So here I am with my first post in far too long. I have to apologize, as Jenn is the one who spends most of her day in a professional kitchen and yet she is the one who still finds time to come home and post in her spare time! Salt and Pepper Shrimp is […] Read more…
I have started cooking for the school’s restaurant, and, to say the truth, it has been quite the ride so far. There is a mix of stress, excitement, and genuine pleasure which all mixed together make for fast-paced days with very little time to rest. I am getting used to all the organization that a […] Read more…
The last few days have been pretty busy. I have been in the ‘production’ section of the kitchen, which basically means that I have been prepping food for the school’s restaurant. In other words, I have been making stocks, butchering ducks, deboning legs of lamb and cleaning a lot – a lot – of chicken […] Read more…
There’s just something so comforting about homemade dough. If you ask me, that’s pretty hard to beat with anything store bought but also surpinsingly easy to make. There’s just something soothing about making dough, it captures all the stress of the day and somehow makes it dissapear. The longer I knead, the calmer I become. […] Read more…
I haven’t had as much time as I would want to post my recent food expeditions. First, I burnt myself in school with boiling caramel.. I was making creme caramel, a dessert I do not care for very much but that a lot of people adore. The texture of the flan has never really appealed […] Read more…
Eggs…. As promised, here is one of the recipes made during ‘egg day’ at the French Culinary Institute. I made it again at home a couple days ago, with a few changes. I am usually not a great fan of eggs and bacon in the morning (well, that is not exactly true, but I do […] Read more…