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Edius 6 Video Editing Software Review

By on May 12, 2012 2 Comments

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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, [Read On]

Recent Art in the Cold Kitchen and Motor City

By on March 5, 2012 6 Comments

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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 [Read On]

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

By on March 4, 2012 2 Comments

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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 [Read On]

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

By on March 3, 2012 5 Comments

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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 [Read On]

You Can Do Better

By on February 11, 2012 7 Comments

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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 [Read On]

Wordless Wednesday – Ice Carving

By on February 8, 2012 33 Comments

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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 [Read On]

It’s A Bird! It’s a Plane! No, It’s… Fennel!

By on January 25, 2012 4 Comments

Braised Fennel and Carrots

Another fantastic gourmet Italian class! The only hitch is that I didn’t read the recipe closely enough to realize it was only for 2 people so I had to make it again and mix them. its basically carrots, fennel and onion with a little garlic, salt, water, and a tiny bit of oil, braised in [Read On]