Fundamentals …of FUN!!
Posted on Sep 12, 2006
Saturday was my first baking day in Fundamentals of Baking. We made 7 kinds of cookies. In 3 1/2 hours. Let me tell you, it was an absolute BLAST!!! It was hard, sweaty work. There was hardly a second to catch your breath, and I ADORE it! I can hardly wait for my next class so I can do it all over again. I brought some of my baked goods to work Monday. Brownies and cookies to be exact, but the...
Buttermilk Biscuits
Posted on Jul 3, 2009
Tomorrow is the 4th of July here in the US, and I can think of no better way to celebrate our nation’s independence than with a hearty breakfast of flaky and tender buttermilk biscuits. For years I struggled with buttermilk biscuits. Drop biscuits I had down pat. I could make batches of those fluffy little wonders in my sleep. However, the tender, layered biscuits that I grew up with eluded me. They would either be hard as...
School … the 1st week report
Posted on Sep 6, 2006
Well, school started last week. And, aside from one of my teachers being out of the country for a funeral, it was great. I am so excited about my Fundamentals of Baking class. This one will be a lot of work but also a lot of fun. I know there is a lot about baking that I need to work on, techniques that I can learn, and better ways to prepare dishes. This class is going to get me started on my way to...
School Starts Next Week
Posted on Aug 24, 2006
Hello post number one of my Culinary School Journal!� (Insert appropriate fanfare and clapping here.) I have decided to document my journey through cooking school from start to finish.� I�am going to photograph my work, post the pictures of the successes and (let’s hope few-and-far-between) failures. Why, you ask?� Well, to start, I like the idea of having a way to measure my progress.� I can look back at these first posts and...
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