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: Walnuts
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
Posted in Research and Development, The Daily Feeding, Walnuts
Tagged culinology, ift, mediterranean sauces, muhamarra, RCA, romesco, walnut sauce, walnuts, walnuts thicken sauce
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Have You Gotten In Your ALA’s Today?
Food rules are meant to be broken, which is why this year at IFT I have broken a few classic culinary rules in the name of creating some fabulous new and exciting dishes made with walnuts. Stop by IFT booth … Continue reading
Posted in The Daily Feeding, Walnuts
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