Yes, this is a fitness blog, but exceptions will be made for stories about my second favorite subject: food. This week Navy Times’ writer Josh Stewert wrote about the Navy’s plan for better-tasting meals.
As executive chef for Vice President Joe Biden, Chief Culinary Specialist (SW) Thomas McNulty cooks for some of the world’s most powerful people using some of the same skills the Navy hopes will make the food sailors eat tastier and healthier.
“The culinary world has blown up, and I think it’s a natural progression that the military and the Navy have seen that we just can’t sit in an archaic era,” McNulty, a 14-year veteran, told Navy Times.
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He’s one of the most prominent examples of the kind of approach to cooking the Navy hopes will give your ship’s galley the feel of Mom’s kitchen. This includes higher-level training for culinary specialists and a focus on making meals from scratch whenever possible.
“Really, the morale of a ship, I think most folks will tell you, starts at the mess decks,” said Cmdr. Danny King, director of Navy food services.
Read the rest of Josh’s story here.
And if Tom’s name seems familiar, it’s because you probably saw it here.
