about us
Submitted by gregory on Wed, 2006-10-04 22:55.
About the Show
Welcome to ORGANIC A to Z! Follow Chef Gregory Schaefer on his personal exploration of healthy, sustainable, local and seasonal eating. His journey always starts at the farmer's market and ends with a sink full of dishes--shopping, tasting, cooking, drinking, eating and laughing with friends.
Originally this blog started as a series of 26 videos cooking our way through the alphabet. Gregory highlighted a different key ingredient on each episode, went through the organic factors and cooked the hell out of it! The incredibly awesome and intelligent people at the Discovery Channel made the wise decision to host those videos, recipes and blog entries on the Planet Green website. Check them out: ORGANIC A to Z.
Want to learn more about organic food and going green? This is a great place to do it. More importantly, Gregory wants to encourage you to eat and cook more meals at home. So read on, taste on and get your butt in the kitchen!
About the Host
Gregory Schaefer is really passionate about his food! He's been in and out of professional kitchens for over 12 years and has worked as a chef, pastry chef, winemaker, teacher, writer and food media guru. After stints in Florida, Japan, and California's wine country, he is currently living in Los Angeles where he can nab fresh produce year-round and enjoy loads of sunshine. Gregory is a personal chef and the founder of Renegade Chefs, his own private catering company. In addition, he also freelances with many of Los Angeles' best caterers, teaches private classes and is frequently spotted foraging at Southern California's many farmer's markets. Gregory is also on the staff at the St. Joseph Center's Culinary Training Program where he works as a chef-instructor training at -risk adults to become professional chefs and enter the workforce.
Site implementation by Matthew Schaefer, http://matthewschaefer.net
Many thanks go out to Melanie Herring for production support on all of the ORGANIC A to Z videos and photo shoots.
Avi Bortnick produced the theme song to ORGANIC A to Z. It's the cut "Diabolus" off his album Clean Slate. You should check Avi out: http://avibortnickmusic.com/
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Hey, Greg!!!
Submitted by guest on Fri, 2007-02-16 21:03.
Love that voice. Love the presentation. Love it all. This site is fantastic!!! Thanks for the great ideas!
See you and hopefully your lovely other half in class!!
Rebecca
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Luck?
Submitted by guest on Mon, 2006-12-18 05:25.
...is being in the right place, at the right time and fully prepared!
What makes you intresting is your personallity, I can see you on Television! When it comes to organic foods, I think, oh it costs more. I need to be more educated.
Jules
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this site rules my life!
Submitted by legwarmers1277 on Sun, 2006-10-15 06:55.
Gregory......what can I say.......you make me want to cook. Now that is amazing! The site looks great and I see big things in your future. Zach says, "God Damn that's good!" We are looking forward to the next installation.
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Organic Foods
Hey Greg,
I love your recipes and I know of some recipes I can recommend to you that you can actually use on your show. One recipe is Pineapple sugar caramel with pistachios. Check out the recipe.
http://uncookedtv.blip.tv/file/189182/