We are happy to announce our new business relationship with Middleby Marshall and CTX Conveyor Oven Technology. Spent 5 days in Orlando at the NAFEM "North American Association of Food Equipment Manufacturers" Trade Show recently demonstrating the unique capabilities of this conveyor oven which replaces pan searing, flat top, grilling, broiling and oven baking [...]
We continue to bring game changing methods to better serve the guest for our Breakfast / Brunch restaurant client. The resources are right there and by poaching eggs in the shell in a controlled thermal circulator water bath we can cook and hold our poached eggs all day. An operations solution that works and [...]
Conference: Chefs Services Walter Zuromski Joins Skidmore College as they host their 6th Annual ACF Culinary Conference and Competition. This three-day event included educational and networking opportunities for culinary professionals. I am always delighted to be part of such a world class culinary event and have the opportunity and honor to be part of their [...]
We turned the corner earlier this year and it was busy right from the start. As always we bring the New Year in our way with a great meal, friends and family. We enjoyed Moulard Duck Breast purchased from D'artagnan which is a large hybrid duck, with a plump breast, making it a favorite of [...]
I have worked with La Frieda Meats over the past 6 years on and off over the course of some of the restaurant projects. Our first project was with BUCU Burger in Paramus, NJ where we opened a gourmet burger and cup cake restaurant. The restaurant was successful and we promoted the Pat La Frieda [...]
Last October, when McDonald's made its decision to serve breakfast all day, it did so to the thunderous applause of its loyal patrons who -- for years -- had been pleading with the godfather of all fast food restaurants to make breakfast items like their famous Egg McMuffins available around the clock. This bold move appears to have [...]
A new year always represents the opportunity to re-invent, re-invigorate, and recharge the look and feel of your menu. In 2015, we saw a rise in farm-to-table ingredients, the emergence of upscale communal meals, and an explosion of "elevated" comfort foods. Looking forward, the new food climate is going to incorporate a new focus on [...]
Culinary Medicine: Culinary medicine may be a new term, but the ideas behind it are not. In the past we have heard, "You are what you eat," or, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." A few doctors in the United States are beginning to embrace the benefits of training not only in medicine, but also [...]
This New Years wasn’t any different than our previous we like to celebrate our successes and bring our friends together with a great dinner. This year we featured a few new signature items like our Black Forest Duck Ham and the classic Beef Wellington was just perfect. Check out the full menu and some great [...]
"The James Beard Foundation is a New York City-based national non-profit culinary arts organization named in honor of James Beard, a prolific food writer, teacher, and cookbook author, who was also known as the "Dean of American Cookery." The Foundation was started in 1986 by Peter Kump, a former student of James Beard and founder [...]