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Office Supplies
I’ve reached a point where the ho-hum days become a part of my work week. Up til this point, I’ve had a relatively exciting week after week. Or at least there were enough new things to learn and jokes to go around to keep me entertained for most of the time. Now, I’ve reached what [...]
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Sunday Supper # whaaa??
Duck Liver Pate, Lemon Zest Ricotta, Parsley Salad, Bruleed Figs & Crostinis Sundays are the best, because you’ve just come down from a high off of working 2 crazy back to back nights (200+ covers). Sunday is literally, the day of rest. My weekend is usually Monday and Tuesday, so having only about 50 covers, [...]
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Sunday Supper, Take 2
Duo of Carrot Brown Butter Dumplings in Tom Yum Soup Tom Yum Broth Bring to a boil 4 cups of chicken stock, preferably home-made + 2 stalks of lemon grass pound and cut into 1-2 inch stems + 2 tbsp of coarsely chopped galangal root + 8 lime leaves + 3 cilantro stem roots + [...]
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Tags: brown butter, carrot, soup dumplings, thai, tom yum soup
It’s happening. Work is starting to penetrate every facet of my life. For example, I had a dream the other night I went to a Chinese restaurant with a couple of friends for dinner. There was a pre-fixed menu and for our 3rd course, the waiter swooped in from behind and presented me with my [...]
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Cook Turned Attempted Murderer
I went to a bar the other night after work to meet up with a few friends. I had a knife in my purse because I had brought one from my own kitchen to sharpen it on a stone at work. This turned out to be a very dangerous idea. After about an hour of [...]
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Day 3: The Kill
Father, I have a confession to make. Today I killed 10 lobsters. 10 lobsters that were barely alive, scrambling to get out of the wet cardboard box They were trapped in for the past few hours. They were helplessly shuffling across each others backs with their claws closed shut with rubber bands. I couldn’t do [...]
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Tags: how to kill a lobster
Day 2
Out of the 2 days I’ve worked at The Restaurant, I’ve gone out after work both nights and came home around 4 AM. This is especially worrisome because I’m still mentally running on a 9-5 schedule, making me wake up at 7 AM on average. That leaves me having functioned for the past two days [...]
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Tags: garlic allergy
Day 1
Last night was my first official night working (read: paid) at The Restaurant, which is what we’ll call it from now on. I walked in the kitchen during the end of brunch service as the morning shift was busy plating the final brunch dishes for that day. As I started to grin like a giddy [...]
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2 Weeks Notice
I don’t really know how to introduce the sudden decision I decided to make, except by saying it wasn’t as sudden and spontaneous as it sounds. We can start with the fact that I’ve been writing about food for the past two years on a blog with a name that makes Beyonce seem like Destiny’s illegitimate child. [...]
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Tags: 2 weeks notice, career change
Ok…let’s see. Leftover mashed yams, half a jar of mayonnaise, something green in the corner that’s not lettuce, some soy sauce, eggs…Heineken. Heineken? Ok, fine. Frozen peas, frozen scallops that I salvaged from Rebecca’s spring cleaning, annnnd ice. As enticing as it sounds to drink beer for dinner, I have to have something in the pantry [...]
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Tags: Fried Rice with Green Peas and Scallops, Sex and the City
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