Lessons from Chef and Instructor Ryan Miller

Substituting Brown Rice for White Rice

by | Mar 21, 2011 | Food Science

From Cookthink.com White rice causes a high glycemic response, and brown rice is recognized as a whole gain product that has been associated with lowering the risk of diabetes. Last year, the American Dietetic Association published a study that examined the...
Lessons from Chef and Instructor Ryan Miller

National Nutrition Month for Kids

by | Mar 10, 2011 | Food Science

http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/images/view_photog.php?photogid=1692 March is National Nutrition Month, and the USDA is starting it off by making some new nutrition grants available to states. The Team Nutrition Training Grants for Healthy Meals have helped the...
Lessons from Chef and Instructor Ryan Miller

How did I get here? Where do I want to go?

by | Jan 21, 2011 | Food Science

I have a passion for food. I am interested in the preparation, research, and development of food service items. I also enjoy understanding nutrition – both from the consumer and the educator’s side. These passions and interests have kept me close to food and have...
Lessons from Chef and Instructor Ryan Miller

Snacks are Important!

by | Jan 20, 2011 | Food Science

Researchers at the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences at San Diego State University have found that eating dried plums instead of low fat cookies has better results on health, even if the overall caloric intake remains the same. The reason is that these plums...