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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...

Ashli Michelle January 21, 2013 0 Comments

People who don't like John Tesar need to calm down. Maybe you're unhappy with yourself. Maybe you don't know how to express yourself like he does. Maybe someone named John beat you up in 6th grade. None of this is John Tesar's problem. Since I used to be a Catholic school teacher, this makes me a bully expert. In my bully expert opinion, John Tesar has been bullied by Dallas. No one should pick...