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Day 108: Houston We Have a Final Problem.
Getting to school today on the day of my final was a nightmare. The streets were a mess. It was as though 7eleven dumped it’s slushie...
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Eliana
Feb 3, 20142 min read
Day 106: Pasta and Picture Day
Don’t you hate that feeling you get when you are anxious about something? You just can’t wait to get that particular day over with! My...
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Eliana
Jan 31, 20142 min read
Day 105: Corn Hush Puppies, We Meet Again!
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...
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Eliana
Jan 30, 20142 min read
Day 104: 5 More Days!
Moved over to the production station. O.M.G.—I’m done in 5 days (well 4 not counting today). I could cry! My day consisted of three...
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Eliana
Jan 29, 20145 min read
Day 103: Full Eliana Mode.
Heads up! This chronicle will not fail you. Everyone- today was my pastry mock final and let’s just say Eliana-isms came out full...
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Eliana
Jan 28, 20142 min read
Day 102: A Piece of Cake, Also Literally.
Pastry has been a lot of fun theses days. Working on the two level 6 dishes with Chef is a piece of cake (no pun intended). Now, I...
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Eliana
Jan 27, 20143 min read
Day 101: Once a Batter Addict, Always one.
The one-hundred and one chronicle! Hot damn—would you look at that. I can’t wait to go back an reread my experiences from day 1-30 and...
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Eliana
Jan 24, 20142 min read
Day 100: Oh How I Missed Pastry.
Thank the lord I have finally reached the pastry station! After the poissonier and saucier station, I was thrilled to be out of the...
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Eliana
Jan 23, 20142 min read
Day 99: Covered in Duck Fat.
Brutally cold weather and going to restaurants- let’s just say they don’t mesh well together. Another slow day in the kitchen, but I’m...
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Eliana
Jan 22, 20142 min read
Day 97: I Love You My Pear Dumpling.
Hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend off thanks to Dr. Martin Luther King. Gotta love having Mondays off because you aren’t as tired...
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Eliana
Jan 17, 20142 min read
Day 95: Covered in Fat, Duck Fat.
Since the past couple of days have been rather slow in the restaurant and we prepped really well, there was not much to do today at the...
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Eliana
Jan 16, 20141 min read
Day 94: Busy as a Bee.
Nothing slow about today, well at least not on my station. Instead of making the cod, Pandora and I switched, so that we can practice...
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Eliana
Jan 15, 20142 min read
Day 93: Big Mouth Bass.
Nothing like the first day at a new station the day after flying in from a family vacation (I know, poor me. Someone get the mini violin...
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Eliana
Jan 9, 20142 min read
Day 92: Chef and I. And My Phone.
Just got back from a demo with Chef Jacques Pepin (famous chef and also one of the dean’s at my school). That man can work a knife like...
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Eliana
Jan 7, 20142 min read
Day 91: First Day of the Last Month.
Today was one of those days where I was too cold and too tired to take off my street clothes, so I made the executive decision to keep my...
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Eliana
Jan 6, 20142 min read
Day 90: Cooking Up a Snow Storm.
Technically today was the last day of level 5. I know, insane- I can’t believe it is already almost over also. After weathering a heck of...
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Eliana
Dec 20, 20132 min read
Day 88: When I Cook, We Get the Orders.
First day at the fish station (poissonier)- check! We had two dishes to make- the scallops in a butternut squash puree with pomegranates,...
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Eliana
Dec 19, 20131 min read
Day 87: Be More 'Delicate', said Chef.
I really want to take a nap, so I am going to keep this straight to the point. Our chef wasn’t here today, so we had another chef fill...
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Eliana
Dec 16, 20132 min read
Day 84: New Station, Need Every Dish.
Hello Garde Manger! Moved over to the appetizer station where we were assembling the soups and salads for level 5. I tell you- I don’t...
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Eliana
Dec 9, 20132 min read
Day 80: Pillsbury's New Dough Girl.
Will somebody please check me into the raw cake batter’s anonymous, already? It’s getting ridiculous. My dreams are all about the batter....
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