NECI is proud to have participated in the 3rd Annual Growing Local Fest held here in Montpelier recently. Check out some highlights in this video.
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First Frost? Time To Buy Brussel Sprouts!
Editor’s note – This is the seventh installment of Stepping Up To The Plate, a Media and Communications guided study project. As with our public restaurants, constructive feedback is welcome and encouraged so that our students can best learn by living it. Check in weekly in the coming months for new posts from student blogger Matt. [...]
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Tips For Sustaining a Seasonal Menu From Chef Tom
Developing and sustaining a seasonal menu is a simple task in the summer months, but can be a far more daunting task at the height of the shoulder seasons and winter months. It’s often difficult to manage guest expectation throughout those shoulder months and equally difficult to be continuously creative with the same six ingredients, [...]
Melissa Close-Hart Featured in Flavor Magazine
Melissa (AOS Culinary Arts 1999) was recently profiled in Virginia’s Flavor Magazine. Melissa is the Executive Chef of Palladio Restaurant, located at the beautiful Barboursville Vineyards. Flavor Magazine asks, “Does Chef Melissa Close-Hart pinch herself when she arrives at work—a restaurant surrounded by vineyards, with a kitchen garden tended by a horticulturalist and ingredients raised [...]
