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I Want to Travel

By on February 26, 2011 6 Comments

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As I sit here at my desk during the toddler’s nap, I have time to ponder a little and lately I have been thinking a LOT about travel. I am not talking about just traveling to blog related functions. I am talking about traveling out of the country to learn some cooking techniques. But then [Read On]

Wow, My Food Tastes Good!

By on February 15, 2011 3 Comments

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I love and hate Mondays. Love it because its a cooking day at college, hate it because the schedule got messed up this semester and we had an hour of cooking time taken away from us which usually means we are rushed or go over. But if you use your time wisely and don’t get [Read On]

Back To Work!

By on January 20, 2011 1 Comment

mecookin

Ah, a rare glimpse into my life for the next 8 weeks! This was me, last night, about 30 minutes after class ended. I am the only person in this class that actually had a class with chef Ian before so you can imagine the torment he put me through. Ok that is a lie, [Read On]

Finding College Scholarships

By on January 8, 2011 1 Comment

scholarships

Now of course its common knowledge that there all kinds of scholarships for all kinds of students in all kinds of studies. I never did take the time to look any of them up I signed up for financial aid and just went with the flow. It wasn’t until chef told me quite seriously that [Read On]

What I Learned From Bakery Class

By on January 4, 2011 5 Comments

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This is a post I should have probably written right after class was out but what can I say, the Holidays were madness on the blog and in real life and I had finals in my other two classes. But I wanted to share some thoughts on the class since after all, it was the [Read On]

Next Semester

By on December 2, 2010 5 Comments

Next semester will be my 4th semester. I thought I had been here forever and a day already but then I talked to a  classmate from Bakery class and she told me she had already been here 5 YEARS! She is 25! She had to spend a couple years only in the language dept. thought [Read On]

Learning to Like Food

By on September 27, 2010 5 Comments

Assorted healthy food.

It seems ironic for a person who has never tasted so many things, to decide to become a chef. I have lost count how many times I have uttered the word “I have never tried that” over the last 4-5 weeks of class. I feel like SUCH a noob. And then I made the cardinal [Read On]