The latest chefs on the move

Larry Bellah, former director of culinary development and operations for Homestyle Dining LLC, parent company of the Ponderosa Steakhouse and Bonanza Steakhouse chains, is the new corporate chef of Spaghetti Warehouse Restaurants Inc., a 16-unit casual dining chain based in Irving, Texas. Michael Laiskonis, who spent eight years as executive chef of Le Bernardin in [...]

Portland chefs cooking up event for good cause

PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – Some of Portland’s best chefs are putting their culinary skills to work for a good cause. On Thursday night, local charity Transition Projects will host Soup for the Soul, an annual fundraiser that benefits the homeless. KPTV’s Andy Carson will serve as emcee of the event. Seven chefs will be whipping [...]

Bronx teen wins scholarship at culinary institute's Latin cook-off

Buen provecho! Three aspiring chefs showed off their gourmet spin on Latin classics like rice and beans, plantains and fish, but the winner who took home a $15,000 scholarship to the Institute of Culinary Education Wednesday night sealed the deal with a creative Italian dish. “We don’t cook pasta a lot, but I always like [...]

Apple CEO Cook Signals New Era in Heeding Shareholder Concerns

February 24, 2012, 12:42 AM EST By Adam Satariano and Peter Burrows Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook, who yesterday told investors they would get more say in picking board members, signaled greater willingness than his predecessor to heed the concerns of his company’s shareholders. Apple said at its annual [...]

Wine & Food Festival hosts kickoff party

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Top chefs from across the country came together Thursday evening to kick off the South Beach Wine Food Festival. The band was jamming and the champagne was flowing for the people who paid $300 to eat small, decadent plates packed with flavor. Thursday’s opening event, “The Q,” featured chefs cooking barbeque [...]

Portland chefs cooking up event for good cause

PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – Some of Portland’s best chefs are putting their culinary skills to work for a good cause. On Thursday night, local charity Transition Projects will host Soup for the Soul, an annual fundraiser that benefits the homeless. KPTV’s Andy Carson will serve as emcee of the event. Seven chefs will be whipping [...]

SNAPSHOT: Cookie by cookie

1:00 AM SNAPSHOT: Cookie by cookie By Andy Molloy amolloy@centralmaine.comStaff Writer Anna Schaab, second from left, shows Rose Warren, left, Ella Schaab, third from left, Isabel Charland and Georgia Warren how to roll fortune cookies Thursday at Hall-Dale High School kitchen in Farmingdale.  The Hall-Dale Middle School civil rights team members were baking up batches [...]

US natural gas supplies shrank last week

Published Thursday February 16, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) – The nation’s natural gas supplies fell last week, the government said Thursday. The Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration said in its weekly report that natural gas in storage shrank by 127 billion cubic feet to 2.761 trillion cubic feet for the week ended Feb. 10. Analysts [...]

Wine & Food Festival kicks off

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Top chefs from across the country came together Thursday evening to kick off the South Beach Wine Food Festival. The band was jamming and the champagne was flowing for the people who paid $3,000 to eat small, decadent plates packed with flavor. Thursday’s opening event, “At The Q,” featured chefs cooking [...]

Portland chefs cooking op event for good cause

PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – Some of Portland’s best chefs are putting their culinary skills to work for a good cause. Thursday night, local charity Transition Projects will host Soup for the Soul, an annual fundraiser that benefits the homeless. KPTV’s Andy Carson will serve as emcee of the event. Seven chefs will be whipping up [...]

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