…now with culinary training!
I’m starting culinary school in November! How excited am I about this? Let me count the ways:
1. Knife skills, knife skills, knife skills. I’m handy with a knife now, though as my brother in law Adam can attest, I’m sometimes slow, inefficient and excessively cautious. Soon I will be as fast as my food processor, but prettier.
2. Getting out of my comfort zone. I’m pretty adventurous on my own, but I have to admit that I will avoid very complicated things because I kind of would like to watch someone do them who already knows how. Clearly, this is a preference I have overcome in the past and am willing to challenge in the future, but I am excited to learn brand new things I’ve never tried before!
3. Growing the food encyclopedia in my head. Training and exposure will add to what I will have in my head. Don’t get me wrong. I love new cookbooks. But I love being able to whip things up based on what I have on hand, and what I know.
I’m sure there are many more ways in which I’m totally stoked about this next phase in my life. (I’m also anxious about the prospect of cooking non-Kosher food, as I posted over here.) I’ve got my chef-shoes (Dansko clogs, which I was going to buy anyway, for the win!) and everything else that’s required is provided by the program. Other than tuition arrangements (made) and child care arrangements (also made – class hours are entirely during Sami’s school/aftercare hours) there’s nothing left to me. Mostly I’m just riding the mounting excitement, and if we didn’t have a vacation road trip planned for early November, I’d wish Day 1 of school were already here!
I’m sure that I will need eaters in my personal test kitchen, so do let me know if you want to be in the loop on that. :)
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Oh boy! I am so excited for you.
Go, Cheryl!!! Proud of you!
And enjoy the Danskos!
Soooo wonderful! Hopefully you won’t be too tired to post your culinary ventures here!