Culinary School

I Did it All for the Gnocchi

November 3, 2009
I Did it All for the Gnocchi

Someone please tell me that I’m not the only person in this world to remember, to vividly remember, Limp Bizkit. Please… You don’t have to tell me they were your favorite band of the 90′s – well – if you did you’d be lying anyway because that answer should be someone like Pearl Jam or Nirvana or Red Hot Chili Peppers. Just tell me you remember them, if only just barely. Sometimes I worry that I’m actually stuck in the 90′s. I remember telling my sister she was stuck in the 80′s – I still tell her that, particularly when she ‘facebooks’ (yes, a verb!) her account of the recent Def Leppard show at Walnut Creek. The 80′s were cool and all, but I prefer the 90′s, especially in terms of music. Don’t get me wrong - I love Wilco, Ryan Adams, the Killers, and so on. But most days I’d prefer...

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My Name is Puddin’ Tain

October 16, 2009
My Name is Puddin’ Tain

Yes, I’ve been to culinary school. I like to consider myself a pretty decent (alright, a damn good) cook. Sure, I know how to make pizza from scratch, and I can achieve the creamy custardy consistency required to make ice cream taste so smooth it feels like silk in your mouth. Heck, I can even bake (and braid, mind you) a fantastic loaf of challah bread and I know, if given a second chance and the right types of flour, that I can knock a gluten-free pie crust outta the freakin’ park. Yes, siree. I felt downright proud making it through the last year and learning the intricacies of baking, the mother sauces derived from classic French cuisine, and even how to butcher a chicken, duck, cornish hen, or any other two-legged bird I could get my hands (or my knife, rather) on. Instead of all of those things,...

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