Category: Le Cordon Bleu

Butchery Class Crying at Le Cordon Bleu

Ashli Michelle June 7, 2013 0 Comments
The weirdest part about trying to make an A in a butchery class is being required to butcher dead animals that have a carcass. So far I have cried a total of two times. There are several levels of crying, so I’m just saying that my level was below one that warrants embarrassment. It was more of an inside-cry-slash-mini-tear-duct-fill. Nothing fell out of my eyes. Before anyone thinks I’m a...

Lazy Culinary Students

Ashli Michelle May 15, 2013 0 Comments
Look, no one around here is trying to be a culinary student classmate hater. All I'm saying is a line needs to be drawn--- and fast. The good news is this: The only people in my class that know I'm a food writer are the three people that are not lazy. All of the other people have no idea my fingers can type all kinds of memories that were formed due to their Guinness Book of World Records---...

Pen Clickers

Ashli Michelle April 20, 2013 0 Comments
Pen clickers are kind of like bag lickers because even though these people are violating innocent victims, the innocent victims feel they can't say anything about it. Pen clicking while someone else is trying to focus is the most annoying act in existence. I would rather a stranger lick their fingers and slap my face before handing me a bag-licked bag of groceries. The other day I was trying to...

First Week Staging with Chef John Tesar

Ashli Michelle April 20, 2013 1 Comment
It's necessary to cut to the chef shoe chase. I'm almost positive chef John Tesar wears Prada chef shoes. This is how I feel after spending three nights staging at Spoon Bar & Kitchen this week. I thought about taking a muscle relaxer the first day, but responsibly realized taking pills on the job might be frowned upon. Instead, I ran four miles earlier that day in order to relax before...

My Externship at Spoon with Chef John Tesar

Ashli Michelle April 11, 2013 0 Comments
I enrolled in culinary school to acquire the necessary skills to become a credible food critic. Much more knowledge is obviously necessary to advance from an opinionated true-story-telling food writer to a real deal food critic. While this may be laughable to at least 48 comment trolls in Texas, it's a goal that will eventually be achieved. Le Cordon Bleu students must successfully complete an...