Posts by jane

An instructor I had in cooking school said you have to be a bit of a weirdo to go into cooking. You work when everyone else is off, It's high pressure, not especially lucrative and really hard work. You have to really love cooking and...

you shouldn't worry about it. If people disliked eating on their own in a restaurant they would avoid it. I am basically lazy when it comes to cooking for myself at home and eat out a lot with or without other people. It never...

I also used to be a server before a cook. I make less money but I love cooking, I love learning and I'm way happier in the kitchen than I ever was in the front. I don't think servers have an easier job at all. I know I worked as...

I work in a kitchen where the kitchen coordinator has no real cooking experience (prep cook) the place is a socially driven kitchen which started out as a soup and sandwich kind of deal to something that prepares a few hundred full...

Hey chefgirlrd! I agree. there's plenty of chefs out there that just worked with good people to learn from and worked hard. You don't have to have formal education (doesn't hurt) but if you're really passionate about it and willing...

hey! I have dansco clogs too and they're the best kitchen shoes I've ever had! I always hated the idea of clogs but once you wear some good ones you don't want anything else.

My dfinition of a gross bathroom is one where the sink and toilet clearly is not cleaned regularly, no soap or some scummy looking bar of it, no paper towels of worse cloth ones that don't get changed and you feel like you're in a...

Hmm... I think a chef is someone who is always passionate about food, has many years of hardworking experience, and a knowledge and gift for cooking that is above the norm and incredible organizational skills. I get irked by how...

I'm in with that 76%. If the bathroom is gross it's a sign of really low standards and there's no reason to believe if the rest of the place is going to be any better.

I used to be vegetarian (I just think it's a healthier way to eat) and cooked only vegetarian food. I learnt a lot of different types of cooking (east indian, chinese, japanese, greek, mexican etc) I stopped being vegetarian when I...