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 new england, the south, louisiana, texas and tex-mex, the central plains, california, hawaii, [...]
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chef brian malarky
10Feb08yesterday 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
a new reality competition series celebrating the culinary arts with a fascinating window into the competitive, pressurized environment of [...]
another cycle down
25Jan08don’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 crazy with written tests, knife tests, product identification tests, and food prep up the wazoo.
today [...]
visitors
14Dec07last week we had our first visitors(not including terra and pete, who helped move us out here). deeanns parents came out for about 6 days to see our new home.
we showed them around town, ate at a few local places including bleu, the restaurant ran by my school, went to the coast, visited multnomah [...]
first day of school
13Nov07well, the first day is behind me. and boy, am i in for a ride!
i’m really excited for what is coming. right now i’m taking culinary skills 1 and food service sanitation. they are two classes that kind of piggy-back on to each other. i stay in the same classroom for [...]
a little update
07Nov07things in portland are moving right along. deeann has settled well into work. it doesn’t seem to be too stressful at this point and the contract at this VA hospital is really going well. i had orientation last saturday and we went to blue night at the school on monday. it [...]
