Professional Interactions: How to SAY what you want people to HEAR
There are 12 things that get in the way of communicating with others – 12 barriers to communication. This post reviews them and offers suggestions on how to become better at this vital skill.
Professional Knives for Culinary Students: Using and honing and sharpening.
Basic knife skills and knoweldge for beginning cooks
How to Read a Recipe (like a chef)
Believe it or not, reading a recipe from beginning to end is a big deal. Close-Reading a recipe determines whether your meal will turn out delicious or just....not. At all. Cook it right (or you'll…
Food Safety: What we do. How we do it.
Students safe in the Kitchen: All my fingers, all my toes
Who Does What: Restaurant Jobs and Service Styles
Funny thing about restaurants: they have a seeming ENDLESS number of jobs and positions, all which relate back to the STYLE of service. This post attempts to clear it up and make things a bit more simple. Attempts to, anyway.
Order Your Next Amazing Boxed Lunch Right Here
When you need a delicious lunch for a bunch of co-workers, ready to go with minimal fuss, choose our boxed lunch catering service. These are sure to take your next boring business meal from bland…
Mis en Place Your Cooking and Life (Better)
Mise en place is a French culinary term meaning 'Everything in Its Place'. It’s Parisian for ‘Getting Your Ducks in a Row’. The idea in culinary terms is you must prepare, measure, cut, and gather…
Panda Express: The Science, Technology, and Engineering Behind Chinese-American Wok Cooking
In 2022, I wrote a Duke Energy STEM grant proposal to provide our students the opportunity to connect STEM subjects with wok cookery. At the Panda Express near our school, a customer dropping by around…