Deans and Directors Retreat

The Gold Medal Classroom: 
The official ezine for CAFE  |  December 2018 issue

An examination of trends in alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage consumption with an eye toward back of the house synergies.

By Thomas Smith

What happens when a French chef and a cheesemonger are combined? Instructors get an education, pairing ideas and more thanks to the web series “The State of Cheese.”

By Rachel Kerr, Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin

Miss one GMC story and you may miss a valuable culinary resource.

By Lisa Parrish, GMC Editor

Chef Paul Sorgule focuses on factors that should drive faculty and administrator discussions keeping in mind that resistance to change is a failure formula.

By Paul Sorgule, MS, AAC

Students take the instructing lead when discussing and teaching their own holiday food traditions.

By Adam Weiner, JD, CFSE

Creating mini-lectures or stories that relate a lesson’s hows and whys captivates students, helps them retain facts, and develops soft skills.

By Chef David Pazmiño of Newbury College

Dr. Fred Mayo discusses helping students establish and attain goals of excellence.

By Dr. Fred Mayo, CHE, CHT

A grower’s experience farming Virginia peanuts in Oklahoma. 

By Thomas Smith