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Find out how you can unleash your creative genius in menu creation! Dive into articles that cover the art of crafting menus that may captivate diners within the ever-evolving culinary landscape.
A Guide to Italian Cuisine: Its History, Flavors, and Influence on American Cooking
Discover more about the history of Italian food and its influences on American cuisine.
Plant-Based vs. Vegan: Why Chefs Need to Know the Difference
Uncover the differences between plant-based and vegan diets and learn why chefs need to know these distinctions for better customer satisfaction.
World’s Most Expensive Foods: 10 of the Priciest Ingredients on the Planet
If price were no object, what would you put on your dream menu? Maybe something from this list of 10 of the most expensive foods in the world?
French Cooking: How and Why French Cuisine Came to Rule the World
By providing a backbone of flavors and techniques, French cooking has supported many modern cuisines. However, exactly what is French cooking?
How to Create the Right Atmosphere in Your Restaurant
Creating the right restaurant atmosphere means paying close attention to what your guests see, hear, and feel. Set the right mood to help your space stand out!
Functional Foods & Superfoods: Everything You Need to Know
Confused about functional foods & superfoods? Debunk misconceptions, learn what they really can do, and elevate your eating habits for better health.
How to Price a Menu to Improve Profitability for Your Restaurant
Elevate your restaurant's success! Learn how to set profitable menu prices with smart strategies that could increase your bottom line.
How You Can Build a Seasonal Menu for Your Restaurant
Find out some of the best practices for creating a seasonal menu for your restaurant.
4 Tips for Promoting Happy Hour in Your Restaurant
Looking to boost your revenue? Here are four happy hour ideas to help get more customers and make the most of that post-work, pre-dinner stretch.
How to Create a Great Restaurant Menu
Learn how to create a restaurant menu that fits your establishment’s cuisine and style in order to help attract your ideal customers.
Inside a Chef’s Mind: The Process Behind Creating New Dishes
Discover how to create new dishes, with insights from a professional chef into the techniques, process, and mindset that can contribute to culinary innovation!
How Culinary Students Explore Flavor Profiles
Flavor is a complex combination of taste, aroma, and texture. Learn how culinary students explore flavor profiles!
Grab Your Piece of the Pie!
Just the mention of pie probably brings up childhood memories of cooking with mom or grandma—those fresh fruits and flakey...
Treat Your Sweetie to a Valentine’s Day Delight – Chocolate Raspberry Tarts
Whether you’re enrolled in culinary school as a pastry arts student working toward your degree or diploma, an executive chef...
Some Souper Recipes from Escoffier Chef Instructors
The thought of hot and hearty soup can bring up notions of time gone by. Memories of tomato soup and...
How Much Money Can Restaurants Make?
How much money can restaurants make? Find out average revenue for various types of restaurants and how capacity, location, and menu make an impact.
How Important Is It to Have Vegan Options on Your Menu?
Now more than ever, plant-based food is reaching new heights! Here’s how to introduce more vegan menu options and ways to become a skilled vegan chef.
How Professional Chefs Keep Up with Culinary Trends
Professional chefs can keep up with culinary trends by networking with others, looking to younger generations, and practicing creative cooking.
How Plant-Based Dishes Are Shaping Restaurant Menus
Increased consumer interest in plant-based foods means more plant-based restaurants. Learn about how plant-based eating is shaping restaurant menus.
How Gen-Z is Shaping Modern Food Trends
Learn how Gen Z is shaping food trends such as online ordering, sustainability and healthy eating.
Food Inflation: How Restaurants Can Adapt Their Menus to Rising Prices
Tips to fight food inflation that go beyond “raise your menu prices.” Revisit ingredients, pool your buying power, and streamline your dishes to cut costs.
How to Make Grilled Fruit Dessert Salad
Chef Instructor at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts shares how to make her vibrant Grilled Fruit Dessert Salad with Honey Yogurt Dressing.
How to Perfectly Pair Pasta and Sauces
Are you curious about how to pair the right pasta sauce with different pasta shapes? This guide explains everything you need to know.
What Does a Chef Consultant Do?
Chef consultants are valuable resources for coaching and advising restaurant owners and managers. What is a chef consultant, exactly? Let’s explore this role.
How to Build a Delivery-Friendly Menu
If you want to properly serve customers looking for meals to-go, you’ll need to design a delivery-friendly menu. Here’s how to do just that.
The Art of Food Presentation
Why is food presentation important? Here’s how plating techniques can create a multi-sensory experience for diners.
Fat Tuesday is Made for Shrimp Etouffee
Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras is the last day of Carnival; it’s a period of celebration and feasting before the...
What Is Fusion Cuisine?
What is fusion cuisine, and what opportunities lie in this niche of the culinary world? Here’s the status of fusion cuisine right now.
The Essential Glossary of Cooking Terms for the Culinary Arts
Culinary professionals must be familiar with culinary terms! Browse this glossary of French cooking terms for immersion in the language of the kitchen.
How to Patent or Trademark a Culinary Food Product
If you want to protect your culinary creation, you might consider a patent or trademark. Here’s what these terms mean, and when you may need to use them.
Don’t Drink On An Empty Stomach: Dishes To Pair With Classic Cocktails
Explore some principles of good cocktail and food pairings. Plus, get six great combinations featuring classic cocktails that you can try at your next meal.
4 Menu Planning Tips For Young Chefs
A restaurant menu has a lot of moving parts to consider! Here are 4 menu planning tips to help young chefs get started with their own culinary creations.
4 Ways Chefs Can Reduce Food Waste
Do you know how much food ends up in landfills each year? Find out, and learn some ways chefs can reduce food waste in their restaurants.
A Conversation with Expert Baker and Entrepreneur, Andy Clark
Last week, Escoffier hosted an exciting virtual event with expert baker and business owner Andy Clark. While Andy is a...
Frozen Sweets of Mexico: Mexican Native, Chef Fany Gerson, Thinks Outside the Cake Box
Not every pastry chef has to own a bakery or make cakes. Sometimes your heritage takes the wheel and steers...
The Certified Master Chef; Ron DeSantis – Passion for the Craft
According to Chef Ron DeSantis, CMC, the key to successful ‘cheffing’ is to never stop learning. His sentiments echoed during...
3 Tips For Becoming an Environmentally-Conscious Chef
Your diners are becoming environmentally-conscious. Here’s how to start thinking about ways to shift your restaurant’s focus to keep and build your customer base.
Maple Syrup’s Many Delights
Maple syrup is an especially versatile ingredient for chefs, having applications in everything from appetizers and entrees to sweet breakfast foods and desserts.
Does Seafood Have a Place on Your Menu?
Seafood can be an especially popular offering in a variety of restaurant settings, but it requires some special considerations and safety procedures.
Shrimp Tacos with Avocado Crema
Shrimp tacos. Need we say more? OK, how about avocado crema? If those haven’t sold you on this knockout recipe,...
