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Culinary Chemistry

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About Me

I feel blessed to be born and raised in California where I have access to a plethora of amazing produce and outstanding restaurants. I feel like my whole life leading up to culinary school, was only preperation for my future as a chef. Because of my love for cooking, my interest in the politics of food and writing, I created this sight as a pass time between catering jobs. I am a graduate of culinary school and a Catering Chef with aspirations in Culinary Journalism. Food is my life. For those of you that believe eating is a nuisance, something that has to be done as quickly and easily as possible so that you might have time for other things, Rachel Ray followers who are only interested in recipes they can make in 7 minutes ( I find this very distasteful), there is a better way. Cooking is fun for me. I love leafing through a new cookbook and thinking of all the variations. I want to know more about where our food comes from and the farmers who are trying to do things differently. If you are curious about sustainability, organic farming, locally grown versus 1500 miles from farm to your plate, grass fed beef versus corn fed, the meaning of "All Natural", how what we eat effects the environment, Immigration and the food industry, what it is really like in the kitchen at your favorite local restaurant or catered event,the chemistry of cooking,..... the subjects are really endless and I am going to attempt to write about all these things. I really would like this to be an open forum for all who are interested, so feel free to comment.P.S. Unless I know you personally or you are in the Culinary industry I probably won't approve you as a friend. Sorry must limit spam somehow.
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Alice Waters, Thomas Keller, Jamie Oliver, Anthony Bourdain, Michael Mina, Rachel Ray, so that I can tell her every time I see her face on a Ritz box or magazine at the grocery store I turn it around. No way, you're sick of her, too!!!

My Blog

The Burn

Rushing in the door, I put on my apron and check my "place", a French term chefs use to refer to their prepped items ready for service. As usual, the guys from the night crew have not left me much, wh...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:20:00 GMT

Immigration in the Kitchen 2

I would like to add a little after thought about this immigration issue. The complaint from people is "They are stealing our jobs!" Now lets look at this for a second. Let's imagine if you can, instea...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:14:00 GMT

Serenity

  Sun spent, Rahlene and I sit down at the cool marble bar, anticipating the gastronomic adventure to come. We are greeted with familiar smiles and order two drunken scallop shooters to start. Wh...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:54:00 GMT

The CEC Scam

Finally someone has said what all us culinary school graduates are thinking. I thought my interest rates were bad. Now I know that there are people with much worse experiences. Click on the link below...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:32:00 GMT

Immigration in the Kitchen

Those of you who have or are currently working in restaurant's already know the percentage of chefs, prep cooks, dish washers, bussers, waiters, etc... that have immigrated to the U.S. for work, legal...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:13:00 GMT

Corn Fed Beef vs. Grass Fed Beef

Thirty- five million cattle are slaughtered every year for beef consumption. 85% of these cattle are owned by four huge corporations, and they spend the last 60-120 days of their lives in feedlots bei...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 14:35:00 GMT