I receive emails and articles daily about the food industry. Once a month I will be sending your way Food News if you get my Chef’s Tips or RSS feed, this blog can just simply, automatically arrive in your ‘Inbox’. And you can feel free to share it online, cause that’s what I’m all about! Sharing … Read more
I was reading an email sent to me by Eater by Whitney Filloon today about The Me Too Movement in the Restaurant Industry. And it occurred to me that women not being taken seriously and therefore becoming objects instead of breathing, thinking, feeling human beings brings me back to John Lennon who wrote “Woman is the Nigger of … Read more
Hey! I know this is a food and nutrition blog, but we are not just about food. We are about living your best life? Right? RIGHT CHEF! And I know that some of my 30,000 readers are men. So to the men I say: Think of someone you care about and pass this on. Today’s … Read more
We’ve got a NEW member added to the endangered species list. It makes me wonder because I know climate change is part of the problem. But after doing much research, I also found out there’s more to it, so I want to share what I found out, with you right now. According to the New York … Read more
My blogs are usually friendly and helpful. But the most recent thing I heard about UTC Mall paying off people that have been mugged there during the construction, that there is even Danger at UTC Mall makes me have to stand up and be counted. I have thought this over for weeks now, because it is … Read more
Another rant…. from Chef Marian! Tomorrow we are celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King. I received something to my ‘in box’ today that really hit me the wrong way. It was like: “Just as we celebrate MLK (no credit for the Dr. part), we honor the time tested tradition of Sweet Potato Pie. And then they … Read more
I went out to hear some music a couple of nights ago. I’d share where I go, but it’s already pretty crowded there. Sort of feeling like the t-shirt: I mean seriously. I could tell you where I go, but then I’d have to kill ya! Just kidding! Anyway, my girlfriend Linda said she noticed … Read more
The Nominations for The James Beard Awards are in. And I have to say about San Diego that I am completely disappointed. San Francisco, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles all filled categories like Outstanding Restaurant, Outstanding Chef, Best New Restaurant, Outstanding Pastry Chef, and so on. We had ONE RESTAURANT in the entire city of San Diego nominated. For … Read more
I was at a supermarket yesterday and one of our expert cheese stockers told me “Your metabolism & immune system changes every 7 years”. He chimed in after the expert behind the cheese counter confidentially told me that “your taste buds change every 3 months”. Does being an expert in cheese make you an expert in Metabolism, … Read more