Still Doing Breakfast
I hate breakfast-both eating it, which this week is my dinner every night, and making it. Aside from eggs, which will encompass an entire test day, along with stocks, this stuff will not be on the...
View Article“Hellendaise”
If I say “poached eggs”? What do you think of? Go! No, not that! Now keep your mind on the food! Eggs Benedict is the correct answer. So EVERYONE knows that Eggs Benedict is poached eggs and...
View ArticleSalmon and Corned Beef and Ham, oh my!
Now for a riddle: How many marines does it take to turn out 5 dishes in 2.5 hours? Answer: more than 2. Today, our team is shorted, somebody is sick. So here we go, trying to make up for the absence...
View ArticleEntrée Project = Cleaning
Today is “clean out the fridge day”. They call it an “entrée project”, but it is really “clean out the fridge day”. So we are to create a breakfast or brunch item around leftover ingredients in the...
View ArticleDuck, Duck, DUCK
Doesn't look like much on the outside, but the Peking Duck rules! Duck!! No, nothing’s coming at you, but I just finished a workshop on Chinese Banquet and my goal was to learn about making Peking...
View ArticleCan I Just Take the Test Already!?!?
So my final exams have been postponed. The CIA is going through a full time student expansion-spurred by all the food-related TV shows that make chefing seem exciting- they are utilizing the CE...
View ArticleThe Practice Test
At the appointed time, saran wrapped plates in hand, I RUN to my assigned station. Not only did I pull a crappy station-no storage, in the main traffic isle and in front of the dairy refrigerator...
View ArticleThe Test
Woo Hoo!!!! I PASSED!!!!! This is not an exam for the faint of heart. The pressure is heavy, the hours of sleep are light and the critique is brutal and nitpicky. Knowing (and expressing) what you...
View ArticleCIA, Round 2 — FIGHT!
I’m Baaaack! In school that is. I am starting on my Level 2 (Executive Chef) certification. I am not sure yet if I am going to take the week long exam officially, but I’m preparing as if I am. This...
View ArticleCIA Week 2, 2012 – Baking for Chefs
You Know You Want One My brain is swollen. Too much visual, auditory and taste sensory input. Second week at the CIA (I’m done for a while, as I try to absorb, defacto, all the information) for a...
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