When I think about James Beard’s question, “Where would we be without salt?” I can only imagine a flavorless, hopeless world not unlike the right panel of Hieronymus Bosch’s “The…
This past Tuesday was the first day of my last month in culinary school. During this final level, I will continue to work in the school’s restaurant, L’Ecole. We have…
It’s about time I share this menu project with you! This menu was an assignment for school and I had a really great time making all the recipes and photographing…
Since the beginning of culinary school, I seem to constantly be running out of butter. I knew my waistline was in trouble when, during the first few weeks of class,…
Hello. My name is Samantha and I am addicted to “The Barefoot Contessa.” I’ve never been one to get excited about celebrities, but I found myself starstruck – completely and…
When I say time is a croissant I’m not sure what I mean. Well, I know what I mean but I don’t know how exactly to explain it in words. …
This week, I have no recipes, just a slew of pictures. I spent some much needed time with my family in the country, away from the city this weekend. It…
Warning: this post is not for the squeamish. It contains graphic content of BLOOD AND GUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OK, so I…
Done? Done with Level One of the program? Sorry, wait, done? Yes, it’s true. The program is officially a little more than 1/6th of the way over and I’m reeling! …
Today begins week three – that’s right THREE of Level 1 in the program…. Ahhhhhhhh!! Where did the time go? I have no idea. I keep checking my pockets hoping…
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