How Much Do Chefs Really Need to Taste or Even Have Taste Buds?
Tasting what you are preparing and also the food being made by your cooks is a huge part of maintaining consistency and setting standards in a kitchen. Ideally, it is through your sense of taste, smell and ability to verbalize it all to another that a chef can instill the dynamic of their palate to […]
The Weight of the Nation
I have recently joined an organization called Make Healthy Happen Miami. This outlet allows me to get hands on with the community and voice the message from a chef’s mouth. Last night, I had the chance to view the screening of, The Weight of the Nation. A four part documentary series confronting America’s obesity epidemic, […]
The Diet of a Chef
Has anyone ever muttered that phrase…ever? What would menus look like if the chefs writing them were practicing healthy eating habits in their own lives? By eliminating toxins such as white flour and refined sugar from their own meals, wouldn’t they think twice before serving them to their guests? Could that simple shift in their […]
Progressive Modern Philosophy
What are we left with after dining out? Whether a sandwich at a local lunch spot or a $200 seven course meal, all we really have is a memory, the bill and what’s left in our belly to nourish our body. Is it fair to say that chefs have a pretty big impact on what […]
Food Trend Starts with Progressive Modern Chef
Before I put the cart before the horse, I want to emphasize a few topics I would like to think most are tuned into at this point of our existence. The awareness of diet having a direct correlation with one’s health is a given, right? How about our many pushes at relieving stress from the […]
Breaking out the “Progressive Modern Chef” (Pro-mo)
Fun with Food
