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The restaurant perspective
I work at a daycare. I used to work at restaurants and do catering and more… upscale things in the Food Service Industry. Hospitality Industry? Restaurants and Catering? It all works. When I found that I wasn’t getting hours at … Continue reading
Everyone has one – Pesto!
Pesto seems to be Italy’s word for ‘Salsa’, which we know is Spanish for ‘Curry’. Every country has a type of sauce that goes with all of their different dishes an gives them their individual flavors. I made Pesto at … Continue reading
A simple Granola
Recently, I have been working with kids. I feed them and they eat… some of what I put before them. One of the things they like more often than not is granola. I ran out of the store-bought stuff in … Continue reading
Picture of the Day:Pizza!
A Margarita Pizza almost ready to go into the oven.
Coffee Foot Scrub
… I hear your eyebrows scrunching together from here. Don’t worry, this is decadent. I go through coffee. Many cups a day. This brings me the dilemma of disposing of the grounds. Many people just put them in the trash, … Continue reading
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Muffin Foster’s with Craisons.
It is winter outside my window. Cold, snowy and I need to make something hot for breakfast to fight that winter blah. I made a purchase of a Pull-apart/Monkey Bread/Cobblestone Muffin yesterday that I did not eat. It, along with … Continue reading
Crouton du Fromage
… Yes. I just said ‘Grilled Cheese Sandwich’ in a haughty French accent. Last night, we had a stew, which I entirely forgot to document. Ah, well. Along with that stew, we had some French bread. One of the baguettes … Continue reading
Inventory
That is a word many of us abhor. It means hours, if not days, of moving things, counting things and keeping lists up to date that you only really see once a year, at inventory. I am moving some of … Continue reading
Two meals, one starch
Chef Rena says: “There is never a left-over. It is a pre-cooked ingredient.” With this in mind, a two-meal use for mashed potatoes. I had a bit of chorizo, some mushrooms and fresh basil one night. I made it into … Continue reading
Apple and Cabbage Stew
I have to admit that one of the reasons I have not been as active in posting to the site is… Skyrim. I can easily be entranced by such games. I think it is possibly because my whole life is … Continue reading