Alain
Braux
Peoples Pharmacy in Austin, TXVotre Santé – To Your Health
Chef Braux currently lives in Austin, Texas, where he is
the executive chef and nutrition therapist at Peoples Pharmacy in Austin, TX,
as well as running his health food consulting private practice at A Votre Santé – To Your Health.
Chef Braux started his training in France at Confiserie Pâtisserie Auer
in Nice, France. He then decided to improve his skills at some of the
highest-rated hotels, restaurants and pastry shops of Europe. He refined his
trade at Grand
Hôtel du Cap d’Antibes near Cannes, France; the Moulin de Mougins inMougins,
France; the famous Lenôtre
in Paris, France, and Pâtisserie Wittamer in
Brussels, Belgium.
While in Paris, he was offered his first U.S. job at Dumas Pastry Shop
in New York, New York. He then held the Executive Pastry Chef position in
various companies such as Délices la Côte Basque in New York, New
York; Lenôtre
Paris Inc. in Houston, Texas; The French Hearth Bakery and Café
in Sarasota, Florida, and Texas French Bread in Austin, Texas.
In 1988, Chef Braux opened his own business, Amandine French
Bakery and Café, in Austin, Texas. Amandine Bakery was written
about in numerous publications including the New York Times, Texas Monthly,
the Austin
American Statesman andthe Austin Chronicle, and won a
few “Best of Austin” awards over its 10-year lifetime. Please check Google to
see copies of these articles.
After closing Amandine, Chef Braux found a new home at
the Barr
Mansion for his elegant cakes and fine pastries. Chef Braux
then became the Pastry and Baking instructor for the Culinary Academy of Austin.
Currently, Chef Braux is the Executive Chef and Nutrition Therapist at People’s Pharmacy
in Austin, Texas.
Nanette and Valentin
Humer
Food and Vine Inc.Salute Santé! Grapeseed Oil
Trained in his home
country of Austria, European chef and hotelier Valentin Humer is the force
behind Food & Vine Inc and the American grapeseed oil industry.
For the past 15 years,
Humer and his wife, Nanette, have championed grapeseed oil, a versatile and
ecologically sound product that is made from the seeds of grapes after wine is
pressed. A healthy alternative to vegetable oils, grapeseed oil is high in
antioxidants, low in saturated fat and has been known to improve cholesterol.
In 2008, Humer earned Green certification for Food & Vine Inc. from Green
America. As a by-product of the wine industry, there is no need for hybrid or
genetically engineered crops, nor does it require new farmland, crops or water
to produce grapeseed oil.
And an interesting research article on Grapeseed Flour! Click here.
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