November
8, 2006
In This Issue:
- Yahoo.com
Debuts New Food Site
- Fall
Culinary Scholarship Deadline Approaching
- Foster
Farms Taste of the NW Cooking Challenge
- Need
a Classroom Speaker?
- Culinary
Tourism Continues to Rise
Yahoo.com
Debuts New Food Site ~ One of Internet Biggest
Search Key Words Prompts New Portal
Yahoo.com is launching a new website based
on food, with content coming from partners such
as Martha Stewart, Wolfgang Puck, Rachael Ray,
Food and Wine, Epicurious, Cook's Illustrated
and Reader's Digest. Recipes will also be accessible
through a partnership with allrecipes.com.
You can find the new website at: http://food.yahoo.com
Fall Culinary Scholarship Deadline Approaching
~ Due date: November 17th
In cooperation with Le Cordon Bleu Schools
North America, Western Culinary Institute is
proud to announce a fall culinary scholarship
competition for all graduating seniors.
The Tarte aux Pommes (Apple Pie baking contest)
is closing quickly - make sure to have your
students apply on line at http://www.futureusachef.com
All submissions must be in by November 17th!!!
Foster
Farms Taste of the NW Cooking Challenge ~ Step
up to the plate!
The 2007 Foster Farms Taste of the NW Cooking
Challenge is now open to all community college-level
culinary students, and recipes are due by December
15th – read on for more details!
Applicants must be a student enrolled in a
public or private college-level culinary arts
program. Prizes include $1,000 in cash is up
for grabs, merchandise prizes from sponsors,
and customized chef coat, commemorative medal
and Award Certificate. Finalists will be invited
to prepare your recipe for event judges at the
2007 NW Food Manufacturing & Packing Expo,
January 16, 2007, at the Oregon Convention Center
in Portland, OR.
Be original. The applicant's recipe must use
Foster Farms Chicken – extra points will
be given for creative use of Co-Sponsor Products:
Beaverton Foods, Darigold, Del Monte Foods,
and Tree Top.
Contest rules and information are available
online by visiting: http://www.nwfpa.org/e
web/DynamicPage.aspx? webcode=PRTemplate&wps_key=f8cde755-7f03-4491-
b3c8-b6a66241aa34&site=nwfpa
We are looking for orginality, use of product,
presentation and most of all, we want your talent
to shine through!
Need
a classroom Speaker? ~ Western Culinary Institute
Offers Teachers Resource
Western Culinary Institute has six interactive
life skills presentations that are designed
to help your students prepare for life after
high school. Let WCI help enhance your curriculum
by sharing knowledge of the world of Culinary
Arts, Hospitality & Restaurant Management
& Patisserie and Baking. Call to schedule
your classes for one of WCI's workshops today.
Misty Arrambide, Manager of High School Relations
@ 503.223.2245 ext.805
Culinary
Tourism Continues to Rise
As more and more people become increasingly
sophisticated in their culinary tastes, seeking
out unique gastronomical delights and adventures
are becoming a hot trend. An article online
at Hotel Interactive's website gives a good
perspective of what this means for the shape
of culinary tourism. Click below to visit the
article:
http://www.hotelinter
active.com/hi_index.asp? page_id=5000&article_id=6528
