Chef Budd Updates – Revisiting 2016 and Beyond
March 19, 2017 / No CommentsChef Budd’s Updates -February is not too late to do a wrap up of last year, is it? Events I hosted and participated in 2016, and the beginning of 2017 Traveled to New Orleans to study Culinary Medicine at Tulane University in July. We have plans to run a program at PCOM and I have […]
Read MoreMedical Students Trade in Their Scalpels For Chefs’ Knives
April 15, 2018 / No CommentsIn late March 2018, at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, a pilot program program was started in the field of Culinary Medicine. CulinArt’s Chef Budd Cohen directed 16 Three hour classes of first and second year medical students in the art of cooking. The program, based on ...
Read MoreFarm 2 Table at Home Series, Spring City Library
March 26, 2016 / No CommentsJuly 23rd, 2016 Event, 4PM Summer is here! Do you know what is being harvested at your local farm? Would you like to learn how to turn it into five-star food? Join us at the Library as Chef Budd shares how to purchase and prepare the products of local farms. There will be a general lecture, cooki...
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Chef Budd Talks Farm to Table with Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR
November 7, 2015 / No CommentsOn November 2, 2015, Chef Budd Cohen from the CulinArt Group had the opportunity to talk Farm to Table with Preston and Steve in the Morning on 93.3 WMMR. Chef Budd talked about his upcoming event with the American Heart Association at the Comcast Center, as well as his book “Farm to Table ...
Read MoreNational Eating Healthy Day 2015 – Sponsored by CulinArt Group & The American Heart Association
November 5, 2015 / No CommentsThe lunchtime crowd at the Shops at Comcast Center in center city were treated today (Wednesday) to a healthy cooking demonstration and free samples, as part of National Eating Healthy Day 2015, sponsored by the American Heart Association. KYW’s Marcy Norton was there.
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Chef Budd Cohen Joins American Heart Association’s National Eating Healthy Day Celebrations on November 4th
October 31, 2015 / No CommentsThe American Heart Association teams up with local farm to table chef and author Budd Cohen to encourage healthy eating for Philadelphians this season! Notorious for our top ranking on the most unhealthy cities list year after year, Philadelphians are really making strides when it comes to health...
Read MoreHistoric Long Island Farm Grows Asparagus
July 11, 2015 / No CommentsOn a warm and sunny day in Spring I had the opportunity to have the freshest asparagus known to man. This asparagus was picked right from the warm fertile soil and was so juicy you could practically squeeze it into a glass. I was at The Wells Family Farm on the North Fork of Long […]
Read MoreFarm To Healthcare At Camilla Hall
January 27, 2015 / No CommentsI had a speaking engagement that went so well, it was as if I was getting a little extra help from above. On a chilly day last week, I visited the Sisters at Camilla Hall, a convent and healthcare facility of the sisters, servants of the immaculate heart of Mary. I brought an assortment of [&hell...
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Partnership with The Food Trust
January 24, 2015 / No CommentsIt was my pleasure to bring together two powerhouses in the food world: Williamson Hospitality, a division of CulinArt Group, and The Food Trust (a national organization whose mission is “to ensure that everyone has access to affordable, nutritious food and information to make health...
Read MoreChef Budd Brings Farm to Table to Med School
December 30, 2014 / No CommentsMy parents always wanted me to go to med school. This month I did exactly that. I spoke to a Nutrition Club at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) about the farm to health care movement. We discussed how diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity...
Read MoreTaking Farm to Table to the next Generations of Chefs!
December 27, 2014 / No CommentsTaking Farm to Table to the next Generations of Chefs! On September 13 and November 22, 2014 I was the guest lecturer about the farm to school movement at the Culinary School of the Art Institute in Philadelphia. On these two recent Saturdays I had the privilege of going downtown and teaching you...
Read MoreDennis Tardan Internet Radio Show – Interview with Chef Budd
December 14, 2014 / No CommentsCheck Out Lifestyle Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with DennisTardan on BlogTalkRadio Sunday morning December 14th 2014 Chef Budd was interviewed by Dennis Tardan on his Internet radio show. They chatted about all things having to do with farm to school, where the movement has been and where the mov...
Read MoreChef Budd Visits Experimental Mushroom Farm in Basement of North Philly Warehouse
December 7, 2014 / No CommentsOn Tuesday, December 2 Chef Budd along with his management team from PCOM, Judy Gammons and Steve Baumann , visited the experimental mushroom Farm that his housed in the basement of Common Market on Erie Avenue in North Philly. We were joined by the wellness coordinator from PCOM Laura Teran and ...
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Chef Budd Hangs out with Sec. of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Philly Mayor Nutter
December 2, 2014 / No CommentsOn Tuesday afternoon 12.2.14 Budd Cohen and a team from CulinArt at PCOM (Steve Baumann, Judy Gammons) and the wellness coordinator from PCOM Laura Teran had the opportunity to attend a USDA press conference at Common Market. After the press conference wrapped up chef Budd took the opportunity to...
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Chef Thomas Macrina Americian Culinary Federation National President Visits PCOM Cafe
September 17, 2014 / No CommentsRecently chef Tom Macrina visited the café at Philadelphia College of osteopathic medicine. Chef Tom did a cooking demonstration that featured sustainable salmon and some sautéed Kale.
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