On the Shelf: The Science of Good Cooking

  By: Trey Brusio General Background Being in Culinary school and interested in Food Science (as I’m sure just about anyone reading this is in a similar situation), a couple of my instructors recommended this book to me. The authors break down things and explain why we do the things we do in the kitchen.…

Label Misconception Leads to Food Waste

By: Michelle Warner Who would have thought that confusing labeling would have a noticeable contribution to food waste? That’s what the new survey by Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic, National Consumers League and the Johns Hopkins Center discovered. Every year 40% of the food supply in the United States is wasted [1]. Of that…

Scaling Commercial Process on the Bench

By Jordan Clark CuliNex is a clean label product development consultancy located in Seattle, WA. With over 65 years of product development and business experience, they work with a variety of ingredients. Just this past RCA Conference, the CuliNex team-led by Principal Culinologist and RCA Co-Founder Mark Crowell–launched an internship program that provides student members…

Internship: Culinary Assistant at Ed Miniat LLC

By: Dylan Donovan My name is Dylan Donovan.  I graduated from the Culinary Institute of Michigan with an A.A.S of Culinary Arts in 2014, and currently I’m finishing my junior year as a full-time Culinology® (B.S) student at Dominican University in River Forest, IL.  In addition to being a student I work part-time as a…

An Interview with Julie Simonson, Ph.D from The Schwan Food Company

By: Hannah Dressen Julie Simonson, Ph.D., Vice President of Technology Development at The Schwan Food Company Education: Bachelor’s of Science in Food Science, Iowa State University; Doctorate of Food Science, University of Minnesota. 1. When did you realize your love for food? Growing up, I was in 4-H for nine years and loved competing in…