Monday, March 1st, 2010
Me.
I didn’t want you to have to wait until the end of the post to find out. But please, keep reading.
Let me tell you honestly, I was surprised. Once they had started announcing the winners, I started to get a sinking feeling that my three entries might have been out of place in the competition. And with close to forty entries, my odds of winning were diminished as well. But competition is competition, and I did indeed win.
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
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It’s always fun to take the same ingredients and turn them into very diverse products. In my Sauteing & Frying II class, it was almost the same mise en place for each of the dishes. This week, it was salsa for the Game Day Gourmet class. I prepared two versions of tomato-based salsa. The principle for the dishes was to make it thin enough to be used for a dip, dry enough so that it didn’t make the chips too soggy, and to add the heat in layers so that it was flavorful and fiery.
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