Table Talk » Personal chefs eat well when they hang out

On Friday, I got together with two personal chef buddies: Marcy and JoEllen. Marcy and I are both members of Personal Chefs Network. We met JoEllen at the Gluten-Free Culinary Summit.

Marcy made us a lovely lunch (she wouldn't let us bring anything) and we spent the afternoon chatting about different aspects of our businesses. It's great to get together with other personal chefs. Even though our businesses are different, there is so much that we can learn from each other. We talked about the food that we cook for our clients, networking, the software that we use, using social media to promote our businesses, and a whole lot more. All of a sudden it was 4pm and time for us to go. I'm sure that we could have chatted for many more hours. That just means that we have to get together again soon.

Here's what Marcy prepared for us for lunch:

Strawberry Tartare: strawberries, aged balsamic vinegar, honey, goat cheese. This was so delicious that we each had seconds, the excuse was that we needed to have seconds so we could take a picture. Marcy's going to be in big trouble if she doesn't share this recipe.

Corn Chowder: based on Jasper White's recipe but with Marcy's tweaks. We gobbled this up before taking pictures of the nicely plated soup. Marcy sent some home with me, so I enjoyed it again for lunch yesterday.

Chicken Salad Veronique: with a lemon yogurt dressing. Light and delicious.

Linzer Cookies: heart shaped of course. Delicate cookies bursting with raspberry filling. Perfect with a cup of tea.

Posted February 15, 2009 12:45 PM in Business & Networking

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2 Comment(s)

JoEllen said… (on February 15, 2009 at 17:13 PM #)

The photos turned out great! The corn chowder was amazing and you're right we gobbled it down before we could even take a photo. I had such a good time, its good to get together and talk about business and food and we did eat very very well!

Marcy Kaminski said… (on February 16, 2009 at 14:33 PM #)

I LOVE the picture! I will send you both the tartare recipe as promised. What a perfectly perfect day! I learned so much from you both. Next time it will be out on the porch when the temperature is above freezing, LOL!