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Happy Spring everybody! I hope this letter finds you well. Lately, I’ve been embracing how lucky I am to have found two intertwined careers that allow you to continue learning in nearly infinite ways: cooking and teaching. In these two disciplines, it would be truly impossible to know everything. With cooking, there is no way that

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One of my favorite cakes to make this time of year is a Lemon Chiffon Cake. It’s soft and light with an incredible lemon flavor. I fill it with zesty lemon curd and top it with Chantilly cream made with mascarpone cheese to make the perfect spring dessert. If you love lemon as much as I

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During a recent open house at ACI, I described the Meat Fabrication and Saucier class to a group of student candidates. During a question-and-answer period, a cautiously enthusiastic prospect asked an excellent question. She asked if a culinary degree limits one to working in a kitchen for an entire career. In and of itself, a culinary degree

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Hello all! I hope that your 2024 is off to a wonderful start. My apologies for not writing a January newsletter, but then again, I can’t imagine anyone was just sitting around waiting for it, either. This should be a monthly thing, but sometimes I’m just busy! Or, sometimes, I just don’t have anything to write

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Hello! I wanted to take a moment to wish you all a very happy holiday season. If you have any time off work for whatever holiday you choose to celebrate, I hope you can spend it with people that you care about. However, I also recognize that the service industry requires many of you to work

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