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The End is Near


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Dramatic title, eh? As I type this, I am one final exam away from being a college graduate. By Monday afternoon I will have fulfilled over 66 credits to earn my Associates in Business for Hospitality/Food Service Management with specialization in Culinary Artistry. What does this really mean? Funny you should ask, as my math prof asked me the same question today. I majored in this field because I have the desire to become a chef. What I never had the desire for from the start was to put in 14 hour days, 7 days a week because I have [...]

College Students: Why Buy Textbooks When You Can Rent?


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I feel like a seasoned career student, for as long as I have been in college. But I know I do have a tendency to rush and buy all my books before classes start. Well that changed this semester because I got tired of being burned in my wallet due to buying a book when I didn’t need to. Case in point; I bought an anatomy book that was over $200 only to find out I didn’t need to buy it and it was available for rent. There could also be a lot of places that rent textbooks cheaply near [...]

Making My Jobs Easier with Microsoft Office 2010


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As a college student entering her senior year of a business degree program, I can tell you that there is no other program I use more than Microsoft Office. (Unless you count my photo editing software of course!) I even had to take a course in college as part of my degree and at the time we had to learn and use Office 2007. Not a problem, since at that time I was already using the same version at home. I breezed through the class as expected. I did learn some new things, though. When I was recently asked to [...]

Back To School – Eddie Bauer Backpacks and Messenger Bag


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As I get ready to enter my last year of college, it has become time to start Back To School for my kids too. The first thing we usually concentrate on is the bags. I knew I needed a bag this year since I didn’t have a proper laptop bag (and my laptop is heavy!) and the kids got new bags as well. Eddie Bauer, trusted name in fashion and accessories for many years, asked me to try some bags! For Mom : Campus Explorer Messenger Bag I bought a bag about 4 years ago because it was on clearance. [...]

Works of Art with Sharpie {Giveaway}


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I am a closet Sharpie collector. I have many, and they come in handy with both my college projects, home projects, and school projects for my kids. Recently, we were asked to review the new Brush Tip and Metallic Fine Point Sharpie markers. With Back to School in full swing the timer was perfect. We also just happened to be working on another feature using a laminating machine so it was perfect. The first thing I thought about was book marks! I had my daughter color an entire page…. then I cut them out in fun shapes and laminated the [...]

One More Year


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Two semesters to be exact. I just registered for my 7th semester at college. Gone are the days of fun cooking classes and learning more about food. I am on my own now, I either have to study on my own time or work somewhere if I want to cook again. Considering I don’t want to work in a restaurant at this time it might be hard to get training as a personal chef. At any rate, food classes are done. The culinary kitchen at the college is done too, the idiots that run the place couldn’t wait to tear [...]

Edius 6 Video Editing Software Review


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Since this is a blog and not all about advertising, I’d like to take the time here to introduce myself a little and help you understand how important this kind of stuff is to me.  I’m sure there are many people who feel strongly about the pictures they take, and get excited about using Photoshop, and surely blogging itself is very rewarding and personal.  I not only think creating video is fun and interesting, but I have been touched and influenced by creating and watching video for many years.  My parents took lots of video of my family and I, [...]

Recent Art in the Cold Kitchen and Motor City


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I’ve had such a good time in my Garde Manger class. Its so different from anything, its all cold stuff! Ice carving aside its amazing that all the things we are learning in this class are absolutely meant to be served cold. What I didn’t expect was the level of artistry that we would be showing. It makes sense, this stuff might be on a cold buffet and not really as centerpieces all the time. One of the neatest classes recently was Aspic and Gelee. Aspic is made from gelatin and its used to coat and preserve food. For our [...]

It’s Not The Destination, It’s The Journey


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I’ve been thinking about my world offline. I admit I am busy making sure I give every single advantage of my time to my studies, so I miss the boat sometimes on what is going in in my friend’s lives. I missed the boat when the two people I talk to and spent the most time with, split apart taking a sweet soul away and we can’t just drive for a small bit to see them anymore. It makes me incredibly sad. It’s also incredibly hard for me because this is my first time being that friend in the middle. [...]

It’s Spring Break! Ummm Where’s Spring?


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Its just cold and grey here. But aside from that weather, things here are actually pretty fantastic. I am busy a lot with college and the internship but I do still blog occasionally. I actually have had a great stride for the last 6 months or so. At any rate you all know that I don’t claim to know everything. Yep I have quite a bit more secrets than most when it comes to cooking since I am educated on a college level for it. Yep its a community college. And I have 2 highly certified ACF chefs and a [...]

You Can Do Better


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I imagine myself 5 years down the road trying out for Hell’s Kitchen and having Gordon Ramsay yelling these words at me. But the reality is I recently had to take a step out of my ego and realize its true. Now of course I know most of my readers come here and absolutely love my food photos and the things my crazy mind decides to bake at home. And I am not going to sit here and blame my lack of trying on being sick, which I have been very ill lately, but the truth is this. I am [...]

Wordless Wednesday – Ice Carving


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We did ice carving in my Garde Manger class last weekend and my team, the girls team, made this butterfly and a swan, but the chef accidentally decapitated the swan with the chainsaw. Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets — Auto-Linky widget will appear right here!This preview will disappear when the widget is displayed on your site.For best results, use HTML mode to edit this section of the post.