ChefTools.com Blog: foodies

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Come Wine & Dine With Us - For A Good Cause!

This coming Monday, July 25th, we'll be participating in a great event at the Shilshole Bay Beach Club to help launch the new book "Food Lovers' Guide to Seattle" by Seattle based food blogger Keren Brown.

We are partnering up with Ritrovo Italian Regional Foods, who also happen to be our neighbors here in South Seattle, to offer some tasty tidbits and demonstrations of popular tools available through ChefTools.com.

The best part about this fun evening event is that the proceeds from ticket sales go to FareStart of Seattle, which provides culinary job training and placement for the homeless. For those of you who have never been, FareStart has its own cafe right here in the Rainier Valley and serves up some delectable soups, salads and sandwiches - all prepared and served by youths in the FareStart training program.

Details about, as well as tickets to the event can be found at Brown Paper Tickets. If you don't have your tickets, get them now and come join us for a fun evening on the waterfront! We hope to see you there!

Monday, July 25th, 2011

7:00pm to 9:00pm

Shilshole Bay Beach Club
6413 Seaview Ave NW

Visit us to sample some fantastic Ritrovo Italian foods:

~Ritrovo Selections Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegar on Bruschetta

~Truffle and Salt Almonds by Miller Farms

~Michele Ferrante Controne Beans cooked with Olive Oil and Salts

And enter to win one of 2 gift baskets with a hand-picked selection of top selling Ritrovo and ChefTools products!

Salute!

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Getting to Know Our ChefTools Foodies: Alison

I'd like to introduce you to Miss Alison.

Alison joined the ChefTools team almost 5 years ago and knows our company inside and out. She is originally from Maryland which is kinda funny because we have quite a few transplanted East Coasters who call ChefTools home. It makes for a fantastic variety of opinions, ideas and creativity - and we like it that way!

Although Alison loves food, she is not a cook herself. In fact, if she had it her way she’d eat out every night at a new restaurant until she’s “tasted everything under the sun”. One thing she cannot live without is crab cakes – but since she moved from Maryland, Alison has not found one that can compare to the cakes from back home. (Any local suggestions out there, Seattle?)

But to show that even non-culinary artists have their favorite kitchen tools and gadgets, Alison provided us with a list of her favorites. Either she has reviewed these items for our own site, bought them for friends and family, or just thinks they are pretty darn cute. This list just goes to show that even the non-cooks out there can benefit from great tools in the kitchen.

So… let’s get you cooking!

Alison’s Top 10 List