Some Interesting News

So yesterday was quite nice, went to Vennetucci Farm in Colorado Springs, Colorado with my Executive Sous Chef. Growing out here is very different than growing on the East Coast. It takes a tad longer for things to grow out here and because of the heat, certain items have a very short time period. So our expectations got changed abit for me and Zack. They do raise some nice pigs on the farm. They are a hertiage breed and boy they were nice looking and healthy pigs (that sounds a bit odd now that I said it that way...) But the owner of the farm gave us some insight on farmers in the area and what they grow. Hopefully they'll be more trips out to some more farms.

After that little trip Zack asked me if I could go in to cover my grill guy Tim, he got in an accident so I went in did a small party that was off of a limited menu, cleaned up and was done for the night. I was bummed I almost missed lasagna night here (and I requested it!) I came home, unwound for the evening and got some rest.

I go in at 3 today my time but I found a few interesting articles on one of the food blogs I read.

This is bacon cologne......yes bacon cologne.....I have a feeling the world of bacon has just be brought to a whole new level. Here's the link for the full story:

http://eater.com/archives/2011/04/06/bacon-the-cologne-that-smells-like-bacon.php

Also NPR posted an article discussing culinary school and if its worth it. I thought it was interesting because we are a specialized profession going to a specialized school and spending lots of money for our education. Here's the link:

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/15/134568267/regulators-try-to-light-a-fire-under-culinary-schools?ft=1&f=1053

And of course Epic MealTime posted there new video for the week so go watch it and laugh!

That's all for now, I've got my knives to sharpen and some externship manual to write in.

-Garrett