What an experience. That sums up all I have to say about this past Sunday when we, Braise Culinary School students, took over the restaurant’s kitchen and cooked for our friends and family. We had our hands in everything from the piles and piles of perfectly batonette root vegetables to the melted chocolate that coated the […]
Back in college, one of my elective options was a wine and spirits course. (Totally made up for the evil three semesters of required accounting.) Each week we met twice. On Tuesdays we would hear a lecture about that week’s topic (beer, clear liquor, red wine, etc.). On Thursdays, we would meet in the afternoon […]
Healthy Nicole would be proud of me. I’ve finally learned my lesson. Too much sugar is in fact a bad thing. Last week was AMAZING with sweet treats coming at me from every turn, but I am feeling it today. I haven’t really slept well for a week. I’m jittery. My skin is dull. I […]
Yoozer. I don’t know where to begin following last week’s Bread 101 class at Braise. We learned so much, then we made so much. I went home and ate so much and now, poof! It’s all gone.
(First off – sorry for the bad pun, but I feel like I had to do something with that word! Ahem… ) Week 6 at Braise was all about veggies and grains which are, in my opinion, the unsung heroes of the dinner table. If I cook five nights out of the week, I probably only make […]