The ultimate goal of Restaurant Week, beyond showcasing our new skills and amazing food, was to get us ready for our externships and working in a restaurant for 2 months. After meeting with the founder of our school, Jodi Liano, we were carefully and thoughtfully placed in a restaurant that would work with our…
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Cooking School: Weeks 14-16
With just days to go before we had to begin preparing for our big Restaurant Week finale, we enjoyed a few super fun days at school. Early December in San Francisco calls for Crab (and Octopus!) Day. It is one of our founder’s favorite foods and the mascot of our school, afterall. Caught only…
Cooking School: Weeks 11-14
Weeks 11-14 of cooking school have come and gone, as they took place in November. Any parent knows that once the first holiday of the season hits- October 31- it’s full steam ahead! To say that the time between Halloween and just before Christmas was crazy busy is an understatement. It’s always a fun, but…
Cooking School, Weeks 9 & 10
It’s no surprise, but weeks 9 and 10 were full of many fun experiences and tasty dishes. There were at least two days that I declared, “this is my favorite dish we’ve made,” only to be trumped by a dish two days later- “ok you guys, I lied, THIS is my favorite dish we’ve made…
Weeks 7 & 8- Workshop Days!
Happy weekend, friends and family! I hope you all had a great week! I am so glad it’s the weekend because I’m not sure I had another 6-hr cooking day left in me. In the past 2 weeks, my San Francisco Cooking School’s Pro Culinary class had some pretty exciting guest instructors for specialty workshop…
Cooking School- week 6
Hi Friends and Family! I hope you all had a good week. Aren’t Fridays the best? Leaving San Francisco this afternoon under the bright blue sky and the Blue Angels taking test flights overhead, I was feeling pretty alright with the world. Although I’m exhausted from the week, we’ve got a fun surprise for one of…
Cooking School: Weeks 4 & 5
Happy Sunday, friends and family! I have never appreciated my weekends more… getting some rest and relaxation is not just wanted, but absolutely necessary. People always ask what cooking school is like. Depending on the day I’ve had I use different adjectives to describe it, but the ones I commonly use are: hard, sweaty, exhausting,…
Cooking School- Week 3
Is it the weekend yet?!? I want to make brunch! Last week was Egg Week and I’m dying to put these new egg skills to good use. We had a full week of egg dishes, egg based sauces, sweet and savory custards and souffles — and so far it has been a highlight for me….
A Delicious Week 2
Last week at cooking school was a blast! We started the week with a super fun Taste Workshop by the fabulous Barb Stuckey. I read her book Taste What You’re Missing over the summer and had no idea our curriculum included a taste workshop with her. It was a fascinating few hours. We did a…
Cooking school, one week down!
Happy Labor Day, Friends and Family! I cannot think of a better placed 3-day weekend on the calendar than this one. Kids are back in school, weather is still nice here in CA, and it’s a great day to relax outside or a productive one inside getting ready for the week ahead. After a lovely…