May The Stars Light Your Way
After working at my day job, I headed down to Jean-Robert at Pigall’s to work a party with Raymond in the third-floor kitchen. The atmosphere in the main kitchen was very different than when I work on Saturdays. Saturday nights are very busy at the…
Another very quiet night at home for us, cuddled together (with dogs and cats laying on and around us) watching television. This is our normal post-busy-time activity — intense doing-nothing-ness that will occupy us for a bit, then we’ll get bored and get involved with…
A nice, quiet evening at home. Wendy & I watched some television (my poor Personal Video Recorder (PVR) is staggering from the strain of all we’ve recorded on it!). We ordered in from LaRosa’s for dinner — I had a pizza, Wendy had a sandwich, and we split a salad.
 For the first time in about 6 weeks, I worked at Jean-Robert at Pigall’s. For the first time in far too long, I stayed all the way through service instead of doing prep and leaving, which has been the style for some time owing…
Tonight’s meal was just scraps of items left from the recreation at Cincinnati State of the last meal aboard the Titanic. I was the sous chef for this party, and it went pretty well. Dinner was leftover chicken, fish, beef, and vegetables.
On Sunday, November 12, 2006, a few days of involvement on my part (and many, many additional days involvement on the part of Chef Neace and other employees of Cincinnati State) came to fruition with the serving of a recreation of the last dinner served to first class passengers on the Titanic.
I participated with preparations on Friday, Saturday morning, and Sunday through service of this complex meal. 100 guests, all decked out in tuxedos and fine dresses, enjoyed the event. Our menu was slightly modified from the original, and is below the fold. Continue reading CULINARY: Titanic Dinner at Cincinnati State
I went to work at Cincinnati State again this morning, arriving at 8:30am and leaving at 1:00pm. During that time, I prepped for the Titanic party being hosted at school on Sunday, working on proteins. At 1:00, I went down to Pigall’s where I’d spend the rest…