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Georges Auguste Escoffier

Georges Auguste Escoffier began his career at the age of 13 and retired 61 years later. Escoffier made French Cuisine world famous and documented its methods and techniques. He moved menus, cooking technique and the organization of the professional kitchen into what we are familiar with today. His three cook books, especially Le Guide Culinaire first published in 1903, are read by all levels of culinarians from Culinary Students to Certified Master Chefs for inspiration.
Escoffier On Line is dedicated to preserving the history of Escoffier and the Great Chefs. We hope to add the Culinary Community by organizing the many resources on the web for Escoffier and the Great Chefs

There have been discussions that contend that Escoffier would have been upset with the wonderful new tools we have; food processors, convection and combi ovens, computers and all the information on Culinary Arts on the web. I believe the opposite is true, and that he would have embraced them and been at the forefront of incorporating these new technologies into his kitchen

To learn more about Escoffier read his biography

Recipes

Jamaican Cooking for the Novice

The spicy sweet flavors of the isle of Jamaica are sure to brighten up a dull meal any time. Here are a couple of recipes that are sure to bring some spice to the table! One of the most popular and well known signatures of Jamaican cooking has got to be the jerk rub. Here is a very good and relatively simple jerk seasoning recipe.

Jerk Seasoning

Ingredients:
4 scotch bonnet peppers
4 (1 inch thick) pieces of ginger
4 tsp Jamaican allspice
6 bay leaves
2 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp whole coriander
2 tsp whole black peppercorns
2 lime
2 teaspoon salt
10 cloves garlic

Catering

Easy Recipes and Tips for Entertaining Successfully

A lot of people feel anxious about entertaining guests. Like most things in life, it becomes easier with time and more experience, but even then writing a list or two will make the even so much easier to run successfully.

Have you ever found yourself in the situation where you have organized a party and found at the end of the evening or the next day, that you have not put all the food items out for the guests? It is something that frequently happens at parties. Hostesses get busy with guests and
making sure everyone is happy or they get friends coming in the kitchen trying to help but end up chatting and then everything becomes a muddle.

World Travel

I Love Italian Travel - Emilia-Romagna Carnevale Season

Emilia-Romagna is widely considered to be the gastronomic capital of Italy, and you better believe that it has a lot of competition. Its regional capital and largest city is Bologna, which brings a very ungastronomic sausage to mind. The city of Cento, population 35 thousand, is located 15 miles (24 kilometers) northwest of Bologna. It is home to the historic Cento Carnival of Europe, which runs on five consecutive Sundays attracting over 300,000 people. Since 1993 the Cento Carnival has been twinned with the Rio Carnival.

World Travel

Canary Islands- Lanzarote Events To Enjoy Holidays 2010

There are altogether too many reasons for choosing to holiday on the sunshine island of Lanzarote in the coming year. As the fourth largest of the Canaries the island offers a year round raft of events and festivals and entertainment for visitors to enjoy, along with a tapestry of local culture, an idyllic climate and great beaches to relax and soak up the glorious sunshine.

There are plenty of good and affordable accommodation options available on the island too. With villas in Lanzarote having rental prices from around €350 per week and rental properties (apartments and self catering villas) located in all of the main resorts as well as across the Lanzarote countryside if you want too enjoy the peace and quiet and stunning scenery.

Beer and Homebrewing

All Grain Brewing - Brace Yourself!

When people start to make home brewed beer, there is a wide range of options available to them, in which many will include a few short-cuts that make the whole process a lot easier for the brewer. As with many things in life there is a certain amount of trade-off when it comes to doing things the easy way. Of course, it is easier, but with that you have to accept the fact that it is going to e a certain way - there will be restrictions in what you can create, because part of the process has already been done for you by the people who pre-prepared some of th ingredients. The complete process, without any short cuts, requires a knowledge of all-grain brewing.

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Super Bowl Snacks That Won't Tackle Your Fat Loss Goal

Are you ready for Super Bowl Sunday?!

Super Bowl Sunday is just days away. My two favorite things about Super Bowl Sunday are the hilarious commercials and, of course, the party food.

Unfortunately, all that party food can add up to some serious calories and pack on pounds of fat. In today's post, I'll show you how, with just a few tweaks, to make some of those delicious treats healthier and more figure-friendly.

The following is a comprehensive list of both approved food choices and/or healthier substitutes for typical party foods. Use this list to satisfy your taste buds while saving at least hundreds if not thousands of calories in the process. If you use these strategies consistently for parties and social gatherings over the course of the year, this could prevent 5-10 lbs of fat gain... easily!

Culinary Reference

Jerky - what on earth is it?

If as a pom like me, you've been offered kangaroo jerky in Australia, you might initially have been (a) appalled or (b) confused. After all in the UK we're not terribly familiar with jerky, let alone the consumption of Skippy. But kangaroo jerky in particular is actually very tasty and, since kangaroo is an organic meat by default, not unhealthy. So what is jerky anyway?

Jerky has been around for a very long time in one form or another. Drying meat is a great way to store it for relatively long periods of time, and so the process was used thousands of years ago. We have records of the Ancient Egyptians drying meat for storage.

Chef Resume Help

Sharper Resumes:Focus on Results, Relevance, Tailoring

More than ever before, a job seeker’s resume must be carefully composed in such a way that each word on the page supports a specific career objective. And it better be all about benefits of hiring you: 75% or more of the content needs to prove your worth and demonstrate the RESULTS you will bring to your next employer. Features (for example, 20 years of progressive experience) can’t sell like specific benefits (improved profitability by 25% in 2008) .

I challenge you to read your current resume, line by line, and ask yourself with the question so what? At the end of each sentence. Ask yourself whether a statement can that be expressed as a specific quantifiable contribution to the company’s bottom line. It can be difficult, and at times you will have to estimate, but the more you are able to assess your value to a company, you will be more likely to win and retain a rewarding position.

World Travel

I Love Italian Travel - Carnevale Season In Campania

Campania on the eastern coast of Italy lies south of Latium, the region that contains Rome. Campania is a land of contrasts, home to the jet-setters and filled with poverty-struck areas as well. I think that the town of Santa Maria a Vico, population about fifteen thousand, located some 20 miles (30 kilometers) northeast of Naples and the city of Caserta, population about eighty thousand, located some 17 miles (25 kilometers) northeast of Naples should be especially proud of their Carnevale. Among the floats at the parade is "The machine of Uncle Scrooge" which is exclusively dedicated to children with disabilities, for example transporting them from one venue to another. I don't know how many other Carnevales and Carnivals have such facilities, but Santa Maria a Vico-Caserta is showing us the way. They have three days of dancing, music, fireworks and parades with additional children's activities.

Food Business Articles

Food Services And Speciality Tea And Coffee

In recent years more people have started to drink speciality teas and coffees daily. This is because there are many more shops and cafes that sell special hot drinks and they are also a sociable place to drink responsible drinks.

How We Are Affected By Speciality Drinks

From professionals who use the food and drink in these shops to satisfy clients and busy people who want an on the go snack, food services businesses are preparing a number of delightful snacks and drinks. Tea and coffee shops are now springing up all over as the market opens up to these speciality drinks. The speciality coffee and tea service retail industry though is somewhat saturated already by the big coffee and tea moguls that gobble up market shares by closely and strategically locating shops at corners and shopping malls.

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