As we wrap up another bustling summer season here in New England, it’s time to shift our focus to the future. While visitors may be heading home, seasoned operators know that now is the perfect time to start preparing for next year’s rush…
There’s more to AI than meets the Ribeye
August 4, 2024Artificial Intelligence is revolutionizing industries across the board, and the restaurant business is no exception. From the front door to the kitchen, AI is serving up a feast of innovations that are transforming how we think about food service.
Major Pasta with Clam Sauce
September 5, 2023Major’s pasta and clam sauce recipe is a deliciously elevated coastal experience that is easy to prepare. Tender pasta combines with briny clams and Major Clam Stock Base to create a dish that captures the elevated essence of coastal and Italian cuisines.
Major Beef Pot Roast
August 16, 2023Indulge in tender braised beef, enhanced with the rich depth of our Elite Major Beef Stock Base, creating a delightful harmony of flavors. Paired alongside an assortment of carrots, leeks, fennel, parsnips, and potatoes in a naturally thickened beefy sauce that ensures a deliciously memorable dining experience.
Hillshire Farm® Fully Cooked Sliced Pork Belly Topping
June 22, 2023With Hillshire Farm® Carved Pork Belly, it’s easier than ever to deliver customers an elevated, decadent ingredient for all kinds of dishes. Fully cooked and ready to serve (2/5lb. bags per case), it’s the simple way to bring big flavors across the menu.
How to Make Seafood Feel Like a New Concept
June 1, 2022The real key to enticing patrons to purchase seafood from the menu is ultimately the same as what brings them into a restaurant in the first place: foods and flavors they can’t replicate at home.
Chef’s Pantry: Calabrian Chili Peppers
August 24, 2020Although small in size these dainty red gems pack a fiery kick with vinegary after tones. A great addition to any dish in need of…
Chef’s Pantry: Pork Belly
August 11, 2020Cube it, plank it or slab it; regardless of your final shape pork belly will render big rich flavors to elevate your creations.
Chef’s Spice Rack: Peppercorns
June 24, 2020Pepper, like salt, is one of the fundamental seasoning element used in almost every recipe, including some desserts. Salts and peppers need each others assistance and support to reach their full potential.
Brown Bread… A New England Classic
April 21, 2020Canned brown bread, also known as Boston bread, is a long lasting shelf stable bread that’s well worth every twist of the can opener required to access it.
Chef’s Spice Rack: Saffron
February 26, 2020Saffron is the red stigma from a crocus flower, sometimes referred to as the saffron crocus.
Iconic Taco Bell Flavors Now a Chip
September 23, 2019The sauce flavors, fire and mild, you grew up with and love are flavoring nacho chips for the first time. These on-trend flavors appeal to millennials (there’s a reason Taco Bell has 316 million social media followers!)
Chef’s Spice Rack: Sumac
July 17, 2019Sumac is a shrub that grows in subtopic and temperate climates, which produces clusters of red/burgundy colored fruit.
Foodservice & The Street Food Influence
June 26, 2019Humans have had street food since the dawn of civilization. The ancient Greeks sold fried fish, while the Aztecs peddled tamales. Iconic American street snacks include pizza, hot dogs and funnel cake. Recently, the street food game has become more elevated and restaurants are cashing in on this age-old dining trend…
Chef’s Spice Rack: Za’atar
May 31, 2019Also know as “zaatar” and “zahtar” this Middle Eastern herb mix is comprised of a mixture of dry basil, thyme, oregano, sumac and sesame seeds…
Chef’s Pantry: Maine Sea Salt
May 7, 2019For naturally enhanced flavors, add Maine Sea Salt Co. products to your repertoire. Their Maine-made sea salts are unrefined, dried by the sun and hand harvested…
Episode 19 – New Products, Glaze can Amaze, Tomato Butter, Claim your Business, and Beefy Opportunities!
June 22, 2017In this week’s episode we revisit the conversation on dressing-up your dishes for extra appeal. Riding that good-flavors vibe we’ve got a recipe for Tomato Butter to share with you. We cover an important business-capturing strategy that you should be doing online. And we’ve got some fantastic beef purchasing opportunities coming that you’re definitely going to want to take advantage of while you can.