April Fools Day

Moa-nalo back on the menu

As we approach the 20th anniversary of successfully cloning mice with the same technique used to clone Dolly the sheep, University of Hawaii geneticists have set their sights on bringing back a long-extinct native Hawaiian bird. The moa-nalo, or “lost…

Cookbook: Mushroom Soup

I’ve been a longtime connoisseur of cookbooks.Given my chosen field, it’s pretty much a necessity to know what other chefs are doing and to keep up to date with current food trends.Based on what I have seen in the countless…

What bakers don’t want you to know

I’m often asked about the primary drawback of being a pastry chef. It may sound strange, but the problem virtually every person who works in a bakeshop suffers from is an overabundance of boogers.As you may know, boogers are basically…