What a great way for future pastry chefs to resign from their "day" job!! See the full article here.

Here's What 2000 Calories Looks Like

Photo: Buzz Feed

Eater.com presents a fun video from Buzzfeed which documents what 2000 calories looks like in terms of different food items: Big Mac, French Fries, Avocados, Bread. Be sure to observe how few Big Macs and Cinnabons make up 2000 calories.

To view the video click here.

Bassetts Ice Cream Big in China

Photo: Philly.com

A recent article in Philly.com highlights the success of Bassetts Ice Cream in the China market.Over the last few years Bassetts has become America's largest exporter of U.S. made ice cream to China! At this point there are 3 classy Bassetts establishments in malls in China. The most popular flavor? Vanilla. 

Bassetts has a stand at the Reading Terminal Market and individual cartons of ice cream can be purchased at various grocery stores and markets.

The full article is here.

Best Bread in Philadelphia

On Tuesday Eater.com listed the 10 ten spots for bread. Some places that made the list were Parc, Metropolitan Bakery, and Artisan Boulanger Patissier. They forgot to mention TRS which offers the best baked bread in the city! :)

To read the full article click here.

TRS Library wishes you a Happy St. Patrick's Day!

McDonald's Shamrock Shake!

24 hour Juice ATM

Photo: Eater.com

Ever find yourself out at night wishing for some fresh squeezed juice or some wheat grass shake - but all the juice bars are closed?!? Well, this will never be a problem in Los Angeles, the home of the very first Juice ATM that operates 24/7. LA is also home of the first cupcake ATM and caviar ATM. What will be the next food ATM?!

Eater.com brings you the full story here.

Hot Topic in Food News: 63 customers sick from Worlds Best Restaurant

Photo: Eater.com

Last week it was announced that 63 customers from Rene Redzepi's famous restaurant Noma got sick from dining there. 63 out of 435 diners were infected with the 'Norovirus' between the dates of Febuary 12-16, 2013. Will Noma a restaurant featuring innovative food offerings of ferns and snails overcome this restaurant tragedy? Will it remain #1 restaurant? The world's top 50 restaurant list will be released in April...

Eater.com brings more of the Noma coverage here.

10 most commonly mispronounced menu items

Photo: Eat 24

Blog Eat 24 has created a list of 10 food items that are commonly mispronounced. The #1 food item they list is Pho which should actually sound like fuh. While I am sure you culinary students have pronunciations down pat, I bet you hear the occasional mispronunciations of menu items.

To read the full list of commonly mispronounced food items visit the Eat 24 posting here.

Hot Topic in Food News: Horse Meat on Menus

photo: tastingtable.com - Marc Vetri

Recently there has been much debate over the offering of horse meat on restaurant menus. Certain critics believe it is inhumane treatment of intelligent animals.  Philadelphia chef Marc Vetri weighs in on this argument with a much different response. What are your thoughts?

Read the full article from Huffington Post here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marc-vetri/humane-animal-slaughter-horse-meat_b_2784622.html

Korean McDonald's kicks out teenage customers for ordering $250 of fries

Photo: Eater.com

Eater.com covered an interesting story about a Korean McDonalds that kicked out teenage customers. Apparently the teenagers ordered $250 worth of french fries and spread it across several trays for sharing. One employee got so infuriated with the order delaying other customers orders that he decided to kick them out.

Even more strange is that this has been happening in McDonalds across Japan and Korea and is referred to as "Potato Parties". A McDonalds deal that offered a large fries for a discounted rate is believed to be the reason this potato trend is happening.

To read more:

Eater.com's coverage: http://eater.com/archives/2013/02/28/mcdonalds-korea-kicks-out-kids-for-ordering-250-worth-of-french-fries.php

Japan Daily Press: http://japandailypress.com/potato-parties-lead-to-misconduct-at-mcdonalds-japan-3017501

Travel + Leisure Magazine ranks Philadelphia 4th best city for Pizza

Photo: Foobooz.com - The Pizza Brain Team

Philadelphia is ranked 4 out of 20 for best cities for Pizza on Travel + Leisure's website. That is quite the accomplishment! The introductions of Pizza Brain (world's first pizza museum) and Nomad have certainly given this city a leg up in the competition. Can we place 1st next year?

