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ACF Today, Vol. III, No. 20
2006 ACF Western Regional Conference First Deadline Oct. 31 The first registration deadline for the 2006 ACF Western Regional Conference, which will be held at the Hilton Waikoloa Village on Hawaii's Big Island, is Oct. 31. The conference will run from Thursday, Feb. 2 to Monday, Feb. 6, and is hosted by ACF Kona-Kohala Chefs de Cuisine, Inc. ACF members who register by the first deadline receive a discount on registration. For more information, visit www.acfchefs.org or call Jennie Snell or Tracy Smith at 800-624-9458.
Sizzle Honored with Award for Publication Excellence Sizzle: The American Culinary Federation Quarterly for Students of Cooking recently received an Award for Publication Excellence in the New Magazines & Journals category of the 17th-annual awards program sponsored by Communications Concepts' Writing that Works. The program received close to 5,000 entries in 11 categories. Sizzle, which launched in 2004, distributes to approximately 40,000 culinary-arts students each quarter and is the only magazine of its kind in the nation. New ACF Textbook on Sale! ACF's Culinary Fundamentals college textbook is on sale now. In conjunction with The Culinary Institute of America and Prentice Hall Publishing Company, ACF released the textbook to bookstores earlier this week. This is the first formal attempt by the ACF to help standardize cooking fundamentals since the publication of the ACF's Art and Science of Culinary Preparation, authored by Jerald Chesser, CEC, CCE, AAC. To order your copy of Culinary Fundamentals, visit www.acfchefs.org or call 800-624-9458.
Third Installment of ACF/Prentice Hall Taste and Tales Series Available The ACF has launched its third installment in the ACF/Prentice Hall Taste and Tales series, Taste and Tales of a Chef: A Culinary Journey with Mr. A, which highlights the impressive career of Joseph Amendola, CEPC, CCE, AAC, HOF. Read some of Chef Amendola's stories and recaps from his extensive baking and culinary-education career, which began in New Haven, Connecticut in 1929. All three Taste and Tales books are available at www.prenhall.com/pineapple or the ACF Web site under E-Shop.
Continuing-Education Hours for ADA Members from Convention Members of the American Dietetic Association (ADA) that attended the 2005 ACF National Convention in San Antonio may be eligible to receive continuing-education hours for certain ACF convention events. Per the Commission on Dietetic Registration, the credentialing agency for the ADA, any ACF letters and/or certificates an ADA member received for attending events and/or classes during convention should be included in the member's ADA portfolio for consideration. Please contact Betty Sun at 312-899-0040, ext. 4869, with any questions or for additional information.
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