Month: April 2006

DINNER 109: Wednesday, April 19, 2006

DINNER 109: Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Tonight was the second night of my GARDE MANGER class, so I went directly from work to the kitchens at Cincinnati State. We sliced our chicken galentines, made duck confit, and worked on duck terrines in addition to slicing & tasting foie gras. It was rather interesting that so many of the students in this advanced cooking class had never tasted foie gras.
Apparently, our class is doing a good job because we finished early and Chef Kinsella added an additional dish for next week. That’s a nice feeling.

Dinner was a quick drive through White Castle for three cheeseburgers and some water.

DINNER 110: Thursday, April 20, 2006

DINNER 110: Thursday, April 20, 2006

After a late meeting at work, on the way home, I stopped for some Chinese take-out. I must have been hungry, because I ordered shrimp fried rice, potstickers, and some cold noodles. I ate all the potstickers, most of the cold noodles, and barely touched…

DINNER 111: Friday, April 21, 2006

DINNER 111: Friday, April 21, 2006

Tonight’s meal was a HAPPY MOUTH outing; the details are in this article.

HAPPY MOUTH — April 2006

HAPPY MOUTH — April 2006

Tonight was another outing of the HAPPY MOUTH supper club! It was Jay’s month to pick, and a group of us — Ted, Tracy, Wendy V, Doug, Ron, Holly, Ed, Angel, Jay, Drew, Dave, and Robin — met at BALTIC for their European-style Cuisine. We…