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Jake Croston

Jake Croston

Author of the Saucy Pig Cookbook, Culinary Instructor at Chefhangout.com:

Food is Social: Your G+ Go-To Chef

I joined Google Plus back in July, with no expectations of well...anything. I had just started a blog, and thought this along with twitter would be a good way to market it. 
I got so much more than that. 
I found opportunity, knowledge, growth, and community. I found people that loved food as much as (maybe more than) I do. I've been learning about social media, started writing for a new media blog, Media Tapper, and got to hangout with some cool people. 
So in this awesome experience so far, I know there is more to come, and more to see. And I can't wait. 
I am an Online Culinary Instructor for Chefhangout.com, a professional chef of 15 years, a cookbook author, and I have a catering business. 
I hope you enjoy my posts, they are mostly about food, but in addition I like the following: 
HumorTechBusiness/EntrepreneurialPhotography - (esp. food, for those with more discretion)Sports - anyBeer, Wine, Spirits 
And that's about it. Pleas
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About 3 weeks ago I'll take two, please.
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About 13 weeks ago My thoughts about the meteor shower this morning.

#russianmeteor  
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About 5 weeks ago And now for a different kind of  #caturday  

Baby Jaguar will melt your heart, then possibly try to eat it. 
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About 2 weeks ago From the awesome +Wine Folly 
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About 2 weeks ago Preserving Herbs

Here is a nifty little idea I found on the interwebs about preserving fresh herbs. 
If you have ones growing in your garden and you can't keep up with using them, use this trick, and it will help preserve the fresh taste instead of drying them!
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About 14 weeks ago Good Morning!

You never know how close you are to your goals, so keep going!!

It's Monday, so get a fresh start!
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About 2 weeks ago Busy day today, so I leave you with this:
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About 3 weeks ago This is not a test

EDIT: Please play nice in the comments, or your comments will be removed. Thank you!

Or maybe it is. These two buzzwords cause heated debate, and are a real concern for most people. I'm not a big proponent of say "organics" but I am definitely not for large corporations controlling our food supply, which sadly, they are.

This post goes beyond the picture. I am not just shouting "Stop Monsanto" or some such, just because it's a cause, or the trendy food thing to do.

If you can reasonably tell me that me purchasing heirloom seeds, never modified, growing them in my own fertilized soil, then hand picking each vegetable or fruit with my own hands and eating them the same day, is worse for me than say;

buying something that has been tinkered with at the molecular level, grown by someone I've never met, housed in a warehouse and possibly gassed to create the illusion of color, trucked halfway around the country
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About 8 weeks ago Good Morning!

What is everyone up to today?

I'm catching up on some stuff in the office, and listening to some tunes. 

Have a great day!
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About 12 weeks ago Why I'm trying to break out of the mold
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