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Culinary School Here I Come (64) Chocolates, Garde Manger Practical & Thanksgiving


We finally started our last section of Advanced Baking I class; chocolates. As with anything else in baking, it’s pretty technical. The beginning of chocolate starts with the cacao pod. The optimal growing regions are 20 degrees N or S … Continue reading

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Culinary School Here I Come (39) Week 14, French Influence, Oven Burns and a Birthday.


Matching burns, right side on Wednesday, left on Friday I always thought that there would be a higher risk of cutting myself in the kitchen…well not this week. I haven’t even begun the baking module and this is what my … Continue reading

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