The Quest for Chefhood

I'm not a chef. I don't work in a restaurant, or even in food service. All that time spent at ARC, although educative, was a tota...

I'm over kitchen PTSD, mostly, and someone even mentioned that they read this blog! Amazing.  Luckily I took notes as I ground through ...

Well, that was intense. I probably filleted an entire case of branzino (European sea bass) by myself. In total our class processed about f...

One thing we do in the Oak Cafe kitchen is prepare staff meals. I suppose this could be compared to cleaning out the refrigerator on a large...

Today, I was Mr. Optimistic. I even sort of volunteered for one of the chef positions. Sort of, because I happened to be sitting at the fron...