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My new venture!

April 16, 2020 by pamflo

I’m launching a new cooking venture. After many years of teaching private, custom cooking classes, I’m moving to virtual cooking classes. This has been in the works for a while, but the timing seems even more appropriate now. To learn more, please visit my new website at www.pamflorence.com   WORK WITH ME! Whether you are a ramen-loving college student, a frantic parent of young children, or just want to navigate your own kitchen, I can help you! I provide culinary workshops […]

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Serve Food Safely

October 30, 2014 by pamflo

I passed my exam! What exam is that you ask? The ServSafe Manager Exam, administered through the National Restaurant Association. It is a nationally recognized exam that certifies you in food safety knowledge. It covers topics on safe flow of foods through a professional operation. As I was studying for the exam, I thought that many of the principals that I was learning, also apply to the home cook. Here are some of the most important topics: 1) Cook food to the […]

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New York Culinary Experience

April 10, 2014 by pamflo

New York Culinary Experience 2014! I just spent the weekend with fellow chefs and foodies at the International Culinary Center in New York City.  It is a unique experience of hand-on cooking classes with renowned chefs.  Cooking alongside these master chefs is the most fabulous kind of sensory overload.  I took four classes over the course of the two days. I had the unbelievable opportunity to hear Lidia Bastianich and Ruth Reichl speak as well. I took a Greek 101 class […]

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Birthday Dinner

August 8, 2011 by pamflo

We recently had an early birthday dinner for my husband at a phenomenal restaurant on the Cape. I ordered the seared scallops which came with black quinoa. It was such a unique flavor that I had to do a little research on it. I am familiar with the red and cream colored grains. Although not really a grain and more of a seed, it has a high percentage of protein, fiber and many essential nutrients. What I found out is […]

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