Congratulations Class of 2012 & THANK YOU!
Today I am graduating, with honors, from Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts! (of course I had to do a little photo shoot with my favorite photographer.)
iPhonetography Friday: Culinary School, Third Course
My baking class was one of my favorite classes in school, probably because I did so well in it, that I decided to give it it’s own iPhonetography post instead of lumping it together with other posts. I grew up helping my mom in the kitchen, but my earliest, and most clear, kitchen memories involve baking. My mother is a fantastic baker and I am pretty good, too, if I do say so myself. I already knew many baking basics and recipes, but I also learned a lot in this class. I earned the title “Number One” from my table group in baking because they always came to me with questions (for some reason they wouldn’t call me “captain” or “your majesty”). That worked out quite well since I had to ask them for help in our other classes.
Loaded Banana Muffins For a Good Cause
This Saturday is the 3rd annual Food Blogger Bake Sale and I am so excited to be participating for my first time! Each year, Share Our Strength hosts the Great American Bake Sale, among other events, to raise money in an effort to end childhood hunger in America. Their premise is simple: No Child In America Should Go Hungry. The goal is to end childhood hunger by 2015. Take the pledge to end childhood hunger, volunteer at a fundraising event, or go buy stuff from one! Where ever you are in the United States you probably have a bake sale happening in your area this Saturday, April 28th. I will be baking for, and volunteering at, the one in Los Angeles at BLD Restaurant. Click on the Bake Sale icon above, or any link in this post for more information on where you can go obtain some yummy homemade goodies this weekend as well as more ways you can get involved in this great cause.
iPhonetography Friday: Culinary School, Second Course
Warning: This post is not for the faint of heart or for those that only enjoy viewing photos of live animals.
You see, after learning how to properly use and care for knives in the beginning of culinary school the classes move on to further the knife skills of the students on ingredients other than potatoes. Not only are there many other vegetables, tubers and fruits to slice and dice in all manner of shapes and sizes, there are also the animals! Meats of all kinds are deconstructed with just the sharp knife and whetted appetite of the crazed culinary student who has been waiting weeks, weeks I tell ya, to cut into and cook something other than potatoes and lemons.
iPhonetography Friday: Culinary School Beginnings
I will be graduating from culinary school in five weeks! Yay! So, for the next five weeks I thought it would be fun to take you through my culinary school career for iPhonetography Fridays. Here are photos from my first class. We didn’t get to actually cook anything until we passed that first class. What we did all day every day was learn all about sanitation, how our taste buds work and are affected by various flavors, we made mayonnaise, and the thing we spent most of our time on was classic knife cuts.