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Has “Organic” lost its meaning….

By chefRob, on August 16th, 2010

It’s a slow summer day here in Dubai. Summers here are hot and with Ramadan upon us the days are long as no food or drink can be consumed during daylight hours. Idle hands and time makes a chefs mind wander and today it is about the term organic.

Back in 1997 when I was [...]

Our Products part 2 – Produce

By chefRob, on September 24th, 2008

As a chef, I have always tried to procure the best possible produce for the restaurants I have been in charge of. Back in the Blue Chalk/Steelhead brew days, I was lucky enough to meet Stuart Dickson, the farmer (at the time) at Stone Free Farm in Watsonville CA.

My experiences with Steelhead and [...]

Our Products Part 1 – Pork

By chefRob, on September 22nd, 2008

Now that I have a quick minute to catch my breath, I thought it would be a good time to begin the discussion on the products that the Glass Door uses. As a chef, I have for years beat the organic/sustainability/hormone free drums and am glad to see that the public is responding. We here [...]

Think Green – Eat no Meat

By chefRob, on September 12th, 2008

I consider myself to be pretty green. I walk or ride my bike to work when I can, I reuse bags when I can and I have set the Glass Door restaurant up with corn based and recycled to go cups, containers and silverware. When I saw this article about the emissions coming from the [...]

Duroc pork

By chefRob, on May 19th, 2008

As I write this my new concrete floor is being poured in the restaurant. Exciting…yes, as this means I can shed my current office abode and start looking forward to a shiny new kitchen. It also means that I won’t be posting construction photo’s of the restaurant (not that I do not like this [...]