http://nafood.com/blog The Finest Food Service Ingredients! Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:06:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://nafood.com/blog/naie_logo_sm.jpg http://nafood.com/blog 144 30 North American Import & Export Blog - http://nafood.com/blog Le Québécois Grain-fed Veal just hosted a veal recipe contest. Professional chefs and culinary students submitted 135 extremely impressive, professional veal recipes to the contest.      All of the recipes have been organized by cut and can be viewed at the Le Québécois veal recipe collection.     The top five recipes:   Finalist #1: ... http://nafood.com/blog/le-quebecois-grain-fed-veal-recipe-contest-winner/ Next week, we've got some hot deals on menu items that you can make nice margins on. First off, game sausage is a fantastic way to get game on your menu inexpensively.  Next week, we've got Italian Wild Boar Sausage for only $.92 per piece on our food service weekly specials.  Also, ... http://nafood.com/blog/profitable-items-for-your-menu/ Le Québécois Grain-fed Veal is sending a chef and a guest on a trip to Montreal including round-trip airfare for two, 3-night hotel accommodations at the Hotel de la Montagne and $1000 in cash. All you have to do is enter your best veal recipe in the Le Québécois Grain-fed ... http://nafood.com/blog/win-a-trip-to-montreal-and-1000-in-cash/ Thanks to the 70 chefs who submitted recipes in our wild boar recipe contest! Last week, we selected four finalists.  And, last Friday our Executive Chef prepared those four recipes for our judges.   The four finalists are: Finalist #1: Black & Tan Sirloin, Shank Confit & Southern Fried by Chef Dean Thomas of Barona ... http://nafood.com/blog/wild-boar-recipe-contest-winner/ As game meat is increasing in popularity, an easy way to introduce it to your menu is with specialty game sausage. Game sausage has a relatively low food cost and high profit potential.  And, it’s an excellent item for a slightly edgy mixed grill. Plate costs can be cut with out ... http://nafood.com/blog/get-game-on-your-menu-cost-effectively/ Ed Matthews of One Block West in Winchester, VA won our wild boar recipe contest with his recipe for Roulade of Wild Boar Rack. Ed will receive a check for $500. We received 70 exceptional recipes using a wide variety of cuts in our wild boar recipe contest. All the recipes ... http://nafood.com/blog/win-500-in-the-naie-wild-boar-recipe-contest/ Below are some ideas. Call us at (888) 276-5955 for prices and more information. Le Quebecois Veal Short Ribs Cheek Meat Sweetbreads Liver Veal Basil Tomato Mozzarella Sausage Veal Spinach Asiago Artichoke Sausage Dunedin Veal Brisket Skirt Steak Shank Meat Chuck Tender Boneless Breast Wild Boar St. Louis Spare Ribs Hind Shanks Ground Bellies Boneless Shoulder Venison Stew Osso Bucco Duck Magret Breast Peking Breast Magret Legs Kurobuta Pork Bellies Ground Cheek Shanks Striploin All Game Sausages Rabbit Whole Bison Short Ribs Flank Hanger Skirt Split Marrow Bones Kobe Beef Skirt Ground Burgers Lamb New Zealand Foreshanks Australia ... http://nafood.com/blog/looking-for-profitable-fall-menu-items-2/ On Monday, August 11th, our Wild Boar Recipe Contest will be live. Check back here and enter your best wild boar recipe for a chance to win $500. This contest will only be open to food professionals and culinary students. Stay tuned and check back here on Monday for all the ... http://nafood.com/blog/get-your-best-wild-boar-recipe-ready-for-a-chance-to-win-500/ On August 11, we will host a contest here for the best wild boar recipe.  The winner will receive $500 and it will be open only to professionals.  Check back here next week. Our Weekly Specials this week list some Low food cost, highly profitable menu items, such as:       Wild Boar ... http://nafood.com/blog/hunting-for-wild-boar-recipes/ Soon, we'll be posting recipe contests, hot deals and information about products that restaurant chefs will find useful.  Thanks for visiting our blog and stay tuned. http://nafood.com/blog/what-youll-find-here/