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Today is my sisters’ birthday, Happy Birthday Nikki, and we decided to visit a local bakehouse and creamery to get some free bagels and gelato for her.  This bakehouse (which will remain unnamed) is well known, not only in Ann Arbor but across this country.  They make some great breads and house cheeses, and are pa... Read More

Everywhere you turn on the Internet, there seems to be a food blog. For me, that's the problem.

Everyone and their grandma writes — I use that term loosely — a food blog documenting what they ate for dinner (even if it was a frozen burrito they nuked in the microwave) or the "out-of-this-world" meal they ate at a newly discovered restaurant (serious... Read More

Its funny to think, how just a week ago, I was typing up a post in New York City, having just completed my three weeks of interning at Jean Georges. After all the traveling required to get back to school and immediately getting back into class, it seems so much longer. However, I’m loving my new class, baking techniques.

At first, it was a little hard to ... Read More

I'm guilty.

Yes, I've bought Tyson chickens before instead of farm-raised ones grown closer to my box of an apartment in Manhattan. And there's been more than one occasion where I picked the pink farm-raised salmon over the wild Alaskan salmon to serve at dinner parties. I admit it's difficult to always eat organically and responsibly — even more so on a ... Read More

After three weeks off I’m finally back at school and starting my second semester here at the CIA. From noon to four p.m. every day (a much more leisurely schedule than we usually have here) I am in the Baking Techniques bakeshop with half of my group. The other half has the bakeshop all to themselves from five to nine p.m. We overlap for an hour of lecture betwe... Read More

I have never missed a day of class and I have never been late - until today; the day of my baking and pastry final.

I had every intention of studying for my final exam, but found it difficult to concentrate last night as Desserts Magazine, Twitter and Facebook romanced me until well after mi... Read More

There may not be one single person in the United States that doesn’t feel that airplane food, hospital food, and school food is all horrible and should be avoided at all cost.  Everyone has had first hand experience with at least one of these establishments’ style of food, and we have all judged it in our own way.

Its easy to understand that when ... Read More

I say this every three weeks, I can’t believe it went by so fast. Last night was my final day of interning at the Jean Georges pastry kitchen. However, it was not my final day there. I’ll be returning as often as I can on weekends until November, when I will begin my externship there!

I have to say, the last week of internship was extremely exciting... Read More

Your experience eating in restaurants is forever changed once you enter culinary school.

"Is the dish well-seasoned? How's the plating? Is there a good balance in the menu selection? Wow, where did the chef get the idea to pickle that vegetable?"

These are they type of questions that regularly run through my head when I eat at restaurants. Sometimes it m... Read More

Is it ever too late to go to culinary school?  I’m 50′ish and in a position to start a new career.  I’ve loved cooking and food my whole life and could work another 15-20 yrs (Lord willing ~ I’m now in good health).  Would love to do something I love.  How realistic is it to change careers now?  Thanks for answering.