FRIED COFFEE

No attitude issues
No alcohol abuse
No drug abuse
Just a committed,  professional, culinary manager for summer seasonal resorts, ranches, and restaurants.
TemporaryChef is here.

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I absolutely love roast duck.  Many places now serve only the breast, but we were trained to roast and bone the whole bird.
However, I  dislike sweet sauces with my duck and detest orange sauce in particular so when I came across Sandy D”Amato’s article Braised and Sautéed Duck with White Wine, Garlic and Thyme I [...]

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According to the weather people we are about to get one whopper of a storm.  It’s a fact of life here in New Hampshire that storms = power outages.

I’ve got a generator to power my heater fan.  Three old oil lamps.  A box of candles.  The larder’s stocked with cheese, sardines, crackers, canned tuna & [...]

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Diners taken aback by chef’s response at Jonathan’s The Rub  -  Fork and Cork, Houston Chronicle

Tiffani Miller and her husband were impressed with their first meal at Jonathan’s The Rub (9061 Gaylord). Not so with the second one. Her group of six all requested the Black and Blue, a filet mignon with blue cheese [...]

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Susan Holaday, a good friend, and Editor/Publisher of Foodservice East,  posted on FOHBOH about a recent dining experience at Boston’s L’ Espalier, titled,  “The symphony of a great restaurant.”
Obviously Susan enjoyed her experience, but unknown to her and most of the patrons of great restaurants is the unbelievable ballet that is taking place in the [...]

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There is a lot of attention these days concerning the ingredients used in food preparation in restaurants, and the movement toward government mandated menu labeling.

Chef Lenny Russo,  proprietor of Heartland Contemporary Midwestern Restaurant & Wine Bar in St. Paul,  wrote about a recent trip to New York City,  a lawsuit supported by  the Center for [...]

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Seasonal food service operators face some difficult problems with staffing during their abbreviated calendar.

I got a call yesterday from a restaurateur who was experiencing problems with erratic behavior by the Chef they had hired for the summer season.
I’ve also spoken with the owners of seasonal ranches and resorts,  all facing similar problems in finding reliable [...]

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Two Worlds Same Guy
(I’m not at all long winded so this piece, heartfelt as it may be, is gonna be concise.   I’m not real good at this kind of writing, but here is a little something…..   [ We disagree with the  "not real good" comment. Ed] )
In the past thirty years, I’ve cooked in [...]

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Seasonal resorts and food service operations face culinary staffing issues that can be tough to address due to the short employment span.
Personnel retention,   year to year continuity,   and competence deficiencies are three of the biggest issues.
TemporaryChef.com offers a solution.
1)  Reliable full season commitment.
2)  Mature career Chefs experienced in purchasing and menu management.
3)  Year [...]

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Food service and food retailers are engaged in a battle for your health.
I recently received a gift box of some of my favorite noshes, a fantastic collection of bar chocolates and a big bag of pistachios.  The chocolates now decorate my waistline, but the pistachios……………………..they sit on my counter, untouched.   I adore pistachios but they [...]

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