Your Culinary Education: Basic Nutrition
Friday April 09th 2010, 8:08 pm
Filed under: institute of culinary education

No matter who you are, you have to eat to survive. Not only that, but your body has certain nutritional requirements above and beyond simple caloric intake. Your body’s physical needs mean that in order to maintain good health, you have to understand what nutrients your body needs, how much of each it needs, and what foods you can find it in.

For most people, eating well is something that requires as much knowl (more…)



Culinary Trivia 1
Friday March 12th 2010, 8:07 pm
Filed under: top culinary schools

There are many interesting tidbits about food. Let us read some important, informational, fun facts about the food we commonly eat.

Coffee:

The rarest coffee is found in Indonesia and is called as Kopi Luwak. It costs $300 for a pound.

To prepare one pound roasted coffee, it takes about 20,000 coffee cherries.

Tomatoes:

On average every year each American cons (more…)



Culinary Career Focus: What is a Chef de Partie?
Thursday March 04th 2010, 8:07 pm
Filed under: top culinary schools

A Chef de Partie is a position usually found in larger restaurants and hotels. The Chef de Partie is responsible for each major area of cooking in the kitchen. Thus, the Chef de Partie can be a specialist in several of the different aspects of the cooking process that go on within the kitchens of a restaurant.

A Chef de Partie is also referred to as a ‘Station Chef’ or as a ‘Line Cook’. He is responsible for the (more…)