Jun
30
2004
This is what I learned from the fish class: Eating perfectly prepared fish in a fancy Beverly Hills restaurant is way more fun than learning how to perfectly prepare fish for a fancy Beverly Hills restaurant. Carving up fish sucks. It’s smelly and messy and gross. Outside of changing diapers, those are three parameters that [...]
Jun
25
2004
I have successfully avoided telling my sister that I am taking this cooking series. She’s an amazing cook, and we have this weird competitive thing anyway. She is the first born, so I’ve spent 33 years trying to show her how cool I am. In the meantime, she has spent 33 years trying to show [...]
Jun
21
2004
“We got so much food in America, we’re allergic to food. Allergic to food! Hungry people ain’t allergic to sh*t. You think anyone in Rwanda’s got a f*ckin’ lactose intolerance?” — Chris Rock What an amazing month I’ve had in cooking school. Last I left you I was bloated and full from an amazingly decadent [...]
Jun
15
2004
It’s really hard to think, let alone write, while a human being is screaming in your face. If I had a nickel for every time someone said to me, Well, you’re home all day. Why don’t you write some articles on the side and make some cash?, I’d be paying our next month’s mortgage. It’s [...]
Jun
04
2004
I feel like I’m totally lagging on this journal. Well, it’s probably because I am. When was Mother’s Day? And what day is it now? When I left off we were going to go on a field trip. And we did. Our class took a field trip to Maple Drive. It’s a restaurant in Beverly [...]