Most people think me job just involves eating the trendiest, most delicious food there is, and this week that was very true.
My fellow scientists and I went up to the heart of San Franscisco for two days of culinary trends training with our marketing partners.
The fun started Monday night, with a journey through downtown and little Italy in search of some good sushi
Including journeying up a rather famous street. The sushi was okay, but what I really wanted was sitting in the window of the Italian bakeries
The training was very interesting, talking about how to use culinary influence on our products. We had a very energetic French Chef as a teacher.
Who was cooking up some very delicious things for us
But the true highlight was Tuesday night.we were divided into teams and sent off to the posh and hip restaurants of SF. My team was sent to the upscale Boulavard.
We enjoyed many fine things. Like truffle soup
Foie gras with sour dough bread
Ravioli with sweet potatoes and more truffles
And so much more. But we were told to focus on dessert so....we ordered all of them
For the $800 bill for 5 people, I really wasn't that impressed, which is sad. While everything was good...I was still hungry at the end of the meal. And what's the point of eating all those fine foods if your just going to grab something else afterward?
The next day was right in my wheelhouse as we got to hit the kitchen and make prototypes.
Since our marketers barely know how to cook or how ice cream is made, I got to be master chef. We made strawberry ice cream three ways. 1. Strawberry ice cream with an aged balsamic and fig sauce. 2. A moscato poached strawberry ice cream 3. A strawberry and lemon zest ice cream with olive oil soaked breadcrumbs
Everyone loved them, and I got major brownie points with the marketers for my cooking skills and ingredient knowledge.
We also spent time learning to better describe what we are tasting, evaluating our competitors products, tasting trending ingredients, and more
It was probably the best training I've had, and it was good to work on our strenuous relationship with our marketers. I may have gained around 20 pounds in two days, but at least it was delicious.
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