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Modern Culinary

Taking inspiration from Chefs around the world!

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We recognize that the modern food system is a complete failure and the majority of the food it produces makes us sick instead of nourishing us.

However, the modern culinary world is full of visionaries working hard to improve our dining experience by doing innovate things with food.  Our research includes working with these incredible chefs and food producers to help us make food our approach to food as delicious and beautiful as possible.

Pretzel

salt part 2 | A Practical Guide to Cooking with Salt

by Bill

Salt is ubiquitous. It can be found in kitchens around the world and listed as an ingredient in practically every recipe ever created! But, despite its prevalence in our culinary repertoire, rarely do we stop and consider how to best make use of the many qualities that salt can provide our cooking. This blog post …

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B in shop

PART II – Moving into 236 Cannon and the Creation of Modern Stone Age Kitchen

by Bill

Rise was the perfect distraction for our family while we navigated the early stages of COVID.  We baked, and baked and baked.  We developed new recipes and dialed in our processes.  Christina and Brianna would roll sourdough crackers in the basement kitchen late into the night while listening to Elton John’s Rocketman Soundtrack. I would …

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Coffee and pickles

Yes, I ate a fried pickle

by Bill

I have this strange personality quirk. Well, I have several, but there is one that I would like to share with you here.  I visit places I have heard mentioned in songs that I love.  Yes, one of my bucket list items is to stand on a corner in Winslow, Arizona.  One day, I’ll make …

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Tortillas

Judging Food by its Cover part 2

by Bill

You know the saying, you should never judge a book by its cover? Well, that doesn’t hold true for food. In fact, you should ALWAYS judge a food by its cover. For some reason the culinary world has become complacent when it comes to what our food is encased in – and, we consumers have let …

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Food on the Edge

by Bill

MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 20179:00 AM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 20172:00 PM GALWAYIRELAND (MAP) GOOGLE CALENDAR  ICS Jason O’Brien & Bill Schindler will be participating in this year’s Food on the Edge event in Galway, Ireland. Food on the Edge is a coming-together of top international chefs for a two-day Food Symposium in Galway city on the Wild Atlantic Way. …

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The Original Cheesemaker

by Bill

Cheese has always fascinated me.  Ever since I was a young child I have loved everything about the experience of eating cheese.  I loved the way it looked, the way it tasted, the way it smelled (well, most of it), and I even loved the texture.  My parents also love cheese – and growing up …

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Fall Foraging with Kevin Thornton

by Bill

In addition to learning as much as humanly possible from food acquirers and producers this project is also about disseminating information to a broad audience.  I had a unique opportunity to do just that alongside Chef Kevin Thornton when we co-taught a foraging class in the Wicklow Mountains just south of Dublin, Ireland.  Kevin recently opened up his cooking school, Kevin …

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Beyond Baking with Kevin Thorton

by Bill

Brianna has an insatiable appetite for good – I mean really good – chocolate and well,  . . . just about anything sweet.  She knows that in order for something containing sugar to be allowed in our house it has to meet three requirements:  It had to be made entirely from scratch; It had to …

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Sea Foraging with Marie Power, The Sea Gardener

by Bill

This morning Christina and I made sure the kids were settled at their schools and rushed as quickly as possible to County Waterford located on the southeast coast of Ireland to meet Marie Power.  The drive to the town of Tramore (Trá Mhór, Irish for Big Strand) where we were meeting Marie is a full …

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Foraging Walk with UCD Students

by Bill

Today, I met with the students in the one-week intensive experimental archaeology class at University College Dublin at the Centre for Experimental Archaeology and Material Culture.  I was invited to guest teach because the entire day was focused on food and using the experimental approach to understanding food-related technologies in the past.  The day kicked off …

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Butter bite of sourdough

Airfield Estate Festival of Food: Cultured Butter Demonstration

by Bill

The Food Evolutions project is about finding ways to connect modern Westerners with ancient and time-honored food technologies from the past.  This weekend I am thankful to have had the opportunity to spend two days fulfilling this mission at the Airfield Food Festival.   The Airfield Food Festival was a 2-day festival organized for the public to “engage with …

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Airfield Food Fest Roundstone Tent

Food Literacy: Unearthing the Knowledge Gap

by Bill

Tonight was an inspiring night filled with brilliant and passionate speakers!  I am thankful to be in attendance honored to be a part this food series titled, Food Literacy: Closing the Knowledge Gap.  The event was organized and hosted by Airfield Estate, Dublin’s only 38-acre working farm open to the public, to continue their mission to connect …

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Village Dairy Milk being bottled

We Love Our Raw Milk – Time to Visit an Irish Dairy!

by Bill

“VILLAGE DAIRY” MILK PRODUCTION VISIT Today we had the opportunity to see for ourselves an example of why Ireland is known for such incredible milk!  And it is so much more than just the year-round grass that the cows have access to here in the Emerald Isle.  What happens after the milk is collected is …

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sea foraging with Brian Gannon in Ireland

Coastal Foraging with Brian Gannon

by Bill

This somewhat secluded beach is easily accessible by car.  It overlooks Galway Bay and is bounded by cliffs to north and rocks to the south.  The shallow nature of the beach makes it a perfect location to forage for seaweed.  When we pulled up in our car Brian was already out on the beach with …

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Yogurt in Ireland on shelf

Acquiring Starters from Neil Barrett

by Bill

ACQUIRING STARTERS WITH NEIL BARRETT It took a week but I was finally able to replace most of my cultures here in Ireland! Chef Neil Barrett was generous enough to share his sourdough mother, kefir, jun (a kombucha SCOBY that feeds off of honey), and vilili (a traditional heirloom Finnish yogurt). Thanks, Neil for helping me keep my …

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Landscape of Mayo

Beginning Our Journey in Ireland

by Bill

SEAFARE WITH KEVIN THORTON Landed in Ireland with the family only 4 days ago and now we are in Belderrig, Northern County Mayo cooking with Michelin Star Chef, Kevin Thornton!  Jason O’Brien has spoiled all of us with the most amazing ingredients with which to cook.  In addition to the Roundstone Bread, Burma steaks and ground …

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