Shroomgirl, you should have seen Elka Gilmore's enterage, I was thinking who in the world is this, then when I saw her food I thought this must be somebody. I later met her again at the CIA Greystone and I told her my perspective of that day and we had a laugh. Layjo, I'm trying to remember what I did, there was a mystery basket that you had to work up a soup, appetizer, and bonus dessert, the entree' is what you came prepared to do. Mine was a grilled swordfish filled with mousseline with scallion oil & balsamic emulsion, oils were just coming into vouge at the time. I did a seafood bisque, saute'ed calamari, and a thrown together sabayon for dessert that probably cost me half the points I gaind on the other stuff (it was pretty pathetic.) Actually the winner was not Elka, it was Raymond Salladarre with a really nice stuffed sqiud. |