Biscotti with Lemon & Anise Seeds
This recipe comes from my days at Northwest Culinary Academy….. week 10, to be precise. ‘Italian Week‘ was definitely one of my favourites. The recipes we prepared during that week were delicious and, for the most part, really quite simple. The biscotti was outstanding and , though I’ve never considered [...]
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biscotti with lemon and anise seeds
culinary school- week 15 – GRADUATION!! (138 lbs)
Gosh, I’m not quite sure how to even begin to describe the mayhem that was Week 15. We had been assigned to teams of 4 during the Thursday of Week 14. Dan, Derek, Jonathan and I had already begun (collaboratively) sketching out the recipes and menus for what would become our practical exam. For [...]
culinary school- week13 / part 2 – (139 lbs)
With my post-flu legs holding me upright with little more stability than those of a new born colt, I returned to class just in time for Week 13. Because my taste buds were still shot, I relied heavily on the palates of my classmates to decide on spices and seasoning. The week went as follows:
Monday:
Asian [...]
culinary school- week 14- (138 lbs)
Really down to the home stretch now….
Monday:
Pastry 3
Tuesday:
Industry Day (Guest Speakers)
Wednesday:
Final Theory Review
Thursday:
Final Theory Exam (3 hours in morning)
Final Practical Exam Prep (afternoon)
Friday:
Day off (coming in on Sunday, instead)
One of our assignments for Pastry 3 was to make a ‘Genoise Cake with a German Butter Cream Icing’. An additional component to this excercise was to [...]
culinary school- week 13 (139)
We are in the home stretch….finals and assignments….yikes! I’ll try and post tomorrow. Oh, we didn’t get the Viagra ad. Something about deciding to shoot at a house that has a swimming pool, which we don’t have. To heck with those indecisive, limp willied, t.v. commercial people.
culinary school- week 12- (138 lbs)
For those of you keeping track- I was a no-show for week 11. But I have a good reason; sick as a dog with that ass-kicking flu which is doing the rounds. Without getting into too much detail….let’s just say that there were a few days there where standing upright was not an option and [...]
culinary school- week 10 (141 lbs)
I’d been looking forward to this week’s curriculum for quite some time now….Italy Week!!! Despite the fact that I chose to attend culinary school with the intention of elevating and ‘fancifying’ my cooking skills; deep down (and sometimes closer to the surface), I’m just a simple gal. Ingredients that have been painstakingly manipulated, flavours that [...]
culinary school- week 9 (140 lbs)
I’d been wanting to make preserved lemons for a while now, yet couldn’t quite seem to actually get to it….so Thursday’s demo was perfect. They are so quick and easy to make, and they look beautiful steeping in a glass mason jar. One month later you have yourself a vibrant, exotic condiment to toss into [...]
culinary school- week 8 (141lbs)
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.
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 [...]
