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Meet our Featured Chef Ryan André!

Dry beans are what Chef Ryan André grew up eating in his home state of Louisiana. Chef Ryan, corporate chef for City Pork Hospitality in Baton Rouge, has carved a name for himself as one of the top 10 best-known chefs in Louisiana. Food, family, and faith are what drive this young chef as he […]

Bean Pot Stickers

Last week I was watching “Martha Bakes” on the PBS Create channel and I learned something about myself — one of my favorite kitchen habits has a fancy name! Mise en place is French for “everything in its place.” When I am about to create something to eat, I place all the ingredients on the […]

Featured Chef Ari Weiswasser of Glen Ellen Star

Chef Ari Weiswasser and his wife Erinn Benzinger-Weiswasser opened their restaurant Glenn Ellen Star in the small town of Glen Ellen nestled in the Sonoma Valley wine region of California. Ari has worked at the New York Restaurant Daniel, Picholine and Paul Liebrandt’s restaurant Corton, where he served as Chef de Cuisine. After moving to […]

Featured Chef: Jesus Alcelay

  Meet Chef Jesus Alcelay of the Cottonwood Grille in Boise, Idaho! Chef Jesus Alcelay is passionate about food and cooking — and he gives all the credit for his incredible skills to his mother, Felisa. At 9, he began learning traditional Basque dishes at her side in her kitchen in their hometown of Oñati, […]