Prepared healthy and well-balanced nutritious meals for homebound AIDS and cancer patients.. Made sure that every meal was prepared from scratch : from chopping al the way to the final stage avoid sodium by substituting it with healthy Mediterranean, African , Cajun and Indian spices.. Created a catering menu that incorporates Louisiana and Mediterranean specialties.. Created a Facebook page for Food For Friends Kitchen with photos showing the types of meals we served our clients.. Managed careful practices of raw material safe food handling procedures and cost. Catered for several events within and outside the Agency making sure the final product meets with the customers taste and approval.. Delegated and supervised responsibilities of volunteers and interns from Tulane dietitians and Americorps volunteers.. While being very creative with all my recipes , ensured appropriate and regulated their executions.. Featured in the Gambit Emerging Chefs of New Orleans on July 8, 2015.. Featured in the Times Picayune Sunday edition 3 years in a row. See NOLA.com

No longer here

Managed and produced jazz, standards. big band and blues. Still a member of the Recording Academy

! Produced and coordinated production of cd's for six (6) record labels! Accomplishments: - Established rapport through daily interaction with jazz artists and promoted organization to record their work - Contracted with artists to record for organization's labels. - Consulted on music, designed cd covers and wrote liner notes to assure quality of end-product. Resumé - Houcine Harrabi Page 2 - Served as interpreter for artists and translated text and interviews from French into English for cd liner notes. - Produced a number of music compact discs. Credits can be seen at www.allmusic.com and at www.artistdirect.com. - Attended the GRAMMYs as a Voting member of The Recording Academy. As a member, I entered new releases for nomination. - Researched archives and recovered transcriptions from 1930's and '40's to produce on new cd's. This effort salvaged two important record labels from dissolution after the death of the sole producer.

Taught French