Day thirty-eight: Brought to you by WordPress and my tech guy

WordPress lost today’s post. My tech guy doesn’t know how to retrieve it. I spent three hours writing it. I’ll be damned if I’m going to write it again.

Day thirty-seven: Exhaustion, elation, and pathogens

There are three days left in my first term. Two days ago, the Chef’s decided to launch the final week on the right note. They did this by giving us a knife skills test. Bloody hell! Still. I was glad to have that over with. But not as glad as I was to have passed [...]

Day thirty-six: Me versus the knife

My final first term knife skills test was this morning. I also got my second culinary school injury. And I found out what group I will be in in the next term and, oh dear, who will be in it with me. So lemme tell you about it.

Day, erm: April Fool’s Day, culinary school student style

You know I’ve been struggling to get my knife skills up to par. Well, you will love, just love what I found. This guy is one part inspiration and one part comedy act. He slices, he dices, and he had me on the floor roaring with laughter. (Although I shamelessly yearn for his wonderful tools!) [...]

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