Culinary School Confidential: 2009-06-07

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I began formal culinary training on April 22nd, 2008. After spending almost one year monitoring what I ate (for health reasons*) -- and helping myself to extra servings of food lit as well as cooking for myself and for my wife -- I thought it was time to eat (and write) for pleasure. After completing the coursework and working in the field a few months, I continued with another program in culinary management on January 7th, 2009. I don't know what the future may hold but I hope to let this blog light the way.

With these blog entries, I plan to document my day-to-day culinary training. My home cooking. And any and all new recipes and revelations from various restaurants and home kitchens around NYC.

* Additionally, I recorded my daily diet for my nutritionist, Ilsa Jule during my time in the culinary program. I now blog about that separately at Learning to Feed. I hope that what is learned inside the classroom helps to yield a new way of eating, cooking, and living in the outside world. And, if I dare to dream, maybe even help me to lose a few pounds...

Notation Explanation

The picture above is the bowl provided by my nutritionist. It is about 6 inches wide and 2 inches deep. I measure the amount I eat in an estimation of number of bowls.

I record my hunger level on a scale of 1-5. 1= a lack of hunger due to sickness, a previous meal, and/or time of day and 5 = too famished for my own good.

Foods I refer to repeatedly include:

Superhippy Bread: A wildly expensive and dense 8-grain loaf I buy at the farmers market.

Dirtpills: A daily vitamin supplement recommended by Ilsa, made from all food sources.

Good milk: Unhomogenized whole milk

Good yogurt: Whole Greek yogurt

Good butter: Whipped grass-fed organic butter.

Other non-food terms:

HVS: Hungry Vegan Society, of which the one member is also the president. (I'm a very partial honorary member.)

Weekend Report: I do not blog on weekends, but may summarize whatever culinary adventures I had on Monday.

B: My ever-lovin', suspiciously 'flexitarian' wife.

Due to the lil' critter above, I am missing class this week. Will be back on it Monday.

BTW, that's Edie Bird, about 36 hours old, and she loves to drink milk straight from the source, raw and unhomogenized.

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