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What I've Been Doing

I have mostly been hanging out with my friends, cooking, and watching a lot of the history channel and Glee. I love Glee! The Power Of Madonna episode was awesome! Classes went well this quarter. I got to see my culinary partner kill a lobster! That was so cool to see. I got to cut the head off a squab...aka a pigeon! We made oysters rockefeller but made them into oysters Nicole Aubrie because we added red bell pepper instead of liquor. They were yummy! I've also kept up the running but my running partner just moved out yesterday. Alot of my friends are leaving for the summer but I'm staying here. Its going to be a sweet summer. I'm trying to go to Wizard Comic Con to meet William Shatner! I can't wait to see if I'm going! I'm also getting tickects to see my favorite band, Cute Is What We Aim For, in June. I just went home last weekend and it was a bunch of fun! Can't wait for the fourth of July to see the family, all of them! I want to see Erin, Drew, and James so much! Haven't see you all in almost a year! Crazy!

What I've Been Reading

Well I've been reading a bunch since I got my Nook for my birthday! I love that thing. I've read Dracula, The Living Dead Girl, Tempted, Radiant Shadows, Wicked Lovely, and Alice in Wonderland. Radiant Shadows was amazing! I love the way the author writes, it makes me want to just keep reading all the time. I also have been reading my On Cooking textbook because my pracitcal is tomorrow and one of the dishes we have never made...awesome right?

Whats In The Kitchen

Week One...for the Third Time

What I've Been Doing

This was my first week of my third quarter in college. I have now another Culinary Skills class, Nutrition, Argumentative English, and Menu Development. I have my first Culinary chef instructor back and my management class teacher for my Menu Development class.  Finals went great. I made my first hollandaise all by myself for my final and it was the best one I've ever made...so good! I went to see Shutter Island the weekend before my finals and OMG it was so good! I loved it. I thought it was one of Leo's best movies in the past ten years. I have been hanging out with my friend Amber pretty much everyday. We have ran/jogged twice this week...both times we went THREE MILES, to Navy Pier and back to Fornelli. I feel great that I did it and finished both times! I'm really excited for my dad, Kim, and some of his co-workers and their spouses to come in next weekend. I can't wait to see all of them. 

What I've Been Reading

I have only been reading my textbooks. My main book that I really like a lot is Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy for my nutrition class. I really am excited for all my favorite series to be continuing this spring and summer! I can't wait to read all the new details all the authors are writing about. Blue Bloods better be awesome! I love that series and how the author writes. 

What's In The Kitchen

 

Finals...Already

What I've Been Doing

Life in Chicago has been a blast in the last couple of weeks. I've been to Open Mic's, learned new card games, and started doing yoga. I've decided that I want to go for a quarter abroad in London next summer with my culinary partner,Aubrie,but am going to have to raise a lot of money.

I've made a lot of cool food this quarter and more good food on Thursday. We made lamb last week...so yummy. I've been taking more liberty on how things are made and devating from the recipe, which is going well. Next week I get to pick a menu out of a hat and make it from memory, but atleast I'm going to get an ingredient list from my teacher. Next quarter's class is going to be all about chicken and fish...yum!

My English class has been awesome and I feel like I've learned so much in a little amount of time from Coach. She's great and hopefully I get her next quarter. We had a Vietnam Vet come in and speak to the class about his experience in the war on graves duty. He looked like a little mouse, he was tiny and highpitched.

My management class has been great. Mr. D is such a great teacher. He makes people pay attention in class unlike my College as Career teacher, which by the way I don't know her name. He told us that one day he will eat for free where ever we are all working because he's going to be keeping track of the culinary students and what we are all up to.

What I'm Reading

Just finished Suite Scarlett and Giving Up the V, I'm in the middle of Jamie's Food Revolution. Also ON COOKING...my culinary book for class.

Whats in the Kitchen

Back to School Again...

Well my first week back was interesting. We learned about and cooked baby cow...aka veal. I feel for the poor baby but hey its already on that path so why not make it taste good if its already dead. I tried sweetbreads for the first time and lets say it like Racheal Ray...yumm-o! It was so yummy. English is going ok, got a 98 on my first paper for her class. I was happy when I saw that. This week we have to choose a song that is our motto on how to live life, min is The River By Garth Brooks. My country roots are showing now. College As Career is still a pain in my bottom...making another resume...so much fun, not! My management class is going well, nothing new to report there. He's still crazy and now I know what slot machines I should use when I decide to go to the boats. There has been a lot of snow up here almost didn't have class one day because of it, but she made it in so we could cook that veal.

Well Bye!

2010...its been a decade...

I can't believe its been a decade already....10 years ago everyone was relieved that Y2K didn't kill all of us...1 year ago I was in California on the Queen Mary after the Rose Bowl Parade...crazy to think it was a year ago. Well I'm on the dean's list for my first quarter of college. I'm taking a meats class this quarter, a restuarant managment class, English 131, and College As Career (the worst of the bunch!). English isn't to bad just some of the people in the class need to learn not to interupt others while they are speaking... Meats is cool, learning how to fabricate meat is something I've been looking forward to doing. My teacher for restaurant managment was in the the Vietnam war, so he isn't afraid to offend people at all. He's amusing as a teacher and makes class worth showing up.

Haven't been able to sit down and read a good book...tear...but I have been reading a lot out of my On Cooking Book...aka the Bible for Culinary Students, with some pretty highlighters so I don't get distracted while I'm reading it. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person with homework because everyone else doesn't do it or they wait till like one a.m. to do it.

Being home is amazing, don't want to leave but I have to get back to reality...no bueno...but I have to deal with it sometime. The shortness of the break isn't bad because if I went back on the 18th like everyone that was let out on Dec. 18 I would be bored and resent Blue Springs and not appreciate being home and the city. I would just want to go back as soon as possible, but with my break I get to enjoy and love it to the fullest while I'm able to be home.

Well it's dinner time at the Koskovich Ranch...

P.S. Any ideas for my New Year's Resolution?