No matter what you think of, there really does seem to be “an app for that”. But just when you thought there was nothing else an iPhone could be used for, the good people at Jack Daniels have come up with the “Bar Call” app.

Just select a Jack Daniel’s drink of your choice, how many you and your friends want, and then hold it up for the bartender to see. Standing out in a crowd has never been easier.

via How to use your iPhone to get a bartenders attention | The Bar Blogger.

For his latest project, Adam D. Tihany is traveling to Beijing, taking with him materials from elsewhere in the world, in the hopes of creating a feeling of Beijing. He will be bringing eight 4-by-4-foot boxes filled with items such as ceiling fans and other furnishings, architectural renderings, 3-D models, and finishing materials such as stone, marble, glass, metal, and fabric.

via Restaurant Designer Adam D Tihany – Careers – Portfolio.com.

It   started with chefs helping  other chefs find jobs.  It was a community of chefs and cooks, looking out for each other.   Not much as changed.  We still look out for our people,  and connect   them with kitchens who are looking for quality personnel.

It was never about the money, so we never charged high fees.   Sometimes we took free meals in return for fees.

Today we keep our fees low so our hotels, restaurants and food service clients can keep their  costs  low.      For only $800 they can hire a chef, restaurant manager or other hospitality professionals from 1000’s nationwide,  or  worldwide if needed.  They can even pay in four weekly installments. And they deal with real people, not an anonymous website.  With Regional Directors in every state, there is always someone they can talk to about their hiring needs.

SERVICES  AVAILABLE

Chefs , Restaurant Managers, and Other Hospitality Professionals: Choose from thousands nationwide, or  worldwide and pay only $800 when hired, or pay in four weekly installments.

Permanent  Placement: Pay a one time fee of $800, and you can even pay in four weekly installments.

Part Time Personnel: We can provide most kitchen personnel on a part time basis, including seasonal hiring and vacation replacements.  Health Care coverage also available.

Contract  Staffing: Let us do your payroll, including workers compensation, and all standard deductions with one weekly payment. Health Care coverage also available.

Brad Peters; CFBE, FMP – Regional Director

www.ChefsRegistry.com – World Wide Web     bpeters@ChefsRegistry.com – Email

205.9.CHEF(2433).99 – Alabama Office     404.507.2418 – Georgia Office

via Healthy Dining Finder.

Now more than ever, it’s important to get the best bang for your buck. And there’s no question about it — when it comes to value, not every U.S. city is created equally.

Why chase a great salary if your rent swallows most of it, unemployment is skyrocketing and you spend two hours a day just to get to and from work?

via Top 25 Cities for Culinary Jobs – Chef’s Blade.

Chain Leader blogger and restaurant-chain marketing veteran Karen Brennan outlines the Top 10 things she has learned so far. For the full report, check out Brennan’s blog.

10. Customers own the brand. A brand is a set of expectations, and if your guests don’t believe your messaging, it may as well not be true.

via Top 10 Lessons in Restaurant Marketing – 8/31/2009 10:18:00 AM – Chain Leader.

It happens in nearly every chef-driven restaurant: Some must-try new product purchased with the best intentions finds its way to the back of the shelf where it sits, unused, for months.

via Restaurant Pantries Inspire Budget-Friendly Dishes – 10/1/2009 – Restaurants and Institutions.

Operators looking to amp up their special-events offerings are going beyond tried-and-true wine- and beer-pairing dinners to give guests something new to buzz about: coffee-themed meals.

via Restaurant Special Events: Coffee Course – 10/1/2009 – Restaurants and Institutions.

Menu Ideas: One-Dish MealsIngredient-packed rice bowls offer customers a complete, convenient meal, deep flavor profiles and value all in one hearty, tasty package.

via Menu Ideas: One-Dish Meals – 10/1/2009 – Restaurants and Institutions.

Smoke has been intentionally applied to foods since it was first recognized that holding meats and other provisions off the ground near the smoky fires did more than dry them more quickly or prevent animals from getting to them. The hanging foods, treated to a smokebath, took on new and enticing flavors.

via How to Smoke Meat – Chef’s Blade.

via How to Deal with Difficult Diners – Chef’s Blade.

1. Can the way you cut an onion affect its flavor?

2. How do different preparation methods affect the flavor of garlic?

3. Cornstarch — More than Just a Thickener

4. Why do soups and stews taste better the next day?

5. Which is better for a glaze: honey or brown sugar?

via 5 Quick Tips from America’s Test Kitchen! – Chef’s Blade.

via Social-Media Marketing for Restaurants: 10 Tips – 6/5/2009 11:03:00 AM – Restaurants and Institutions.

