Jacques Pépin Compared Favorably to Statue of Liberty
On the occasion of chef Jacques Pépin’s 80th birthday, recently celebrated by the University as part of MET’s 50th anniversary, the Huffington Post offered a comprehensive retrospective on the career of the man who co-founded the College’s Master of Liberal Arts in Gastronomy and Certificate in Culinary Arts programs. A forerunner to the modern world […]
Learn to Cook Christmas Quail from Food & Wine Alums
The holiday season can be cumbersome enough without making a four-hour commitment to cook a Christmas goose. MET Culinary Arts alums Jakob and Fernanda White, the chefs who co-own the Comedor restaurant in Newton, have an alternative avian solution, and in a new video hosted by BU Today, the pair gives instruction on how to […]
French Chef’s Belief in Uniting Power of Food Rings Truer Following Tragedy
The recent tragedy in Paris gave an even greater poignancy to the words delivered last month by legendary French chef Jacques Pépin during the celebration of MET’s 50th anniversary and Pépin’s 80th birthday, according to the MetroWest Daily News. Food “knows no political boundaries,” the Gastronomy and Food & Wine programs co-founder Pépin observed ahead […]
MET Culinary Couple’s Labor Bears Fruit with Comedor
Expert pairings are nothing new around the MET’s Food & Wine program, but the success of one local enterprise takes the practice to another level. Newton’s Comedor is an acclaimed Chilean-American tapas-style restaurant run by 2009 Culinary Arts Certificate alums Jakob and Fernanda White, partners in business and marriage. Veterans of the local restaurant scene, […]
Chef Jacques Pépin Delivers “Sharp” Commentary at MET50 Gala
“The greatest knife of all is the sharp one.” So spoke celebrated chef Jacques Pépin at the Metropolitan College’s 50th anniversary gala, celebrating the occasion of the TV host and MET educator’s 80th birthday. Pépin discussed a variety of topics at the four-star food and beverage affair, dishing on his preferences in cutlery and lamenting […]
MET Gastronomy Alum Joins Online Food Magazine The Kitchn
Where does a Master of Liberal Arts in Gastronomy degree from Boston University’s Metropolitan College take you? Well, for one alum, right to The Kitchn. Hali Bey Ramdene (MET’12) has been named new full-time food editor at The Kitchn, a daily web magazine and online community that caters to those most passionate about kitchen intelligence […]
Globe Recognizes Award-Winning Chef Jacques Pépin Ahead of MET 50 Gala
Three decades ago, acclaimed chef, author, and television personality Jacques Pépin was joined by Julia Child in founding the Boston University Metropolitan College’s master’s program in gastronomy and certificate program in the culinary arts, giving generations’ of prospective hospitality professionals a proven path to career success. The time has come to return the favor. This […]
Best Newspaper Food Coverage
The Boston Globe Food Section staff—led by former Globe Food Editor Sheryl Julian—won first place for Best Newspaper Food Coverage, awarded at the annual Association of Food Journalists conference in St. Petersburg, Fla. Julian serves as an instructor in MET’s Certificate Program in the Culinary Arts and Programs in Food & Wine—and has helped launch […]
Discovering and Documenting the “Archaeology of Food”
The newly published Archaeology of Food: An Encyclopedia includes more than 250 entries, which, as the publisher explains, “add depth to our understanding of food.”
Food and Wine Instructor Maiden Wins Top Culinary Award
Barry Maiden, food and wine instructor for Metropolitan College, received the coveted James Beard Foundation Award as Best Chef: Northeast for 2015. The ceremony took place in Chicago on May 4. Maiden is chef/proprietor of the Hungry Mother (for which he won the award) and State Park restaurants, both in Cambridge’s Kendall Square. Specializing in […]