Always going above and beyond for the Eat Local Challenge, it’s no surprise that Executive Chef Chris Lenza and his team at the Musical Instrument Museum’s Café Allegro have started developing recipes for hot sauces made with local chilis
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From the Fellows: Farewell, Bon Appétit
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Fellow Amanda Wareham finishes her Bon Appétit Fellowship and reflects on the work she’s done and lessons she’s learned through her unique experience.
Fred Hutchinson Shares Tastes of Summer
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At the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, the Bon Appétit team held a welcome party for summer itself, hosting a Taste Summer farmstand and barbecue for the entire campus.
From Farming to Fellowship: Purchasing as a Path to Progress
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Bon Appétit’s newest Fellow, Peter Todaro, is passionate about redeveloping and strengthening local food systems.
Curing Caviar from Water to Table at The Commissary
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Executive Chef Rogelio Garcia of The Commissary restaurant in the Presidio of San Francisco is no stranger to cooking with caviar.
United Fresh Lauds Adobe – Lehi Executive Chef for Produce Professionalism
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Executive Chef Ted Mathesius of Adobe in Lehi, UT, was among eight honorees at the 2017 United Fresh Produce Excellence in Foodservice Awards in Chicago
The Getty’s Culinary Team Finds Inspiration and Connection at the Farmers’ Market
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Executive Chef Julie Picco may have just joined the team at the Restaurant at the Getty Center in Los Angeles this spring, but she is no stranger to farm-to-table cooking
The Common Market in Pennsylvania: Breaking Through the Food Hub Hubbub
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Aggregating local food from more than 80 small farms, The Common Market supplies Bon Appétit at Johns Hopkins University, Emory University, and the University of Pennsylvania as well as other institutions.
Visiting DePauw’s Local Growers
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Fellow Amanda Wareham visits DePauw University’s on-site campus farm and Farm to Fork vendor Ponderosa Aqua Farm
Oberlin Students Make Field Trip to Field-Less Tyler Farm
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Roughly 15 students joined to see Tyler’s greenhouse and ask questions about hydroponics and the greens they eat at Oberlin.