EVERYTHINGINITSPLACE » school http://www.chrisgrebner.org Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:50:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 i look good in a chefs toque. http://www.chrisgrebner.org/2009/05/14/i-look-good-in-a-chefs-toque/ http://www.chrisgrebner.org/2009/05/14/i-look-good-in-a-chefs-toque/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 15:19:54 +0000 chris http://www.chrisgrebner.org/?p=253

it’s official. i’ve graduated from culinary school at le cordon bleu, portland. now what?

]]> http://www.chrisgrebner.org/2009/05/14/i-look-good-in-a-chefs-toque/feed/ 1 lovely hula hands http://www.chrisgrebner.org/2008/10/21/lovely-hula-hands/ http://www.chrisgrebner.org/2008/10/21/lovely-hula-hands/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:19:58 +0000 chris http://www.chrisgrebner.org/?p=165 i finally have an externship lined up. lovely hula hands is a delicious local restaurant that serves up a variety of enjoyable dishes. here are a few articles that help describe their cuisine.
portlandfoodanddrink.com
willamette week
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i’ve been quite hesitant to post about my last cycle. intro to baking finished up last week and i found something out about myself. i like baking. if you would have asked me 3 weeks ago what i enjoyed…

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another cycle in the bag. the last three weeks i have been in american regional. in this class we spend a day or two in the many regions of the u.s. we started in the mid-atlantic states, then through…

]]> http://www.chrisgrebner.org/2008/04/26/american-regional-cuisine/feed/ 3 another cycle done http://www.chrisgrebner.org/2008/03/08/another-cycle-done/ http://www.chrisgrebner.org/2008/03/08/another-cycle-done/#comments Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:19:53 +0000 chris http://www.chrisgrebner.org/2008/03/08/another-cycle-done/ meat & seafood identification & fabrication. good times.

we started with seafood, filleting salmon, halibut, shucking oysters, and making calimari. then we moved on to poultry, breaking down everything from chicken, duck, squab, and other wild birds. after the birds…

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yesterday chef brian malarky came to wci to do a demo of his seafood sausage. this is the dish that won him the second round of top chef, season 3 on bravo. top chef is

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don’t worry, i’m still here.

things have been quite busy with this last class. culinary skills 2 has been a whirlwind of cooking methods, stocks, sauces, and all sorts of dicin’ fun. this week has been all sorts of…

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