On October 15, 2011, I served my four course dinner to my family. The attendees were my husband Douglas, my mother Deborah, my nanny Tammy, my aunt Yvette, my cousins Aimee & Laurene and Aimee’s boyfriend Jesse.  It was nice to get together with my family and they were very excited for me to be
Read more

Presentations

Pictures During Cooking Process

Shopping List   Baking Supplies   Produce ________ Almond extract, 1 tsp. ________ Baby carrots, 3 lb. ________ Brown sugar, 2 tsp. ________ Creole tomatoes, 2 ea. ________ Corn starch, 1.25 oz. ________ Green onions, 2 ea. ________ French loaf, 1 ea. ________ Iceberg lettuce, 2 ea. ________ Granulated sugar, 3.75 oz. ________ Shallot, 1
Read more

Prep Schedule   Warm Bacon Vinaigrette (Friday) 07:45 PM – mise en place 07:55 PM – vinaigrette started 08:30 PM – vinaigrette finished   Pastry Cream for Napoleon (Friday) 08:40 PM – mise en place 08:55 PM – pastry cream started 09:12 PM – pastry cream finished   Rice Dressing for Entrée (Friday) 09:22 PM
Read more

This is the recipes for my Dinner on Me project! Print French Onion Soup with Melted Gruyere Cheese Recipe type: Soup Prep time:  15 mins Cook time:  1 hour Total time:  1 hour 15 mins Serves: 8   Caramelized sweet and red onions in a hearty stock with sweet red wine. Soup is topped with melted gruyere
Read more

Another week of vegetables! And Chef asked me today why I wasn’t tasting!  I had to admit I’m a picky eater and I only eat peas and corn!  Ouch!! Boy I am in Trouble!! I did tell her that’s why I have a husband 🙂  My partner today was Tricia and we made Mushroom and
Read more

This week we got to learn about making a Lemon Vinaigrette. We also make a steamed Salmon. My friend Paul and I teamed up and shared a boiled pot! I laid down a lettuce leaf in the boiling pot and placed the salmon on top. It only took a few minutes to cook! I then
Read more

So this week we cooked my number one enemy, vegetables!  And of course we cooked the ones I liked the least of all, broccoli, cabbage, squash and brussels sprouts!  I did learn this week that brussels sprouts are commonly mislabeled!  Most people call them brussel sprouts (see the spelling difference??)  But actually its brusselS! My
Read more