Still alive

I know, I know.  What the heck is going on around here?  Well simply put, my job is eating my life, it's a good thing I love every minute of it.  50-60 hours a week is not leaving much time for cooking, although it does happen every day, but it certainly doesn't leave much time for blogging about it. I've been in the throes of some planning. At Create a cook some new classes are being planned and some amazing new instructors have been lined up to teach classes.

Linda Brudz who has worked in 2 Michelin starred restaurants in France, and back in the states spent some time at Esca and Restaurant L  is teaching our fabulous new baking series and developing a few classes in cake decorating and working with fondant.
Ron Sarni is working on a 4-part Techniques of Italian Cuisine series, trust me I'd come to one of his classes for the stories he has to tell of his days as the chef in Miami working for the Eagles, Allman Brothers, Bee Gees, John Cougar, or maybe he'll tell you about the pizza oven he built in his back yard or the time he spent learning to carve marble in Italy. 
Ed Tolini former chef/owner of the fine French dining restaurant Le Bocage in Watertown with stints in other notable Boston restaurants like Legal, and Locke Ober is coming on board to plan a series of classes based on regional French cuisine.

I'm talking with more and more people every day about coming in to develop and teach classes.  I'm working on a wine pairing dinner and maybe even a series with teens on how to cook in college on a budget. It's all fun and it's all good.

I'll be back soon with some recipes and tales of culinary debauchery and frugality.  Everyone needs a little of both don't you think?

Comments

[Be]

Hear Hear! I was hoping that you were away due to work and that you were enjoying yourself. Can't wait (though am going to have to) for the recipes and the debauchery (though more for the recipes. I think I'm debauched enough as it stands).

[breadchick]

Yup, know EXACTLY how you feel! Here's to both of us having a little more time in the kitchen at home and a little less at the slog.

[Blue Witch]

Glad you're having fun!

"maybe even a series with teens on how to cook in college on a budget."

I'd love to set up something like this myself. Unfortunately, the kids who need it most are the ones who'd be least likely to be able to pay for it.

I don't know the answer. I'd do it voluntarily, but that requries so much insurance/form filling etc these days that it would be a huge financial commitment that I'm not prepared to make. Yes, I'll give my time and skills, but there ought to be a way of it not having to cost me too...