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Eliana
Oct 10, 20133 min read
Day 42: This is NO Joke.
Level 3 is NO joke. Wow- I swear I look at the clock at 9 am and the next thing I know I’ve been cooking straight through till 2pm! We...
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Eliana
Oct 9, 20134 min read
Day 41: Three Months in, Already?
Going into my third month and wanting to pass out thinking about how in a month I'll be half way through with my program. With every new...
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Eliana
Oct 8, 20135 min read
Day 40: A World War. Me Vs. Chef.
Level 2 final here I come! We took the final written exam, which I tend to hit a home run on (got a 97%- only question I missed was an...
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Eliana
Oct 7, 20132 min read
Day 39: A Trip to Wine Country.
Breaking Chef news: Chef Dominique shaved OFF his mustache! He no longer has the Captain Hook facial hair going on. I hope it grows back...
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Eliana
Oct 4, 20134 min read
Day 38: Flounder, My Way.
Three words: Flounder Your Way. At around 2 am last night, I woke up and all I remember is that I was thinking about how I was going to...
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Eliana
Oct 3, 20133 min read
Day 37: Italian Pastas, YES PLEASE!
We’ll we finally landed in Italy today and for the most part I was pretty impressed (we didn’t actually travel there for all those...
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Eliana
Oct 2, 20134 min read
Day 36: To Italy and Beyond...
Bonjourno everyone! Today felt like I was preparing myself for a little trip to Italy with Mushroom Risotto, Meat sauce, making our very...
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Eliana
Oct 1, 20134 min read
Day 35: Beet's Me!
Monday Morning, but yet I didn’t feel so sluggish. Maybe it’s because I knew that I only had half a day of cooking again. Not sure what I...
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Eliana
Sep 27, 20134 min read
Day 34: Hold the Meat.
Another half day of cooking and nutrition. Today we ventured into the world of vegetarians. We made ONLY vegetarian dishes (which I am...
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Eliana
Sep 27, 20132 min read
Day 33:Back In the Culinary Groove.
Getting back into the culinary groove took some time, not going to lie. I shadily forgot how to cook the onions al blanc (simple as a...
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Eliana
Sep 26, 20133 min read
Day 32: Adios Pastries, It's Been Real.
I don’t know if I am sad or happy about the fact that today was our last day of pastries. Now it’s back to culinary and I’m a bit scared...
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Eliana
Sep 25, 20132 min read
Day 31: Short, But Sweet.
Sorry for the delay. I was busy attending the International Culinary Center Career fair where I met some fabulous potential...
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Eliana
Sep 24, 20134 min read
Day 30: Taking This to Pound Town.
Two weeks into level 2 already and this is culinary gig is flying by. The fact that I’ve almost been here two months is hilarious, but my...
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Eliana
Sep 21, 20133 min read
Day 29: Making Souffles, like a Boss.
Mousses and Soufflés were the name of the game today! All it really takes to make is egg whites, flour, butter, sugar, flavoring (cheese,...
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Eliana
Sep 20, 20133 min read
Day 28: Sugar High.
Day two of pastries and I’m still high from all the sugar. There was a point in the day where I was licking the soufflé mixture out of...
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Eliana
Sep 18, 20134 min read
Day 27: Channeling Mrs. Doubtfire, again.
For the first two mornings of the level, I would bring chef his coffee from the machine. I could have sworn that he said no cream and a...
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Eliana
Sep 17, 20135 min read
Day 26: Eggs, Everyway.
I’m in an egg coma. I have never worked with so many eggs in my entire life. As a class, we must have gone through 20 dozen eggs and I’m...
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Eliana
Sep 16, 20134 min read
Day 25: Intestines and Livers and Pate, Oh My!
Back from my visit at Harvard to see Stephen (hence why there was no day 24… sorry) and I was feeling quite chipper this morning. Chef...
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Eliana
Sep 12, 20134 min read
Day 23: Roger Rabbit, I'm sorry.
Roger Rabbit. Bugs Bunny. Meggie my pet rabbit (who we had to give away when Nataly was born because she starting biting us…thanks a lot...
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Eliana
Sep 11, 20134 min read
Day 22: Some Southern Up In Here.
Every morning, we come into the kitchen and have to choose an “island” to work out with a partner. Depending on what time you come in...
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