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About Intrepid Culinologist

The Intrepid Culinologist, aka Rachel Zemser, CCS, has one foot planted in the artisan soils of San Francisco and the other buried deep in the world of R&D, manufacturing and food science. She travels the world in search of food-related industry trade shows, media and press events, and "local" Bay Area experiences, trying to figure a way to bridge her two worlds and bring great food to the masses. She has a B.S. and M.S. in Food Science, a Culinary Arts degree, and almost 15 years of food-industry experience.

REPORTING #LIVE FROM @BEARDFOUNDATION #JBFA #awards!

    I may not have been going to the beard awards for the past 13 years like @foodwriterdiary has- but I do agree that the press room even in the past three years has gotten crazy crowded. Hey @BeardFoundation, … Continue reading

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Video: Beard Awards Food Safety Interview With Andrew Zimmern May 2010

  The James Beard Awards are coming up. Last year I got to chat with Andrew Zimmern about food safety. Who will I speak to this year on the red carpet???

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Walnut Based Sauces-All The Rage!!!

  It’s official! Spain has been deemed the “New France” for foodies, and Spanish gastronomy has become one of the hottest international cuisines in the U.S. It started with the tapas craze in the 1990s, but since then Spanish main … Continue reading

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We Are All Bacteriosapians…Would YOU Drink Raw Milk?

Way back in 1991 my college friends and I drove to Washington DC (a typical college roadtrip). I was not quite a food scientist yet but I knew that Washington was where the F.D. A. lived and it was an … Continue reading

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Defining Flow -Food Vs Wine

A few years ago I began to read more about wine and realized the only way I would ever understand this topic would be to evaluate it in the only way I know how-scientifically, accurately and repeatively. As I began … Continue reading

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