Press Release
Boulder, Colorado –
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) names Chef Ron Pickarski of Boulder Colorado as one of ten international chefs, to be their 2016 Year of the Pulse Chef for North America in a special IYP publication on pulses. Chefs Ricardo Muñoz Zurita (Mexico), Helena Rizzo (Brazil), Moha Fedal (Morocco), Abraham Garcia (Spain), Didem Senol Tiryakioglu (Turkey), Zubaida Tariq (Pakistan), Veronica Jackson (Tanzania), Sanjeev Kapoor (India) and She Zengtai (China) were chosen from their respective countries.
In its 68 session, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2016 as the International Year of Pulses and gave the F A O of the United Nations the mandate to coordinate the activities of the year and undertake a publication on pulses to raise public awareness. The United Nations chose to collaborate with a few of the most prestigious chefs in the world whose professional activities have linked them in some way with the culinary development of pulses to be the face of a special United Nations 2016 IYP book on pulses and to support their efforts to promote pulses. Go to https://pulsepledge.com/ to learn more about the 2016 IYP.
Chef Pickarski’s pioneering work to bring pulses to the center of the plate as a balanced protein entrée is one of his culinary accomplishments. As a valuable source of dietary protein he believes that pulses, like meat, belong in the center of the plate. As a professional vegetarian (vegan) plant based chef he has taken pulses to Gold Medal status in the International Culinary Olympics. As a culinologist he develops vegan proteins for foodservice and industrial applications using an array of pulses. In his latest cookbook, “The Classical Vegetarian Cookbook for Professional Chefs and Inspired Cooks”, he takes pulses into 21 century Classical French and Modern American Cuisines with an emphasis on entrees, sauces, and desserts.
Book sold exclusively at www.eco-cuisine.com with a 35% discount.
