Mark Bittman, Award-Winning New York Times/ Food Writer, Is Coming To Philadelphia For A Free Lecture On March 13



Photo: uwishunu.com

As part of the What's Your Food Worth Series, Bittman will be discussing the future of food. The program is free and open to the public. RSVP is required. To find out more information visit uwishubu's article posted below.

Mark Bittman, Award-Winning New York Times/Food Writer, Is Coming To Rodeph Shalom For A Free Lecture On March 13

Disneyland's Exclusive Dining Club - $10,000 per year!

Photo: Eater.com

Who would have known Disneyland has it's very own dining club? Located in the New Orlean's Square, Club 33 opened its doors in 1967. 

In addition to the $10,000 yearly fee, new members must pay $25,000 per person for an initiation fee! The member guest list included stars like Tom Hanks and Christing Aguilera and reservations must be made well in advance.

Interested in learning more - view eater.com's article here.


We Have Magazines!

Did you know we have subscriptions to some of the best food magazines?

Come visit the library to view them!

Insects as food: culinary joke or culinary genius?

Will we begin seeing insects on the menu in the near future? The Nordic Food Lab in Copenhagen (started by Noma head chef Rene Redzepi) seems to think so.

Back in September 2012, Nick Baines met with the Nordic Food Lab to discover that insects as food is not merely viewed as a means of survival but is considered a serious ingredient in modern gastronomy. What are your thoughts? You can read the full article from the Independent here.

1000 pounds of butter

Photo Credit: Philly.com

Every year at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg, visitors flock to see the butter sculpture. This 2013 sculpture is made from 1000 pounds of butter and depicts dairy items, wine, grapes, a Christmas tree and much much more. If you have free time this week, and a ride, go to this year's farm show which runs until this Saturday, January 12th. To find out more information on the farm show visit: http://www.farmshow.state.pa.us. 

To read more about this year's sculpture click here.

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to The Restaurant School! We hope you enjoyed your holidays. The library is open today and resumes it's normal schedule:

 

      Monday and Friday: 9:00am - 5:00pm

      Tuesday - Thursday: 9:00am - 7:00pm

      Saturday: 10am - 5pm

      Sunday: Closed

                     

In the Library by Tatsuro Kiuchi