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
CIA World of Flavors Street Food Part 2
Back in 1981 my dad informed the family that we were all moving to Africa. I was only 8 so it was no big deal to leave sleepy boring Framingham, Massachusetts and move to Liberia, West Africa. Of course what … Continue reading
World of Flavors (CIA) Part 1-A Culinary Extravaganza
Forgive me fans, I have sinned… It’s been 4 months since my last trade show! The last time I saw a vendor booth was on July 26 at the PMA produce show in Monterey! What happened!!! Well, I gave in … Continue reading
Posted in The Daily Feeding, Trade Shows, World of Flavors
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My Fresh Summit
What’s the best way to ruin your diet? Going to trade shows of course! I can spend weeks eating whole grains, Healthy Choice frozen meals and oatmeal, go running every day and be super disciplined, only to blow it all … Continue reading
Posted in The Daily Feeding, Trade Shows
Tagged PMA, produce, robert danhi, snap peas in a bag, ted Allen
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Food Fete Summer 2009 -My Coverage!
About a year ago I was notified on linked in that there was a food event in my area that might interest me. I went to the site and learned all about Food Fete an event that takes place right after … Continue reading
Posted in Food Fete, The Daily Feeding, Trade Shows
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The Intrepid Culinologist Meets The Traveling Culinarist, and Learns About Raw Desire…
Checking at the ACF conference in Orlando for the First time.. I felt a bit out of place, but still had fun! Continue reading
Posted in The Daily Feeding, Trade Shows
Tagged ACF, Intrepid Culinologist, Orlando, RCA
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