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- From menu design to planning your next menu special. These articles provide culinary lessons as well as a recipe ideas. We share menu ideas for your food truck, restaurant or catering business.
- Menu Design Articles
- Gourmet Glossary: Z
- Avoid Cold Pan Syndrome
- Cookie Fun Facts
- Recipe: Peppermint Bark Shortbread Cookies
- Peppermint Fun Facts
- Recipe: Julia Child’s Chocolate Mousse
- Recipe: Spicy Tteokbokki (Spicy Long Rice Cake)
- Rice Cake Fun Facts
- French Toast Fun Facts
- Recipe: Bavarian Cream
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Menu Design Articles
Gourmet Glossary: Z
Zander: A large fresh-water fish with firm flesh. Zinfandel wine: A red wine grape that seemed to be indigenous to California for many years. It is now thought to have originated in Italy. The best Zinfandels are from Northern California and were grown for decades by Italian[...]
Avoid Cold Pan Syndrome
If you’re roasting a chicken, preheating the oven is a no-brainer. It’s usually the first step listed in a recipe and cooks of all skill levels seem to grasp the fact that a hot oven is required to cook the food. Unfortunately, the cold pan[...]
Cookie Fun Facts
The internet is full of fabulous facts about everything from current events to the history of basket weaving and cookie fun facts. As we research for our daily content on food trucks, food carts and street food, we stumble upon some items of knowledge that[...]
Recipe: Peppermint Bark Shortbread Cookies
With only a week left in the voting for the 2012 Dessert and Dessert Food Truck of the Year, we felt we would tie this contest together with National Peppermint Latte Day. Although this is not a coffee drink, it certainly uses peppermint. If you[...]
Peppermint Fun Facts
The internet is full of fabulous facts about everything from current events to the history basket weaving and peppermint fun facts. Because of this, as we research for our daily content on food trucks, food carts and street food, we stumble upon some items of knowledge[...]
Recipe: Julia Child’s Chocolate Mousse
In honor of National Mousse Day, we will be sharing a chocolate mouse recipe that is adapted from Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child. Chocolate Mousse Yield: 6-8 servings Ingredients: 6 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped 6 ounces unsalted butter, cut into small[...]
Recipe: Spicy Tteokbokki (Spicy Long Rice Cake)
Today is National Rice Cake day, and originally we were scratching our heads as to how to provide an interesting spin on a food item that is consistently compared to Styrofoam. Well, it didn't take long to find a way. While it may not be as nutritious as the typical[...]
Rice Cake Fun Facts
The internet is full of fabulous facts about everything from current events to the history basket weaving and rice cake fun facts. As we research for our daily content on food trucks, food carts and street food, we stumble upon some items of knowledge that we[...]
French Toast Fun Facts
The internet is full of fabulous facts about everything from current events to the history basket weaving and French toast fun facts. As we research for our daily content on food trucks, food carts and street food, we stumble upon some items of knowledge that we[...]
Recipe: Bavarian Cream
In honor of National Bavarian Cream Pie Day, we are sharing this easy Bavarian Cream recipe that can be used from anything from pies to donut, cake or cupcake fillings. Bavarian Cream Prep time: 15 min | Cook time: 35 min | Yield: 6 servings Ingredients: 1 vanilla[...]