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12-08-2006, 11:57 PM
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 New Here Hi everyone, I just found this site and am happy, I see lots of reading here in my future. I've worked in restaurants for about 36 years now, starting as a bus girl up thru GM and now have finally made it into the kitchen where I always wanted to be........life is good! (unfortunately I don't have the energy I had years ago). I work in a little italian place that started out this year as a small imported food store and became a deli and now we serve meals too.....all because I let the owner know that I could cook, what started as a little part time job has started consuming my life but in reality I do love it, the owner gives me pretty much free reign to make whatever I want and we aren't killer busy so the stress level is low. Enough about me I am off to explore the forums. mattie   |
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12-09-2006, 07:13 AM
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 Welcome to Chef Talk, Mattie! You're going to love it here. Your move into the kitchen sounds like a perfect fit for you. If I didn't have a bad back and feet maybe I'd leave retirement and do the same. (I did a short gig in college as a short order cook in a small restaurant.) Take some time to browse the forums, enjoy the cooking articles, cookbook reviews and recipes. You're right- there's a lot here! We have a good search tool as well to help you find conversations on specific topics. We'll look forward to your active participation, Mattie. Welcome! Regards, Mezzaluna
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12-09-2006, 10:30 PM
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| Welcome to the best cooking forum on the web. What kind of food do you make in the Italian place? |
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12-10-2006, 07:19 PM
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| Things I do Well it started with me just going in to give him a hand for a few hours in the store, you know run his register, help him stock shelves and such. Then people started to ask him if he could get some authentic salamis and cheeses for them so he put in a deli case, one day after one of my bread baking marathons at home I happened to bring him in a loaf and he went nuts over it.........then he bought in a pannini grill and started serving grilled sandwiches and people kept wanting to buy the bread. Customers kept asking what dishes to make with the pastas he has, so a few weeks ago he bought in a stove and I started making simple sauces and pastas during lunchtime and for take home. Now we are onto things like grilled chicken, eggplant rolletine, stuffed shells, lasagna.............you get the picture. Now the customers are wanting him to open a small real restaurant (a few have offered to put up the money even) and he is seeing visions of his name in lights I think. Me, I've been there done that and have no interest in reliving it again, at this age I am getting too tired for all that it entails but making him (he's never been in the restaurant business before) understand what it all entails to be done right is just not sinking in and he seems a bit upset that I will not be willing to work all the hours he wants me too, I've told him I will stay on as a cashier or hostess or something but I will not run a kitchen or give up my life for the business. His take is that the people want him to do this because they love the food I've been making and that is what they will expect, I told him I would be happy to teach someone else to do it so to that end he is bringing in one of the customers sons who loves to cook and is very eager to learn, hopefully it will all work out the young man is excited and not afraid to get his hands dirty so it could be a great fit for all. Matite |
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