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Katerina Maria

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About Me

I have an associate's degree in the culinary arts from Western Culinary Institute. I did my internship down in New Orleans at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, and decided to stay when they offered me a permanent job. Everything was going pretty well until Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when I was forced to move out of my apartment (due to some water damage) and had to quit my job because I had no where close by to live. After almost a year of staying at my dad's house (near Baton Rouge), I decided to move back home to Oregon. I just recently moved to Beaverton and I love my new apartment. I'm working as a cook in the banquet department of a nice hotel in downtown Portland, and that’s going very well, so far...

My Interests

I love to cook and I'm always looking for new and delicious recipes to try out. Also, I love to read.

I'd like to meet:

No one. I just want to find old friends.**************************************************** **********
You Are A Blueberry Martini
You are a eclectic drink - liking to change drinks and venues often.
You are usually the first of your friends to find a cool new dive bar or cocktail.

You should never: Drink mystery drinks strangers hand you. Unless you want to wind up in foreign country.

Your ideal party: Is mobile, hopping from party to party.

Your drinking soulmates: Those with an Orange Martini personality.

Your drinking rivals: Those with a Chocolate Martini personality. What Flavor Martini Are You?******************************************************** ****** What Classic Pin-Up Are You?
You're Marilyn Monroe!
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Music:

I like almost all types of music....except country, rap, and most 80's music. Some of my favorite artists are Dido, Linkin Park, Johnny Cash, Tool, Green Day, Jewel, Disturbed, Teddy Geiger, Weezer, Kelly Clarkson, System of a Down, Coldplay, Diana Krall, Fiona Apple, Jimmy Eat World, NIN, Sheryl Crow, just to name a few....

Television:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I own all seven seasons), One Tree Hill, Heroes, Studio 60 (on the Sunset Strip), Grey's Anatomy, all of the CSI shows, Supernatural, Love Monkey, Charmed, South Park, Las Vegas, Gilmore Girls, The Bedford Diaries, Related, and almost any WB show they come up with. Also, NCAA Football. Geaux Tigers!

Books:

I love the "Harry Potter" books. I finished the last one just two days after it came out! Also almost any fantasy genre book, especially anything having to do with magic, or dragons, or witches. Some of my favorite authors are: Raymond Feist, Anne McCaffrey, Mary Stuart, Mario Puzo, Gregory Maguire, Chuck Palahniuk, JRR Tolkien, Agatha Christie, Frank Herbert, Sue Grafton, and Christopher Paolini. Still waiting for the last of the "Eragon" trilogy. Also, I have quite a few cookbooks and I just can't keep from buying them. I would like to add that if you've ever worked in a kitchen, then you probably will love Anthony Bourdain's books as much as I do. "Kitchen Confidential" and "The Nasty Bits" are both great reads.

My Blog

My Lucias is sick...

My Lucias, my baby, my best friend, my kitty, is sick.  Anyone who has known me since I've had him (or who has befriended him themselves) will know how deeply this hurts me. He stopped eatin...
Posted by Katerina Maria on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 07:59:00 PST

I just got a promotion!!

I just got a promotion at work.  I am now the "Lead Garde Manger" at my hotel.  Now, for those of you who don't know... garde manger is the cold section of the kitchen.  That means...
Posted by Katerina Maria on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:45:00 PST

I just moved into my new apartment!!

I just moved into my new apartment on Thursday.  While this is really exciting and I love my new place, I probably won't be able to check my messages as often.  I won't have the internet for...
Posted by Katerina Maria on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 04:48:00 PST

Celebrity Look Alike

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Posted by Katerina Maria on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 06:56:00 PST

I'm Moving to Portland!!

So, I FINALLY found a job after looking for two months (it seems like forever).  I'll be working at a nice hotel downtown- in the kitchen, of course.  All I have to do is pass a drug test (n...
Posted by Katerina Maria on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:51:00 PST

I've moved!

So, I'm really horrible at keeping these kind of things updated.  I moved back to Oregon over a month ago, but did I update my profile?  No, indeed!  What can I say?  Well.... I g...
Posted by Katerina Maria on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:27:00 PST

Surveys

I decided to combine a couple of surveys I got in my email and put them in my blog instead of re-sending them.  That way, if you don't want to see it, you don't have to. 1. WHAT CURSE WORD D0 Y0...
Posted by Katerina Maria on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:19:00 PST

Spanky's

I got a banana daiquiris from Spanky's in Prairieville tonight and I have to say that they're probably not as good as the ones at Daiquiris n' Creams in Metairie.  They are definately not as...
Posted by Katerina Maria on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:17:00 PST