The two chefs researched historical menu choices with help from the British Library and food historians.
In fact, Mr. Yep, in his white lab coat, and PepsiCo's executive research chef, Stephen Kalil, in a white chef's coat, argue about which one of them has the "best job in the world".
When I spoke to chefs while researching my short book, Salad Days, they suggested that what we'll see next is Brazilian cuisine.
Chefs such as Thomas Keller and Corey Lee of the French Laundry and Kyle Connaughton, research chef at the Fat Duck, have tapped Russin to help hammer out ideas, perfect methods or discuss the science of cooking in general.
At the IAC building, about a dozen employees — all in their 20s or early 30s, all wearing jeans — listened to an hourlong presentation from a nutritionist, Eileen Vider, and a research chef, Kimberlee Gaylord, who used examples from FreshDirect's inventory to illustrate healthy eating strategies.
The findings demonstrate that an endorsement from a celebrity (in this research Chef Heston Blumenthal) as a form of emotional appeal is less effective at improving such perceptions.
Then, on 1 December, the restaurant's three senior research chefs – Rosio Sánchez, Lars Williams and Thomas Frebel – arrived to begin testing new dishes.
As a result, dealers say, there is a lively new trade in out-of-print cookbooks that is driven not by the meteoric careers of chefs or the research needs of libraries, but mostly by people with an attachment, often irrational and sentimental, to a particular book or recipe.
At the end of every year, platoons of food professionals -- consultants, chefs, writers and research firms -- race to predict the trends that will influence foodies all over America and ergo the world.
And to slake that thirst, Daniel Burns, a chef who headed the research and test kitchen at Momofuku, has created a beer bar with Scandinavian and other European brews, including some exclusive ones.
