The Culinary Tales Week 29 1/2: Grape Expectations
Garde Manger was proving to be a challenging track, and what gave me extra incentive to look forward to the weekend was Wine class on…
The Culinary Tales Week 29: It Takes A Village
Week Five of Garde Manger was mercifully easy. First, we were given a mini-test on consomme and those who got As got to…
The Culinary Tales Week 28: Weiner Wonderland
We had reached week four of the term, and it was kicking my butt. The food production was a challenge all by itself, then we…
The Culinary Tales Week 27: Another One Bites the Dust
Week 3 Garde Manger was a bit of a slow week, as we only had to present sandwich and Italian buffets and make salads. …
The Culinary Tales Week 26: How Low Can You Go?
If I thought the first week of Garde Manger was brutal, it was a lot worse during the second week. The biggest problem was…
The Culinary Tales Week 24: The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
I had finally felt comfortable with baking, was even liking it. But I couldn’t wait to be done with the track. The whole class…
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 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…