FRIED COFFEE

Start with two top notch Chefs – add an offbeat fusion menu ( Korean Tacos) – mix in social networking and guerilla marketing -  microblogging -  Japanese dancehall reggae audio – stick the entire concept on wheels and you end up with:
The Kogi Korean Taco Truck
One dark and stormy night Mark Manguera, an exceptionally accomplished [...]

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Susan Holaday,  Editor & Publisher of Foodservice East,  the B2B Publication of the $ 80 Billion Northeast Foodservice Industry, interviewed TemporaryChef.com founder Paul W. Green CDC and published the following article in the Spring, 2009 issue.

Chef Paul Green meets a marketplace need with a website that places “temporary chefs”

TUFTONBORO, NH – A lifelong passion [...]

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The last decade has seen beans elevated from a side dish on a salad bar,  to star status in the the trendiest of boutique eateries.  Heirloom varieties are being sought out and featured on menus everywhere.
Howevuh,  seeins’ how I’m from New Hampsha,  I’d likely be rode out of town on a rail after being tarred [...]

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Bryan Nelson writes in Ecoworldly.com about,  two coral species that have managed to avoid destruction by jewelry harvesters and bottom trawlers.
If you aren’t familiar with Ecoworldly, it’s a part of GO Media,  better known as Green Options,  a site you should spend some time on.  They have  clear and very helpful discussions about sustainability.

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Amy Zupanci has the proof that fruit has a kick in store for you.  St. Louis today writer Joe Bonwich featured Amy, and her restaurant,  Fond,  in a recent article.
She’s found a passion for citrus infused vodka and her patrons seem to agree with her judging by the sell-out response to her efforts.  In the [...]

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It’s the cold nights and warming days that get the sap running in Maple Syrup season.  That’d be now.  We’ll be working on resolving the great worries of the world down the road at Marks sugar house while the sap reduces.

I thought to make a bit of syrup on my own and set off on [...]

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Please allow me to introduce Anne Heap, a pastry Chef who is literally, “the icing on the cake.”  She opened Pink Cake Box in 2005 and has been featured in a library of magazines & newspapers, and had television exposure with Martha Stewarts The Art of  Wedding Cakes II and two Food Network Cake Challenges.

I’m [...]

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Archaeological evidence shows nomadic people in what we now call Ireland over 8,000 years ago, with agricultural development beginning in the Ceide fields of Mayo County around 3,000 later.
A History of Irish Cuisine at Ravensgard .org relates the following:
If any attempt is made to record the history of Irish Cuisine and diet it should start [...]

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I carry a few extra pounds and have changed my diet to address the issue. My choices center mostly on fish and chicken with an occasional cheeseburger, Philly steak, gyro, etc. As a somewhat intelligent adult, I can pretty much figure out what to avoid when dining out, or, perhaps I splurge and set the [...]

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I loved it as a child, we were poor and had it for all three meals, and TV snacks, too.  My favorite is grilled Spam sandwiches with Velveeta or that pimento/cheese spread that comes in little bottles.
O.K.  It’s a bit tongue in cheek, (sorry),  I actually do like Spam. My diet these days is [...]

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