The new Nemco Easy Chopper 3 takes everything you know and love about the Easy Chopper 2 and makes it better. The color-coded push black and corresponding blade-set system makes it easier to match sizes, and the new cleaning gasket helps you clean debris in a snap. Swapping blade assemblies …
Read More »Chefs As Stewards
We’ve long heard about the growing demand for food that not only tastes good, but makes you feel good too (try here, here and here). The demand for responsibly sourced ingredients as related to animal welfare, environmental responsibility and other sustainability initiatives is growing at a rapid pace. Customers are …
Read More »Hydration and Dish Preparation with Frasca Food and Wine
As the temperatures warm outside, so do the ones inside. Restaurant kitchens are notoriously warm—hot even, if you consider that it can easily reach 110° on the line. But I’d take a guess to say you’re no stranger to heat in the kitchen. Excessive sweating is a quick start way …
Read More »$15 Minimum Wage is Still On the Table
Next to the 2016 presidential debate, few things are as polarizing as the topic of a $15 minimum wage. Indeed, the D.C. Council unanimously agreed to boost the city’s hourly minimum wage to $15, joining the ranks of California and New York who recently agreed to implement a $15 minimum …
Read More »How to Pace Your Tables
Tackle this common conflict between the front-of-house and back
Read More »Enter to Win! A Prep Chef’s Dream Giveaway
No matter how large your kitchen may be, there’s never room for wasted resources. A prep chef can spend hours manually chopping vegetables and preparing sauces for dinner service. If you’re in a bustling kitchen within a growing restaurant, it’s certainly worth switching from manual to automatic prepping solutions. That’s …
Read More »Denver’s Food System: An Introduction
Here at Tundra Restaurant Supply, our restaurant supply and equipment showroom and warehouse is nestled at the base of the foothills here in Boulder, Colorado. Not far from us is the burgeoning metropolitan area known as Denver, which you may have heard of before…. The City of Denver is growing …
Read More »What New Refrigerant Legislation Could Mean for You
We recently had the opportunity to attend the Ice-O-Matic Energy-Efficient Restaurant Seminar: Reduce Costs, Energy Usage and Environmental Impact. During this event, a panel of experts discussed upcoming regulatory trends, including new legislative measures taken by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to reduce climate …
Read More »Heifer and the Hen in Boulder, CO
I can’t help but swing my feet when perched upon the aptly named “Float Bar” at Heifer and the Hen. The organic creamery is the newest venture of Chef Ian Clark who opened restaurant BRU Handbuilt Ales & Eats (located next door) 3 years ago. Noted as an “Ice Cream Artist” on …
Read More »Another Guacamole Recipe for Cinco de Mayo
Everyone has their favorite guacamole recipe that they like to share on Cinco de Mayo, and I’m no stranger to that. I’d submit that most revelers don’t know the meaning of Cinco de Mayo other than a day of taco deals and guac recipes (spoiler: it’s a celebration to commemorate …
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