For those that are looking or know people who are looking for work, here are three open positions that Heineken is looking for fill. Click on the links below to download the full job descriptions, responsibilities and requirements.
Download: Brand Director | PR & Experiential Strategy
Download: Brand Director | Hispanic Market
Download: Sr. Director Innovation & Packaging
To apply, email your cover letter & resume to Lisa Vera at: lvara@heinekenusa.com
By Juleyka Lantigua
Onscreen she may play tough, independent and feisty women—like Shauna Roberts, the no-nonsense publicist on HBO’s Entourage—but Debi Mazar can easily be unhinged by a bite of delicious homemade pasta prepared by her adoring husband, Gabriele Corcos. “I consider myself a good cook but he was just so good and quick and simple and Tuscan,” she explains. Gabriele’s home-style cooking and Italian culture have taken center stage at home and online. In 2007, the couple created Under the Tuscan Gun, an online cooking show filmed in their home kitchen.
The no-frills, barebones production quality is offset by the charming and often hilarious chemistry between them. Best of all, Gabriele’s easy, rustic, and delicious recipes have found a loyal following among foodies and home chefs around the world. “Once we were out there with the first episode, we started getting an overwhelming response from people. They felt we were very natural, that they could relate to us in the kitchen because we’re not chefs, we’re feeders,” Debi recalls.
The seed for the show was planted a few years ago during one of Debi’s pregnancies. (They have two beautiful young daughters.) She was away on location shooting a Jackie Chang movie and Gabriele, who was new in town and did not have many friends, was stuck at home by himself for a couple of days. He started out writing “a long love letter,” with recipes from his grandmother and family stories. That morphed into a 70-page document he called “The Tuscan Cookbook for the Pregnant Male.” Debi came home and he presented it to her, saying, “Look what I did over the weekend.”
“I read this incredible book and I was like, ‘My god, we should try and turn this into a cookbook!’” Debi took the manuscript to an agent who was more interested in having her dish about all the cool and influential people (like Madonna) she’d hung out with in the 1980s. “I’m like, that’s not what this is all about. This is my new life! Whatareyoutalkinabout?” So they shelved the idea, until one night about a year later when they decided to take out the video camera and film a recipe from Gabriele’s book.
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Product design student Nancy Wu just remixed Chanel & Louis Vuitton using 100% beef jerky. Sheets of the dried beef were collected and hand sewn together to create these highly desirable, lo-fi items. Bananas! 
By Juleyka Lantigua
As you encourage your kids to enjoy that second helping of turkey and pernil this holiday season, keep in mind that a childhood obesity epidemic is sweeping across the country. What's more, Black and Latino kids are at greater risk of being affected.
The reality of overweight and obese children is startling: one in three children ages 6-19 is overweight, a number that has doubled in the last decade, according to the CDC. This translates into 15% of children (6-11) and 15% of teens (12-19). Being overweight is defined by having a body mass index of 25-29.9%, while being obese is defined by having one higher than 30. A normal BMI would fall between 18.5 and 24.9.
"Most excess weight is caused by kids eating too much and exercising too little," explains a 2008 report by the Mayo Clinic, a leading research organization. Among Blacks and Latinos, more than one in six (just over16% respectively) of high school students is overweight, compared to about 12% of white high school students, reports the National Council of La Raza, a major advocacy group.
But Black and Latino children are not alone in suffering from this health problem. Nearly 50 million adults (ages 20-74)—or 27% of the adult population—are obese. Overall, more than 108 million adults, or 61% of the adult population are either obese or overweight, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Genetics play a role so parents who are overweight or obese must take charge of their health first, since their kids are at greater risk of becoming obese. "Overweight adolescents have a 70% chance of becoming overweight or obese adults," confirms the Surgeon General. "This increases to 80% if one or more parent is overweight or obese."
Obesity has serious health and social implications. Health problems include: asthma, type 2 diabetes (over 80% of people with diabetes are overweight or obese, according to the Surgeon General), certain types of cancers, high blood pressure, increased stress on bones and cartilage (which in children leads to poor growth and can cause pain and limit range of motion), sleep apnea, low self-esteem and depression. Social consequences include bullying, discrimination, harassment, isolation and violence.
In tens of thousands of cases the condition is lethal: every year 300,000 deaths are associated with obesity in this country, according to the Surgeon General.
As a parent, you have the greatest impact on your child's health by the choices you make every day. Start by making your house a sugar-free zone, substitute potato chips for grapes and other fresh fruits, turn TV off during meals, switch from soda to milk or water, take a walk together after meals a couple of times a week. Model the positive behavior for your children and it will become a normal part of their lives at home and when they are on their own and face unhealthy food, exercise and life choices. The most important factor is your commitment to participating and also to changing your own habits.
