Tom Rider
Executive Chef
Associated Students Catering
CSU, Chico
Tom
Rider presents a cooking demo to help students eat healthier and use local
ingredients. He explains his philosophy of cooking and notes that his
presentation “is not from the dietitian's perspective, but the chef’s
perspective.” Rider prepares and shares with his student audience a
three-course meal. The appetizer is salad greens topped with a dressing of
citrus vinaigrette, goat cheese, pomegranates, shallots, garlic, and Dijon
mustard. For the entrée, Rider substitutes zucchini noodles for pasta as the
bed for a “healthier chicken parmesan.” A desert of poached pears and ginger
with caramel sauce completes the meal.
Recorded: October 5, 2017