This month we take a look at the top-scoring entries in a recent pasta innovation contest. The competing chefs were given a briefing on the latest trends, as well as a mystery ingredient representing an emerging flavor in pasta. As a culinary team, we narrowed the entries to a top-10, and then screened them with […]
Greetings from the Barilla Test Kitchen! As a culinary team, we got together with our editor to talk about the Mintel trend predictions, and spotlight a few recipes we’ve been working with that fit the themes. First up is “Play with your Food ” – we love this one! We see a ton of interest in new twists […]
As a culinary team, we got together with our editor to talk about innovation with pasta, and our favorite recipes for giving your guests the favorites they’ve been missing, without over-stretching your back-of-house teams. American diners are definitely still in love with Italian food, and even though they’ve been cooking up pasta dishes at home, […]
As a culinary team, we got together with our editor to talk about innovation with pasta, and our favorite recipes for giving your guests the favorites they’ve been missing, without over-stretching your back-of-house teams. American diners are definitely still in love with Italian food, and even though they’ve been cooking up pasta dishes at home, […]
Greetings from the Barilla Test Kitchen! Chef Yury Krasilovsky, Executive Chef of Foodservice with Barilla America here. Today, I want to show you a process for coming up with a new special or signature pasta dish. When you’re feeling stuck or just need a little kickstart to your creativity, I find this really helpful, and […]
In a recent post, we covered some best practices for pasta when working with delivery and takeout along with some winning ideas we’ve been seeing out in the marketplace. Now a few weeks later, we’re building on that in a Q&A format with some more tips and strategies, and highlights gleaned from our research partners. […]
In the Barilla Test Kitchen, we’ve been fielding a lot of questions about best practices for pasta when working with delivery and takeout. Pasta can be a useful tool in the moment, with comfort-food appeal, versatility across cuisines and formats, and as a food-cost-friendly platform for operators. Thanks to some pilot projects we’ve completed with […]
Greetings from the Barilla Test Kitchen! We love the trend we’re seeing in 2020 toward more Eastern Mediterranean flavors on the menu. Not only are these flavors delicious, different, and exciting for American diners, they make great pairings with pasta, and especially the plant-forward dishes that are so in demand these days. Here are a […]
Greetings from the Barilla Test Kitchen! We get asked to do mac and cheese all the time for ideations and events; people everywhere and of all ages love this comfort food classic. There’s a reason it’s the #1 pasta dish in America, and still growing in popularity! The challenge is making your version different from […]
Greetings from the Barilla Test Kitchen! We recently returned from a culinary summit at the Culinary Vegetable Institute, where we gathered a group of chefs together to work on developing new ideas for getting more plant-forward on the menu. It was a great experience, and inspiring to see what a talented group of chefs could […]