Guest Chef

September 2017
This month’s associate recipe is a delicious pasta dish submitted by Valentina Soldatini, a graphic designer for Melissa’s Marketing Department

September 2016
Just in time to help take the chill off September’s seasonal changeover from summer to fall, Carlos Preciado, a member of Melissa’s Business Development team...

March 2015
This month’s featured dish comes from the Colorado kitchen of Bill Gerlach, Melissa’s R & D specialist.

January 2015
This month’s Associate Recipe was submitted by Jeanne Mastick, Melissa’s National Sales Manager. Taken literally, calabacita is the Spanish word for zucchini...

May 2013
Chef Lety’s Yucatan background and culinary creativity shines through in this tasty dish that naturalizes the very French crêpe into a Product of Mexico using a few traditional Latin components as well as a Mediterranean-Latin favorite, fresh fava beans.

December 2010
'Tis the season to depart from this feature’s usual format in order to present the preparation of a perfect holiday party appetizer in the detail that it deserves.

August 2010
Order a crostata in an espresso café in Italy and you will be served a tart with a jam filling.

June 2009
Chef Arthur Gonzalez, of McKenna’s on the Bay in Long Beach, California, kicks off the summer season with an elegant