The Culinary Tales Week 21: Running on Empty
It had been a monstrous June. I was closing in on the halfway point of school and had survived fairly, and then all parts…
The Culinary Tales Week 20: “C” is for Cookie
My favorite glutton in the world, Cookie Monster, would have been in heaven during Week 20 of culinary school. Or as I like to…
The Culinary Tales Week 19: Just Shoot Me
It was the first week of Baking 2, the advanced advanced class, where we get to elevate our dessert-making skills and put out some…
The Culinary Tales Week 18: Story of My Life
I wish I can say finals week of Baking 1 went off as smoothly as my menu had promised. I didn’t expect it to, but…
The Culinary Tales Week 17: Let Them Eat Cake
Ah, that misunderstood, much-maligned Marie Antoinette. That poor little Austrian princess didn’t even want to go to France (who could blame her) and then she…
The Culinary Tales Week 16: To Catch a Thief
There’s a reason for the saying “Easy as pie.” And despite that, my first attempt at baking one was during Week 16 of culinary school. …
The Culinary Tales Week 15: Personality Goes a Long Way
The theme of Week 15 was pâte à choux, a light pastry dough consisting of butter, water, flour and eggs and is used to produce eclairs, cream puffs and…
The Culinary Tales Week 14: It’s A Man’s World
For most of us, the kitchen was Mom’s domain. Ironically enough, the professional culinary world is a testorone-driven universe, probably owing to a misogynistic, sexist French tradition.…
The Culinary Tales Week 13: Hell’s Kitchen
“You’ve heard of Hell’s Kitchen, right? Welcome to Hell’s Lab.” Those were the first words that Chef Satan greeted us with on the first day…
The Culinary Tales Week 12: Water and Oil Don’t Mix (Sometimes)
Just when I thought I was doing a great job of balancing school and work, life threw me a curveball. All of a sudden, my workload went from a…