Firstly, I would like to thank all of you for visiting out virtual kitchen / mad scientist's laboratory.  I want to take this opportunity to share with you our vision for this community and introduce you to our team. 

This site originated as a collection of memo not pads that I used to collect and document my own recipes in the kitchen.  Recipes that I had learned from the chefs I had worked under, ethnic based recipes I picked up from my colleagues and recipes I developed on my own as I progressed up the food chain, pardon the pun.  Many of my colleagues, friends, and counterparts in the industry all were doing the same thing.

I started to digitize the recipes and wanted to build them into a searchable database, I had experience developing websites so used that as my primary tool.  As i started to get my recipes together I started to gather more and more from other chefs & colleagues and I though to make it available for all of us to share. 

I developed a simple system where all recipes are broken down simply into 6 steps, although some recipes are calling for other finished recipes.  This simplified format broke down the illusion of how complex some of the haute cuisine and made it understandable to everyone.  I decided in 2010 to work to make this archive publicly available.  We could showcase new features at local restaurants, publish old menu favorites, and work to ensure that no worthy recipe is left on a scrap of till tape to be forgotten and lost.

I am excited to have all of this hard work come together and share tried and tested industry recipes with everyone.  I hope that you enjoy your time on here and can meet some of the wonderful people that made this site possible and contribute to our larger community.

Sincerely,

Brian McBride