Culinary School Tales

Hello! I just had my first week of classes this term and I think its going to be a good one! I’m taking Garde Manger and European Cakes & Tortes; garde manger is defined as “keeper of the food” and refers to the preparation of …

In my last post I promised you I would update you all on how my classes are going, so here goes. If you don’t remember, I’m taking baking & pastry and food & beverage operations. I’m having so much fun with both classes! Baking is …

We just finished our second week of breads in my baking and pastry class. We’re moving on to cookies this week, but before we do that I wanted to give you a little recap and some pictures of the items we made in class last …

Last week my roommate from my freshman year at OSU and her boyfriend came to Portland from her home in Hawaii. She’s moving back here in a couple of months and was checking out apartments so she has a place to live when she comes …

Hello! Things started getting back to normal here in Portland after the crazy snowstorm last week. Most of the schools were still closed on Monday due to icy roads, but of course my school only had a two-hour delay, meaning it was open at 10. …