During class yesterday, I cooked bacon, for almost an hour. Nothing but bacon. And despite the long, hot shower I took last night, and this morning before work, I still smell... Read More
November 17th, 2009
Next day, I still smell like bacon
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Filed under: Culinary School — dawnviola @ 12:50:41, November 17, 2009
November 10th, 2009
Master Chef Test
Chef showed us a video in class yesterday that followed the 10-day testing phase of becoming a certified Master Chef through ACF. It was interesting to watch - scary, intense... Read More
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Filed under: Culinary School — dawnviola @ 16:35:14, November 10, 2009
November 10th, 2009
Healthy Road Food? What’s That?
I am finally moved into my new apartment in Denver. I left a little over a week ago from Michigan to drive out here to Colorado and into a newly remodeled apartment. Even... Read More
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Filed under: Culinary School — Sweet Kell @ 15:55:07, November 10, 2009
November 10th, 2009
Why don’t you get a kitchen job, stupid
I’ve been reading through comments to the Chef2Chef blogs from the past year – not only to me, but also to the other bloggers here.
We get a lot of support... Read More
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Filed under: Culinary School — dawnviola @ 10:43:09, November 10, 2009
November 6th, 2009
No More Taboo Talk
It is almost at the end of the fall trimester here at Johnson and Wales, and I can’t believe how fast the past three months have been going! Taking online classes is... Read More
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Filed under: Culinary School — Sweet Kell @ 13:30:57, November 6, 2009
November 3rd, 2009
Finally, some real meat; I mean fish
Finally. Eleven weeks into the semester. We did something I’ve never done before in my life. We scaled and filleted a whole fish. I was on cloud nine, ten and eleven.
The... Read More
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Filed under: Culinary School — dawnviola @ 12:27:07, November 3, 2009
October 29th, 2009
I’m an unemployed food writer
I was in the grocery store earlier this week, buying the usual things, and also on the lookout for fall recipe inspiration; I wanted to take some Halloween/fall photos of... Read More
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Filed under: Culinary School — dawnviola @ 9:46:25, October 29, 2009
October 28th, 2009
Baking Like Lightning (or How I Passed My Practical)
At the end of the last block of classes, after we had finished Basic and Classical Cakes, my group of baking and pastry students took our 2nd Term Practical Exam, of which... Read More
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October 28th, 2009
Mid-Semester Slump
I can’t even remember what we made in class last week - it was that uneventful. And this week, we made appetizers. Strike that. We didn’t make, but rather, rushed... Read More
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Filed under: Culinary School — dawnviola @ 7:45:38, October 28, 2009
October 23rd, 2009
Pumpkin Chuckin’
I can’t believe that it’s almost Halloween. Just today the neighbors set up about 8 carved pumpkins on the front door step. The Halloween costume stores are... Read More
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Filed under: Culinary School — Sweet Kell @ 20:04:55, October 23, 2009
Turn Your Passion into a Profession