The Culinary Tales Week 11: Life’s a Buffet, So Grab a Plate!
Week 5 brought an array of dishes and we capped the short week with a buffet for friends and family. This was supposed to be a…
The Culinary Tales Week 10: Baaad Energy Invades the Kitchen
Week 10 brought us veal, lamb and pork. And what a week that was! As usual, we started with our usual weekly quiz, covering the…
The Culinary Tales Week 9: Thanks for All the Fish
I was really excited for Fish Week, and not just because I’m a Pisces. Truthfully, I love seafood for a number of reasons and, though it gets made…
The Culinary Tales Week 8: Where’s the Beef?
Would you believe that up until culinary school, I had personally never cooked a steak? It’s the kind of thing I didn’t bother cooking for myself at…
The Culinary Tales Week 7: Starting Over and Lessons in Poultry
We graduated onto Intro II, which meant: New chef (new rules.) New recipes. (New angst.) New floor (new bathroom, hence new favorite toilet.) It turned…
The Culinary Tales Week 6: An Eggs-ellent Finale
Finals week was just plain exhausting, starting with our written final and knife cuts practical on Monday. A little frightening, looking back now, how much knife…
The Culinary Tales Week 5: The Real Kitchen Nightmares
Week 5 turned out to be a kaleidoscope of highs and lows. The Lows: We had another pop quiz and this time, we had to…
The Culinary Tales Week 4: Knife Cuts & Drama in the Kitchen
Week Four started off with a bang when, unexpectedly, we were ordered to set up our stations for a pop quiz on knife cuts. We were supposed…
The Culinary Tales Week 3: Potayto, Potahto
If I heard the word “push” one more time, I thought I would vomit. Every time Chef Bad Cop uttered the phrase, I wanted to…
The Culinary Tales Week 2: Up Close and Personal with Starches
The teachers weren’t kidding when they said this was a “push” week, when we learned about sauces, soups and pasta. Sounded simple enough, but if you’ve ever tried…