Archive for May, 2007

CAHM Alumni, Bart Hosmer, helps lead the way with an “Eat Local Challenge”

Bart Hosmer, a graduate from the Hotel and Restaurant Department at City College is the executive chef at Parcel 104 in Santa Clara. June 2nd, he will be cooking up a very special dinner with ingredients grown or raised within 104 miles from his restaurant. It is part of the “Eat Local Challenge.” Aside from providing local ingredients, the restaurant is also working with Planktos, a company that specializes in restoring ecosystems to erase the carbon footprint or greenhouse gases emitted from transport.

Check out the full article from the San Jose Mercury News dated May 9, 2007.

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“‘Top Chef’ Dreams Crushed by Student Loan Debt” – NOT AT CITY COLLEGE!

A recent article in the New York Times is giving private culinary schools something to think about. Published May 8, 2007, Kim Severson’s article “‘Top Chefs’ Dreams Crushed by Student Loan Debt” tells the all to common story of culinary students who take out large loans to attend prestigious culinary schools only to graduate and be offered entry level positions in the field. Read article and tell us what you think.

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