About the Intrepid Culinologist

Rachel Zemser, MS, CCS is a food industry consultant who 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 has a B.S. and M.S. in Food Science, a Culinary Arts degree, and almost 15 years of food-industry experience.Latest Tweets
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Category Archives: Trade Shows
Part ONE! How I Got A Reservation at El Bulli 6 Months Before It Closes Forever…
What does one have to do to get a reservation at El Bulli these days? Well, you can donate millions to the new Bulli Foundation or you can be insanely famous or you can just be in the right place … Continue reading
When IT Grains.. It Pours!
We have been getting heavy rain in northern California these past few weeks. But don’t feel sorry for us, we welcome the rain because it enables the vegetables to grow! Without rain, we are in a drought and then all … Continue reading
Beans, Cuisines And My Healthy Culinary Renaissance
Last week I attended the San Francisco Fancy Food Show and Food Fete (which I will be covering next week…), culinary events that give us permission to indulge in all the foods that occupy the very tip of the food … Continue reading
Food Fete 2010 Thanks To Everyone For Showing Me Your Stuff!
Fete is a French word that means party, festival or celebration and Food Fete is exactly that! A festival of food, a celebration of food, and a way for companies that need some online attention can get it-by mingling and … Continue reading
Posted in Food Fete, The Daily Feeding, Trade Shows
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Greek Phagein’ My Way Through the Fancy Food Show (SF 2010)
We all know that bacteria can infect our food and cause a food borne infection or food borne intoxication. The entire food industry is based on pH 4.6, the pH needed to prevent the outgrowth of the worst bacteria of … Continue reading
Posted in Fancy Food Show, The Daily Feeding, Trade Shows
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