Ingredients

Chicken goes global

The Asian Wrap served at the West End Market at Virginia Tech

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Lindsey Ramsey, Contributing Editor

The conventional wisdom that chicken is boring doesn’t hold much weight with most non-commercial chefs, especially when you consider all the creative ways these operators use the ubiquitous bird on...

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Growers’ Insights: Beans: An American crop consumed around the world

10-30-2013 Menu Development

Beans are a popular export for American farmers. Chris Capaul, a grower of baby lima beans in California, thinks it’s partly due to household economics.

Beverages: Punches and sodas

10-07-2013 Menu Development

At the Carson Long Military Academy, a client of Flik Independent School Dining, in New Bloomfield, Pa., chef manager Joe Wiles has to feed growing boys three meals a day, seven days a week, so he...

Finding Flavor

10-07-2013 Menu Development

When talking turkey, the subject inevitably leads to Thanksgiving. Chefs can’t help but cite the bird’s big day when discussing how they serve turkey.

Growers’ Insights: Food Fight

10-07-2013 Menu Development

Turkeys consume a steady diet of corn and soy meal. The combination of last year’s drought and government mandates for corn crops to be used as ethanol to blend with gasoline have led to...

Fill ‘Em Up

09-23-2013 Menu Development

If you are lucky enough to have the manpower, making your own stuffed pasta can elevate your dishes to true restaurant quality. So it makes sense that a campus restaurant would be one of the few...

Growers’ Insights: Squashed Potential

09-03-2013 Menu Development

Unfortunately, squash seems to enjoy more popularity as a sport than as a vegetable, farmers say. Squash, such as pumpkins, melons, gourds and zucchini, is a Cucurbitaceae, one of the four main plant...

Thinking Beyond Burgers

09-03-2013 Menu Development

While hamburgers appear on most menus, they’re only one in a wide variety of beef sandwiches.

Growers’ Insights: Budgeting for Beef

07-29-2013 Menu Development

It’s good news, bad news for the beef industry. The bad: The drought has severely reduced feed yields for cattle, resulting in record-high beef prices. The good: Ranchers confirm that...

Beyond Apple Pie

07-22-2013 Menu Development

“Apples are a nutritious, whole food that adds texture, color, and sweet or tart flavors to dishes. As far as varieties, the options are endless during apple season here in the Northeast. I...