KITCHEN

Last night ended my three day streak of written tests, presentations, kitchen skills practicals and now I can breathe today. The kitchen practical last night consisted of 90 minutes to make various (and very specific) cuts to carrots, potatoes, garlic, parsley, and tomato and then the rest of the five hour testing was being assigned with a partner to make consomme', veloute', Hollandaise, mayonnaise and bechamel. Class lasted from 5:50 - 10:45 and I'm "cooked" today! Glad I'm not trying to do this while working full time as well. I see what happens to those students- they are falling asleep in class (and snoring, too) and not having their "stuff" prepared for class. This is a huge investment- financially and time-wise and I'm very happy to have the opportunity to be able to focus on it as much as I can.

KITCHEN

Last night ended my three day streak of written tests, presentations, kitchen skills practicals and now I can breathe today. The kitchen practical last night consisted of 90 minutes to make various (and very specific) cuts to carrots, potatoes, garlic, parsley, and tomato and then the rest of the five hour testing was being assigned with a partner to make consomme', veloute', Hollandaise, mayonnaise and bechamel. Class lasted from 5:50 - 10:45 and I'm "cooked" today! Glad I'm not trying to do this while working full time as well. I see what happens to those students- they are falling asleep in class (and snoring, too) and not having their "stuff" prepared for class. This is a huge investment- financially and time-wise and I'm very happy to have the opportunity to be able to focus on it as much as I can.

Soup

I would like to be a small portion of SouperJenny. http://www.souperjennyatl.com/ If anyone knows her personally and can make an introduction, please let me know. She serves soup, salads and sandwiches from 11-2 and about 300 people eat at her place for lunch every day. She has so many great "attitudes" on her web site, like no cell phones, they close for the month of August to rejuvenate and many great other "philosophies".

Soup

I would like to be a small portion of SouperJenny. http://www.souperjennyatl.com/ If anyone knows her personally and can make an introduction, please let me know. She serves soup, salads and sandwiches from 11-2 and about 300 people eat at her place for lunch every day. She has so many great "attitudes" on her web site, like no cell phones, they close for the month of August to rejuvenate and many great other "philosophies".

What's in store for today?

Making granola, printing out my paper on "The OverUse of Antibiotics in Healthcare and the Food Industry", finishing my PowerPoint presentation on the paper and studying for 3 different mid-terms this week. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. Eva and I will be surprising Owen for lunch, getting soaked in the rain on the way (which will be great fun in itself) and who knows what other mischief we'll get into.

What's in store for today?

Making granola, printing out my paper on "The OverUse of Antibiotics in Healthcare and the Food Industry", finishing my PowerPoint presentation on the paper and studying for 3 different mid-terms this week. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. Eva and I will be surprising Owen for lunch, getting soaked in the rain on the way (which will be great fun in itself) and who knows what other mischief we'll get into.

Humming Gnocchi

Last night the class hummed along. We made homemade gnocchi and tomato sauce and it was amazing. I'm going out this morning to get baking potatoes so I can practice making it again this morning. Wow. This homework is terrible. : )