"Juleyka Lantigua is a journalist and editor whose work appears in national newspapers and magazines. For more info visit: www.juleykalantigua.com."
Pay $3 and get admission tickets to eat from 12 different Inwood and Washington Heights restaurants at the TASTE OF INWOOD AND WASHINGTON HEIGHTS.
WHEN: TODAY, MONDAY-9/15/08
TIME: 4PM-8PM(perfect for an after work meal)
WHERE: On the street on Post Ave.(Bet. 207th Street and 10th Ave.)
WHO: Restaurants will range from Dominican to American to Mediterranean to Moroccan to Argentinean and much more....
Attendees will be treated to a special live performance from the Tony Award winning Best Musical, IN THE HEIGHTS.
On Wednesday, July 30, in honor of their 30th Anniversary, Cheesecake Factory restaurants nationwide will offer every delicious slice of their more than 30 varieties of cheesecake for $1.50 per slice - just like they did when they opened their first restaurant back in 1978.
Wednesday, July 30, also happens to be National Cheesecake Day. So, go celebrate with them on National Cheesecake Day!
[ via: www.cheesecakefactory.com ]
Please send all replies to: careers@deandeluca.com
DEAN & DELUCA, an icon of American epicurean experience, is accepting resumes from qualified candidates in all of its New York City locations for the following positions: Baristas, Cashier, Prepared Food Associates (Food Servers), Produce Associates, Produce Manager, Housewares Associate, Cheese Monger, Butcher, Customer Service Associate, Pastry/Bread Associate. All qualified candidates MUST have previous experience in the position applied for.
Brief Description: Persons in these positions are responsible for day-to-day operations and ensuring that customer service standards are met.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Assist in receiving and unloading incoming shipments
• Opening and closing store and oversees sales floor for respective area
• Assist in stocking and rotating merchandise in all related departments
• Maintain safe work environment
• Follow appropriate sanitation guidelines
• Communicate effectively with all contacts
• Builds displays of regular, seasonal and promotional merchandise
• Maintains correct and legible prices on all items
• Makes price changes at proper time
• Greets all customers consistently
• Thanks all customers for shopping at DEAN & DELUCA
• Fills customer orders and takes phone orders
• Accept and adapt easily to change
• Support all company policies and procedures
• Positions require basic knowledge of pastry, espresso, or produce terminology
Requirements:
• Prior experience preferred
• Ability to read and write in the English language
• Flexibility to perform assigned tasks independently or as part of a work team
• Sense of urgency
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet frequent short timeline goals and deadlines
DEAN & DELUCA offers competitive salary. Benefits include health, dental, pharmacy, vision, group term life, long-term disability, 401(k) with generous employer match, tuition reimbursement, vacation, sick leave, bereavement leave, paid holidays, and a great employee discount.
About Dean & DeLuca:
Founded in 1977 by Joel Dean, Giorgio Deluca and Jack Ceglic with the opening of its flagship store in SoHo, New York, Dean & Deluca quickly grew into a multi-channel retailer of gourmet and specialty foods, premium wines and high-end kitchenware with operations throughout the United States and abroad. Dean & Deluca specialty products are sold through its 15 retail stores and cafes in select U.S. markets (New York; Washington, D.C.; Napa Valley; Charlotte; and Kansas City, KS), a consumer and corporate gift catalog, and an e-commerce site, www.deandeluca.com. Dean & Deluca also markets its private label products to other retailers and wholesalers throughout the world. Additional information concerning Dean & DeLuca can be found at the company’s web site: www.deandeluca.com.
(image by GypsyRock via flickr)
Taco truck owners in New Orleans, Louisiana are accusing local officials of singling out Hispanics
after the City passed a law banning certain kinds of mobile food
vendors. According to the Boston Globe, local politicians “have long
turned a blind eye to whites and blacks peddling shrimp out of pickup
trucks and snow cones on the street [but] recently outlawed the rolling
Mexican kitchens, calling them an unwelcome reminder of what Hurricane
Katrina brought.”
(Source: MUN2)
Word on the street is that in the Matosinhos section of Portugal there is a hot, new, hip restaurant called W'Duck. What's interesting, is that incorporated into the restaurants overall lounge like design, the seating throughout this boite are actual toilets.
We wonder how easy it is to move these bad boy's when trying to be a gentleman on a date?
For more info visit: www.wduck.com.pt
