Thank you for being patient with me these past couple weeks as holiday season in the catering world has consumed my every minute. I know I’ve been a bad blogger lately, but you know I gotta do what I gotta do. If you’re not already […]

I feel like there is no nice way to say smashed potatoes, but that’s okay because there really is no nice way to make them.  Potatoes are overwhelming. How many times do you stand there staring at your sack (of potatoes) figuring out what you’re going to […]

It all started with a quick trip to Baltimore’s Italian market for work. We had a wedding for 80+ people and needed give-or-take six pounds of specialty pasta. Of course there’s no way I can be in that market and JUST get the small things […]

Happy Memorial Day! I hope everyone isn’t as full as I am, but as I like to say – I’m 5 lbs. happier after every holiday. Lots of exciting things happened since my last post, one being my first year of culinary school is done-zo! One […]

Hey my Brussels sprouts fans, where you at?! There aren’t too many of us out there (apparently)(unfortunately). This is one vegetable that I really wish more people enjoyed. When roasted these look-alike baby cabbages have a unique taste, aroma, and texture. The crispy outer leaves […]

Twenty days until Thanksgiving. That’s less than three weeks. Then Christmas. Then New Years. 2014. Should I start getting ready for Summer now? Probably.  Like everybody else I as well cannot believe this year is almost over. Though it will come and go before we […]