California Pizza Kitchen has brought one of the most popular food trends of 2018 to its menu - cauliflower!
I have been seeing that delightful veggie pop up everywhere and I was so excited to try the new Cauliflower Pizza Crust at CPK.
“We are proud to be the first national restaurant brand to offer a cauliflower-based pizza crust that’s a craveable, gluten-free and lower-carb alternative to our classic hand-tossed pizza dough – a great option for guests with gluten sensitivities or those just looking for a clever way to sneak more vegetables into their day.” – Brian Sullivan, SVP of Culinary Innovation at CPK.
The best part about this crust is that you can order it with ANY CPK pizza. You can grab your go-to, favorite pizza toppings all while packing a veggie punch J. I’ll admit, I was a little hesitant! I mean, why mess with a good thing like pizza? Especially when the crust at CPK is so good! But I was proven wrong, this alternative to the traditional pizza crust really knocks it out of the park.
“Rich in nutrients and low in carbs, cauliflower is a powerhouse ingredient that continues to show its versatility and popularity as the star – not the side – of the plate. Now, it’s a delicious canvas for our creative California style pizzas!” said Sullivan.
If going to CPK with your friends or partner, just do what we did, grab one with Cauliflower Pizza Crust and one with CPK’s original crust. Then you get to try the best of both worlds.
Another amazing cauliflower dish now at California Pizza Kitchen is a popular small plate called Spicy Buffalo Cauliflower. It’s a tasty veggie spin on a buffalo wing. Fresh cauliflower florets battered and fried golden brown tossed in a delicious, housemade Siracha buffalo sauce. Such a good substitute for wings that I almost forgot I was eating a veggie! It also pairs well with their refreshing Spiked Cucumber cocktail. A cool and delectable drink after some spicy cauliflower goodness.
So make sure to head to your local CPK, where they are always innovative and dishing up delicious pizza!
Brandon is a Dallas born-and-raised, tech-loving, obsessive foodie. His blog is dedicated to all the fun and affordable food the Dallas metroplex has to offer.
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Aperam South America’s Financial Director started his career in 1995, as Electric Engineer at the engineering firm PWL. From 1997 to 2000, he worked at Unilever Brasil as Project Coordinator and Financial Analyst. In 2000, he joined Acesita as Strategy Analyst and then as Controlling Analyst. In 2006, he took on the Controlling and Real Estate executive management of Aperam South America. In 2012, taking part in an expatriation program, he was transferred to the Corporate area, where he successfully developed the Commercial Controlling department of Aperam Stainless Europe. Since 2015, as he returned to Brazil, he was appointed Deputy CFO and is in charge of the Commercial Controlling, Taxes, Accounting and Strategy areas. Rodrigo holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from UFMG, an Economics Post Graduate degree from Dom Cabral Foundation (FDC) and an MBA in Business Management from IBMEC.
Luiz Otávio is a metallurgical engineer graduated from Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto. He initiated his career in Aperam in 1987, as metallurgical engineer and in 1989, he was appointed Chief of Section at the Hot Strip Mill department, afterwards being appointed Department Manager of Hot Strip Mill area, Manager of Steckel Mill area and Executive Manager of HSM. Since 2013, he was occupying the position as Executive Manager of Hot Circuit. Luiz Otávio has an MBA on Business Management from Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC) and on Project Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). At Aperam, among other projects, he worked on the Technical Assistance to Acerias Paz Del Rio – Colombia; Revamping of HSM in 1997; Heavy Coil Project in 2001; Technical Assistance to Jisco – China; Implantation of the Project “High Performance Team” – focus on Supervision.
Paulo Novaes holds a degree as Metallurgical Engineer from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and as Master of Science on Corrosion Engineering from the same entity. He has specialization in Business Management and an Executive MBA from Fundação Dom Cabral. He initiated his career at Aperam in 1996, as trainee in Metallurgical Engineering. From 1996 to 1999, he worked as Process Control Engineer at the stainless steel Annealing and Pickling area, afterwards being promoted to the position of Metallurgist. In 2002, he took on as Manager of Annealing and Initial Pickling for stainless steels. In 2006, he took part in the international internship program (Short Term Assignments – STA) in Gueugnon, France. From 2007 to 2012, he was the Executive Manager of Stainless Steels Cold Rolling and Finishing, and as of 2013, he was in charge of TCO in South America. In 2014, he was appointed Executive Manager of Supplies and TCO, and in June of the same year, he became Executive Manager of the Cold Circuit.
Stainless steel is in the heart of our brand name, being taken as inspiration for the creation of our logo – construction of each character is done from a continuous stainless steel strip. Stainless steel is literally in everything we say, and we make our logo our only typographical face, our palette of colours and images.
Our slogan conveys the important role that stainless steel plays in our daily lives. It also communicates the incredible physical qualities of stainless steel, which literally lasts a lifetime. We should all be proud of what we do, with our slogan transmitting this idea to the people.
Water reutilization rate is among the best achieved by Brazilian steelmaking sector, around 95%. As regards the use of electric power, on the other hand, the Company has obtained significant reductions relative to energy consumption by means of its energy-efficiency improvement projects.
Ships in constant contact with seawater need to be made using stainless steel in order to fight oxidation. Aperam is the official supplier of stainless steel for the Kat Eastern Sailing Expedition, the latest adventure of the Shurmann family.
