If you’re trying to follow a special diet, whether it’s Paleo, Weight Watchers, macrobiotic, microbiotic, symbiotic (okay, the last two aren’t real diet plans) going out to eat is a challenge. When ordering you might as well just say, “Can you strip this entrée of anything that gives it flavor?” The partners at CoreLife Eatery […]
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Teamwork is the foundation of Scratch Bakeshop
On Thanksgiving eve 2014, Scratch Bakeshop Owners and Operators Kate Cassels and Molly Hartley were working feverishly in their bakery’s small kitchen. Though the rest of the space was undergoing renovation and the bakery had yet to officially open, the kitchen was ready and in action. Cassels and Hartley were to deliver 20 custom order […]
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Program is shaping chefs and raising restaurateurs
High school students working in restaurants typically bus tables, mop floors, or wash dishes. And with a little more experience, some may go on to become waiters or act as hosts, but few have the chance to go beyond entry-level positions. The Rochester Youth Culinary Experience aims to change that. RYCE (pronounced “rice”) is a […]
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Ugly Duck turns beautiful coffee
Had it not been for a game of Magic the Gathering, there might not be an Ugly Duck Coffee. In 2009, Ugly Duck Coffee owner Rory Van Grol was living in Rhode Island. He and a housemate were playing the fantasy trading card game when the housemate decided to brew some coffee. After taking a […]
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Effortlessly Healthy successful on the road, at the café, or at home
You may have seen Effortlessly Healthy’s blue and pale green truck at the Public Market’s food truck rodeo. Long lines have snaked back from the truck, filled with people hungry for seared ahi tuna-topped salad, chicken pesto and Portobello mushroom wraps, or the number one seller: the chicken, bacon, and avocado healthy trash plate. “People […]
