I had one thing on my mind and one thing only. CORN NUGGETS! Yeah, that’s right, I didn’t stutter. Little corn hush puppies. I was on...

Darn, was my reaction after I called the ICC emergency hotline this morning to find out if there was school today or not. Yessir- there...

We are technically more than 89 days, but I skipped a few while on vacation in Miami. Happy New year y’all! Got back really late to New...

Oh, Happy Day! OHHHHH, Happy Day! I had two VERY special visitors today in the kitchen and restaurant. Drum roll please…. Veronica and...

The crossover into level 5 has officially gone down. Pandora, Tyler, and I joined Olivia and Mayo who are in level 6 in the pastry...

It’s all about the brisket baby! All those sweet spices and bbq sauce finally got married together to create my very first brisket that I...

Morning was pretty busy because I was elbows deep in tandoori chicken. The chicken was stored in this huge tub and in order to get those...

Chicken or Beef. Scratch that there wasn’t an option involved today because Jack and I made both dishes and then some. We were at the...

Today we were racing against the clock. We had to be done with every dish before 12 pm because we had a special “sous vide” lecture and...

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...

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...

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...

Bonjourno everyone! Today felt like I was preparing myself for a little trip to Italy with Mushroom Risotto, Meat sauce, making our very...

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...

Another half day of cooking and nutrition. Today we ventured into the world of vegetarians. We made ONLY vegetarian dishes (which I am...

Sorry for the delay. I was busy attending the International Culinary Center Career fair where I met some fabulous potential...

Today was a saucy one! It was ALL about sauces. Now on Friday we made all different kinds of stocks to use as the bases for our sauces....