Travel + Leisure: http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-best-cities-for-pizza/5
Pizza Brain: http://www.pizzabrain.org/
Nomad: http://www.nomadpizzaco.com/philadelphia.html

Philadelphia.. The City of Brotherly Bacon?

Photo: Foobooz.com - PYT's Bacon Taco Shell

Airing tonight on the Discovery Channel the new series The United States of Bacon visits Philadelphia restaurants to try out their bacon-fied dishes. The Restaurants featured will be PYT in Nothern Liberties, SOWE and Jakes Sandwich Board in South Philadelphia and McNally's Tavern on Germantown Avenue.

To read more visit Philly.com: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/the-insider/Philly-brings-home-the-bacon.html

Introducing the Quadriginoctuple Frap at Starbucks for $47.30

Photo: Eater.com

Philly.com posted a story on Wednesday about a man believed to have ordered the most expensive drink at Starbucks in history totaling $47.30.

Philly.com writes, "He started off by ordering a venti Frappuccino, then added 48 shots of espresso, mocha drizzle, strawberry and mango flavoring, soy milk, protein powder, two bananas, and a whole bunch of other crap necessary ingredients. The only real issue is that it didn't have any Four Loko or Baconnaise."

Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/trending/Guy-buys-most-expensive-Starbucks-drink-ever-American-hero.html#ixzz2LdmMhjd6
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World's Most Expensive Drinks

Photo: drinksbuisness.com

1 million dollar vodka and 2 million dollar Cognac?! Drinksbuisness.com lists the world's most expensive drinks on their website: http://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2013/02/the-worlds-most-expensive-drinks/

2nd Annual Philly Farm & Food Fest!

On April 14th the Philly Farm & Food Fest is returning to the Convention Center! From 11-4pm, notable philly chefs will be performing food demonstrations and over 100 vendors will sample and sell locally grown fruits and veggies.

Tickets are requried for this event and can be purchased at the Philly Farm & Food Fest website: http://phillyfarmfest.org/

Need a break from studying? Come watch some DVDs in theLibrary!

 

The Library has a great collection of DVDs for entertainment & instruction. Come up to the third floor to watch some !

Happy Valentines Day from TRS Library!

Guy Fieri spotting?!

Photo: Foobooz.com

Rumor has it that Guy Fieri was in town this past weekend filming segments for his popular Food Network show Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives. Foobooz.com reported that both Standard Tap and Sidecar Bar were closed during the day on Saturday. Did you spot him yet? Philly.com reported that he will be filming at the South Philly Tap Room today.

For more on Fieri spottings:

http://philadelphia.foobooz.com/2013/02/10/diners-drive-ins-and-dives-filming-in-town-has-guy-fieri-been-spotted/

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/the-insider/Guy-Fieri-at-the-South-Philly-Tap-Room-today.html

Any interest in starting your own Food Truck?

Photo: yelp.com

Last Thursday Philly.com announced Penn's exciting event!

The University of Pennsylvania is hosting a free all-day seminar all you need to know about the food truck industry on Saturday, Feb. 16. The seminar will coincide with the year's first meeting of the Philadelphia Mobile Food Association.

Topics to be covered will including financing, intellectual property, regulations, and managing risk.

The Facebook page contains details.

And the winner is.... France!

Photo: Eater.com

At this year's Bocuse d'Or competition (reffered to as the culinary Olympics) France took home the gold. The runners up was Demark with Japan in third.The teams were judged on a meat platter and a fish plate. Unforteunately America was placed in 7th but there is always 2015!

You can read more about the results in from the San Francisco Gate: http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2013/01/30/bocuse-dor-2013-france-wins-team-usa-doesnt-place/

To find out more about this intense culinary competition you can visit the Bocuse d'Or site: http://www.bocusedor.com/http://www.bocusedor.com/

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