Well, there sure wasn’t much standing around this week….what with all the midterm madness. There was lots of studying and preparation for Thursday’s written exam, followed by Friday’s practical and then this morning I woke up with the flu….think I’ll go back to bed now. Catch you later.
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Posts from ‘February, 2008’
culinary school- week 8 (141lbs)
culinary school- week 7 (140 lbs)
Monday was the first of 2 seafood days. We began by killing and processing a live crab (done by plunging the tip of a cleaver down into the centre of its head, then swiftly chopping through its body, severing it in half lengthwise). Next came the demo showing us how we were to kill a [...]
culinary school- week 6 (143 lbs)
During a four-month break in filming Raging Bull, Robert De Niro ate his way from 160 to 215 pounds, loading up at some of the best restaurants in France. All this to play the older ‘Jake La Motta‘. Renee Zellweger had to really apply herself to plump it up, acquiring some 20 extra pounds in [...]
culinary school- week 6 (mid point)
The fabulous, lovely and very missed Rebecca Robbins
(February 18, 1968 – February 4, 2007)
I have chosen to dedicate week 6 to the loving memory of a dear friend, Rebecca Robbins. Never one to put off following her desires or her dreams…. an exhibited ceramic artist, devoted mother of two, world adventurer and creative spirit, she [...]
culinary school- week 5 (still 141lbs.)
“Dib-dib-dib-dib-did you see what North West Culinary is doing in class for week 5??!!!!! ….Theyb-theyb-theyb-theyb-they are butchering a whole pig!!!”
It has been quite a week. On Monday we butchered two pigs. This collective task proved to not be for the faint of heart (think lots of sharp knives and a saw) . After one classmate’s [...]
