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Rouxbe Online Cooking School

Rouxbe Online Cooking School & Video Recipes Rouxbe, pronounced roo-bee, Online Cooking School could be for your, if you don’t need a culinary degree but would love to hone your knife skills. Rouxbe offers high quality, close-up instructional videos designed...
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Is Culinary School a Scam?

I have connected with a prominent and opinionated food writer in Seattle, and I enjoy our discussions. Ronald Holden is not new to Seattle’s food community, and he writes for Crosscut and his own blog, Cornichon. He’s surly, but he knows good food. We went...
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Chef Confidential, Part 3

Lessons learned at the Chef’s elbow. Be consistent with your food, with your management Praise publically, correct confidentially. Never embarrass your staff. This is business. Don’t be afraid to hire and fire. Don’t be afraid to correct behavior on the spot, but...
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Chef Confidential, Part 2

Apprenticing Meeting. Chef Hal Decker sat down with me at Cupcake Royale a few days later and began introducing me to his culinary career and to the knowledge that he has developed over the years. “A chef is a mother, father, counselor, doctor, confidante, and...