August 2, 2010, Lisle, Ill.—Unilever Foodsolutions, in association with The Culinary Institute of America, is proud to debut the fifth edition of the Savoring The Best of World Flavors DVD series: Savoring The Best of World Flavors: Greece and Japan.
Fasten your seat belt for a whirlwind tour of the world’s best culinary secrets with Unilever Foodsolutions Corporate Executive Chef Steve Jilleba, CMC, CCE, AAC. On disk one, journey from the sunlit coast of Crete to learn the age-old secrets of the Mediterranean diet. Then, tour the massive Tokyo seafood market where breakfast might be freshly cut tuna sashimi. Leading local chefs and food authorities explain the iconic dishes and demonstrate techniques of the regions that illuminate these dynamic cultures.
Travel with Elizabeth Andoh as she guides you through the market in Kyoto and introduces you to the basics of the Japanese pantry. Meet Antonia Trichopoulou, a physician and Cretan cooking expert, and your guide to the secrets of the healthful Mediterranean diet. Watch one of Japan’s top chefs Yoshihiro Murata prepare salt-crusted Wagyu beef at his three-star Michelin restaurant Kikunoi. Encounter international chefs, like Lefteris Lazarou and Kunio Tokuoka, who share useful insights for American chefs.
Then, on disk two, learn how to easily incorporate the complex and refreshing flavors of Greece and Japan into your own menu. Master Chef Steve Jilleba demonstrates how to prepare some of the remarkable recipes from disk one for foodservice kitchens using convenience products. Find out how to use KNORR® Bases to create Avgolemono Soup—the traditional Greek egg and lemon soup—and how to serve KNORR® Ready-To-Use Sauces and Hellmann’s® Wasabi Aioli along sideBeef Harumaki, or Japanese spring rolls. For chefs, every journey brings new tastes, new ingredients, new skills and inspiration. Let the Savoring The Best of World Flavors series enlighten your kitchen.
The World Culinary Arts DVD Series is a first-of-its-kind DVD reference library documenting the “gold standards” of world cuisines. Through this revolutionary DVD, we document authentic foodways, preserving them for future generations and arming you with new ideas to dazzle your guests in the years ahead. The series has been recognized with the prestigious James Beard Award in 2009 and 2007 for Best Webcast.
Unilever Foodsolutions, one of the world’s leading global foodservice companies, is committed to supporting operators with solutions that help grow their business. The Savoring The Best of World Flavors DVD series is part of the company’s commitment to furthering culinary education. For your FREE copy, visit www.unileverfoodsolutions.us/dvd_offer.
