Foodrighter

Mom came and spent the night. Joe was in Florida, and I had to leave at 5. Stupidly, I hung up until 11 the night before, sipping wine and telling endless “funny” stories to Mom, who kept courteously laughing and telling me to go to bed. Finally, I had a great idea: I really should [...]

“Demo!” Chef shouted. “Here is how we fabricate the lobster.” She grabbed one of the poor things by the head, raised her chef’s knife into the air and stabbed it right through the “skull”. “Nooooooo!” The class screamed in horror. (Well, actually it was just me). “Then you rip off the tail with a twist,” [...]

Third Section: Advanced Preparations II I was so eager… I actually made it to school early. Chef had not yet arrived. It gave us all a chance to talk. The giggling gaggle was around me. “Jules you should have been here last Monday!” Alice said. I told them I was in Chico. “Jules, she went [...]

The third section came quick. It seems like just yesterday that I was lying on the sofa in my patented “approach-avoidance-malaise” begging Joe to call and not call the school to sign me up for this course. But, alas… I was slowly stirring on Monday morning getting ready to say goodbye to my sister, Jeff [...]

Apparently, persons close to me were concerned that I was depressed. I guess when you call yourself a failure people get concerned. (Jot that down for future reference). I explained that self-deprecating humor is an ironic device that writers use in prose to make the audience feel engaged and somewhat more comfortable, while easing the [...]

So, the culmination of this fantasy/nightmare class is the graduation banquet. We are to cook and serve the most elegant of tasting menus to our guests. I can’t vouch for the food or the wine, but, it’s my graduation. So, since you’ve been forced to go along on the ride of this long-winded journal… it’s [...]

Although I was really looking forward to trying everyones appetizers, the majority of the bites passed were disappointing. I began to wonder if we had all been in the same class. I tested and served 17 recipes at my cocktail party, and I came away with two bites that were modified a couple of times. [...]

I arrived in class just as the wine tasting course was about to begin. I brought my food to the TA’s. They had lists and food everywhere. They jotted my name onto the bottom of the list. They wanted to know what I was serving, how they should prepare it and how I wished them [...]