Used in exhaust systems (popularly known as exhaust pipes) an disk breaks, stainless steel features reduced thickness and weight of materials, ensuring greater durability and mechanical resistance.
There are countless advantages to using stainless steel tubing: educed thickness, easy to clean, lower maintenance cost, smooth finish, and a greater area of heat transfer inside.
Stainless steel is the ideal raw material for building surgery centers and other environments where avoiding the spread of bacteria is of the utmost importance. Stainless is excellent for the health of patients due being hypoallergenic, inert (which prevents contamination of the product with other substances), and easy to clean.
With stainless steel, restaurants are becoming more and more professional, offering absolute hygiene, food safety, and guaranteed quality.
Supplier of stainless steel for the production of 50-cent coins and the center portion of the 1-real coin, Aperam meets the high mint mark requirements.
Recommended around the world for processing, handling, and transporting food and drink, stainless steel has an extremely smooth surface which allows for a complete clean.
Stainless Steel allows for the thickness of tubing to be reduced due to the increased levels of mechanical resistance, in addition to resistance to oxidation at high temperatures.
With sights set on the industry’s development, Aperam added local production of austenitic, ferritic, and duplex stainless steel to their portfolio, allowing for comprehensive solutions for offshore, refining, and petrochemical applications.
Stainless Steel is the perfect solution for factories in the sector for its high resistance to corrosion and ease of maintenance, ensuring increased profitability at all stages of production. Watch the Stainless Steel Application video – Sugar-Ethanol Factories.
In addition to all items belonging to remuneration, the Company offers a basket of important benefits that makes the difference in the pockets and to the lives of employees and their families.
By means of its Act Program – Global Action, Inclusion and Rehabilitation, Aperam promotes social inclusion through a different way and creates evolvement opportunities for all handicapped professionals from the market, in addition to taking back employees who have been absent from work, who are then qualified and prepared for the new routine. We prioritize safety in the role to be played, respecting the professional.
“A learning experience that has been changing my life”. Fabiana Alves de Azevedo Melo is a hearing impaired employee and an example of professional taken on by Aperam. “My ability to perform in the market has been expanded beyond measure. Nowadays I have only a few difficulties and I count on an experience that enables me to hold a position with Aperam, and that I’m sure, will yet lead to many other opportunities in the future”, she says. Prior to joining Aperam, she had as professional experience her previous work at a haberdashery shop, now she works in the Company’s Human Resources Department.
Preparation for the new journey that begins following retirement: this is the focus of lectures and workshops from Preparation for Retirement Program (Programa de Preparação para Aposentadoria). This is the way Aperam takes care of this important stage of people’s lives.
“We hear people say that no one should be worried about retirement, and that retirement is something that comes later on. I disagree. For me, retirement is something that you should start thinking about on your first work day, in spite of working for yourself or for a company. You have to think that at some point you are going to have to hand your position over to someone else”, Leonam Almeida – 35 year with Aperam (he retired in 2013).
We believe in synergy and in the collective force arising out of the meeting of different generations. Therefore, in 2015 we started some encounters for listening to the employees belonging to all generations that make up Aperam. The objective of this initiative is to favour a greater proximity between Company and employees in order to continue to evolve. During these encounters, the pride of belonging to Aperam and the desire to build a promising future, with synergy and exchange of knowledge among the generations, that’s the emphasis.
“The encounter was enriching both professionally and personally, as the sharing of experiences enables us to have a vision on how to deal and live with the different generations, absorbing the best of each of them for our growth and converting it into positive results”, Wellington Wagner Santos Oliveira, supervisor at Aperam South America.
Aperam’s remuneration policy is based on individual merit and performance from each employee. Besides the monthly remuneration, Aperam’s employees receive a return-from-vacation payment, in addition to counting on a Profit and Result Sharing Program (PLR), as an instrument of incentive and recognition for productivity.
Career refers to the professional path towards a desired position, meeting the employee’s individual objectives as well as Company’s objectives. At Aperam, employees have the opportunity to get to know and discuss with their immediate superior(s) what the professional growth opportunities are. There are the possibilities for taking part in competitive selection processes and competing for a new position.
At Aperam, the Y career evolution is used, in which the employee has opportunity to evolve both his technical and managerial careers. Concerning this evolvement, there are Career Paths, which are the evolvement/moving possibilities, both vertically and laterally.
Aperam’s Health & Life Program is one of the most complete in terms of coverage and scope from the steelmaking sector. It consists of a Health Assistance Plan, Dental Care Plan, Pharmaceutical Scheme and Social Welfare Service.
The Program “I Practise Health” has as its focus the promotion of health as a priority and as an asset of non-negotiable value. “I Practise Health” is divided in two major fronts of actions: health awareness and promotion programs, both for employees and their dependents; and a follow up on groups facing risk-to-health issues.
People have a clear view of their remuneration package, both for base payment and incentives, as well as for health and package of benefits.
Aperam uses a simple and strong structure of competence to guarantee the reliable evaluation of competences.
Employees have the right to an accurate feedback on the managerial decisions that affect them, especially those taken during Career Committees.
Aperam promotes flexibility and multiple skills to increase employability and to maximize employment stability in uncertain environments.
The employees express their career aspirations and ambitions and contribute to definition of their training paths.
We consistently encourage the responsible behaviour towards our environment and collectivity, with the goal of contributing to the development of a sustainable environment.
Promoted by: Corporate Citizenship Council of the Federation of Industries of Minas Gerais State – FIEMG