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Pan di spagna (surplus)

July 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Baking, culinary school

I had a great bike ride home today safely escorting 6 extra pan di spagna cakes to my place.  
I should be able to make enough tiramisu for all of Greenpoint with these.

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Puff Pastries.

July 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Baking, Cooking, culinary school, journal, pastry, puff pastry

Palmier
Apples on almond frangipane with an apricot glaze
Prosciutto & mozzarella  turnover

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Week 3 & 4

April 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Cooking, butchering, chicken, culinary school, journal, lamb, shellfish, veal

Day 9:
Knife drills
Introduction to shellfish & shellfish fabrication.
Nothing too new for me here besides the fabrication of squid into calamari.  We were called to the center work station to find two lobsters crawling around in hotel trays.  I think everyone knew what was happening next unfortunately.  We learned how to identify a male and female [...]

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Week 2

April 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Cooking, culinary school, journal

Day 4:
Week 2 begins with an introduction to nutrition.  I guess we learned some key points, obviously you’re not going to become a nutritionist in an afternoon.  nothing to life changing here for me, eat plants you’ll be fine.
Herb Identification. Rosemary, thyme, basil, cilantro, parsley, tarragon, oregano…
Cheese ID. I love cheese, and by the end [...]

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Minty Moonpies.

March 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Brooklyn, Reviews, cell phone photography, culinary school

Tonight was a night filled with lots of reading regarding purchasing & culinary conversions.  Slightly Tired from a long day I decided it would be best to go out to the local coffee shop to do my evenings readings.
This good idea was rewarded with…
A vegan moonpie (two cookies with mint filling) & an americano. Tasty [...]

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Blades of Steel.

March 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Cooking, Wustof, culinary school, journal, knives

12″ Sharpening steel
10″ Crust Buster
9″ Chef’s
7″ Santoku
7″ Flexible Filet
5″ Boning
3 1/2″ Paring
2 3/4″ Peeling
Shears
6″ Fork
Cordura Knife Roll

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The journey (begins)

March 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · culinary school

After years of consideration I finally bit the bullet.  I am officially a culinary student.

Whether it was the cold feet or fear of selling my soul to the she devil Sallie Mae, I never thought I’d actually go through with this.  I’ve been close before, but the all too pushy used car salesmen approach Le [...]

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