Persian Noodle Soup (Ash Reshteh)
Gingerbread Cake with Rum Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
Butternut Bisque with Crab
Pear and Almond Tart
Don’t Be A Boar!
I now know that if there was a nuclear war and I had to survive in an a forest, jungle, or other untamed location that I could cook… Read More »
14th Week: The Chocolate Chip Caper
This job is really breaking me down. I’m no wimp but working in a 3-star restaurant at the meat station for 13 hours a day, 6 days a… Read More »
The Chacuterie Plate
I don’t have a lot of time on my one day off from the 3-star restaurant I cook at to make fancy meals and I find myself craving… Read More »
13th Week: The Haunting
This post is darker than usual so be forewarned… I work six days a week, thirteen hours a day butchering wild game and preparing it for the 3-star… Read More »
Sautéed Cerveaux (Fried Brains)
Our staff meals at the 3-star restaurant I cook at used to be reminiscent of traditional bistro fare. I remember looking forward to such entrees as moules frites,… Read More »
10th Week: No Place Like Home
My three month apprenticeship at the 3-star restaurant I cook at is coming to an end with only two weeks left. They’ve offered me a job as Comis… Read More »
Feeding the Masses: Croque Monsieurs!
One of the responsibilities I have at the 3-star restaurant I cook at is to help make our staff lunch and dinners. We work from 8AM to 11PM… Read More »
9th Week: Vacation’s Over
Ah oui, vacation est fini. The first week back from our 3 week August vacation started off with everyone cheerful and happy to see each other and ended… Read More »
Cat Got Your Tongue???
How to cook tongue? That is the question I would like to ponder in this post. Is there a way to make it edible without gagging? Now I… Read More »
Some Like It Chaud!
Yippeee! I’m back at the meat station!!! Yesterday was my first day back to work at the 3-star restaurant I cook at after a long month off. I… Read More »
Nose To The Grindstone
I’m sorry I don’t have a recipe to post inbetween chef stories, but I’ve been trying to accomplish a million errands before work starts and I haven’t had… Read More »
Calorie Counting Chef
I used to be one of those work-out-two-hours-a-day-prozone-diet-nuts. Then I got married. Then I moved to Paris. I don’t care what anyone says – they are both bad… Read More »
