28 Jul Tue 2009
Research Chefs Association Members celebrate California Heirloom Garlic at Christopher Ranch
To kick off this weekend’s garlic-filled festivities at the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival, Christopher Ranch, co founder, played host to Research Chefs Association members at the home of the Ranch Thursday evening in Gilroy, Calif.
The RCA, which is the leading professional community for food research and development, got an inside look at the Ranch’s operations and the garlic world, including a lesson in garlic braiding, a tour of the ranch and a taste of several garlic-infused dishes, including scampi, pepper steak sandwiches, calamari, pesto pasta and – the famous – garlic ice cream!
A good time was had by all, including such chefs and culinary experts as Chef Robert Danhi – author of “Southeast Asian Flavors – Adventures in cooking the foods of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore,” culinary consultant, former culinary professor and more; Rachel Zemser – food microbiologist, caterer, chef, culinary scientist and sauce developer; Don Christopher, founder of Christopher Ranch, and wife, Karen Christopher and many others.
Hi Justin:
What a nice thing you report on the Garlic Festival.I wanted to go and work there and had no clue.Could you connect me to the owner or refer their email etc..I checked out the sites you mentioned at your blog but nothing is about the site of Christopher Gilroy Garlick..May be we need to sign them up at the localharvest.org!
I have an article today at Alternative Community Farmer two steps down from yours!
Best,
Tony
Christopher Ranch has signed up with localharvest.org. You can also check us out on the web at www.christopherranch.com