Posts by liebkuchen

i am certain i have baked and cooked for many foodies: crazed restaurant owners, demanding and valued regulars, beautiful and appreciative restaurant guests, other kitchy-cool cooks. but i'm not sure i'm a foodie. after marinading,...

eh! from canada sound like you've had an interesting career thus far and i truly love hearing the tales of a gypsy cook. I've been from the middle of canada to the west coast and can't wait to see what surprises are on the east coast...

there's only been a few times i haven't had a knife callous and i miss it when its not there! I'm equally proud of the callouses on my fingers from playing guitar and when i was a baker, my massive Popeye-esque forearms. it's probably...

battles of the sexes can only exist when an arena is created. 12 years in kitchens has taught me tolerance and acceptance and i believe i am equally flawed/capable of prejudice as my male counterparts. any job in this world may have...

i know it wasn't just childhood perception- my grandmother was a magical cook. hired out to various homes in various cultures she didn't live a glamourous european chef's life but ran a huge farm completely self sufficient the original...

when an ill-prepared garde-manger was on his knees, head in the reach-in telling chef he was looking for and item on a first course going up: chef comments from down the line "should you be looking for a new job while you're in...

just started working in vancouver and really miss my last kitchen buddies... nothing like being shoulder to shoulder under unbearable heat and pressure to fuse loving? friendships. Thrilled to meet bc restaurant staff with something...