Rachel
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Chef |
| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
| Introduction | Chef, pastry chef, baker, caterer, and culinary arts instructor for over thirty five years, I've inhabited kitchens of many kinds - from restaurants and university to catering and private homes. Currently a chef at Harvard University working nights on a degree in Food Science, for sixteen years I was Chef and Kitchen Manager of Harvard's Signet Society, creating food for five course lunches, high-end dinner parties, and other events. * I am grateful to people from many backgrounds, skill levels, and professions who have enriched my work - especially those I have trained and taught . * My style emphasizes respect for food, quality, and simplicity, and I cook in a range of genres - selecting local, organic foods as often as I can. * I cook and bake to meet special diets - religious, diabetic, gluten free, dairy free, vegan, and so on. * I earned a degree in Culinary Arts, am Serve Safe Certified, a Certified HACCP Manager, and have cooked and managed meals from one to over a thousand. * Twelve years ago, I began Cake Arts, creating organic and special diet wedding and cakes for other occasions. * I donate cakes, consulting services, and teaching skills to non profits. |
| Interests | This blog is dedicated to my son. I aim to inspire all through my blog, cooking classes, cooking parties, and other work, to cherish and preserve the beautiful and nourishing foods we love, that these may be enjoyed by coming generations whose families, farms, and faiths may do the same. By making wise choices, even small acts can do large things - like help save ecosystems, save the tiger, the peregrine falcon... Uechi Ryu Karate, Deaf culture, make furniture, tend gardens, hike, sail, bike, fresh water aquarium fishes, aquarium plants, wedding cakes, organic food, organic farming, allergy, medicine, nutrition, diet, PAH!, old houses, disability, special education, vision, sensory integration, art, astronomy, natural history, plants, animals, geology, anthropology, linguistics, music, folklore, neurology, learning, teaching, music, food, cooking, Japan, Cakes, sociology, Second Language: , ASL, |
| Favorite music | Live. |
| Favorite books | So many books... |