EDI Food Safety – Rules and Regulations

When it comes to food safety, there are many different aspects that need to be considered in order to provide a safe and healthy environment for food service of any kind. Understanding the EDI food safety principles is essential to the success of your business as much as anything else. EDI refers to the estimated daily intake, which is used in relation to food packaging.

Casual Dining – Who Will Win the Looming Battle For Consumer Dollars?

For more than 40 years casual-dining operations of all stripes have enjoy incredible growth and success. Starting with restaurants like Red Lobster, Steak & Ale, and T.G.I. Friday this segment of the restaurant industry has carved out a dominate role in hospitality and a warm spot in the hearts of Americans. Casual restaurants like Olive Garden and P.F Chang’s have introduced millions to approachable interpretations of foods and cultures that weren’t available in many locations. The segment, as a whole, has provided countless hours pleasure and escape from the daily grind.

The Dreaded Issue of Mold

Summer time is finally arrived and imagines all the delightful treasures that will soon emerge from your backyard garden that you have been busy constructing. Before long you will be stringing up a few hot peppers to air dry as well as some garlic bulbs. But wait, perhaps that is not the best way to preserve your gardens bounty.

Six Uses For Peanut Butter

6 uses of peanut butter you won’t want to miss. Can you use peanut butter in the bathroom? With bacon? In the office? Read about these crazy uses.

Italian Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese

Parmigiano Reggiano production dates back to the 13th century when it was made by Benedectine and Cistercian monks. Thankfully modern methods of cheese production have not altered this traditional hand crafted masterpiece and it is considered, by most cheese experts, to be the world’s best cheese. Parmigiano Reggiano is DOP certified and can only be produced in the small area bordered by the provinces of Bologna, Mantua, Modena, Parma and Reggio Emilia.

Swiss Vacherin Fribourgeois Cheese

Vacherin Fribourgeois is a Swiss mountain cheese that is produced in the canton of Valais. As with all Swiss mountain cheeses the milk comes from cows that graze on Alpine grass and wild flowers throughout the late spring and summer. This pure grazing method allows the cows to produce sweeter milk. As summer turns to early fall the cows are brought down to lower pastures to graze on grass and summer hay.

Creating Cheese Boards and Cheese Plates

Several customers have asked about the best way to arrange or set up cheese tasting parties or cheese plates for dinners. So I thought it would help many of our readers if we explained these topics on our blog. As I always note these are our opinions and are not meant to be the final word. I respect differing ideas or thoughts from the ones used here and encourage any comments or other insights to be expressed for the benefits of our readers.

The Monkey Fruit

Bananas originate from the tropics. They are very nutritious and rich in fibre, potassium, carbohydrates, vitamins C, B6 and A.

Finding Authentic Italian Cuisine in an American Restaurant

America is a place where foods from all over the world are enjoyed and appreciated. They also interpret foods in their own way. Authentic Italian food can be found and here are some distinctions.

Italian Regional Cuisine – Friuli-Venezia Giulia Style

Friuti-Venezia Giulia it one of the 19 different Italian regional cooking varieties. Italians love their food and it shows. An Italian meal often lasts 2 hours and it’s main purpose is to provide a place for family and friends to come together and share their lives.