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Featured Recipe
Creamy Clam & Tomato Chowder
1 cup diced celery
1 cup diced onions
1 cut diced carrots
4 cups minced clams with juice
2 cups diced whole canned tomatoes
with
juice
4 diced potatoes, medium size
1 1/2 cups tomato sauce
1 quart heavy cream
1/2 cup clam base
1 quart water
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Slurry (corn starch & water)
Salt & pepper
Sautee celery, onions, carrots in vegetable oil until tender. Add water and clam base to vegetables, bring to a boil. Add potatoes, tomatoes, tomato sauce and clams. Slowly add heavy cream while constantly stirring at a low heat. Add slurry to preferred thickness. Season with salt and pepper.
Created by CCSC student
Reggie Foster and prepared for Charlotte Taste of the Nation planning
committee meeting
on April 4, 2008
Your
future begins here at CCSC!
School's graduates find better jobs in a flourishing local industry
The Community Culinary School of Charlotte has gained national attention for its success in helping people who have experienced barriers to employment. If you're dissatisfied with your job and want to work hard for something better in the culinary arts, CCSC is for you.
The school combines classroom training with hands-on food preparation experience in a production kitchen feeding more than 700 people a day. Immersion in a teamwork environment during the school's three-month class sessions prepares graduates for the workplace.
CCSC is not for the faint of heart. It IS for people highly motivated to improve their life and make their way in the culinary world. Our graduates find jobs -- better jobs -- at local restaurants, hospital cafes, assisted living centers and country clubs.
Read more about us on this site. Read more about the current class of students here. Give us a call. Come visit. Your future is out there in front of you. And we want to help get you there!
6-30-08 Johnson & Wales Chef on Assignment Peter Reinhart shared his internationally known bread and baking skills with Class 31 students on Monday. Click above for more pictures.
6-26-08 Students of Class 31 held a BISTRO! for friends and the public. Click for more pictures.
6-19-08
Doris Mobley, left, who graduated with the Culinary School's Class 28, returned
to the School Thursday to receive her full knife set. The gift traditionally
marks a graduate's success in the culinary industry after three to nine months
employment, Executive Director Ron Ahlert said. The tool sets, a gift of
Piedmont Natural Gas, ensure that graduates have "the proper tools to become a
success," he said.
Listen to WFAE's April 16, 2008 report on the Community Culinary School of Charlotte: