Escoffier On Line

Georges Auguste Escoffier began his career at the age of 13 and retired 61 years later. Escoffier made French Cuisine world famous and documented its methods and techniques. He moved menus, cooking technique and the organization of the professional kitchen into what we are familiar with today. His three cook books, especially Le Guide Culinaire first published in 1903, are read by all levels of culinarians from Culinary Students to Certified Master Chefs for inspiration.

Escoffier On Line is dedicated to preserving the history of Escoffier and the Great Chefs. We hope to add the Culinary Community by giving Chefs, Culinary Students and all those interested in the Culinary Arts a Culinary Community where we can all share our love of all things Culinary. We are also have and are adding extensive content on World Cuisines and Trave, Wine, Nutrition, and many other topics.

Going Green in the Foodservice Industry

Going green is the biggest issue on everybody’s mind, including the food service industry! With Americans spending their money on food from restaurants, it’s good to know the facts about where you’re eating.

One restaurant can produce nearly 100,000 pounds of garbage a year. The upside to this is that 95% of it is either recyclable or compostable. There are many ways for people to change their habits to go green! Restaurants use some of the largest amounts of electric energy compared to office and retail jobs. One piece of kitchen machinery uses up an amount of energy equivalent to that of a household! Thirteen percent of a restaurants energy usage is solely from lighting.

I Love Touring Italy - Springtime In Molise

Molise is a small region of central Italy that lies on the Adriatic Sea. The resort city of Termoli is home to 30 thousand people, many of whom are devoted to San Giuseppe and have altars to him in their homes. Here many celebrate his saint's day by praying and singing all through the night of March 18th. Traditionally people invite just about everyone the following day to enjoy a real feast.

The village of Capracotta, population about one thousand, at the other end of the region celebrates this day very differently when cross-country skiers from all across Italy meet and run a national relay race for the E. Angelaccio cup. The village of Montemitro, population about 500, celebrates its patron Saint Lucia on April tenth when a procession carries an ancient statue of the saint to a little rural church. This commemorates the arrival of Slavic refugees fleeing from Turkish domination about five centuries ago. The festival continues in the early afternoon with the auctioning of homemade products. You may want to finish the month in the town of San Martino in Pensilis, population five thousand, about 30 miles (45 kilometers) northeast of Campobasso as explained below.