| 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.
Weekend Beat/Breathing Space: Writer follows nose to cooking school; learns to bake bread
Where was the yummy smell coming from? I followed my nose to a glassed-in cooking school at Tokyo Midtown in the Roppongi area. Behind the glass wall, dozens of women wearing colorful aprons were cooking. Further investigation revealed it was one of 93 female-only cooking schools operated nationwide by ABC Cooking Studio Co. The outlet at Tokyo Midtown was a bit different from the others--it offers some classes in English. Learning to cook in English. It sounded like fun. Since free trial lessons were available, I immediately signed up. Three courses were offered: general cooking, bread or cakes. I chose bread. During the lesson, I would be baking cafe-au-lait bread. I'd baked pizza from scratch, but never bread. As instructed, I showed up for the lesson armed with an apron, a pair of slippers and a small towel.
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.
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