An ongoing series of interviews with chefs, restaurateurs and foodservice operators, Secrets of Success looks at the paths taken to professional recognition and acclaim.

via Foodservice East | Foodservice News, Resources, Products, Success Stories, Downloads, and more….

via The CIA ProChef Certification : CIAProChef.com.

via Food Garnishing Tips and Decoration Ideas .

via Facebook | Art Culinaire Magazine.

Whether you enjoy them fresh, frozen, dried or canned, blueberries are high on the list for convenience, versatility and good nutrition. Blueberries can help you meet your daily recommended requirements of fruits and vegetables. The more you learn about the benefits of blueberries, the better you’ll like them!

via Homepage | US Highbush Blueberry Council.

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Don and I, and our guests, would like to let you know, what a wonderful experience we had with Chef Jono, Saturday Aug.16 / 08 Chef Jono started us off with four wonderful appetizers, followed by his Signature Wedding Bouquet Salad. Our main course was the beef dish, and the black cod dish, which were both very tasty. We found Chef Jono very entertaining and full of an abundance of information for everyone, from Barbequing, to product information. Very helpful to know, what is actually in some of the food which we consume every day. Once again BRAVO TO CHEF JONO. We would most definitely, welcome Chef Jono back to our home.

- Don & Jean Puckering

We ate too much but it was sooooooooo worth it!

via Chef Alliance.

Open House Magazine – Food Service.

ChefsLine – Cook live with professional chefs.

Cut Costs, Improve Hygiene and Protect the Environment: How Paper Products and Dispensers Help You Save

  This presentation will be available to audience members until May 13, 2010 at 01:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.

A confirmation email has been sent to the email address you submitted, with instructions for joining the live webcast.

via Event Lobby (EVENT: 142133).

Food in all different food cultures and climates are changing. It is expanding, evolving, to such amazing degrees that it can be hard to keep up with changes and trends.

Molelcular Gastronomy for one example, is changing the face of how we traditionally view food.

via How Traditional Art/Design and the Culinary World are Intertwined – IAMCHEF.

Our love for food is a universal commonality that ties us together. The cultural stories behind our recipes provide the individuality that makes our experiences in the kitchen unique, and worth sharing across the globe. Our goal at IAMCHEF™ is to fuse together the culinary arts community, the restaurant community, and the general population with a love for food.

IAMCHEF™ is more than a worldwide cooking community. IAMCHEF™ is a culinary community with endless possibilities.

via IAMCHEF – A Worldwide Cooking Community.

Italian Wine Tasting and food pairing tonight, and BIG SALE at Winestyles tonight-Saturday! Come try some fun-for-summer reds, whites, and sparkling wines and dessert wines, and enjoy 15% off select wines, dozens of 6 for $60 selections, and gifts and accessories for 15-50% off (all T-shirts, jewelry and more for 50% off).

Stock up while you can, because these deals will go quickly!!

via Facebook | Wine and Accessories Sale!!!.

We’ve a got new look at Cuisinart.com. Stop by and plan your menus for the week ahead or download the Recipe Widget for meals at a moment’s notice.

Do we hear wedding bells? Brides to be, here’s your chance to win a romantic get away to the Caribbean. And, of course, there’s our Culinary Cook-off video contest open to everyone, so get those cameras ready—you might the lucky winner of five (5) Cuisinart products. No camera, no cry. Enter your recipe in the Get Cooking! contest for a shot at winning a “Wake up thoe Tastebuds” Kitchen Collection.

So, come on over, and see what’s brewing at Cuisinart.

Http://www.cuisinart.com

via Facebook | Message: Welcome to the New Cuisinart Website.

A chef owned and operated spice company, bringing you the finest spices and salts from around the world.

Our Mission is to provide products of the highest quality to the chefs in North America, through Fair Trade practices.

via Keres Spices.

Share photos and reviews of food you have eaten out, find the best.. and the worst restaurants,

Upload photos and reviews of take out food you have eaten and search other peoples snaps.

Contribute your own recipes and photos of what you have cooked, view other snappers recipes and follow their snaps.

Open your own online gallery and showcase your food photography skills.

via Share your food photography online | Food Snappers.

Social Network and community for chefs or anyone at all with a passion for food, cooking, and quality eating experiences.

via ChefCommons Food and Cooking Network – Connecting people who love cooking and eating..

FOODIE INDEX – Connecting food professionals worldwide.

Party Plan Associates – Your Solution for Home Parties.

Personal Chef Association – Hangin’ With People Who Love Food.

Great Taste Magazine – HIP Network – The Original OC Network for Hospitality Industry Professionals.