Ok, let's be honest, I am NOT the only guy who went out and purchased extra toilet paper, chunky peanut butter, canned albacore, eucalyptus shampoo, bottled Fiji water, 9mm bullets and Swedish Fish. I know this because I saw you at the grocery store disguised in your COVID-19 masks. Different crowd at the gun …
Four weeks... A lifetime ago it seems. My immediate world, much like my classmates, was completely consumed by putting the finishing touches on The Culinary Institute of America’s 8-month Accelerated …
Hot chicken is a THING right now!!! As luck would have it, my hot chicken journey started a couple years ago while traveling to Nashville with a former colleague. …
Quality escapes us… Increased piece count per inch? Whole vs. halves vs. pieces? Injected, tumbled and glued vs. whole muscle? Side muscle vs. center cut? …
At first glance, I like to think that my food career started with bagging groceries for Vons Grocery Company during my senior year of high school. My best friend’s …
For more than two decades I’ve scoured planet in search of all things new, different and exciting from a culinary perspective. Professionally, I spent a great deal of time sourcing …
Industry insights from Michael Chalmers