What is Menu R&D?
Menu R&D is a collaborative discipline where culinary arts, consumer behavior, food science, and management converge to develop and market new products using sound design principles.
Featured Faculty
Chef Kief ('78) is a professor in Culinary Arts. His courses explore cooking techniques, ingredients, and flavor profiles of the cuisines of the Americas. His research involves documenting traditional cuisines and techniques of Latin America.
Continuing Education Online
Our online courses prepare the busy professional for the new foodservice frontier: Menu R&D.
Student research team with Chef DaFonseca in the Williams Center for Flavor Discovery