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Recipe report: Speed-scratch cooking

Consumer demand for scratchmade dishes is on the rise, but labor continues to be a challenge in foodservice kitchens. The solution for many operators—recipes that incorporate some pre-prepped ingredients and value-added products to create semi-scratch or speed-scratch menu items. These five recipes are a good starting point.

Patricia Cobe, Senior Editor

December 19, 2019

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Consumer demand for scratchmade dishes is on the rise, but labor continues to be a challenge in foodservice kitchens. The solution for many operators: recipes that incorporate some pre-prepped ingredients and value-added products to create semi-scratch or speed-scratch menu items. These five recipes are a good starting point.Photograph: Shutterstock

Recipe report: Speed-scratch cooking

About the Author

Patricia Cobe

Senior Editor

Pat plans and executes the menu sections of Restaurant Business and FoodService Director, covering food and beverage trends, Menu R&D, profiles of chefs and restaurateurs and Technomic research. She also contributes to the digital content of both RB and FSD and is editor of two weekly e-newsletters, Recipe Report and On the Menu. Pat’s weekly podcast, MenuFeed, covers a wide range of menu topics through interviews with chefs and operators.

Pat came to Winsight from Hearst, where she was an executive editor. She is the co-author of the Mompreneurs series of books as well as two cookbooks. She graduated from Cornell University and earned a Masters in Journalism from Boston University. She is active in several professional organizations, including Les Dames d’Escoffier and the International Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC), and serves as a judge for the James Beard Media Awards.

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