Important Milestones
This month marks the two-year anniversary of Get Fresh. For 17 issues now you've welcomed us into your inbox and we thank you for following and growing along with us! We'd like to share with you now our newest milestone, the introduction of the all new Catersource website. If you haven't visited lately, you should! The new site is FULL of exciting and valuable new content and resources.
 The latest issue of Catersource magazine, due out next week, is already available online. You'll get a sneak peek at all the content we're publishing PLUS some web-only photos and ideas that you won't see in the magazine.
Create an account to gain full access to these new articles and hundreds more from past magazine issues and Get Fresh enewsletters - a GREAT resource!
You'll also find On the Road with Catersource details, vendor information, conference news, photo galleries, Mike Roman's new blog, the Catersource Forum, a direct-link advertiser index and so much more.
If you haven't visited in a while, now is the perfect time to come back, get reaquainted and see all that we have to offer!
Visit www.catersource.com now!
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Summer Menus Simple to Silly
by Chef Jerry Edwards
 Since I was a child, freshness and quality was always impressed upon me when it came to food. I recall my Grandfather growing his famous sweet succulent Jersey Tomatoes.
He would bend over that little tomato plant and whisper encouragement to the leaves as he flicked his cigar ashes into the soil like an artisan farmer believing that the combination of Dutch Master ashes and his loving encouragement was just the recipe for perfect fully-ripe juicy Big Boy Tomatoes.
On Fridays, my mother would pick me up from school and we would head to the fish market and choose just the right alabaster white filet of halibut or a flat and thin filet of sole that still possessed the salty sweet perfume of the Atlantic Ocean. On the way home, we would discuss just the right preparation for that fish.
On many Sundays, my Grandmother and I would prepare a multitude of Italian classics for the family that focused on the freshness of the land and the richness of Italian family tradition.
Now that summer is here for many of us in four-season regions of the country, it is time to celebrate local and fresh ingredients. The recipes to follow showcase some regional flavors that are traditionally synonymous with summer:
Maryland Corn, Crab and Tomato Salad
Jerry's Home Made BBQ Sauce
Incredibly Moist, Incredibly Dee-licious Pig-Pickin' Sour Cream Cornbread
Bacon Ice Cream
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Don't miss out on Experience!
Join Catersource at Experience!, the annual conference of the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE).
 Experience! is a true value, even during this difficult economic stretch - all meals, evening events, amazing speakers, continuing education that you must have to remain relevant in today's business environment and the opportunity to become a Certified Professional Catering Executive (CPCE) - all under one roof.
The keynote speakers include celebrity chefs Rocco DiSpirito, host of Rocco Gets Real on A&E and nutrition consultant on The Biggest Loser and Marvin Woods, author of Low-Country Cooking.
Find out more with these links:
Message from Rocco DiSpirito about Experience!
A look at the agenda and more information
Preview video of the conference here
Registration
Don't forget: Catersource and NACE team up to bring you these additional benefits
of attending BOTH the NACE Experience! and On the Road with Catersource
in Charlotte:
· Attendees of NACE Experience! get $50 off registration to the On
the Road with Catersource workshop in Charlotte on Sunday, July 26.
Call our office at 877.932.3632 to register.
· Attendees of On the Road with Catersource Charlotte will get $75 off registration to the NACE Experience! Enter code CS09 when you register online.
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Lights, Camera, Action!
For many who have seen Chef Domenic Chiaromonte in action at a Catersource conference, you know that his ideas and style are creative, unique and totally original. Right now Dominic is busy preparing to share even more ideas with an even larger audience through television, internet cooking segments and a brand new book.
Catersource is beginning production of Domenic's new book Creating the Unexpected which will showcase dozens of his favorite recipes and creative techniques. Complete with unique and inspiring photography, Dominic will show you how to add unexpected to uches to every menu. The book is scheduled for release in March 2010 at the Catersource Conference & Tradeshow.
Chef Domenic will also be making several television appearances where he will display his creative plating techniques and recipes:
· June 30 Citytv Breakfast Television, Canada
Domenic will showcase fresh, local Canadian ingredients with a creative edge.
· July 17 KTXL Fox40 News Morning Show, Sacramento, CA
· July 25 The Early Show (CBS), New York City
And, Domenic will also be taping four cooking segments for chow.com that display the tricks of the trade of culinary professionals. All segments will be available for download on iTunes.
Of course Chef Domenic will be back in Las Vegas March 7-11 at the 2010 Catersource Conference & Tradeshow where he will present more exciting main stage sessions and co-produce the Tuesday night party with Cade Nagy. You'll have the opportunity to get up close and personally experience some of his unique, trendsetting ideas.
Chef Domenic Chiaromonte and Match Restaurant, Event Venue & Catering
will be hosting the On the Road with Catersource workshop in Toronto August 20, 2009. Click here for more.
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 Your Corporate Responsibility
by Greg Christian
There are no set guidelines for what corporate responsibility should entail. To me, it means helping the community and the environment while still making a profit. This is the idea of a triple bottom line, and it is a different lens to look through with your business. Without taking your eye away from the profit, you need to find ingredients and vendors who can progress these additional ideas. Click here to read the full story...
Greg Christian is considered one of the leaders in the restaurant industry's zero-impact movement. As a member of the Catersource Consulting Unit, Greg can help restaurateurs, hoteliers, caterers, associations, and all types of food-service management achieve sustainability goals that help the community and environment. For more about Greg, please visit www.catersource.com/consulting.
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Another Catersource Winner
Thank you Catersource "followers" for taking part in our first contest on Twitter. You had the chance to win any book you wanted from our website and Leslie Gregoire of Pomegranate Parties in Portland, ME took home a copy of Mike Roman's new book Catering Tactics, Strategies and Solutions.
To be a part of the next giveaway, FOLLOW US!
 Be the first to get a sneak peek at what's coming up from Catersource - get the latest contest info, special announcements and offers, our latest magazine cover and more - before anyone else!
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On the Market NOW
In each issue of Catersource magazine we bring you some of the newest products and services on the
market for caterers. NOW, we can send you special discounts or
promotional offers for these new products via email! On
the Market NOW is a great way to be the first to find out about a
special product offering and to get money saving discounts from trusted Catersource vendors. To sign up, please click
the Update Profile link at the bottom of this email and ask for On the Market NOW! Your
email will never be sold or traded. Offers will be sent to you by
Catersource on behalf of vendors with relevant and valuable offers
only. You can opt-out of the mailings any time by clicking the Update
Profile link at the bottom of any messages we send you.. . .
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