| Entree into the kitchen
The question is a hot topic in certain food circles: Why are outsiders being hired to open certain top-drawer Washington restaurants? Isn't the reputation or education of home-grown talent good enough?
Celebrity chefs Eric Ripert and Wolfgang Puck are scheduled to head up two first-class eateries in the District next year, following others who have come to the region from other large cities.
It's not the quality of local cooking schools that is in question, suggest District chefs Jeff Tunks of Passion Food Hospitality, a restaurant group that includes Ceiba, DC Coast and TenPehn, and Vikram Garg of Indebleu, but the high stakes of being successful in an extremely competitive field where problems include keeping young chefs who often think moving from job to job builds a more impressive resume.
Announcing New On-Line Chile Cooking Class
School celebrates 24th year of teaching Southwestern cooking. Albuquerque, NM (PRWEB) August 15, 2007 -- The world's first on-line chile cooking course "All About Chiles" is taking registrations. This complete, comprehensive course is focused solely on learning about chiles and how to cook with them. In a beautifully designed series of 40 lectures by Jane Butel (www.janebutel.com), participants will cook with chiles in Southwestern and Mexican dishes. Hints and tips for cooking with both green and red chiles will be completely spelled out. Also, the healthful benefits, history and lore will be taught. Jane Butel is an internationally renowned teacher, first to write and popularize Southwestern cuisine. The best-selling author of 18 cookbooks she conducts cooking schools, culinary tours and is now teaching online.
ELL students finish program
DALLASTOWN SCHOOLS — The Dallastown Area School District recently finished its summer program for English Language Learner students and their parents. Instructional Program Specialist Alma Row said 13 students, from first grade through high school, and two parents participated in the week-long program. The program helps the students and their parents to connect with the community and increase communication skills in English, Row said. The group took a virtual road trip through the United States to have a greater understanding of the country, she said. The trip started in York County and went to Philadelphia, St. Louis, San Francisco, New Orleans and Washington, D.C. Google Earth, literature, games and cooking were incorporated in the activities. "It was tons of fun," Row said.
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