Call me stupid... but don't most culinary schools make you pay some ungodly "lab fee" so that they can provide you with a basic starter's kit of knives? Or is it just certain ones?
To be honest, I don't try to "master" any particular type/style of food because my loves change so quickly depending on my mood.
One moment I want to try and learn to do sushi right, next moment I'm all over a real good...
At McD's (not exactly a restaurant...) we would break in new folks by asking them to do various things:
mop the freezer
scrub out the dumpster (with a handbrush and a 6th pan of water)
I think we went so far as to make them have to...
Heh, I learned that very quickly when I was in school. Sidetowels are your friend.
As for being burnt, I've **** near become immune to random grease burns, **** even random NORMAL burns (depending on severity). It seems everytime I...
To be honest... you work in a kitchen, you should've be thinking about lookin stylish. It should be comfortable and not get in the way. That...and look professional.
I honestly think that kitchen staff needs to go back to the...
Whoa, they were wanting to give you a chance at $7? I get paid 8.50 and that was me "getting a chance", and all I do is work Fry side at TGIF. If I was going to be "given a chance" at a hotel, I want a MINIMUM of...
Now crawfish is a staple down here in the south. I couldn't imagine finding somebody who grew up down here going "I can't stand those things!". Would probably get a gasp or two in the right crowd heh.
My pastry instructor made it look easy also...so much so that when our final projects came time to begin, I (originally) planned a rather elaborate sugar showpiece (p.s. I changed it later). I was going to do a blown sugar trumpet, with...
