Headlines Switzerland's biggest cheese export, Emmental, will be awarded the Protected Designation of Origin label, noted swissinfo.org........Latest forecasts for France's wine output this year are higher than earlier predictions. The national wine agency Onivins said earlier this month that output this year is expected to reach 58.5 million hectoliters......Teenage coffee drinkers are boosting the $18 billion per year coffee industry, but health professionals worry that teenagers are unaware of the adverse effects of caffeine on their still-growing bodies. The number of teens drinking coffee in restaurants or cafes increased 12% this year over last, which itself was up 15% over the year before, according to NPD Group, reported AZCentral.com.....Headaches, muscle weakness and either diarrhea or constipation are reported more often by Atkins dieters than people on conventional diets, concludes Danish obesity expert Dr. Arne Astrup, who reviewed five dozen diet studies, reported The Sacramento Bee......Wisconsin cheese producers should consider growing opportunities for specialty cheeses, organic products and niche markets, as specialty cheese now makes up 23% of Wisconsin's cheese market, reported Agri News.....U.S. wine consumption is at its highest point in 15 years, fueled in part by higher consumption of Australian wines, according to the Adams Wine Handbook. Americans drank 38.5 million gallons of Australian wine last year, up from 28.6 million gallons in 2002. Consumption of French wine, meanwhile, fell 11.1%, with domestic wines seeing a 3.4% jump, noted The Washington Times.

* New Features:

**New Lazy Sunday Recipe: 
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** Consumer Chef will host culinary event Southeast Florida in 2005. Working in cooperation with Encounter Sarasota, the event will feature guest chefs including our own Chef Joseph,

** Chef Joseph donated over 600 books to the Lexington College Library for their culinary program. The books cover the 20th century and is a look into culinary history. Lexington College is the only women’s hospitality management college in the United States. The College grants a Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) degree in Hospitality Management and an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in Hospitality Management. Students pursuing the BAS select a concentration in culinary arts, event planning, hotel/restaurant management or social development.

Lexington College is located in the heart of Chicago, the convention capital of the United States. Chicago is home to some of the world’s finest restaurants and hotels – a perfect location for a hospitality management college. Read more on Lexington here.

** In 2005, Consumer Chef will celebrate 10 years of being online and 20 years as a media source for the consumer and the food and beverage professional. With this milestone will come will come many new and exciting changes. Over the next few months, we will be unveiling these changes.

Showcase Links:

* Restaurant Reservation Network is now open and allows you to book and confirm your reservations for the finest food and beverage operations in the nation. Click here to become your own Maitre D'.

* Recipe Cottage is the home of over 35,000 recipes.  Founded at the end of 1994, Recipe Cottage shares wonderful recipes with original family recipes that we have loved so much. If you are a professional food and beverage person or just a consumer, this site is for you.

The Spice House in Milwaukee WI. Used by many professional chefs as well as consumer's as their one stop spice shop for the freshest and most interesting mixtures of spices in the world.

* Consumer Chef now features the search engine to bring  reality to your desire to become a chef. Culinary Schools - Culinary Arts Search
Culinary School search engine for cooking and culinary schools.
Culinary Arts & Le Cordon Bleu certification for searching as well.

   

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