I decided it was time for a new chef coat.  I have some extra coats that I use for work. But lately I have been using my school coats for work and they get MEGA dirty.  Its to the point where I wash them with bleach and they still dont get white.  Anyways I want to have 5 work coats so that I can have one for each day.

I also bought another cookbook.  I have been a fan of Kylie Kwong for a few years.  She used to have a tv show on Discovery Health but they stopped airing it a few years ago. I love her style of cooking.

of course all of this came from amazon.com!

1 week ago

It has been 2 weeks since I have moved into my new house and only yesterday I had the internet installed.

I am FINALLY done with Cuisine Across Cultures.  These passed 6 weeks have been crappy.  There were a few good days but overall I, along with my classmates, didnt have a good time. However we all made delicious food.  Just the other day I started realizing how we all have grown in our cooking!

We start our last 2 classes this monday.  We are taking Contemporary Cuisine and Wine & Beverage.  I heard that the wine class was pretty boring and that we will have loads of homework.  I just hope I dont get shitfaced while taking this class! lol

Anyways here are a few pics I took from class.  The first pics is grilled salmon over bok choy and chunky lentil soup, steamed duck with “hoyster” sauce (hoisin and oyster) and spicy grean beans

1 week ago

Today we didnt do much in class.  We did some European dishes.  I helped with the mise en place for everything, but I was incharge of doing the salad.

This is a roasted beet salad with a honey mustard vinaigrette, topped with blue cheese.  I am not a fan of beets and I HATE blue cheese.  Even though this isnt my GOTO salad, I still made it and made it look pretty. Even my chef instructor liked it.

1 month ago
I have been wanting to buy a new chef knife for awhile.  Since I attend Le Cordon Bleu, I was provided with a Mercer knife kit.  I was impressed with the quality of the chef knife.   The other knives however, I wasn’t impressed with.  They seem to get dull quickly.  My fillet knife gets dull every time you use it.  The chef knife is good, but I don’t like the handle as much.  So I went on Amazon.com and found this knife.  With shipping it was under $52.  Not bad! What I like about Mercer brand chef knives is that they are EXTREMELY sharp.  Most people have cut themselves taking them out of the case. I rarely sharpen mine.  I would have to say in the year that I have had it, Ive sharped it maybe 3 times. And that was with one of those little knife sharpeners that are $10. I can not wait to get this knife. I ordered it Friday and it should be here by Tuesday.

I have been wanting to buy a new chef knife for awhile.  Since I attend Le Cordon Bleu, I was provided with a Mercer knife kit.  I was impressed with the quality of the chef knife.   The other knives however, I wasn’t impressed with.  They seem to get dull quickly.  My fillet knife gets dull every time you use it. 

The chef knife is good, but I don’t like the handle as much.  So I went on Amazon.com and found this knife.  With shipping it was under $52.  Not bad!

What I like about Mercer brand chef knives is that they are EXTREMELY sharp.  Most people have cut themselves taking them out of the case. I rarely sharpen mine.  I would have to say in the year that I have had it, Ive sharped it maybe 3 times. And that was with one of those little knife sharpeners that are $10.

I can not wait to get this knife. I ordered it Friday and it should be here by Tuesday.

1 month ago

I haven’t taken as many pics this time around.  I thought with what I went through with the whole baking class drama, that I wouldn’t have to deal with crap like that.  Needless to say I have an ASSHOLE for an instructor this block.  I am not going to go in depth about this douche bag.  But will say that I nearly walked out of class a couple of days ago, but I kept my cool.

Its funny, I am almost done with school, and its to the point where I don’t want to finish school anymore.  I am content with working.  I almost didnt do the paper work for my financial aid and would of just quit going to class, but I guess I will finish what I started…..

With that said, I know I have been bitching about school.  I hope I don’t discourage anyone from attending culinary school.  For the most part I like it. I made new friends who are like family to me and have worked closely with some top chefs. It is hard to say if I would ever do it all over again.

If you are planning to go to culinary school………DO YOUR RESEARCH!

ok I almost clicked on CREATE POST without talking about the pics.  The first pic is my first attempt at sushi. Yeah it is NOT the best but it was good.

The next is Gorditas.  It is a flat bread that is filled with some kind of meat and veg.  I did a braised pork and chicken filling. My group tried making refried beens, but we added to much water to it.  So after we pureed it, it was tooooooooo mushy. So I just got a spoonful and did that little line thing.

1 month ago

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1 month ago

Today was the first day back to school from spring break.  While most were out partying, I was busy working.  Anyways, today was the first day of Cuisines of Cross Cultures.  In this class, we move away of French technique and explore different cuisines.

I showed up to class 15 minutes late.  Not my fault, had to deal with a financial aid issue.  We were split into 3 groups.  I didn’t get to be with my besty Chelsea, but I guess its best to start learning to work with others from your class.  I like my group.

My group made Paella.  Granted its not the TRADITIONAL way of making it-meaning it didnt take us hours to make it.  I think it took us maybe 20 minutes.  It turned out good.  I think it needed more salt, but the other flavors were there.

My chef instructor is cool so far.  He is strict but he does have a funny side. I am eager to see what he has to offer my class.

I have a vid of him helping us out with the paella, but I am tired and computer is running slow.  So when I get a day off from work I will work on uploading it.

Until then…

love, peace, and good eats

1 month ago

New block of class starts tomorrow!

Tomorrow I start Foundations V, also known as Cuisines of Cross Cultures tomorrow.  I was hoping that my instructor for my last class would of been the instructor for this class.  He is an AWESOME chef and a great teacher..always picking on me in class, but in a good way lol.

I got my knife kit ready and my uniforms as well.  Im feeling good about tomorrow.  I have been struggling with a lot of of “emotions” after dealing with happened in my baking class….just to catch you up; instructor left for personal reasons, got an asshole of an instructor for a substitute and many of our grades went missing.

So, anyways I have struggles with not quitting school.  But slowly I am coming around.  I look forward to this class.  We get a brand new instructor.  I am eager to learn what he knows and I HOPE to take loads of pics and vids

until then

love peace and good eats

1 month ago

Did this vid awhile ago…check out my knives

and my big toe!!!!!

1 month ago