My morning consisted of rolling out this ball of cavatelli dough. And I found it quite cathartic–even fun– because you feed long strings of dough into the cavatelli crank. Though, […]

Today’s to-do list was more packed than yesterday’s “make potato salad.” We had whole mackerels to fillet, which brought a little more excitement than usual. Perhaps it’s their silvery sheen […]

No really. I pretty much just a potato salad today. Why? We didn’t get an order of mackerel for our first day on garde manger so we had nothing to […]

On my 100th day of class, I wasn’t worried about my “mockery” or pastry mock final. Instead, I felt quite comfortable making two desserts by noon. I mean, I did […]

By 9:30 a.m., I already had my toffee pudding batter ready to be piped into their molds, which elicited a “How’d you do that so fast?” from my partner Ron. […]

“Can I borrow your scale?” “Do you have a pen?” “Is this espresso powder?” “Can I grab your ladle?” “I’m just going to steal your spatula.” AHHHH. BOYS! It’s level […]

Pastry is always a welcomed station after the stresses of saucier, but for Ronny, Hanky, and Seany, desserts are a little foreign to them. And it’s pretty amusing to see […]

Today was another (almost) flawless day of duck, and to save you from a repeat of yesterday’s rendition of duck day, I’m just going to share with you the recipe […]

I watched Hank and Sean pull out their hair tryng to keep up with the endless duck orders. It’s restaurant week, we’re a French restaurant, and we serve braised duck. […]